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Summary

The Smithsonian News Service, produced by the Office of Public Affairs, is established to provide a nationwide, feature-story service for daily and weekly newspapers, aimed at promoting awareness of the Institution's activities in art, technology, science, and history. In its inaugural year, it distributes forty-nine stories.

Subject

  • Office of Public Affairs
  • Smithsonian News Service

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1980, p. 310, 345

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

October, 1979

Topic

  • New Programs
  • Public programs

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