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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Record Unit 590

Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications

Productions, 1981-1987

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications
Title:Productions
Dates:1981-1987
Quantity:13.3 cu. ft. (15 document boxes) (10 tall document boxes)
Collection:Record Unit 590
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

This record unit consists of master audiotapes for Smithsonian Galaxy editions 126-186, 1983-1987, and Radio Smithsonian programs 600-749, 1981-1984; and elements, or original, unedited tapes for Smithsonian Galaxy editions 104-186, 1982-1987, and Radio Smithsonian programs 689-836, 1983-1985.

Descriptive Entry

This record unit consists of master audiotapes for Smithsonian Galaxy editions 126-186, 1983-1987, and Radio Smithsonian programs 600-749, 1981-1984; and elements, or original, unedited tapes for Smithsonian Galaxy editions 104-186, 1982-1987, and Radio Smithsonian programs 689-836, 1983-1985.

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 590, Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications, Productions

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Container List

Box 1

Smithsonian Galaxy

Edition 126, September 28, 1983

"The Real Johnny Appleseed"

Box 1 of 25

"The World's Most Inaccurate Calendar"

Box 1 of 25

"Gravitational Images In Space"

Box 1 of 25

"Mermaid Mania"

Box 1 of 25

Edition 127, October 12, 1983

"The Agouti and the Tree"

Box 1 of 25

"History of Halloween"

Box 1 of 25

"School Bus Story"

Box 1 of 25

"Preserving Aldabra"

Box 1 of 25

Edition 128, October 25, 1983

"Flight of the Monarchs"

Box 1 of 25

"Trekking the Himalayas"

Box 1 of 25

"Message of the Solar Challenger"

Box 1 of 25

"American Picture Palaces"

Box 1 of 25

Edition 129, November 14, 1983

"Tracing the Turkey"

Box 1 of 25

"The Prime Minister's Palette"

Box 1 of 25

"The Russian Phoenix"

Box 1 of 25

"18th Century P's and Q's"

Box 1 of 25

Edition 130, November 22, 1983

"Mr. Ferris' Wheel"

Box 1 of 25

"Saving Sino-Soviet Cranes"

Box 1 of 25

"America's First Movie Maker"

Box 1 of 25

"Remembering Matchsafes"

Box 1 of 25

Edition 131, December 12, 1983

"Inventing Standard Time"

Box 1 of 25

"Origin of the Christmas Tree"

Box 1 of 25

"Urban Cats"

Box 1 of 25

"The Day the Sun Turns Around"

Box 1 of 25

Edition 132, December 21, 1983

"The Wright Stuff"

Box 1 of 25

"The Greatest Sky Show in History"

Box 1 of 25

"History to a 'T'"

Box 1 of 25

"The Ghost of the Himalayas"

Box 1 of 25

Edition 133, January 3, 1984

"Latin America's Ecological Quandary"

Box 1 of 25

"Models of Invention"

Box 1 of 25

"Last Song of the Humpback Whale"

Box 1 of 25

"Meteorites in the Antarctic"

Box 1 of 25

Edition 134, January 18, 1984

"Seeing with Hands"

Box 1 of 25

"Roger Tory Peterson's Words on Birds"

Box 1 of 25

"Precious Legacy"

Box 1 of 25

"The Naming of America"

Box 1 of 25

Edition 135, February 1, 1984

"America's Forgotten Hero"

Box 1 of 25

"Rediscovering the Star Compass"

Box 1 of 25

"Colonial America's Electrical Parlor Games"

Box 1 of 25

"Orion: Nursery in Space"

Box 1 of 25

Edition 136, February 15, 1984

"Buffalo Bill's Birthday"

Box 1 of 25

"All About Aerophones"

Box 1 of 25

"The Ever-Changing Orchid"

Box 1 of 25

"Spirit People of the Sierra Madre"

Box 1 of 25

Edition 137, February 29, 1984

"Kite Facts"

Box 1 of 25

"Hummingbirds, the High-Energy Jewels"

Box 1 of 25

"Mapping the Universe"

Box 1 of 25

"North America's Ancient Earthworks"

Box 1 of 25

Edition 138, March 14, 1984

"Coping with Cold"

Box 1 of 25

"Starspots and Sunspots"

Box 1 of 25

"Teddy Roosevelt's Smithsonian Safari"

Box 1 of 25

"U.S. Technology Meets Chinese Seaweed"

Box 1 of 25

Edition 139, March 28, 1984

"Opening the China Trade"

Box 1 of 25

"17th Century Violins Keep Up with the Times"

Box 1 of 25

"The Flight of the Double Eagle V"

Box 1 of 25

"Stalking the 'Barefoot Microchip'"

Box 1 of 25

Box 2

Edition 140, April 11, 1984

"Mysteries of the Easter Bunny"

Box 2 of 25

"Taking the Measure of Earthquakes"

Box 2 of 25

"Saving the Tropical Rain Forests" (#116)

Box 2 of 25

"Spring Forward, Fall Back" (#114)

Box 2 of 25

Edition 141, April 24, 1984

"Black Wings" (Chief Anderson)

Box 2 of 25

"The Making of an Opera Star"

Box 2 of 25

"The Jolly Green Tourmaline"

Box 2 of 25

"Following Marco Polo"

Box 2 of 25

Edition 142, May 9, 1984

"Tales Told in Bones"

Box 2 of 25

"Toward Solving the Violinist's Instrumental Dilemma"

Box 2 of 25

"The Archetypal Starving Artist: Amateo Modigliani"

Box 2 of 25

"Poetry in Flight" (#107)

Box 2 of 25

Edition 143, May 24, 1984

"New Guinea Man Meets Modern Man"

Box 2 of 25

"Incredible, Edible Weeds"

Box 2 of 25

"New Clues to the Origin of Life"

Box 2 of 25

"Dragon of the Tropical Treetops"

Box 2 of 25

Edition 144, June 6, 1984

"WWII's Last Purple Heart"

Box 2 of 25

"Playpens for Pandas"

Box 2 of 25

"The Amateur Astronomy Vista"

Box 2 of 25

"Microscopic History"

Box 2 of 25

Edition 145, June 20, 1984

"Considering the Calendar"

Box 2 of 25

"Saving the Peregrine"

Box 2 of 25

"Is E.T. Really Out There?"

Box 2 of 25

"Wild Pets"

Box 2 of 25

Edition 146, July 3, 1984

"A Midsummer Night's Gleam"

Box 2 of 25

"On Top of the World"

Box 2 of 25

"Whistler-ing Happy Birthday"

Box 2 of 25

"Those Fantastic Fleas"

Box 2 of 25

Edition 147, July 18, 1984

"Between the Stars"

Box 2 of 25

"Pieces of Alaska"

Box 2 of 25

"African Game Boards"

Box 2 of 25

"Seeing with Hands"

Box 2 of 25

Edition 148, August 1, 1984

"Wrong Way Corrigan Rides Again"

Box 2 of 25

"An American Bandstand"

Box 2 of 25

"England's First Landing"

Box 2 of 25

"The Callanish Standing Stones"

Box 2 of 25

Edition 149, August 14, 1984

"The Importance of Being Elephant"

Box 2 of 25

"Gamma Ray Photography with the World's Biggest Camera"

Box 2 of 25

"A Dig Into the Algonkins' Past"

Box 2 of 25

"The Golden Age of Flight"

Box 2 of 25

Edition 150, August 29, 1984

"Acid Rain"

Box 2 of 25

"The Exquisite Corpse"

Box 2 of 25

"Apollo's Legacy"

Box 2 of 25

"Hummingbirds, the High Energy Jewels" (#137)

Box 2 of 25

Edition 151, September 12, 1984

"The Plastic Brain"

Box 2 of 25

"Looking Forward in Retrospect"

Box 2 of 25

"The Curse That Wasn't"

Box 2 of 25

"Thinking About Animals"

Box 2 of 25

Edition 152, September 26, 1984

"Flight of the Monarchs"

Box 2 of 25

"Mr. Ferris' Wheel"

Box 2 of 25

"Black Wings"

Box 2 of 25

"Whistler-ing Happy Birthday"

Box 2 of 25

Edition 153, October 10, 1984

"Reproducing Pianos"

Box 2 of 25

"One Million Mosquitoes"

Box 2 of 25

"Africanized Bees"

Box 2 of 25

"America's Forgotten Hero" (#135)

Box 2 of 25

Box 3

Edition 154, October 24, 1984

"Saving Sino-Soviet Cranes"

Box 3 of 25

"Mazes and Modern Art"

Box 3 of 25

"Rock Art"

Box 3 of 25

"Mapping the Universe"

Box 3 of 25

Edition 155, November 7, 1984

"A Zoo Keeper's Tale"

Box 3 of 25

"Bees that don't like Pollen"

Box 3 of 25

"As Easy As 'A, B, C'"

Box 3 of 25

"Tracing the Turkey"

Box 3 of 25

Edition 156, November 21, 1984

"Say It Ain't So, Wesley"

Box 3 of 25

"The Great Comet Scare"

Box 3 of 25

"Aerial Firefighters"

Box 3 of 25

"The Spider's Web"

Box 3 of 25

Edition 157, December 6, 1984

"The Christmas Stamp"

Box 3 of 25

"Carving the Toys of Hanukkah"

Box 3 of 25

"The Nutcracker, in Song and Craft"

Box 3 of 25

"Seaweed...at 190 Fathoms"

Box 3 of 25

Edition 158, December 19, 1984

"Mistletoe History"

Box 3 of 25

"A New Noah's Arch"

Box 3 of 25

"The Reluctant Newton"

Box 3 of 25

"Quetzalcoatlus Flies Again"

Box 3 of 25

Edition 159, January 9, 1985

"50 Years of DC-3s"

Box 3 of 25

"Forgotten Furniture"

Box 3 of 25

"Happy Birthday, Mr. Kern"

Box 3 of 25

"People in Transition"

Box 3 of 25

"Neither Rain, Nor Sleet, Nor..."

Box 3 of 25

"The Myth of Progress"

Box 3 of 25

Edition 160, February 6, 1985

"The First International Flight"

Box 3 of 25

"A Spidery Perspective"

Box 3 of 25

"Monumental Anniversary"

Box 3 of 25

"Flying with the 99th"

Box 3 of 25

"Deep-Sea Surprises"

Box 3 of 25

"Animals and Tools"

Box 3 of 25

Edition 161, March 6, 1985

"Views of a Vanishing Frontier"

Box 3 of 25

"The Smithsonian's 'Lost World Diet'"

Box 3 of 25

"Archaeological Clues...From Garbage!"

Box 3 of 25

"Why Cats are Cats, and Dogs are Dogs"

Box 3 of 25

"The Real 'Art' of Winemaking"

Box 3 of 25

"Ancient Ships in the Desert"

Box 3 of 25

Edition 162, April 10, 1985

"America's First Artists"

Box 3 of 25

"Last Flight of the Aerobee"

Box 3 of 25

"Nectar of the Gods"

Box 3 of 25

"Restoring it Wright"

Box 3 of 25

"Audubon the Artist"

Box 3 of 25

"Hummingbirds, the High Energy Jewels"

Box 3 of 25

Edition 163, May 8, 1985

"Myth of the Noble Savage"

Box 3 of 25

"Hay Fever Hypotheses"

Box 3 of 25

"The Seeds that Broke Brazil"

Box 3 of 25

"The Changing Image of African Art"

Box 3 of 25

"Jet Age Designers"

Box 3 of 25

"Acid Rain"

Box 3 of 25

Edition 164, June 5, 1985

"Mammals in the Limelight"

Box 3 of 25

"Celestial Images"

Box 3 of 25

"The Father of Soil Conservation"

Box 3 of 25

"Jean Mercer: Posters for Films"

Box 3 of 25

"A Lesson in Lasers"

Box 3 of 25

"Fifty Years For the R.E.A."

Box 3 of 25

Edition 165, July 11, 1985

"The Float Makers"

Box 3 of 25

"The Coast of Maine"

Box 3 of 25

"India on the Mall"

Box 3 of 25

"The Jazz Singer"

Box 3 of 25

"Preserving the Past"

Box 3 of 25

"Digging into the Algonkins' Past"

Box 3 of 25

Edition 166, August 10, 1985

"Halley's Comet in Babylonia"

Box 3 of 25

"Paper Wings"

Box 3 of 25

"Suiting Up for Space"

Box 3 of 25

"The Reluctant General"

Box 3 of 25

"Bathing Suits in Brief"

Box 3 of 25

"Mapping the Universe"

Box 3 of 25

Edition 167, September 12, 1985

"Iras the Great"

Box 3 of 25

"Cicada Song"

Box 3 of 25

"Flowerdew 100"

Box 3 of 25

"The Dog Observed"

Box 3 of 25

"Zoo to Art"

Box 3 of 25

"Copying Success"

Box 3 of 25

Box 4

Edition 168, October 10, 1985

"Eating the Wilderness"

Box 4 of 25

"Associating with the Smithsonian"

Box 4 of 25

"Life as a Diamondback Turtle"

Box 4 of 25

"Coping with Cold"

Box 4 of 25

"Fire and Ice"

Box 4 of 25

"Say it ain't so Wesley" (repeat)

Box 4 of 25

Edition 169, November 7, 1985

"How to Make a Comet"

Box 4 of 25

"Closing in on Halley's"

Box 4 of 25

"Paderewski, Superstar"

Box 4 of 25

"Harlem's Renaissance"

Box 4 of 25

"America's Gastronomical Revolution"

Box 4 of 25

"Mr. Ferris' Wheel" (repeat)

Box 4 of 25

Edition 170, December 10, 1985

"Hog Island Cowboys"

Box 4 of 25

"The Lady & the Elephants"

Box 4 of 25

"Beyond the City Lights"

Box 4 of 25

"Trees of Christmas"

Box 4 of 25

"Birth of the B-17"

Box 4 of 25

"The Art of Advertising"

Box 4 of 25

Edition 171, January 10, 1986

"Updating India's Traditions"

Box 4 of 25

"Zero-Gravity Gastronomy"

Box 4 of 25

"The Final Hours"

Box 4 of 25

"A Salute to Oleomargarine"

Box 4 of 25

"Those Fantastic Fleas"

Box 4 of 25

"Mapping the Universe" (repeat)

Box 4 of 25

Edition 172, February 5, 1986

"Cosmic Bubbles"

Box 4 of 25

"First Flight to Africa"

Box 4 of 25

"The Surprising Servais Cello"

Box 4 of 25

"One-Celled Wonders"

Box 4 of 25

"Tethered Satellites"

Box 4 of 25

"The White Bread Story"

Box 4 of 25

Edition 173, March 5, 1986

"Fight of the Monarchs"

Box 4 of 25

"Black Wings"

Box 4 of 25

"One Million Mosquitoes" (repeat)

Box 4 of 25

"The Spider's Web"

Box 4 of 25

"Deep-Sea Surprises"

Box 4 of 25

"Animals and Tools"

Box 4 of 25

Edition 174, April 10, 1986

"Lunar Leftovers"

Box 4 of 25

"After the Revolution"

Box 4 of 25

"A Neils Bohr Centennial"

Box 4 of 25

"The World's Most Studied Volcano"

Box 4 of 25

"The Golden Age of Airships"

Box 4 of 25

"The Smithsonian Lost World Diet" (repeat)

Box 4 of 25

Edition 175, May 10, 1986

"Looking at Earth"

Box 4 of 25

"First Fossil"

Box 4 of 25

"The Last Explorer"

Box 4 of 25

"On Human Origins"

Box 4 of 25

"The Vever Collection"

Box 4 of 25

"Why Cats are Cats, and Dogs are Dogs" (repeat)

Box 4 of 25

Edition 176, June 10, 1986

"Reaching Rural America"

Box 4 of 25

"The Corporate Frank Lloyd Wright"

Box 4 of 25

"At Home on the Road"

Box 4 of 25

"Fanfare for a New Flamingo"

Box 4 of 25

"The First International Fight" (repeat)

Box 4 of 25

"A Spidery Perspective" (repeat)

Box 4 of 25

Edition 177, July 9, 1986

"Beeping Crabs"

Box 4 of 25

"The Imperial Mr. Brady"

Box 4 of 25

"Creating the Federal Skyline"

Box 4 of 25

"The Life and Legend of David Crockett"

Box 4 of 25

"California Artist"

Box 4 of 25

"Bathing Suits in Brief" (repeat)

Box 4 of 25

Edition 178, August 6, 1986

"50 Years of Air Traffic Control"

Box 4 of 25

"Hollywood: Legend and Reality"

Box 4 of 25

"Calling the Wild"

Box 4 of 25

"Noah's Park"

Box 4 of 25

"Fiddler on the Beach"

Box 4 of 25

"Harlem's Renaissance" (repeat)

Box 4 of 25

Edition 179, September 12, 1986

"Renewing Noses"

Box 4 of 25

"The Weeds That Conquered The Maya"

Box 4 of 25

"The Endangered Horse"

Box 4 of 25

"Herculaneum"

Box 4 of 25

"Dreams & Symbols" (repeat)

Box 4 of 25

"Easy as 'A,B,C'" (repeat)

Box 4 of 25

Edition 180, October 10, 1986

"L.A., American Style"

Box 4 of 25

"Ginger Rogers: Hollywood Hoofer"

Box 4 of 25

"The Tradition of Trial Lawyers"

Box 4 of 25

"Fifty Years of Consumer Products"

Box 4 of 25

"Ecuadorian Odyssey"

Box 4 of 25

"Maine Microcosm" (repeat)

Box 4 of 25

Edition 181, November 7, 1986

"Dizzy Gillespie: Jazz Giant"

Box 4 of 25

"The Hawk That's Ruled by a Mouse"

Box 4 of 25

"Painting the People of China"

Box 4 of 25

"Poetry on Horseback"

Box 4 of 25

"Italy's Golden Age of Flight"

Box 4 of 25

"Neither Rain, Nor Sleet, Nor..." (repeat)

Box 4 of 25

Box 5

Edition 182, December 16, 1986

"Trees of Christmas" (repeat)

Box 5 of 25

"Carving the Toys of Hanukkah" (repeat)

Box 5 of 25

"The Nutcracker, in Song and Craft" (repeat)

Box 5 of 25

"Researching the Sea"

Box 5 of 25

"The Making of Deserts"

Box 5 of 25

"Sands of the Nile"

Box 5 of 25

Edition 183, January 1987

"Portraits in Miniature"

Box 5 of 25

"Genius at the Margins"

Box 5 of 25

"Fighter Aircraft of World War I"

Box 5 of 25

"Russia: The Land, The People"

Box 5 of 25

"An Artist at Large"

Box 5 of 25

"Motorcycle Mystique"

Box 5 of 25

Edition 184, February 1987

"Engines of Change"

Box 5 of 25

"Copying Success" (repeat)

Box 5 of 25

"Top Gun"

Box 5 of 25

"Paderewski, Superstar" (repeat)

Box 5 of 25

"Eating the Wilderness" (repeat)

Box 5 of 25

"Roberta Peters, Opera Star"

Box 5 of 25

Edition 185, March 1987

"The Golden Age of Airships" (repeat)

Box 5 of 25

"The Lady and the Elephants" (repeat)

Box 5 of 25

"The Surprising Servais Cello" (repeat)

Box 5 of 25

"Field to Factory"

Box 5 of 25

"Installing the Chesapeake"

Box 5 of 25

"Independents Declared"

Box 5 of 25

Edition 186, April 1987

"Hay Fever Hypotheses"

Box 5 of 25

"Lunar Leftover"

Box 5 of 25

"Renewing Noses"

Box 5 of 25

"Noah's Park"

Box 5 of 25

"Beeping Crabs"

Box 5 of 25

"Reproducing Pianos"

Box 5 of 25

Box 6

Smithsonian Galaxy Elements 104-139

Box 6 of 25

Box 7

Smithsonian Galaxy Elements 140-183

Box 7 of 25

Box 8

Smithsonian Galaxy Elements 184-185

Box 8 of 25

Radio Smithsonian Elements 689-731

Box 8 of 25

Box 9

Radio Smithsonian Elements 732-749

Box 9 of 25

Box 10

Radio Smithsonian Elements 750-766

Box 10 of 25

Box 11

Radio Smithsonian Elements 768-792

Box 11 of 25

Box 12

Radio Smithsonian Elements 793-807

Box 12 of 25

Box 13

Radio Smithsonian Elements 808-817

Box 13 of 25

Box 14

Radio Smithsonian Elements 818-827

Box 14 of 25

Box 15

Radio Smithsonian Elements 828-836

Box 15 of 25

Box 16

Radio Smithsonian

Number 600, July 6, 1981

"Renaissance of Islam"

Box 16 of 25

"An Ambassador's Wife in Iran" (Cynthia Helms)

Box 16 of 25

Number 601, July 13, 1981

"Great American Gardens"

Box 16 of 25

"Life Among the Porpoises"

Box 16 of 25

Number 602, July 20, 1981

"The Trouble with Pandas"

Box 16 of 25

"The Grand Beehive"

Box 16 of 25

"The Animal Image"

Box 16 of 25

Number 603, July 27, 1981

"Thomas Jefferson and Science"

Box 16 of 25

"In the Shadow of F.D.R."

Box 16 of 25

Number 604, July 5, 1981

"On the Midway"

Box 16 of 25

Number 605, July 12, 1981

"The Nine Nations of North America"

Box 16 of 25

"Famous Personalities of Flight Cookbook"

Box 16 of 25

"Virtues of the Viola"

Box 16 of 25

Number 606, July 19, 1981

"Champions of American Sport"

Box 16 of 25

Number 607, July 26, 1981

"Diplomats in Buckskins"

Box 16 of 25

"A Finnish Treasure"

Box 16 of 25

Ted Park on Prince Charles

Box 16 of 25

Number 608, August 2, 1981

"New Directions? The United States and Europe in the 80's"

Box 16 of 25

Number 609, August 9, 1981

"Hollywood Goes Broadway"

Box 16 of 25

Number 610, August 16, 1981

"Planes from the Palette"

Box 16 of 25

"The Spirit of Clara Barton"

Box 16 of 25

"At Home with the Apes"

Box 16 of 25

Number 611, August 23, 1981

"Treasure of the Quicksilver Galleons"

Box 16 of 25

"Caitlin's Indian Gallery"

Box 16 of 25

"The Primordial Bond"

Box 16 of 25

Number 612, August 30, 1981

"The 1981 Festival of American Folklife"

Box 16 of 25

Number 613, September 6, 1981

"The 1981 Festival of American Folklife, part 2"

Box 16 of 25

Number 614, September 13, 1981

"The Changing American Farm"

Box 16 of 25

"Discovering the Art of Korea"

Box 16 of 25

"Remembering Joe Hirshhorn"

Box 16 of 25

Number 615, September 20, 1981

"A Stradivari Treasure"

Box 16 of 25

"A Life Upon the Wicked Stage"

Box 16 of 25

Number 616, September 27, 1981

"Is Democracy for Everyone?"

Box 16 of 25

Box 17

Number 617, October 4, 1981

"Riding the Rails"

Box 17 of 25

Number 619, October 18, 1981

"Yorktown: Echoes of a Victory"

Box 17 of 25

Number 620, October 25, 1981

"Images of Labor"

Box 17 of 25

"Pins and Needles"

Box 17 of 25

Number 621, November 1, 1981

"R. B. Kitaj - The Voice of the Artist"

Box 17 of 25

"Deepsea Discoveries"

Box 17 of 25

"Remembering Edith Head"

Box 17 of 25

Number 622, November 8, 1981

"The Golden Age of Animation"

Box 17 of 25

"Nature's Navigators"

Box 17 of 25

"Insects"

Box 17 of 25

Number 623, November 15, 1981

"OK, Orville, But You Gotta Fly In It First!"

Box 17 of 25

"Living History"

Box 17 of 25

Number 624, November 22, 1981

"The Unexplored Impressionist"

Box 17 of 25

"What's in the Attic?"

Box 17 of 25

"The Art of Mapmaking"

Box 17 of 25

Number 625, November 29, 1981

"Symphony in Black"

Box 17 of 25

Number 626, December 6, 1981

"Innovative Furniture in America"

Box 17 of 25

"The Portrait Gallery Caper"

Box 17 of 25

"Picasso, My Friend"

Box 17 of 25

Number 627, December 13, 1981

"The Lost World of Tibet"

Box 17 of 25

"W. H. Auden The Poet's Passions"

Box 17 of 25

Number 628, December 20, 1981

Stradivari Cello

Box 17 of 25

Kitty Carlisle

Box 17 of 25

Number 629, December 27, 1981

"Author in Exile"

Box 17 of 25

Number 630, January 3, 1982

"Dinosaur!"

Box 17 of 25

Number 631, January 10, 1982

"A Garden For All Seasons"

Box 17 of 25

"Gentle Giants"

Box 17 of 25

"Now That's Funny!"

Box 17 of 25

Number 632, January 17, 1982

"And Then There Were None"

Box 17 of 25

"Cast and Recast: The Sculpture of Frederic Remington"

Box 17 of 25

Box 18

Number 633, January 24, 1982

"A Tribute to Hoagy Carmichael"

Box 18 of 25

Number 634, January 31, 1982

"Do We Have a Future?"

Box 18 of 25

"Goodbye Bauhaus"

Box 18 of 25

"The Way We Worked"

Box 18 of 25

Number 635, February 7, 1982

"Secrets of the Sphinx"

Box 18 of 25

"Alma Thomas-A Life in Art"

Box 18 of 25

"Life...After Life"

Box 18 of 25

Number 636, February 14, 1982

"At Home Abroad"

Box 18 of 25

Number 637, February 21, 1982

"George Washington's Greatest Hits"

Box 18 of 25

Number 638, February 28, 1982

"Whines, Growls, and Wherefores"

Box 18 of 25

"Pan-Pacific Pop"

Box 18 of 25

"Wild Blue Yonder"

Box 18 of 25

Number 639, March 7, 1982

"Stories for Grownups"

Box 18 of 25

"Notes on the Lute"

Box 18 of 25

Number 640, March 14, 1982

"FDR Remembered"

Box 18 of 25

"Designing Genes"

Box 18 of 25

"Healing Powers of Plants"

Box 18 of 25

Number 641, March 21, 1982

"Hopi Kachina"

Box 18 of 25

"The Breach"

Box 18 of 25

"Metaphor"

Box 18 of 25

Number 642, March 28, 1982

"Living Portraits"

Box 18 of 25

Number 643, April 4, 1982

"Celebrations at the Renwick"

Box 18 of 25

"Here's to the Dot and Dash"

Box 18 of 25

"Helicopter Champs"

Box 18 of 25

Number 644, April 11, 1982

"Beverly Bubbles"

Box 18 of 25

"Symbols of Faith"

Box 18 of 25

"Lewis Carroll and Alice"

Box 18 of 25

Number 645, April 18, 1982

"Americans in Paris"

Box 18 of 25

"Grooms on Grooms"

Box 18 of 25

Number 646, April 25, 1982

"House of Hiss"

Box 18 of 25

"Lost Cities"

Box 18 of 25

"The Race That Wasn't"

Box 18 of 25

Number 647, May 2, 1982

"Ted Park on Sea Cloud"

Box 18 of 25

"Biograffiti"

Box 18 of 25

"Life Among Porpoises"

Box 18 of 25

Number 648, May 9, 1982

"The Lady and the Spider"

Box 18 of 25

"The Mystery of Martin's Hundred"

Box 18 of 25

"First Ladies of the Air"

Box 18 of 25

Number 649, May 16, 1982

"The Left Hand Man" (Art Tatum)

Box 18 of 25

Number 650, May 23, 1982

"Darwin to DNA"

Box 18 of 25

"Byline: Nellie Bly"

Box 18 of 25

"Air Mail"

Box 18 of 25

Box 19

Number 651, May 30, 1982

"African Diaspora"

Box 19 of 25

"The Day the World Didn't End"

Box 19 of 25

"NN3SI"

Box 19 of 25

Number 652, June 6, 1982

"Thinking About Animals"

Box 19 of 25

"The Stranger Among Us"

Box 19 of 25

"African Diaspora: Movement East"

Box 19 of 25

Number 653, June 13, 1982

"The Melting Pot Revisited"

Box 19 of 25

Number 654, June 20, 1982

"Poetry In Motion"

Box 19 of 25

"In Black and White"

Box 19 of 25

"Angle, Line & Color"

Box 19 of 25

Number 655, June 27, 1982

"America In Space"

Box 19 of 25

Number 656, July 4, 1982

"The Search for Amelia Earhart"

Box 19 of 25

"The Bugs of Summer"

Box 19 of 25

"It's All Just Lines On Paper, Folks"

Box 19 of 25

Number 657, July 11, 1982

"Solar Challenger"

Box 19 of 25

"Happy Birthday, Pinocchio"

Box 19 of 25

Number 658, July 18, 1982

"Music of the Late Harry Warren"

Box 19 of 25

Number 659, July 25, 1982

"Stephen Sondheim Versus Cole Porter"

Box 19 of 25

Number 660, August 1, 1982

Patents, GW's Will

Box 19 of 25

"A Portrait of Mathew Brady"

Box 19 of 25

Number 661, August 8, 1982

"Music of the Late Harry Warren"

Box 19 of 25

Number 662, August 15, 1982

"The Birth of the Twang"

Box 19 of 25

Number 663, August 22, 1982

"Land of the Trembling Earth"

Box 19 of 25

"In Magellan's Path"

Box 19 of 25

"Along the Ancient Silk Routes"

Box 19 of 25

Number 664, August 29, 1982

"Images of Labor"

Box 19 of 25

Number 665, September 5, 1982

"The 1982 Festival of American Folklife"

Box 19 of 25

Number 666, September 12, 1982

"Lawn Life"

Box 19 of 25

"Whale Watching"

Box 19 of 25

"Endangered Languages"

Box 19 of 25

Box 20

Number 667, September 19, 1982

"Berenice Abbott Speaks"

Box 20 of 25

"A New Look at El Greco"

Box 20 of 25

"Designer History"

Box 20 of 25

Number 668, September 26, 1982

"Inua: Spirit World of the Bering Sea Eskimo"

Box 20 of 25

"Vodun!" (Voodoo)

Box 20 of 25

"Healing Powers of Plants"

Box 20 of 25

Number 669, October 3, 1982

"The Song Ministry of the Rev. C. A. Tindley"

Box 20 of 25

Number 670, October 10, 1982

"Salt Water Crops"

Box 20 of 25

"Raccoons, Possums and Skunks"

Box 20 of 25

"Return of the Golden Lion Tamarin"

Box 20 of 25

Number 671, October 17, 1982

"The Celebration Continues"

Box 20 of 25

"Charles C. Shaw: At the Epicenter of the 20th Century"

Box 20 of 25

Ted Park on Australia

Box 20 of 25

Number 672, October 24, 1982

"Templo Mayor"

Box 20 of 25

"Anthropological Crime Fighters"

Box 20 of 25

"Nature's Navigators"

Box 20 of 25

Number 673, October 31, 1982

"Living Portraits"

Box 20 of 25

Number 674, November 7, 1982

"Those Amazing Stevenses"

Box 20 of 25

"The Tale of the Trail"

Box 20 of 25

"Thomas Eakins: Philadelphia's Yankee Genius"

Box 20 of 25

Number 675, November 14, 1982

"Signals from Deep Space"

Box 20 of 25

"Origins of Deserts"

Box 20 of 25

"Star Spangled Story"

Box 20 of 25

Number 676, November 21, 1982

"Paul Whiteman at Aeolian Hall"

Box 20 of 25

Number 677, November 28, 1982

"Scandinavian Modern"

Box 20 of 25

"The Souls of Rafael Soyer"

Box 20 of 25

"Gregorian Calendar"

Box 20 of 25

Number 678, December 5, 1982

"Stories for Grownups"

Box 20 of 25

"Notes on the Lute"

Box 20 of 25

Number 679, December 12, 1982

"The Russian Phoenix"

Box 20 of 25

"Poetry in Flight"

Box 20 of 25

"Ancient Skywatchers"

Box 20 of 25

Number 680, December 19, 1982

"Mr. Peale's Museum"

Box 20 of 25

"HERPlab"

Box 20 of 25

Box 21

Number 681, December 26, 1982

"Balboa"

Box 21 of 25

"Harpoon Theatre"

Box 21 of 25

"Pathway to the Gods"

Box 21 of 25

Number 682, January 2, 1983

"Portraits in Motion"

Box 21 of 25

Number 683, January 9, 1983

"Mr. Woodpecker and Mr. Lantz"

Box 21 of 25

"Island in the Sun"

Box 21 of 25

"Mammoth Discoveries"

Box 21 of 25

Number 684, January 16, 1983

"Astronomy for the 80's"

Box 21 of 25

Number 685, January 23, 1983

"John Eaton Plays Vernon Duke"

Box 21 of 25

Number 686, January 30, 1983

"David Smith: Painter, Sculptor, Draftsman"

Box 21 of 25

"Heroes, Martyrs and Villains"

Box 21 of 25

"They've Got an Awful Lot of Insects in Peru"

Box 21 of 25

Number 687, February 6, 1983

"Twang II: The Story Continues"

Box 21 of 25

Number 688, February 13, 1983

"Griot"

Box 21 of 25

"Joseph Cornell: Never Throw Anything Away"

Box 21 of 25

"Ted Park on MMT"

Box 21 of 25

Number 689, February 20, 1983

"On the trail of Captain Cook"

Box 21 of 25

"American Picture Palaces"

Box 21 of 25

"Silver Hill Revisited"

Box 21 of 25

Number 690, February 27, 1983

"Secrets of the Chipmunk"

Box 21 of 25

"Thunderbird"

Box 21 of 25

"NN3SI"

Box 21 of 25

Number 691, March 6, 1983

"The Jelly Roll Book"

Box 21 of 25

"Charles G. Shaw"

Box 21 of 25

Number 692, March 13, 1983

"Live From Mars"

Box 21 of 25

"Atomic Clocks"

Box 21 of 25

"Castle Story"

Box 21 of 25

Number 693, March 20, 1983

"Directions 1983"

Box 21 of 25

"Classical Revival"

Box 21 of 25

"Portraits of the Stars"

Box 21 of 25

Number 694, March 27, 1983

"The Cold War Today"

Box 21 of 25

Number 695, April 3, 1983

"The Four-Cornered Earth"

Box 21 of 25

Box 22

Number 696, April 10, 1983

"Gosh-all Gottschalk"

Box 22 of 25

"More Biograffiti"

Box 22 of 25

Number 697, April 17, 1983

"W. H. Auden: The Poet's Passion"

Box 22 of 25

"It's All Just Lines On Paper, Folks"

Box 22 of 25

Number 698, April 24, 1983

"How It All Began"

Box 22 of 25

"How It All Continues"

Box 22 of 25

Number 699, May 1, 1983

"Happy Birthday, Brooklyn Bridge"

Box 22 of 25

"Lester Levy: The naive 90s"

Box 22 of 25

Number 700, May 8, 1983

"At the Heart of the Planet: Life in a Tropical Rain Forest"

Box 22 of 25

Number 701, May 15, 1983

"Two Traditions: Ceramics in Japan, Ceramics in Africa"

Box 22 of 25

"Elizabeth Nourse: A Salon Career"

Box 22 of 25

Number 702, May 22, 1983

"Leaving the Farm?"

Box 22 of 25

"Mexico's Million Dollar Corn"

Box 22 of 25

Number 703, May 29, 1983

"New Directors, New Directions"

Box 22 of 25

"Sunrise, Sunset"

Box 22 of 25

Number 704, June 5, 1983

"The Beginning and The End"

Box 22 of 25

"Circirnus Pulsar"

Box 22 of 25

Number 705, June 12, 1983

"Spring Celebration"

Box 22 of 25

"Anniversaries of Flight"

Box 22 of 25

Number 706, June 19, 1983

"The Silk Route and the Diamond Path"

Box 22 of 25

"Isamu Noguchi - Organic Design"

Box 22 of 25

"Ancient Skywatchers of Mexico"

Box 22 of 25

Number 707, June 26, 1983

"Antarctic Discoveries"

Box 22 of 25

"Freeze-Dried Pest Fighters"

Box 22 of 25

"Bugs of Summer"

Box 22 of 25

Number 708, July 3, 1983

"New Orleans Dreams"

Box 22 of 25

Number 709, July 10, 1983

"Discovering the Earth from Space"

Box 22 of 25

"Hurricane Flyers"

Box 22 of 25

Box 23

Number 710, July 17, 1983

"Giants of Cartoon Art"

Box 23 of 25

"Ever So Humble"

Box 23 of 25

Number 711, July 24, 1983

"Wild Mothers"

Box 23 of 25

"Next Step with the Halophytes"

Box 23 of 25

"Old Bones"

Box 23 of 25

Number 712, July 31, 1983

"The 1983 Festival of American Folklife"

Box 23 of 25

Number 713, August 7, 1983

"Volcanos, Hurricanes and Blizzards"

Box 23 of 25

Number 714, August 14, 1983

"The Secretary's Research Lab"

Box 23 of 25

"Birds Nest Soup"

Box 23 of 25

"First Transatlantic Cable"

Box 23 of 25

Number 715, August 21, 1983

"The Lady and The Spider"

Box 23 of 25

"Lawn Life"

Box 23 of 25

"Secrets of the Chipmunk"

Box 23 of 25

Number 716, August 28, 1983

"Masters of American Song"

Box 23 of 25

Number 717, September 4, 1983

"The Treaty of Paris"

Box 23 of 25

"Air Mail, in Black and White"

Box 23 of 25

Number 718, September 11, 1983

"Is E.T. Really Out There?"

Box 23 of 25

Number 719, September 18, 1983

"When a Tree Falls"

Box 23 of 25

Number 720, September 25, 1983

"The Real Johnny Appleseed"

Box 23 of 25

"Mermaid Mania"

Box 23 of 25

"They Won't Come When You Call Them"

Box 23 of 25

Number 721, October 2, 1983

"Gravitational Images In Space"

Box 23 of 25

"Plutonium Story"

Box 23 of 25

"The Rocket Team"

Box 23 of 25

Number 722, October 9, 1983

"Griot"

Box 23 of 25

"El Greco"

Box 23 of 25

Number 723, October 16, 1983

"Flight of the Monarchs"

Box 23 of 25

"Zoo History"

Box 23 of 25

"Solar Challenger"

Box 23 of 25

Number 724, October 23, 1983

"Don't Pull That Weed - Appreciate It"

Box 23 of 25

"An Appreciation of Orchids"

Box 23 of 25

"Beach Bugs"

Box 23 of 25

Box 24

Number 725, October 30, 1983

"Gosh-All Gottschalk"

Box 24 of 25

"More Biograffiti"

Box 24 of 25

Number 726, November 6, 1983

"More Portraits In Motion"

Box 24 of 25

Number 727, November 13, 1983

"Urban Cats"

Box 24 of 25

"A Century of Time Zones"

Box 24 of 25

"Insects in Peru"

Box 24 of 25

Number 728, November 20, 1983

"The Art of Auctioning Art"

Box 24 of 25

"Flying High: The Art of Frank Wooten"

Box 24 of 25

"Memories of a World at War"

Box 24 of 25

Number 729, November 27, 1983

"Swing Time"

Box 24 of 25

Number 730, December 4, 1983

"Mr. Churchill, the Artist"

Box 24 of 25

"Seeing With Hands"

Box 24 of 25

"Ban Chiang"

Box 24 of 25

Ted Park on Giant Squid

Box 24 of 25

Number 731, December 11, 1983

"Isamu Naguchi: Organic Design"

Box 24 of 25

"Go Fly A Kite"

Box 24 of 25

"The Leonids Meteor Shower"

Box 24 of 25

Number 732, December 18, 1983

"Precious Legacy"

Box 24 of 25

Number 733, December 25, 1983

"Swing Time, Part II"

Box 24 of 25

Number 734, January 1, 1984

"Present Imperfect: Popular Music from Broadway and Hollywood Today"

Box 24 of 25

Number 735, January 8, 1984

"Tracks of the Stars"

Box 24 of 25

"Pain and Its Relief"

Box 24 of 25

Number 736, January 15, 1984

"Mr. Hampton's Throne"

Box 24 of 25

"Mr. Ferris' Wheel"

Box 24 of 25

"Models of Invention"

Box 24 of 25

Number 737, January 22, 1984

"Flight of the Double Eagle V"

Box 24 of 25

"The Naming of America"

Box 24 of 25

Number 738, January 29, 1984

"Big As Life"

Box 24 of 25

Number 739, February 5, 1984

"American Studies"

Box 24 of 25

"Music From American History"

Box 24 of 25

Box 25

Number 740, February 12, 1984

"The Wright Stuff"

Box 25 of 25

"History to a 'T'"

Box 25 of 25

"Words on Birds"

Box 25 of 25

Number 741, February 19, 1984

"Dreams and Nightmares"

Box 25 of 25

"1984 and Beyond"

Box 25 of 25

Number 742, February 26, 1984

"Coping With Cold"

Box 25 of 25

"Here Come the Kites"

Box 25 of 25

Number 743, March 4, 1984

"Cosmic Super Structures"

Box 25 of 25

"Sino-Soviet Science"

Box 25 of 25

Number 744, March 11, 1984

"Collecting the Future"

Box 25 of 25

"Islam in Africa"

Box 25 of 25

Number 745, March 18, 1984

"The Wilkes Expedition"

Box 25 of 25

"Updating Darwin"

Box 25 of 25

Number 746, March 25, 1984

"American Picture Palaces"

Box 25 of 25

"Castle Story"

Box 25 of 25

Number 747, April 2, 1984

"The Wonderful Wizard of Song"

Box 25 of 25

Number 748, April 9, 1984

"Batting Around the Zoo"

Box 25 of 25

"Hummingbirds, Flowers and Energy"

Box 25 of 25

"Aldabra Must Be Saved"

Box 25 of 25

Number 749, April 16, 1984

"Black Science, Black Wings"

Box 25 of 25

"Gem Centennial"

Box 25 of 25

Number 750, April 23, 1984

"Merchants, Mandarins and Missionaries"

Box 25 of 25

"Tracking Marco Polo"

Box 25 of 25