selections. As part of its national tour, select works from 

 the exhibition were shown at The Jazz Gallery in New 

 York City on February 22, 1998. The New York City 

 Host Committee brought the exhibition there as part of" 

 city-planned events for the Grammy Awards. Support 

 for the exhibition was provided by America's Jazz 

 Heritage, A Partnership of the Leila-Wallace-Reader's 

 Digest Fund and the Smithsonian Institution. 



October 25— July 6 



■ Exhibition "Red, Hot & Blue! A Salute to American 

 Musicals" was on view at the National Portrait Gallery. 

 NPG and the National Museum of American History 

 jointly organized this major exhibition that consisted of ap- 

 proximately four hundred photographs, caricatures, set 

 designs, costumes, other memorabilia, and audio and video 

 clips that traced the musical from its immigrant roots in 

 nineteenth-century vaudeville, through its glittering rise 

 on Broadway, and through Hollywood's gleaming sound 

 stages, to its heyday in the 1940s and 1950s, ending with 

 the modern musical. Sponsored by Discover® Card. 



October 30— February 25 



■ Exhibition "Memory: Luba Art and the Making of 

 History," organized by the Museum for African Art in 

 New York City. 



October 30 



■ Meeting The Smithsonian Accessibility Program con- 

 vened the first joint meeting of the Advisory Council on 

 Accessibility and the Smithsonian Accessibility Liaison 

 Council. The topic of discussion was unit submissions of 

 Five- Year Accessibility Improvement Plans and finding 

 ways to integrate access and all facets of the Institution's 

 operation. 



November 



■ Commemoration A number of exhibits opened around 

 the museum commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 

 U.S. Air Force, including a Korean War era F-86 Sabre jet 

 fighter, a collection of models of Air Force aircraft, and 

 various works of art from the Air Force collection. 



November 



■ Milestone The National Postal Museum received its 

 first endowment pledge, a $500,000 gift from Guido 



Craveri and Tito Giamporcaro as part of the Museum's 

 Fund for the Future campaign. 



November 



■ Agreement The agreement with Mrs. Hanako Matano 

 to serve as the Smithsonian's special representative to 

 Japan was renegotiated and renewed. 



November 



■ Special Event The Office of Equal Employment and 

 Minority Affairs orchestrated the third annual 

 Secretary's Award Program for Excellence in Equal 

 Opportunity in collaboration with the Secretary's Office 

 and the SI Equal Opportunity Advisory Council. 

 Several outstanding managers and employees were 

 recognized for exceptional contributions to the 

 Smithsonian's Equal Opportunity goals and honored 

 before their peers and hundreds of Smithsonian 

 employees. 



November 1 



■ Exhibition "Points of Entry," a series of three exhibi- 

 rions at the Anacostia Museum and Center for African 

 American History and Culture documented the immi- 

 grant experience. 



November 6 



■ Exhibition The National Postal Museum opened the 

 What's in the Mail for You! exhibition dramatizing the 

 impact of the direct mail industry on American society. 



November 6 



■ Presentation The Smithsonian Accessibility Program 

 staff" hosted 22 members of the National Recreation 

 Association of Japan for a discussion of accessibility at 

 the Smithsonian for visitors with disabilities. 



November 12 



■ Workshop "Second Annual Black History Month 

 Planning Workshop" with Washington-area federal and 

 school agencies was held at the Anacostia Museum and 

 Center for African American History and Culture to 

 develop skills in planning and implementing local 

 Black History Month programs. 



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