the Smithsonian's Marc Pachter and Ftanklin's son John 

 Whirtington Franklin of the Cencer for Folklife Programs and 

 Cultural Studies about his research into the remarkable life 

 and times of his father. Buck Colbert Franklin. Cultural 

 historian Tad Szulc drew on his study of rare correspondence 

 and journals to provide new insights into Fryderyk Chopin's 

 years in Paris as part of a vibrant intellectual community. The 

 evening culminated in a performance of three of Chopin's 

 shorter works by concert pianist Eugene Istomin. 



Two thought-provoking lectures reflected the public's 

 growing interest in the work of geneticists: Ian Wilmut 

 discussing the social implications of his sheep-cloning 

 research and Dean Hamer explaining his exploration of the 

 links among generics, personality, and behavior. Mario Livio 

 of the Space Telescope Science Institute conducted two all-day 

 seminars on the latest discoveries about the universe made 

 possible by the Hubble Space Telescope. A seminar on Ikat 

 textiles in Asia, held in conjunction with an exhibition at the 

 Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, placed these distinctive textiles in 

 historical context. 



In Resident Associate children's workshops, young 

 participants learned from scientists about their work. Dave 

 Bohaska of the National Museum of Natural History, for 

 example, led young paleobiologists on an expedition along 

 the Chesapeake Bay to find and analyze fossils, shark teeth, 

 and other treasures. The popular Smirhsonian Summer Camp 

 opened a world of possibilities for young explorers. Sessions 

 included Summer Splash!, in which campers examined the 

 properties of liquids and their various states, and A Shocking 

 Good Time!, which inttoduced youngsters to the concepts of 

 electricity. 



Associates expanded their study through more rhan 500 

 Smithsonian Study Tours in the United States and abroad. 

 This year's offerings included a one- week seminar based at the 

 Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory's Whipple 

 Observatory and the National Observatories on Kitt Peak 

 near Tucson, Arizona. Civil War historians Edwin C. Bearss 

 and A. Wilson Greene led several tours illuminating the 

 strategies and campaigns that determined the war's outcome 

 and shaped northern and southern political life into our own 

 time. Associates on a 10-day study voyage in Panama boarded 

 a small vessel to visit indigenous peoples in island 

 communities and explote the rainforest ecosystem with 

 Stanley Heckadon of the Smithsonian Tropical Research 

 Instirute. 



TSA's National Outreach Program introduced the public to 

 the research of Smithsonian scholars and taught graduate 

 students new research techniques. A Smithsonian Voices of 

 Discovery Program in Scottsdale, Arizona, for example, 

 featured the work of Gillian Moss, curator of textiles at the 

 Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum; James 

 Zimbelman, geologist at the Center for Earth and Planetary 

 Srudies, National Ait and Space Museum; Jeremy Adamson, 

 curator at the Renwick Gallery, National Museum of 

 American An; and Andrew Connors, curator of painting at 



the National Museum of American Art. Some 5,000 people 

 attended these events, while thousands more warched a 

 cablecast to classrooms and homes in the region. In addirion, 

 TSA's Mastet's Degtee Program in the History of Decorative 

 Arts, established in 1996 with the Coopet-Hewitt, National 

 Design Museum and Parsons School of Design, graduated its 

 first class this year. 



Radio Theatre Live! — A Lively Partnership 



In what has become an annual event, the Smithsonian's 

 Resident Associate Program again joined in rich partnership 

 with L.A. Theatre Wotks and Voice of America (VOA) to 

 present Radio Theatre Live\ — thtee classic Amefican dramas 

 rhat were taped live for later broadcast on VOA wotldwide 

 and on public radio in rhe United States. Under the guidance 

 of the artistic ditectors of rhree distinguished Washington 

 theater companies, the plays wet e performed by some of the 

 country's most talented actors. Smithsonian audiences had the 

 added thrill of observing live radio drama in production. 



The plays included Arthur Miller's All My Sons, starring 

 the gteat Julie Harris and James Farantino and directed by 

 Nick Olcott of Arena Stage. Henry James's The Heiress. 

 starring Amy Irving, was directed by Michael Kahn of The 

 Shakespeare Theatre. And the musical Working, based on a 

 Studs Tetkel book, starred Tyne Daly and was directed by Eric 

 Schaeffer of Signature Theatre. 



Additional cosponsors of Radio TheatreLive! were the 

 Capital Group Companies, Inc.; J.W Marriort; Dr. Sidney 

 Harman, chairman of Harman International Indusrries, Inc.; 

 The Luxury Collection/ITT Sheraton; and La Colline. 



Smithsonian Press/Smithsonian Productions 



Through books for general and academic audiences, 

 exhibition films and videos, and broadcast projects, 

 Smithsonian Press and Smithsonian Productions (SP/SP) 

 build on the strengths of Smithsonian research and collections. 



This yeai, Smithsonian Institution Ptess (SIP), an SP/SP 

 division, issued approximarely 65 new books and sold about 

 330,000 individual copies. Books from SIP received nine 

 important editorial awatds, many design awards, eleven 

 reviews in the Washington Post Book World, and three reviews 

 in the New York Times Book Review. 



Continuing the successful Smithsonian Answer Book series, 

 Bats m Question was included on the New York Public 

 Library's annual lisr of besr books in the teenage category. 

 Author Don Wilson is director of the National Museum of 

 Natural History's Biodiversity Programs Office. Other books 

 for a general audience included Anthropology Explored: The Best 

 of Smithsonian AnthroNotes, a lively selection of essays from the 

 Smithsonian's acclaimed setial publication edited by Ruth 

 Selig and Marilyn London, in which the world's leading 

 anthropologists explore fundamental quesrions humans ask 

 themselves as individuals, as societies, and as a species. The 



