Report of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and Financial Report of the Executive Committee of the Board of Regents: For the Year Ended June 30, 1944 (Classic Reprint)
Report of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and Financial Report of the Executive Committee of the Board of Regents: For the Year Ended June 30, 1944 (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from Report of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and Financial Report of the Executive Committee of the Board of Regents: For the Year Ended June 30, 1945 Freer Gallery of Art - Additions to the collections included egypto-arabic bookbinding, Chinese bronze, Arabic and East Per sian calligraphy, Chinese and Persian ceramics, Persian manuscript, Persian and veneto-islamic metalwork, Chinese, Indian, and Persian painting, Chinese sculpture, and Chinese silver. Curatorial work of the staff was devoted to ...
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Excerpt from Report of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and Financial Report of the Executive Committee of the Board of Regents: For the Year Ended June 30, 1945 Freer Gallery of Art - Additions to the collections included egypto-arabic bookbinding, Chinese bronze, Arabic and East Per sian calligraphy, Chinese and Persian ceramics, Persian manuscript, Persian and veneto-islamic metalwork, Chinese, Indian, and Persian painting, Chinese sculpture, and Chinese silver. Curatorial work of the staff was devoted to the study of new acquisitions and to general research work within the collections, as well as to the preparation of material for publication. Reports were made on more than Objects submitted for examination by other institutions and by indi viduals. Work connected with the war included assistance given the Office of War Information by a staff member 4 days a week for 6 months, and the revision of Official Government publications on China and Japan. The Gallery has heretofore been open to the public every day except Monday, but beginning January 29, 1945, it was open 7 days a week. The year's visitors totaled Staff members gave 12 lectures during the year before various organizations. Among the changes in personnel were the appointment of Richard Ettinghausen as associate in Near Eastern art, and the detachment from the Gallery of John A. Pope, associate in research, for active duty as Captain, United States Marine Corps Reserve. Bureau of American Ethnology - Dr. M. W. Stirling, Chief of the Bureau, devoted 5 months to continuing the work Of the Smithsonian Institution - National Geographic Society archeological project in southern Mexico. Reconnaissance work located a number of archeo logical sites, and excavations were conducted on a large earth mound covering a complex stone - masonry structure in Chiapas near the town of Ocozocoautla. A new large Site Of the La Venta culture was dis covered on the Rio Chiquito in southern Veracruz. It contained two large mound groups and a number of carved monuments, including the two largest La Venta colossal heads yet found. Dr. John P. Har rington Spent a large part of his time in translating letters and doona ments in Obscure languages for the Office of Censorship. In addition. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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