September 



Space Sciences: Precise observations of Comet Giacobini-Zinner were carried out 

 by astronomers at the SAO-administered Oak Ridge Observatory to assist in the 

 historic comet rendezvous of the ICE spacecraft. 



September 



Technology Advancement: The Air and Space Museum announced development of a 

 System for Digital Display that can potentially store up to 100,000 images of 

 documents, maps, books, drawings and three-dimensional artifacts on optical 

 disks. These, in turn, can be easily indexed, searched and images reproduced or 

 telephoned to locations around the world. A patent was subsequently applied 

 for. 



September 



Television: The Office of Public Affairs produced two public service 

 announcements for national television entitled "America's Memories," with Bob 

 Hope narrating. The spots were close captioned for the hearing impaired and 

 subsequently translated into Spanish. 



September 1 



Research: "Hopi Social Boundary Maintenance and Exchange Relationships," a new 

 major research project at the Conservation Analytical Laboratory in cooperation 

 with a number of museums and universities, was launched by Dr. Ronald L. Bishop 

 and Dr. Veletta Canouts . 



September 1 



Acquisition: The Conservation Analytical Laboratory, with special funding 

 provided by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Museum Programs, acquired a 

 unique collection of reference materials for the analysis of textile dyes, a 

 collection assembled by one of the foremost international experts in this field. 



September 4 



Publication: The Joseph Henry Papers published the fifth volume of the papers of 

 the Institution's first secretary, documenting the years 1841-1843. 



September 4 



Workshop: In conjunction with the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the 

 Office of Elementary and Secondary Education presented the first in a series of 

 workshops on making historic sites accessible to disabled visitors. 



September 5 



Milestone: The first North American exhibition of antiquities from Syria opened 

 at the Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore, Md. , organized by the Smithsonian 

 Institution Traveling Exhibition Service and the Directorate General of 

 Antiquities, Syrian Arab Republic. The exhibition, entitled Ebla Co Damascus : 

 Art and Archaeology of AncienC Syria, consisted of 281 objects representing 

 10,000 years of history. 



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