Art Museum 



The George Walter Vincent Smith Collection 



To the Members of the City Library Association: — 



During the past year special attention has been given to the ar- 

 rangement and proper labehng of the collections in the two new galleries 

 on the first floor. Mr. Smith's habit of continually adding to the col- 

 lections makes it almost superfluous to report that many beautiful 

 specimens are shown for the first time; these include carved jades and 

 semi-precious stones, ceramics, cinnabar lacquer, antique glass, cloisonne 

 and other enamels, bronzes, arms, embroideries, textiles, and Oriental 

 rugs. 



The educational work with the schools has been extended and the 

 collections are used by the teachers in connection with their classes in 

 history and civics, as well as in design. 



The children's class for Saturday forenoon has been continued, and 

 the interest and intelligent remarks of some of these little ones demon- 

 strates the fact that they get more out of it than many of their elders. 



I would like to mention the fact that the American Association of 

 Museums, which has just held its annual meeting in New York City, 

 voted to hold the 1918 convention in Springfield. This is very gratify- 

 ing to us, being an especial honor to Mr. Smith and the two museums 

 as the meetings are usually held in much larger cities. 



Respectfully submitted, 



ELEANOR A. WADE, Curator. 



