October 



■ Public Programs The Visitor Information and 

 Associates' Reception Center initiated Spanish-language 

 touts of the Smithsonian Institution Building. 



Chronology 



October 



■ Publications Two tecent Smithsonian Institution 

 Press books — Women of Deb Koh and The Mystery of Com- 

 ets — were issued in German and Italian translations. 

 Paperback editions of The Lawmen and Women of Deb Koh 

 were released in the United States by Viking Penguin. 



October 



The following is a representative selection of Smith- 

 sonian events during fiscal year 1992. 



October 



■ Education Program Cooper-Hewitt, National 

 Museum of Design began a series of one-day design 

 career programs that gave high school students the op- 

 portunity to explore social issues and participate in 

 design activities with professional designers. The series 

 continued through March. 



October 



■ Smithsonian Sesqukentenary The Office of the Assis- 

 tant Secretary for External Affairs began coordination of 

 the Smithsonian's 150th anniversary commemoration, to 

 be held in 199$. 



October 



■ International Meeting The Office of International 

 Relations, in cooperation with the University of Califor- 

 nia Consortium on Mexico and federal agencies, par- 

 ticipated in the steeting committee meeting of the 

 U.S.— Mexico Foundation for Science. Assistant 

 Secretary for External Affairs Thomas E. Lovejoy is a 

 member of the committee. 



■ Radio Series "Folk Masters" — produced by the Office 

 of Telecommunications' Radio Smithsonian, Carnegie 

 Hall, and the Washington public radio station WETA- 

 FM — was inaugurated, broadcast over public radio sta- 

 tions nationwide. It subsequently won the Corporation 

 for Public Broadcasting's Gold Award. 



October 



■ Tour Archives of American Art members explored 

 the art and architecture of Spain and Portugal. The jour- 

 ney to Barcelona, Madrid, Leon, Santiago, Oporto, and 

 Lisbon included visits to private collections and special 

 tours of the sights and treasures in each city. 



October 



■ Publication The Smithsonian Institution Libraries' 

 catalog of the National Museum of African Art branch 

 holdings was published with more than 17,000 records 

 derived from SIL's on-line computer records. 



October 



■ New Archive Cooper-Hewitt, National Museum of 

 Design established an African American Design Ar- 

 chive, a computerized compilation of African American 

 designers' biographies. 



October 



■ Special Event The Viking voyages to the New World 

 were commemorated at the National Air and Space 

 Museum with the queen of Norway and the president of 



