"Folk Masters from The Barns of Wolf Trap" Series of 26 



one-hour stereo programs — the fourth season of this series of 

 traditional music of the Americas (the first 13 programs are all 

 new programs; the second group of 13 programs are highlights 

 from the 1992 and 1993 seasons) — was produced by the Wolf 

 Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts, WETA-FM, and 

 Radio Smithsonian, and broadcast nationwide over 75 stations 

 of Public Radio International and on BBC Scotland. 



"The Tides of Maine" A 30-minute radio documentary on the 

 reseatch conducted by the Marine Systems Laboratory at 

 the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, 

 and its director Walter Adey, was broadcast on more than 

 200 National Public Radio stations as part of the series 

 "Soundprint." 



Chamber Music Concerts at the Freer and Sackler Galleries 

 and performances by the Smithsonian Chamber Music 

 Society recorded by Radio Smithsonian were heard on more 

 than 100 stations over National Public Radio's daily 

 program, "Performance Today." 



Compact Disc-Interactive Programs 



"The Down Home Blues" and "The Uptown Blues," the latest 

 in a series of CD-is programs produced in collaboration 

 with Philips Interactive Media, were released in the United 

 States and in Europe. 



"American Encounters" for distribution to schools and 

 general audiences. Titles include "Only Death Will Take 

 Me from This Place," a look at village life in northern New 

 Mexico; "Spreading Beauty Wherever I Go," on the 

 lownder cars of New Mexico; and "Corn Is Who We Are," 

 dealing with Pueblo Indian food. 



Television Broadcasts 



"Smithsonian Expedition Specials" A collaboration between 

 Hearst Entertainment and the Institution resulted in 

 broadcast of two programs in this prime-time series on the 

 Atts and Entertainment cable network: "The Elephants of 

 Timbuktu," aired on May 29, 1994, and explored the 

 odyssey of a little-known herd of 500 elephants who 

 annually migrate 1000 kilometers to their wet-season 

 sanctuary. The second program, "Tree People: Cannibal 

 Justice," aired July 10, 1994, and with NMNH scientist 

 Paul Taylor studied the hidden world of the Korowai, an 

 indigenous Indonesian group untouched by modern times. 



Finance and Administration 



Exhibition Videos 



"Reporting the War: The Journalistic Coverage of World War 

 II," an NPG exhibition, featured video portraits produced 

 by OTC, focusing on cartoonist Bill Mauldin, broadcaster 

 William Shirer, field artist Bernard Perlin, and writers John 

 Hersey and Robert St. John. 



"Louis Armstrong: A Cultural Legacy,' produced by OTC to 

 accompany a SITES exhibition, consisted of three short 

 videos and two compact discs that appear at stations 

 throughout the installation. 



An updated interactive program for visitor orientation was 

 produced by OTC in conjunction with V1ARC for use in 

 the kiosks of the Castle s Great Hall. The expanded 

 information now includes the new National Postal Museum 

 and the renovated Freer Gallery of Art. 



An updated version of "Guide to the Smithsonian," featuring 

 I. Michael Heyman, Secretary, was produced in 

 collaboration with V1ARC for use in the orientation 

 theaters of the Castle s Great Hall 



"The Haupt Garden." a 7 1/2 minute video orientation to the 

 Victorian garden to be shown in the Children s Room of the 

 Castle, was produced by OTC. 



Educational Videos 



Three videos, each about 20 minutes in length, were produced 

 by OTC and NMAH as an outgrowth of the exhibition 



Office of Printing and Photographic 

 Services 



Wallace, Jim. "Project Chapman: The Direct Delivery of 

 Digital Smithsonian Images Via the Internet." Visual 

 Resources 20:57—60. 



Affiliated Organizations 



Reading Is Fundamental, Inc. (RIF) 



RIF Neusletter. Published four times a year, the Neusletter 

 reports on RIF activities nationwide. A technical assistance 

 insert, addressing local projects' requests for information on 

 how to motivate youngsters to read, is included twice a year 

 in Neusletters sent to RIF projects. The Neusletter reaches 

 13.000 people throughout the United States and offshore 

 territories. 



The Fun & Fundamentals of Running a RIF Project. A brochure 

 outlining the basic details on running a RIF program. 



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