. Annual report for the year ended June 30 .... United States National Museum. INVESTIGATION AND RESEARCH 107. Development of presidential campaigning, 1840 to 1930, including whistle-stopping and front-porch speeches, is illustrated by this exhibit in hall of historic Americans. Civil History Richard H. Howland, Chairman of the department, spent much of the early part of the year on the project to remodel parts of the old Patent Office building into a National Portrait Gallery. The syste- matic inventory of the contents of Blair House was completed under his direction in collaboration ^Yith t
. Annual report for the year ended June 30 .... United States National Museum. INVESTIGATION AND RESEARCH 107. Development of presidential campaigning, 1840 to 1930, including whistle-stopping and front-porch speeches, is illustrated by this exhibit in hall of historic Americans. Civil History Richard H. Howland, Chairman of the department, spent much of the early part of the year on the project to remodel parts of the old Patent Office building into a National Portrait Gallery. The syste- matic inventory of the contents of Blair House was completed under his direction in collaboration ^Yith the Department of State. Curator Peter C. Welsh has in press three papers on hand-tools and he made substantial progress during the year on his catalog of the Harry T. Peters Lithography Collection. Mrs. Doris Esch Borthwick, assistant curator, made a study of the letters of Charles Wilkes to his wife in 1836, during the outfitting of the Exploring Expedition. She has also made a preliminary survey of the museum collections for examples of the scientific instru- ments purchased by Wilkes for this important American exploration etiort. Assistant curator Anne Castrodale continued her studies of the diary of William Wood Thackara, a volunteer in the War of 1812, and of the Philadelphia cabinetmaker Daniel Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum. [Washington] : Smithsonian Institution
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