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16ACENTuRyOFCOLLECTINGARTOFASIATwoearslaterthecollectionwasrtherdeepenedbatransormationalgitomorethan500Japaneseprintsandobjectsincldingnetsukeinroandtsuba.ThiscameromMargaretRankinBarkerclasso1908inmemoroheratherIsaacOgdenRankin18521936whohadormedthecollectioninthelatenineteenthandearltwentiethcentries.RankinwasacongregationalministerandeditorotheCongregationalistwhowasalsoadedicatedstdentandearlcollectoroJapaneseart.15BasedinNewEnglandheactivelollowedexhibitionsandsalesoJapaneseartinNewyorkandBostonandenjoedthehelpohisdaghterMargaretaterhergradationromSmith.Hergitlflledhisaspirationthatthecollectionwoldbekepttogetherandwoldtakepanexistenceinsomeedcationalinstittion.16Itincldedsome400ukiyo-eprintsenormoslexpandingthenclesoprintsinthisgenrethatSCMAhadfrstacqiredin1915.ParticlarlstronginitsrepresentationotheworkoHiroshigeandHoksaitheBarkerRankincollectionincldesarareearlimpressionoHoksaisClearWeatherSouthernBreezealsoknownasPinkFujicat.no.20theonlntrimmedfrststateothisprintheldinthecollectionoanAmericanmsem.InacceptingtheBarkerRankincollectionorSmithCollegePresidentThomasMendenhallacknowledgeditstimelinessinlightotheMsemsgrowinginterestinbildingitscollectionoAsianart.In1967planswereaoottocreateanewintegratedfneartscenterthatwoldincldeexpandedacilitiesortheartmsemasSCMAscollectionandexhibitionprogramhadotgrowntheTronGallerthathadhosedtheMsemsince1926.MendenhallreportedtheaspirationsharedbDirectorCharlesChethamandProessorCharlesMacSherrthatthenewspacewoldalloworthedisplaoAsianartnotingthattheBarkerRankincollectionwoldprovideswithamagnifcentcoreorthisnewventre.17ChethamandMacSherrhadtheopportnittoactrtheronthatvisionwhenJohnKennethGalbraithandhiswieCatherineAtwaterGalbraithclasso1934approachedtheCollegeabotagitoIndianpaintingsin1975.AmonghismanaccomplishmentsGalbraithwasadevotedstdentandcollectoroRajptandMghalpaintingeversinceallinginlovewithIndianpaintingwhilevisitingIndiain1956andspecifcalltheBharatKalaBhavanmsem.18ServiceastheunitedStatesambassadortoIndiarom1961to1963gaveGalbraiththeopportnittodeepenthisinterestieldingnotonlachoicecollectionotheseintimateandevocativepaintingsbtalsoascholarlstdIndianPaintingTheSceneThemesandLegendswrittenwithhisriendMohinderSinghRandhawa.19RetrningtoHarvarduniversitin1963theGalbraithssharedtheircollectionina1965exhibitionGodsThronesandPeacocksandintheearl1970sgavea