February 



■ Research Agreement The National Museum of Natural 

 History signed an agreement in Lima with the Republic 

 of Peru for long-term research in the Manu Reserved 

 Zone in the Peruvian Amazon lowlands. 



February 



■ Publication The Office of Elementary and Secondary 

 Education published Protest ana" Patriotism, a 40-page il- 

 lustrated curriculum enrichment guide for high school 

 teachers, produced in collaboration with the National 

 Museum of American History's Division of Political His- 

 tory. The kit was distributed to more than 15,0x20 teachers. 



February 



■ Biodiversity Workshops The Office of the Assistant 

 Secretary for External Affairs developed and hosted the 

 Sustainable Biosphere Project by organizing six regional 

 workshops to identify and disseminate successful 

 resource management techniques. 



February 



■ Biodiversity With the World Resources Institute, the 

 Office of the Assistant Secretary for External Affairs 

 hosted a briefing, "Stemming the Tide of Biodiversity 

 Loss at the Global and National Level." 



February 



■ International Conference The American-Soviet Film- 

 makers Conference, cosponsored by the Smithsonian 

 and the U.S. Information Agency, was held at the 

 Smithsonian. 



February 



■ Research The establishment of the Mpala Wildlife Re- 

 search Trust was announced at a press conference at the 

 Embassy of Kenya. The trust, administered jointly by the 

 Kenyan Wildlife Service, the National Museums of Kenya, 

 the Smithsonian, and Princeton University, will oversee a 

 research center at Mpala Ranch in the Kenyan highlands. 



February 



■ Radio Broadcast "Jazz," a Radio Smithsonian special 

 produced by the Office of Telecommunications with 



host Julian Bond, aired over National Public Radio in 

 honor of Black History Month. 



February 



■ Grants The Smithsonian National Board awarded 

 grants of up to $15,000 each for Columbus Quincentenary 

 education projects to the National Museum of American 

 History, National Museum of Natural History, Office of 

 Elementary and Secondary Education, and Hirshhorn 

 Museum and Sculpture Garden. The Board also supported 

 the Smithsonian's Quincentenary inaugural events. 



February 



■ Publication A Pot of Paint: Aesthetics on Trial in 

 Whistler vs. Ruskin, by Linda Merrill, was published by 

 Smithsonian Institution Press. It was sponsored for pub- 

 lication by the Regents' Publication Program. 



February 



■ Publication The Smithsonian Institution Press book 

 Benjamin 0. Davis, Jr.: American was issued in paperback 

 by Plume Penguin. 



February 



■ Exhibition Opening The National Museum of African 

 Art displayed a rare cast metal ring from its collection 

 in the exhibition "Between Man and the Gods: Sacrifice 

 and Ceremony on a Cast Metal Ring." The exhibition 

 was the result of research conducted by Curator Roslyn 

 Walker. 



February 



■ Acquisition Atlanta Interfaith Broadcasters 

 presented the Anacostia Museum with 35 videotapes 

 of African American church and family histories. A 

 special emphasis was placed on the role of women in 

 the church. 



February 



■ Bilingual Program The Smithsonian National As- 

 sociate Program held its first bilingual program in El 

 Paso, Texas, and Juarez, Mexico. The invitational 

 brochure was translated into Spanish, as were the 

 events held in Mexico. 



