July 



■ Major Gift The Smithsonian Institution Libraries 

 welcomed a major gift or a microfilm copy oiTrade-a- 

 Plane magazine from TAP Publishing Company. Repre- 

 senting the company, Jean Durfee presented the girt of 

 114 reels of microfilm that preserve the run of the maga- 

 zine from its beginning in 1937. The gift includes a 

 printing copy, a user copy, and a cabinet to house the 

 film. 



July 



■ Exhibition The National Museum of African Art, in 

 collaboration with the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 

 presented "The Ancient Nubian City of Kerma, 2500— 

 1500 B.C." This three-year loan exhibition of works 

 from the Museum of Fine Arts' permanent collection 

 features objects from Kerma, an ancient city that was lo- 

 cated on the Nile River. The exhibition was organized 

 by rhe Boston museum and its Department of Ancient 

 Egyptian, Nubian and Near Eastern Art; all objects are 

 from the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts, Bos- 

 ton, Expedition. 



July 



■ Grant The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute 

 and the Organization for Tropical Studies received a 

 three-year grant for $350,000 from the Andrew W. Mel- 

 lon Foundation to foster comparative studies among the 

 two organizations' sites. 



July 



■ Agreement The Smithsonian and Hot Shots/Cool 

 Cuts, Inc., signed an agreement that will open the Of- 

 fice of Telecommunications' extensive library of film 

 and video footage for licensing by film and television 

 production companies. 



July— A ugust 



■ Internships For the second year, the Smithsonian Astro- 

 physical Observatory Summer Intern Program brought a 

 dozen college undergraduates to the observatory headquar- 

 ters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to work with Smithson- 

 ian scientists on a variety of research projects. 



July 2 



■ Concert The Center for Folklife Programs and Cul- 

 tural Studies held a special tribute concert in honor of 



the late festival director Ralph Rinzler, featuring Pete 

 and Mike Seeger, Piedmont blues musicians John 

 Cephas and Phil Wiggins, and black Appalachian sing- 

 ers Ed and Melissa Cabbell. 



July 5-26 



■ Museum Careers Seminar The Center for Museum 

 Studies held its annual Museum Careers Seminar 

 series for Smithsonian interns. The four-part program 

 explored museum practice and functions, museum 

 positions, and career planning and guidance. 



July 8 



■ Exhibition "The Graceful Envelope," a temporary ex- 

 hibition devoted to calligraphy, opened at the National 

 Postal Museum. 



July 10-14 



■ Teachers' Program With the New York City Board of 

 Education, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum 

 cosponsored the second annual Summer Design 

 Institute. More than 100 public school teachers 

 attended this year's program, which focused on tech- 

 nology and education. 



July 10 



■ Public Program In its Cultures in Motion series, the 

 National Portrait Gallery presented "A Woman Bold 

 Enough," a new one-woman play by Jane Ross on the 

 life of 19th-century artist Harriet Hosmer, America's 

 first successful woman sculptor. 



July 10 



■ Presentation National Science Resources Center 

 Deputy Director Sally Goetz Shuler gave the keynote 

 address, "Lessons Learned about Systemic Reform," at 

 the annual convention of the National Science Educa- 

 tion Leadership Association. 



July 17-21 



■ Diversity Seminar The Center for Museum Studies 

 sponsored "Awards for Museum Leadership," an annual 

 five-day program at the Smithsonian that explores cul- 

 tural diversity issues in the museum environment. 



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