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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Accession 95-023

Smithsonian Associates. Office of Public Affairs

Records, 1981-1993

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:Smithsonian Associates. Office of Public Affairs
Title:Records
Dates:1981-1993
Quantity:9.5 cu. ft. (9 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
Collection:Accession 95-023
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

Within this accession, the first series contains records pertaining to Special Events which include performing arts, lectures and films. The second series includes records concerning Tuesday Mornings, Singles Evenings, seminars, tours, Discovery Theatre, the Young Associates, Discover Graphics, and Campus on the Mall. The third series contains information on the Twentieth Anniversary of the Resident Associate Program, including press releases, course information, photographs, and various articles.

Descriptive Entry

Within this accession, the first series contains records pertaining to Special Events which include performing arts, lectures and films. The second series includes records concerning Tuesday Mornings, Singles Evenings, seminars, tours, Discovery Theatre, the Young Associates, Discover Graphics, and Campus on the Mall. The third series contains information on the Twentieth Anniversary of the Resident Associate Program, including press releases, course information, photographs, and various articles.

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 95-023, Smithsonian Associates, Office of Public Affairs, Records

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Container List

Box 1

Addy and Author Connie Porter, November 21, 1993

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African American Men of Song, April 24, 1993

Box 1 of 10

African Wearable Art: Januwa Moja, May 22, 1993

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Airmen of Note, July 11, 1993

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Isabel Allende and the Infinite Plan, June 4, 1993

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Amazon Rainforest Seminar, January 30, 1993

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Preserving Cranes in Cambodia and Vietnam with George Archibald, April 20, 1993

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Artists' Gardens, November 16, 1993

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Australia Seminar, October 23, 1993

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Masters of the Banjo: A Banjo Blowout!, November 12, 1993

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Baraka Film, September 30, 1993

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Beer Tasting, October 14, 1994

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Lerone Bennett, Jr., August 27, 1993

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When Black Women Make Music, March 24, 1993

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Erotique Noire: Black Erotica, May 12, 1993

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Terence Blanchard: Tantalizing Trumpet, October 3, 1993

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Black Women Writers, April-May, 1993

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Pre-Columbian Art and the Post-Columbian World, December 7, 1993

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Tasting Brazil, May 17, 1993

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Dreams, Design, and Disaster, October 4, 1993

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Russian Architecture, September 9, 1993

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East Wind - West Wind: Pearl Buck, the Woman Who Embraced the World, June 10, 1993

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Buppies, B-Boys, Baps, and Bohos, October 25, 1993

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How to Rest in Peace: Living with Mortality, September 20, 1993

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Your Blues Ain't Like Mine, March 25, 1993

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Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell - Walking in Two Worlds, December 17, 1993

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Capitol Steps: Grist for the D.C. Comedy Mill, July 25, 1993

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Chaplin, January 4, 1993

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Christmas Latin-American Style, December 12, 1993

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Castles of Great Britain Seminar, May 22, 1993

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Celia, A Slave, September 24, 1993

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To the Soul of Unspoiled America: Steve Chapple, August 11, 1993

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Third Chimpanzee, June 14, 1993

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Not in Vain: Remembering the Civil War in Our Nation's Capital, January 27, 1993

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Deals with the Devil, October 4, 1993

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Robert Coles: Witness to Idealism, September 13, 1993

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Complexity, July 21, 1993

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Jill Ker Conway: Histories of American Women, January 27, 1993

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Debate on the Constitution, July 15, 1993

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Henry and Clover Adams, June 15, 1993

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Music Al Fresco: A Courtyard Ceili, June 2, 1993

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Summer Retreats, July 20, 1993

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Politics of Modern Military, April 15, 1993

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Tom Cunningham Orchestra, August 15, 1993

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Curtis! An African American Comic Strip, September 11, 1993

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In Bed with the Blues (Guy Davis), June 5, 1993

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Deanta: The Sounds of Belfast, July 23, 1993

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The Lives of Willem and Elaine De Kooning, August 16, 1993

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Deep Blues Movie, January 25, 1993

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Discover Graphics, May 21-July 16, 1993

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It's a Dog's Life, July 27, 1993

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The Many Voices of Michael Dorris, November 17, 1993

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Battle of the Elephants, November 1, 1993

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D'Oyly Carte: The Best of Gilbert and Sullivan, November 7, 1993

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Dukes of Dixieland, June 27, 1993

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Vision of Isadora Duncan, May 2, 1993

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A Dry White Season, June 18, 1993

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Dubrovnik Remembered, May 3, 1993

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John Eaton Mini Series Concert 2, June 13, 1993

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John Eaton Mini Series Concert 1, May 16, 1993

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Bob Edwards Remembers Red Barber, October 18, 1993

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Duke Ellington: Masterworks and Milestones, June 7, 1993

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Elephant Social Life (Cynthia Moss), April 14, 1993

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Farafina, September 23, 1993

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The Age of Federalism, September 30, 1993

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Beyond Category: Duke Ellington, September 1, 1993

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The Spirit of Community, June 17, 1993

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Man Made Evolution, March 3, 1993

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Fires in the Mirror - Anna Deavere Smith, September 18, 1993

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Forest of Bliss, September 22, 1993

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Nnenne Freelon, February 12, 1993

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Bolder and Wiser, September 27, 1993

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Box 2

Flor de Cana, July 9, 1993

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Gaden Shartse Monks, March 12, 1993

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How Surroundings Shape Behavior, March 8, 1993

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Life of George Gershwin, May 13, 1993

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The Rest of Life, Cancelled

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Stephane Grappelli in Concert, June 16, 1993

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Jose Greco and Company, October 2, 1993

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From Norway with Grieg, April 2, 1993

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The Grandeur That Was Greece, January 23, 1993

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The Great Chateaux of France, January 9, 1993

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Harlem Renaissance, February 2, 1993

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Story Hour with Francine Haskins, April 17, 1993

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Hawaii: Born in Paradise, March 18, 1993

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Beauty Lost and Found: Restoring Great Works of Art, February 6, 1993

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John Hendricks, March 5, 1993

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Homage to Audrey Hepburn, June 3, 1993

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Righteous Discontent, September 27, 1993

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Sacred Clowns - Tony Hillerman, September 22, 1993

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Family Halloween Party at the Postal Museum, October 29, 1993

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Maurice Hines and Company, May 21, 1993

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Home Repairs, July 8, 1993

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Evening with Thomas Hoving, January 14, 1993

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Native American Art, November 15, 1993

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Friday Evening Jazz, November 11, 1993

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Homer's Troy, February 23, 1993

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Robert Hughes: Culture of Complaint, May 3, 1993

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In My Place: An Evening with Charlayne Hunter-Gault, November 15, 1993

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Nrityashree of Vadodara (India), September 12, 1993

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Happy Birthday Insect Zoo, September 12, 1993

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Embassy Row Film Series, September-October, 1993

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Exhibition of Commissioned Art, September-October 1993

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Irish Film Series - Eat the Peach, September-October, 1993

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Irish Film Series, September-October, 1993

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Ishangi Dancers: Journey to Africa, March 6, 1993

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Islam and the Black Experience, June 1993

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Fairy Tales and Cookies with Robert Guillaume, December 11, 1993

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Jarvis Brothers in Concert, August 14, 1993

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Jefferson at Monticello, May 13, 1993

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Jeff Majors with Onaje Allan Gumbs, May 15, 1993

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Search for Jesus, March 13, 1993

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Hollywood Jewels, January 6, 1993

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Fade to Black Film Series, October 5, 1993

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Erica Jong on Henry Miller, March 23, 1994

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Remembering Martin Luther King, January 21, 1993

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King Kong's Birthday - The Bigger, The Better, March 6, 1993

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Seeing Space: The Design of Maps, December 14, 1993

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Marcus Klinko - Harpist, December 5, 1993

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Africa's Last Eden through the Lens of Frans Lanting, November 22, 1993

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Looking Back on Lincoln - The Meserve-Kunhardt Photograph Collection, June 28, 1993

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Death of Money, April 7, 1993

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The God Particle, January 11, 1993

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The Dance of Deception, May 3, 1993

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Classical Furniture with Viscount Linley, November 17, 1993

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Alias Olympia, March 22, 1993

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Mountains, Deserts, and Oceans, June 23, 1993

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Magicadabra, June 13, 1993

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Malcolm X 1972: The Documentary, May 7, 1993

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Malcolm X, July 17, 1993

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Always Sisters (Barbara Mathias), July 27, 1993

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Changing Role of Cherokee Women, March 24, 1993

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Seeing through the Lens of Fred Maroon, May 23, 1993

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On the Eve of the Mayan Millennium, April 5, 1993

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Box 3

Ugly Ways: An Evening with Tina McElroy Ansa, December 6, 1993

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Piano Jazz Live, December 12, 1993

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Photorealism with Louis Meisel, May 17, 1993

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Memphis Rocks: Roots of Blues and Rock and Roll, April 1993

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Rigoberta Menchu (Hispanic Heritage Month), October 14, 1993

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Forging a Real Peace in th Middle East, December 15, 1993

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This Little Light of Mine: The Life of Fannie Lou Hamer, November 8, 1993

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Minton for Years of Discovery, November 13, 1993

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Flaherty's Moana, February 22, 1993

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Treasures from MOMA Art Film Archive, January 1993

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Money Management Skills for Women, June 2, 1993

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Lifespan: What Affects Longevity?, March 31, 1993

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Morehouse College Quartet, January 19, 1993

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Mother's Day Tea at Hillwood Museum, May 8, 1993

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Anita Bjork's "Miss Julie," May 24, 1993

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Murdoch - Empire of a Media Baron, February 17, 1993

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The Original "Native Son," February 1993

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Meet Author Phyllis Naylor, February 14, 1993

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Alfred Noble: The Man Behind the Prizes, October 21, 1993

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Nothing but a Man, October 18, 1993

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Octeto Academico de Caracas, January 22, 1993

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Capturing the Spirit - Carole Patterson, July 25, 1993

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Pearls: Beauty and the Beast, June 22, 1993

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Historic Black Philadelphia, February 20, 1993

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America's Disappearing Middle Class, February 4, 1993

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Backstage at the White House Follies, November 9, 1993

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Noel Pointer in Concert, July 10, 1993

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Quo Vadis, January 3, 1993

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Race: The American Dilemma, February 24, 1993

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Women and Spirituality, March 20, 1993

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African American Sacred Song and Worship Traditions, January-April 1993

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Friday Evening Jazz - Joshua Redman Quartet, December 3, 1993

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An American in Mao's China, April 21, 1993

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The Marcus Brothers Trio, July 30, 1993

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Return from the Amazon's Rio, September 27, 1993

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Glories of English Architecture, November 6, 1993

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Tom Rush, March 26, 1993

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The Russian Tea Room (Dinner Lecture), December 9, 1993

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Tradition and Transformation: The Art of Renee Stout and Alison Saar, May 8, 1993

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Achievements and Failures in Structural Engineering, March 8, 1993

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Sarafina Film, May 1, 1993

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Santa Fe Guitar Quartet, September 19, 1993

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Why Are We Experts Wrong?, February 22, 1993

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Savoring the Fruit of the Vine - Thursday Night Supper Lecture, June 17, 1993

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Talking Gourds: Women's Sekere Ensemble, June 30, 1993

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The Challenge of the Creative Process, September 20, 1993

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Sesame Street Story Hour, January 17, 1993

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Modern Scholarship Looks at Gospels, September 11, 1993

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Tales of the Shaman's Apprentice, September 14, 1993

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Shape of Things to Come: WALA (Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts), November 6, 1993

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Shetland's Young Heritage Fiddlers, August 7, 1993

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My Years as Secretary of State (Shultz), April 30, 1993

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The Sixteen, December 7, 1993

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Smithsonian Matinee "The Wiz," August 29, 1993

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Sofie: A Film Directed by Liv Ullman, July 13, 1993

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In the Temple of Solomon and the Tomb of Caiaphas, November 23, 1993

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I Was Lost in America - Jon Spelman, October 10, 1993

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Spelman Jazz Ensemble, March 14, 1993

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Mr. Smithson's Bones, October 28, 1993

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In Her View Lecture Series, September 13, 1993

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Savoring the Fruit of the Wine, March 25, 1993

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Strange Feet - Musical Theatre, February 1993

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Prestidigitation, Hocus Pocus and Punch and Judy, October 16, 1993

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Helen Suzman: A South African Memoir, November 8, 1993

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Swiss Watches, April 20, 1993

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The Rise and Fall of Tammany Hall, October 7, 1993

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Box 4

Meet the Author and Artist: George and Locker (Book Signing), November 7, 1993

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The First Thanksgiving: All American Facts and Fallacies, November 16, 1993

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Margaret Thatcher: Downing Street Years, November 4, 1993

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Thousand Pieces of Gold, May 10, 1993

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Three Bears, February 7, 1993

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Thumbelina, April 18, 1993

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Tibet: Reflections from Wheel of Life, November 22, 1993

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Jewelry and Enamels of Louis Comfort Tiffany, October 13, 1993

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Swan Songs and Tosca's Kiss, September 8, 1993

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African American Studies Tours for Families Series, October 1993

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The Tune (Bill Plympton), April 26, 1993

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20th Century Consort Series, October 1993-January 1994

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Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Tyrannosaurus Rex, May 26, 1993

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Human Evolution and the Dawn of Technology, March 11, 1993

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Upon This Rock, September 13, 1993

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Vampyr Film, October 29, 1993

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World Unrest as Loss of Meaning, June 23, 1993

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Victorian Cultivation of Hatred, September 23, 1993

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Victorian Treasures, November 9, 1993

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Bob Vigoda's Musical Tribute, November 4, 1993

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The Virtual Community, October 25, 1993

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The Real George Washington, February 10, 1993

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Black Presence in the Lands of the Bible Series, November 1993

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Put Up Your Dukes! The Quiet Man Is Coming, March 17, 1993

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An Evening with William Wegman, October 18, 1993

Box 4 of 10

From Chocolate to Morphine: Everything You Need To Know about Mind-Altering Drugs (Andrew Weil), March 24, 1993

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Dreams of a Final Theory, February 3, 1993

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Judaism in Contemporary America, September 21, 1993

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Understanding Depression, January 13, 1993

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Randy Weston: Jazz Piano, January 29, 1993

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Georgian Exoticism in England, March 23, 1993

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The White House, August 24, 1993

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By Any Means Necessary, May 19, 1993

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Mother-Daughter Revolution Lecture, September 20, 1993

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Zentropa, June 28, 1993

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Smithsonian Chamber Players, February 21, 1993

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Smithsonian Chamber Players, January 3, 1993

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20th Century Consort, January 15, 1994

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20th Century Consort: Chestnuts, December 18, 1993

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20th Century Consort: "Whistling in the Dark," November 20, 1993

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20th Century Consort: Ten to Tango, April 24, 1993

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20th Century Consort: Spring Ringing, February 13, 1993

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20th Century Consort: Legal Aliens, March 27, 1993

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20th Century Consort, 1992-1993 Season

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Emerson String Quartet, February 20, 1993

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Emerson String Quartet Series, 1993-1994

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Emerson String Quartet, December 11, 1993

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Emerson String Quartet, April 17, 1993

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Emerson String Quartet, January 9, 1993

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Pro Musicis Concert #1: "Catch a Rising Star," March 7, 1993

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Pro Musicis Concert #2: "Catch a Rising Star," April 4, 1993

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Pro Musicis Concert #3: "Catch a Rising Star," May 23, 1993

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Castle Trio: Beethoven Sonata, May 30, 1993

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Castle Trio, May 2, 1993

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Castle Trio: Beethoven Sonata, March 28, 1993

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Castle Trio, February 17, 1993

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Castle Trio, March 21, 1993 (2 folders)

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Castle Trio: Beethoven Sonata, January 10, 1993

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Castle Trio, January 17, 1993

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Music Al Fresco, July 14, 1993

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Debie Smith and Al Petteway, August 18, 1993

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Audubon Lecture Series, 1992-1993

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Islands of No Return, April 19, 1993

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Life in the Forest Canopy, March 15, 1993

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Bringing Back the Manatee, February 22, 1993

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Back to Magnolia, January 11, 1993

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Smithson String Quartet, May 11, 1993

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Smithson String Quartet, March 9, 1993

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Smithson String Quartet, 1992-1993 Season

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Tuesday Mornings at the Smithsonian Summer Series, 1989-1991

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Performing Arts, 1990-1991

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Lectures, 1991

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Box 5

Lectures, 1991

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Performing Arts, 1989-1991 (2 folders)

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Performing Arts, 1991-1992

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Films and Films Series, 1990

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Lectures, 1991 (8 folders)

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Films and Film Series, 1991-1992 (2 folders)

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Box 6

Films and Film Series, 1991-1992

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Studio Arts/Lectures/Tours, 1992

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Tours, 1991-1992

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Studio Arts/Tours, 1990-1991

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Films and Film Series, 1991 (3 folders)

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Discovery Theater, 1991-1992 (6 folders)

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Lectures/Seminars, 1992 (6 folders)

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Box 7

Lectures/Seminars, 1992 (7 folders)

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Films and Film Series, 1992

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Performing Arts, 1991-1992 (8 folders)

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Box 8

Campus on the Mall, 1992 (2 folders)

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Young Associates, 1992

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Summer Camps, 1992

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Lectures/Seminars, 1990 (2 folders)

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Discovery Theater/Kite Festival, 1990

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Discovery Theater, 1990

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Campus on the Mall, 1989-1990 (2 folders)

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Discovery Theater/Young Associates, 1990

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Lectures/Seminars, 1989-1991 (2 folders)

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Studio Arts/Lectures/Tours, 1990

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Films and Film Series, 1990 (3 folders)

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Lectures, 1990 (3 folders)

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Box 9

Performing Arts, 1989-1990 (4 folders)

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20th Anniversary Programming, 1985 (4 folders)

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News Releases, 1981-1982

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News Releases, 1984-1991 (5 folders)

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Campus on the Mall, 1991-1992 (2 folders)

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Box 10

Campus on the Mall, 1991-1992

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