October 19 



Special Event: Archaeologist Mary Leakey lectured for the Resident Associate 

 Program on discoveries of fossil human ancestors in East Africa; the event was 

 cosponsored by the National Museum of Natural History. 



October 20 



Concert series: The 20th-century Consort opened its 1984-85 season at the 

 Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden with the first of four concerts, entitled 

 "Election Special." 



October 20 



Symposium: "Can't Something Be Done?," a program co- sponsored by the Museum of 

 American History, focused on Eleanor Roosevelt's activities in Washington, D.C., 

 during the New Deal and featured discussions among scholars of the New Deal 

 era and individuals who had helped to fashion the New Deal policies. 



October 21 



Exhibition: The Anacostia Museum opened Black Women: Achievements Against the 

 Odds, an exhibition providing an overview of black women's history from the 

 colonial period to the modern era. The exhibition was produced by the 

 Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. 



October 21 



Special Program: The Office of Museum Programs and the United States Information 

 Agency co-sponsored the second annual museum administration project, enabling 

 seven museum professionals from six European countries to study current practices 

 and problems of museum administration at the Smithsonian and other museums in the 

 United States . 



October 24-26 



Colloquium: The Kellogg Project's "Colloquium II" was held at the Xerox 

 International Training Center, Leesburg, Va. The theme, "Museums in Pursuit of 

 Educational Excellence," was addressed by six speakers. 



October 29 



New System: The Smithsonian Institution Libraries introduced its new Automated 

 Library System to representatives of Institution units. 



October 31 



Exhibition: Praise Poems: The Katherine White Collection opened at the 

 National Museum of African Art. 



