Smithsonian Institution University Press published 74 

 books in 1995. Notable titles included Hajj Paintings: Folk 

 Art of the Great Pilgrimage (also published as a German edi- 

 tion); Ethics on the Ark. which launched a new book series in 

 zoo and aquarian biology and conservation; The Civil War in 

 Popular Culture, a History Book Club selection; In the Alleys: 

 Kids in the Shadow of the Capitol: The Emergence of Pottery: Tech- 

 nology and Innovation in A ncient Societies: African Nomadic A rchi- 

 tecture: Space. Place, and Gender: Secrets of the Dark Chamber: The 

 American Daguerreotype, published with NMAA; and prom Air- 

 ships to Airbus: The History of Civil Aviation (in two volumes). 

 Editorial work also began on America's Smithsonian: Celebrating 

 150 Years, the companion volume to the planned exhibition of 

 the best of the Institution's collections, which will travel to 

 twelve U.S. cities in honor of the Smithsonian's sesquicenten- 

 nial. Press books received numerous design and editorial 

 awards. Prominent among the award-winners were Eakins 

 and the Photograph. The Fossils of the Burgess Shale, and A 

 Quest for Grandeur: Charles Moore and the Federal Triangle. 

 Translations of SIUP books appeared in Japanese, French, 

 Italian, German, Spanish, and Korean. Smithsonian Book 

 Development copublished, with Dorling Kindersley, 

 Smithsonian Timeline of Invention. The federal Series pub- 

 lished more than 25 titles in the Contributions and Studies 

 research volumes. 



Smithsonian Books published The Smithsonian: 

 150 Years of Adventure. Discovery, and Wonder, in com- 

 memoration of the founding of the Institution. The 

 book will be sold in book stores by Alfred A. Knopf. 

 Smithsonian Books also published Discover America: The 

 Smithsonian Book of National Parks: copublished, with 

 Random House, the first four volumes of The Smithso- 

 nian Guides to Natural America: and oversaw production 

 of the last three volumes in the Ancient Civilizations 

 series. 



Smithsonian Collection of Recordings published the 

 final four recordings in the American Songbook Series, 

 music produced to honor twentieth-century American 

 songwriters. Another series, the music of Great American 

 Orchestras, began publication in February. A four CD/cas- 

 sette set titled / Got Rhythm: The Music of George Gershwin. 

 was released in June, followed by a two CD/cassette collec- 

 tion of the love songs of World War II, You'd Be So Nice to 

 Come Home To. Two coproductions were undertaken: with 

 BMG Music, the three CD/cassette Victory Collection: The 

 Smithsonian Remembers When America Went to War; and with 

 Sony Music, the four CD/cassette Grammy Award-winning 

 Louis Armstrong: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, 1923- 

 1934. The final release this year was Big Band Renaissance, 

 another Grammy hopeful. 



Smithsonian Video released a thirteen-part series of selected 

 segments of Smithsonian World: coproduced, with Station 

 WGBH Boston, the Nova series entitled Human Origins: and 

 released the five-part series Dreams of Flight to commemorate 

 the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Apollo mission. 



Smithsonian Magazine 



Ronald C. Walker, Publisher 

 Don Moser, Editor 



Since its founding in 1970, Smithsonian magazine has extended 

 the Institution's message, expanded its influence, and m- 

 creased its public visibility throughout the United States and 

 abroad. Considered one of the greatest success stories in maga- 

 zine publishing history, Smithsonian is now the 21st largest 

 magazine in the country, with a circulation of 2.1 million. It 

 continues to generate revenue for the Institution. 



Editorial subjects extend beyond the scope of the 

 Institution's museums. Leading authors contribute articles 

 about the arts, history, the environment, conservation and the 

 sciences, always written with the layperson in mind. Monthly 

 features include "Phenomena, comment, and notes," a com- 

 mentary on nature and the natural wotld; "Smithsonian perspec- 

 tives," a column by the Smithsonian secretary; and reviews of 

 recently released nonfiction. Smithsonian activities are covered in 

 three regular departments: "Around the mall and beyond," 

 "Smithsonian highlights," and "The object at hand." 



Institution-related features included cover stories on the 

 opening of the George Gustav Heye Center of the National 

 Museum of the American Indian and the White House craft 

 show, and articles or picture stories on the Mary Fraser batik 

 show at the National Air & Space Museum, the Hiroshima 

 Kazuo basket exhibition and the Painted Prayers exhibition at 

 the Sackler Gallery; Smithsonian bamboo research in Peru; 

 the Smithsonian Libraries' "Art and the Book" exhibition and 

 the "Save Our Sculpture" program. 



Other subjects covered during the year reflected the 

 magazine's broad and diverse interests. To name just a few: 

 Frederick Douglass, Haida artist Robert Davidson, the art of 

 the Hermitage, the controversy over the disposal or nuclear 

 waste, crash dummies, the music of Motown, killer whales, 

 the special world of left-handers, the history of trial by jury 

 and the upcoming Pathfinder probe of Mars. 



In April the magazine published a special issue to mark its 

 25th anniversary. The issue updated selected articles from each 

 of the 25 years, and offered a varied menu of stones on unex- 

 pected subjects — from the world inside a cubic foot of air to 

 a selection of little-known museums. The magazine will pres- 

 ent a special issue in the spring of 1996 to commemorate the 

 Institution's 150th anniversary. 



In partnership with the American Society of Travel Agents 

 (ASTA), the magazine awarded the fourth annual 

 ASTA/Smithsoman Magazine Environmental Award to Intet- 

 Continental Hotels Corporation and the Natal Parks Board of 

 South Africa. The award recognizes outstanding achievements 

 by individuals, corporations, and countries toward furthering 

 the goals of environmental conservation, particularly within 

 the tourism industry. 



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