dren," featuring children's books by the famed illustr- 

 ator of Beauty and the Beast and other classics. 



programs on more than 170 stations in the United 

 States, Australia, and New Zealand. 



January 



■ Fellowships Three senior fellows were appointed 

 through the Office of Fellowships and Grants under the 

 Smithsonian Institution University Program in the 

 Structure and Evolution of Terrestrial Ecosystems, 

 funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. 



January 



■ Performance The Anacostia Museum sponsored a perfor- 

 mance by actress Kathy Simpson, who portrayed the life of 

 African American women of the antebellum South. 



January 11 



■ Exhibition "Workers at the White House" opened at 

 the Gerald R. Ford Library in Grand Rapids, Michigan. 

 The exhibition was produced by the Center for Folklife 

 Programs and Cultural Studies in cooperation with the 

 White House Historical Association and the National 

 Archives in celebration of the 200th anniversary of the 

 White House. It was based on a program at the 1992 

 Festival of American Folklife. The exhibition was shown 

 at the Charles Sumner School Museum and Archives in 

 Washington, D.C., beginning September 20 and is trav- 

 eling to presidential libraries. 



January 



■ Online Service SIRIS, the Smithsonian Institution Re- 

 search Information System, which carries the Smithson- 

 ian Libraries online catalog, was installed over the year, 

 with both cataloging and acquisitions modules put into 

 operation in January. The circulation module was made 

 available to the local branches sequentially. This com- 

 plex, fully integrated system was available by year's end 

 at personal computers around the Institution. 



January ipp4 



m Appointment Renwick Gallery curator-in-charge, 

 Michael Monroe, served as a consultant to the White 

 House in forming its contemporary American craft 

 collection and concluded arrangements for an touring 

 exhibition of the 72 objects to begin at the National 

 Museum of American An in spring 1995. 



January 6—8 



■ Meeting The Commission on the Future of the Smithson- 

 ian Institution held its first plenary meeting. The commis- 

 sion, which was supported by the Andrew W Mellon 

 Foundation and the John D. and Catherine T MacArthur 

 Foundation, was charged with developing a vision for the 

 Smithsonian as it moved into the next century. Meetings 

 were subsequently held June 2-4 and September 15-17. 



January 6 



■ Radio Series Premiere OTC's Jazz Smithsonian, hosted 

 by Lena Home, premiered the first of eight one-hour 



January 12—13 



■ Conference The Office of Museum Programs organ- 

 ized the Asian/Pacific American-Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion Working Meeting on the Collection Indexing 

 Project. 



January 24—28 



■ Conference At the National Science Resources 

 Center's third annual Working Conference on Science 

 Education for Scientists and Engineers, participants 

 shared what they have learned about working with 

 school districts to improve elementary and secondary 

 science education. 



January 24 



■ Public Program Nobel Laureate Francis Crick, 

 codiscoverer of the molecular structure of DNA, lec- 

 tured about his new research on the human brain and 

 consciousness before a capacity audience of Smithsonian 

 Associates. 



January 2$ 



■ Radio Ad Campaign The first radio advertisement 

 ran in this year's Office of Public Affairs Black History 

 Month campaign, one of three annual radio campaigns 

 aimed at local African American audiences, ages 25 to 

 45. OPA prepared the ad copy, and three local radio sta- 

 tions produced the ads. The other campaigns were 

 geared to spring school-break activities and to summer 

 events at the Smithsonian. 



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