June 5 



Special Event: World Environment Day was celebrated at the National Zoological 

 Park with information displays and an evening concert. Collaborating with the 

 Zoo in producing this event was the United Nations Environment Programme and the 

 Global Tomorrow Coalition. 



June 6 



Exhibition: "Fields of Grass," an exhibition of drawings, watercolors and prints 

 of grasses by artists from the 16th century to the present, opened at the 

 National Museum of Natural History. 



June 9 



Special Program: The High School Summer Intern Program began its first session 

 under the auspices of the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. 



June 14 



Exhibition: "Davy Crockett: Gentleman from the Cane" opened at the National 

 Portrait Gallery. 



June 17 



Grant: The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation awarded a grant to the Smithsonian 

 Institution to support the videotaping of interviews about "Science in National 

 Life." The project will explore potentials inherent in adding a visual component 

 to historical research projects on recent history of science already underway in 

 a number of Smithsonian bureaus. Project staff is based in the Smithsonian 

 Archives. 



June 18 



Special Event: The Smithsonian Archives commemorated the 100th anniversary of 

 the birth of Alexander Wetmore, sixth Secretary of the Smithsonian, with the 

 opening of an exhibition entitled "Alexander Wetmore: The Early Years, 1900- 

 1925." Films of Dr. Wetmore 's expeditions to Panama with Watson M. Perrygo in 

 the 1950s were screened and a reception followed. 



June 19 



Report: A nine-month self-study of the Smithsonian Libraries Preservation 

 Planning Program was completed and a report submitted by Nancy E. Gwinn, 

 Assistant Director, Collections Management, under direction of the Association cf 

 Research Libraries. 



June 19 



Premiere: "On the Wing," a new large-screen film that dramatized the dynamic 

 relationship between mechanical and natural flight, premiered at the National Air 

 and Space Museum's Samuel P. Langley Theater. 



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