o THE SMITHSONIAN TORCH No. 77-9 Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. September 1977 Folklife Festival Brings People into 51 Exhibits

By Linda St. Thomas museum staff members. For the first time in its II-year history, the festival has come For the first time since it arrived at the into the museums, bringing its lively shows Museum of History and Technology, class­ and demonstrations back to the source. room 201 of Cleveland's Dunham Elemen­ Dulcimer and other classical stringed in­ tary School will again be filled with stu­ strument performers will be playing in the and other performances from 8 to 10 p.m. will be on hand to relate stories of dents and teachers for the Smithsonian's Hall of Musical I nstruments, craftsmen will One of the most dramatic, and certainly baseball's well-known batters. For instance, Festival of American Folklife in October. demonstrate the traditional techniques of the largest, outdoor demonstrations will be did you know that Ted Williams insisted on Folklorist Susan Kalcik tracked down stenciling and painting furniture in the the threshing machine which will separate a picking out the pieces of wood to be used in some of the school's earliest students and Renwick's "Paint on Wood" exhibit, and barnful of wheat into straw and wheat his bats? Or that Pee Wee Reese insisted on staff, from as early as 1903, and invited visitors will relate experiences concerning grain. The hay, of course, will be dumped a particular color wood for his? them to share their experiences with young "Nation of Nations" artifacts such as the into wagons for hayrides and the wheat will Jose Carvajal, a Hispanic craftsman from Washington students who came to the World War II barracks, sports and enter­ be ground, cooked, and sampled by Texas, will show the stages of saddlemaking festival. It's all part of this year's festival tainment memorabilia, and the 1920's visitors. and the fine art of leather carving. A hus­ theme-adding people to make the museum Italian-American home. Developed by Bill Foshaj (son of the late band and wife team from New Mexico will exhibits super-authentic. The festival will be held October 5 William Foshaj, MN H curator), the demonstrate the manufacture and decora­ Planning and scheduling the exhibits and through 10 outdoors near MHT and in­ thresher exhibit will demonstrate wheat tion of the ornamental wooden furniture performances has been the cooperative ef­ doors at the Renwick, Museum of Natural harvesting methods now rarely used in this popular in Spanish-American communities. fort of hundreds of festival staffers, History, and MHT. Daytime craft exhibi­ country. The four and a half acres of wheat The artisans will present their crafts in curators, performers, craftsmen, tions, workshops, and demonstrations are for this demonstration was cut and bundled MHT and the Renwick. researchers, engineers, historians, and set for II a.m. to 5 p.m., evening concerts by an Amish farmer in Shippensburg, Pa., The "N ation of Nations" crafts and ex­ and stored in Mr. Foshaj's barn for the hibits have been coordinated by Carl summer. Scheele, Richard Ahlborn, and Ellen The thresher is part of the energy conver­ Hughes of MHT and Robert Byington, sion exhibition, cosponsored by the Energy deputy director of the Folklife Festival Research and Development Administra­ Program. tion, which also includes corn and grain All these ethnic demonstrations will un­ milling, apple butter boiling over an open doubtedly stir up thoughts of the special hearth, sausage stuffing, and cider pressing. foods associated with these groups. To Nation of Nations: Complementing "Na­ satisfy that hunger, the M HT cafeteria is tion of Nations" will be craft demonstra­ planning to offer selections of Italian, tions such as pencil making, baseball bat Greek, and Jewish cuisine during the turning, and saddlemaking. The exhibit's festival week . pencilmaking machine will literally come to After lunch, visitors can learn to make life with a worker from a pencil factory their own dough by watching chefs prepare talking about his occupation. His daily pasta, matzoh, and phyllo in the "Nations" demeostn tions will include photos and exhibition. descriptions of the process and lecture sub­ Festival music: Two musical symposia jects will range from anecdotes about fac­ celebrating native American and classical tory. life to the significance of pencil making music of India have been scheduled for in American culture. MHT and MNH. Singers representing In the sports department, Hillerich and Pueblo, Navaho, Tolowa, Iroquois, and Bradsby, makers of the famous "Louisville Sioux tribes will demonstrate the dif­ Slugger" baseball bats, will send equipment ferences in their musical styles during live and experts to demonstrate bat turning, a performances. Daytime lectures in manual procedure using a long retangular ethnomusicology will be presented by slab of wood, known as a blank, to make a A Pennsylvania farmer harvests wheat for October Festival. bat. Another representative of the company (See 'Festival,' page 7) Anacostia Museum Celebrates 10th Birthday

By Johnnie Douthis His goal of broadening the Museum's hibited at ANM in January 1974. According to Mr. Kinard, "The base has already been realized in exhibits The current exhibit, "The Anacostia Anacostia Neighborhood Museum's op­ The Anacostia Neighborhood Museum such as "Blacks in the Westward Story 1608-1930," uses family and Federal portunity to develop as a museum has in a will celebrate its 10th anniversary this year Movement," "Black Women: Achieve­ documents, city records, and oral history to large measure been through the efforts of a on September 15. When it opened, ANM ments Against the Odds," and "The reveal the development of the Anacostia dedicated staff and the unrivaled support of was an experiment to see whether the Frederick Douglass Years," all of which community. It shows the growth and Mr. Ripley. The Museum's future will de­ Smithsonian could successfully reach out to have traveled throughout the country under changes in this area, including the per­ pend upon the degree to which cooperative the community where it stood. the auspices of SITES. sonalities and history of the various agreements are developed with the Smithso­ Director John Kinard believes that the The Anacostia Neighborhood Museum developments within the community. nian family of museums." period of experimentation has passed and was the first of its kind in the Nation. It the Museum must now build expertise in became a reality one year after Secretary the areas it has begun to explore. Ripley remarked to a museum directors' Center Founds Historical Group During the past five years, Museum staff meeting in Colorado that they should try The Anacostia Research Center was es­ role in identifying and collecting artifacts, has become proficient in research, and taking their museums to the people. tablished in 1970 with a grant from the which are shown in the current exhibition, working with area schools has become an Newspaper accounts of the speech led the Carnegie Corporation to organize an oral "The Anacostia Story." important part of its responsibility. The Greater Anacostia Peoples Corporation to history project to supplement the ANM ex­ The society also has helped to strengthen education department, initially set up to in­ make inquiries regarding the possibility of a hibition, "The Evolution of a Community." and broaden ANM education programs as terpret exhibitions, has broadened its ac­ museum being located in that area. After From the beginning, the facility has been members have related their own stories tivities to meet the needs of a wide range of Anacostia was selected as the site for the used by college and graduate students who about Anacostia's past in lectures and constituents. museum, community interest continued as have served internships with the research demonstrations for schoolchildren. Cooperating with teachers and the opening date neared, and residents of department. Although most have come The research department maintains the paraprofessionals in a series of workshops the area joined the Museum's staff in the from the metropolitan area, some have Museum's only permanent collection: and seminars, the Museum began to renovation of an old movie theater to house come from foreign countries and many census and tax records, the Emancipation produce supplementary curricular the new facility. States. Commission records, correspondence and materials, such as "A Walk Through 'Old' ANM has since expanded to two ad­ As a major component of the Museum, records of the Freedmen's Bureau, and Anacostia," a teaching aid for children in ditional buildings, the Anacostia Research the research facility provides essential sup­ volumes of "Crisis," the official publication the community's schools. The department Center and the Exhibition Design and port 'services for the design and production of the NAACP. The center also has an oral worked with community educators, resi­ Production Laboratory. of exhibits, develops educational materials, history archive of taped interviews and dents, and organizations to produce the Outstanding exhibits have included "The programs, and mini-exhibits, and also con­ transcriptions of conversations with senior successful "Black Women Speak" lecture Rat: Man's Invited Affliction," an idea ducts general research. Anacostia residents. series which was attended by more than originated in the community, and " The Perhaps the center's most notable project 3,000 people. Evolution of a Community," produced was the organization and development of When ANM begins its active collection Mr. Kinard wants ANM to be con­ with the assistance of residents. the Anacostia Historical Society. The and curatorial program, the research sidered a museum in the classical sense-an The Museum has always been aware of membership of community residents, many department will house it. institution owning permanent collections. the works of area artists and gallery owners. of them lifelong, want to promote study Future department goals include the ex­ He is interested in amassing oral history Each year, paintings and sculpture by and appreciation of Anacostia's history. pansion and maintenance of the reference recordings as well as artifacts, and building members of the D .C. Art Association are The society grew from the Museum's oral library including acquisition of books, an Afro-American history collection that displayed at the Museum. The Barnett­ history project which continues to attract documents, memorabilia, and artifacts of relates to the entire city of Washington and Aden Collection, from the first black­ former Anacostians as well as people who special significance to black history in the the United States. owned gallery in Washington, was ex- live there now. The group played a major District of Columbia. Page 2 THE SMITHSONIAN TORCH September 1977 Owl Escapades Anacostia's Museum Exhibit Center Draw Audience Trains Interns Anacostia's Exhibits Center, two years By Kathryn Lindeman Then ... old next month, is an up-to-date laboratory Christopher Columbus might be a good where staff can produce any type of exhibit. name for him-the youngest of the three It has become an environment for an ex­ owlets born in the Castle tower this March. citing training program for people just His adventurous spirit has become known entering the field of museum exhibits work. far and wide. One year after the lab was established, Since the tower windows were opened in the Ford Foundation in September 1976 June to a llow the owls free access, subsidized 11 trainees who had been Christopher has ventured into the world selected from 100 applicants. The one-year only to find himself unable or unwilling to program was designed to give the students return to the nest. technical expertise as well as exposure to On one occasion, he was discovered the philosophy of museum management. clutching a second-floor Castle windowsill Each trainee spent six weeks in each of under heavy harrassment from a flock of five shop areas: design, photography, birds whose territory he had apparently in­ fabrication, finishing, and silk screening. vaded. They attended seminars and workshops led Richard A ult, director of support ac­ by scholars from inside and outside the tivities and member of the owl's volunteer Smithsonian. I n a program of cross train­ feeding squad, on being informed of his ing, they were able to spend up to 10 weeks small friend's predica ment, searched out a in other Smithsonian bureaus including the fish net from the Natural History Building Hirshhorn and the National Collection of and snared the bewildered owlet to safety in Fine Arts. hi s office until Zoo personnel could reach The well-equipped exhibits center the scene. provided an excellent workshop for the in­ Undaunted by his first adventure into terns, who participated in daily activity human society, the youngest owlet revolving around the design and start-to­ proceeded soon after that to the area of finish production of exhibits. In the fabrica­ L'Enfant Plaza from which issued calls of tion shop, exhibit components are con­ distress from helpful observers. structed from metal, plastics, wood, and John Mallen, animal technician with the other materials. In a special part of the NZP bird unit, who went to pick up the fIshing area, staff can spray finishes of frightened owl, said there were about 100 acquer or enamel and a variety of natural people gathered around the owl, who must or synthetic varnishes. Spray finishing is have thought he had chosen a quiet, restful also used in restoration and a variety of spot under a bench for his daytime repose. other exhibit related tasks. Instead he was appalled by the unwelcome In the center's photography lab, staff can appearance of the lunch hour crowds. produce exhibition quality black-and-white Mislead by Christopher's normal threat or color prints, slides, and film positives display of clacking beak and rolling wings, which are used for Museum publications, callers had reported him as an injured bird. • research, education, and design. Possibly under the influence of his An exhibit comes alive and takes shape in younger sibling, another of the owlets the center's graphic and assembly section, began regularly leaving the tower. where graphics are either hand painted or One of the young birds was recently silkscreened onto the exhibit, and where the picked up at I a.m. on the Mall by a components are finally assembled and bicyclist who found him in the bushes and taken into the gallery for installation. took him home to A r1ington .. The next day Such comprehensive facilities have he called Mr. Mallen who went to collect proved valuable for the II interns, who will the owl and found him sitting calmly on a graduate this month. Already three have found jobs in museum work, photography, bookcase in the man's apartment. Members of the Anacostia Historical Society pose in front of the Museum. On another occasion, one of the owls was and graphics. in the bushes around the Freer Gallery dur­ ing the day, and, though reported by several SI in the Media peopl e, no crowd gathered to upset the bird. The adults, named Increase and Diffu­ • sion, had been banded, unlike the baby Family of Editors Featured In New York Times owls who started leaving the tower before getting their own bands. By Johnnie Douthis construction and opening of HMSG, the foot ceiling heights." She praised Val The young ones are now about as large as museum is a solid hit and deserves un­ Lewton for the interesting installation. the adults and can be identified only by the " Two Editors: Related Subjects" was the animous acclaim. The article continued: Phoebe Stanton of the Baltimore Sun few remaining downy feathers they wear. headline for a feature story in a recent Sun­ "The reinforced concrete structure ... has considered the Renwick to be "one of the Their coloring is light like that of the male day edition of the New York Times profiling proved a major architectural acquisition for pleasantest of all the museums in the and will darken on the female only after Edward Thompson, editor and publisher of a city only now awakening to the impor­ capital." It is neither so large as to be about a year and a half. Smithsonian magazine, and his son, Edward tance of excellence in the design of its public physically or mentally overwhelming nor so Now that the owlets can get around on Thompson, editor-in-chief of Reader's buildings. " small and specialized that one is inclined to their own, they may choose another place Digest. Benjamin Forgey of the Washington Star save it for a visit on a rainy day." to roost than the tower though ordinarily The article reported that both felt that the chief source of pleasure to be barn owls will stay within a one- to one­ Thompsons had recently received awards found in Olitski's sculptures is the un­ and-a-half-mile radius. Traveling Exhibitions from the American Academy of Achieve­ strained, almost off-hand feeling of SITES' "Ride On!" was described by the ment for their work in journalism. In the 16 lightness, improbably given such palpable Baton Rouge Advocate as "funny, serious, years of presentations, this was the third weight and presence in-the..round." educational and entertaining ..." A Gift for All Reasons time a father and son had been so honored. The Eakins show received favorable The Locksmithing Institute News found reviews from the Baltimore Sun and the "Locks from Iran" to be a highly infor­ Air and Space Phi/adelphia Inquirer. The Sun's Lincoln mative display and well worth the viewer's A special $6 rate for National Associate The June issue of Air Force magazine Johnson found the works "interesting not time. membership, including a subscription to featured an illustrated article on the Silver Smithsonian magazine, is available to only for their provenance, but also for the Hill Museum. In addition to listing a por­ intimate glimpses they provide into Eakins' Smithsonian employees either for personal tion of the exhibitions, the article gave Around the Smithsonian use or as gifts throughout the year. Foreign life and working methods." The Inquirer ar­ "The result was a joyous melange of details of the skilled craftsmen and the ticle noted that it is interesting to see the ar­ postage is $3.50 extra. Call ext. 6264 for ap­ various restoration processes. musicmaking, conversation and eating," plications. tist's palette, photographic equipment, and noted Hollie West of the Washington Post Kudos for NASM continue to appear in boyhood sketches which offer insights in the press. The latest comes from the in his review of Los Papines, a Cuban music quite the same way Eakins revealed his sub­ group who visited the Smithsonian in Beckley (W.,Ya.) Raleigh Register, where an jects through portraits. Comet Whipple Returns article described NASM as the "finest and August. A reception for the group was sponsored by the African Diaspora section A tiny cosmic wanderer, first discovered in most awe-inspiring facility of its kind in the world." The article continued, "Words fail National Zoo of DPA. 1933 by Fred Whipple, retired director of the Washington Star reporter Thomas Cros­ me in trying to describe it to you in a For the first time, attendence figures at Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, will by continued his coverage of the Zoo with fashion that would convey an idea of the MNH have jumped ahead of MHT. Betty return to the Earth early next year. This is an article on Mohini, the white Bengal tiger scope and depth of the myriad space and James, writing in the Washington Star, the sixth return of the comet since its dis­ and another on using closed circuit TV to earth flight exhibits it contains." listed possible reasons such as increased covery 44 years ago. observe the animals. Crosby stated that the A review of "To Fly!" in the August issue public interest in ecology, the opening of Dr. Whipple, who is still active as a senior famous tiger, once the most popular animal of Washingtonian magazine remarked that MN H's first public cafeteria, and the pop­ scientist on the Smithsonian staff, has no at the Zoo, is now losing ground to the the movie "truly captures the spirit of ularity of NASM, MNH's neighbor to the special plans for observing his namesake. But giant pandas. America without resorting to patriotic southeast. neither will many other astronomers. The ob­ "Big Story," by Peter Braestrup, editor, ject is only 19th magnitude, or about 160,000 cliches and suspect dramaturgy." Washington Star art critic Benjamin N CFA and Renwick Woodrow Wilson International Center for times fainter than can be seen by the naked Washington Post art critic Paul Richard Scholars, was recently reviewed in the eye. Forgey wrote favorably about the Ale­ jandro Otero sculpture located outside found "something moving" about the gen­ Washington Post's Book World. The book, tle mists, the soft light, and the hush of the N AS M: "F or all 0 f its svelte, corporation­ which relates how the American press and headquarters look, this big piece has a sort Arthur Wesley Dow show at NCF A. television reported and interpreted the Tet SMITHSONIAN TORCH of ungainly elegance that I like. It's the kind Recent Sunday editions of the Offensive, was described as a "landmark September 1977 of public monument that, I think, will grow Washington Post have carried lengthy il­ work of high quality and fascination." on us with time." lustrated articles by Sarah Booth Conroy The New York Times reported that CFA Published for Smithsonian Institution on exhibitions at the Renwick. Mrs. astronomers believe they have found the personnel by the Office of Public Affairs: Hirshhorn Conroy praised both the recently opened great mass that would resolve one of Carl W. Larsen. Director; Susan Bliss. A Newhouse News Service article ap­ show on grass objects and Polish textiles astronomy's major puzzles-what holds Editor; Kathryn Lindeman, Assistant. pearing in the Cincinnati Enquirer said that which she said gave the Renwick an oppor­ cl usters and supercl usters of galaxies despite the controversy surrounding the tunity to "use effectively its splendid 25- together. ::.eplemoer 1~11 THE SMITHSONIAN TORCH Page 3 Mrs. Breeskin Brings Rich Experience to NCFA Mt. Hopkins Scope Nears Completion By Susan Bliss Her belief in prints as a significant art form, long before this was a generally held From behind her desk in a second floor opin' on, also has left its mark on the office at the National Collection of Fine m eums where she has worked. Joining Arts, Adelyn Breeskin radiated an aura of e staff as curator of prints about six calm that was s'ufficient to distract a visitor months after the Baltimore Museum from the summer thunderstorm that was opened its new building in 1930, Mrs. raging outside one afternoon last month. Breeskin built the collection from just 50 I n a quiet but confident voice, Mrs. prints to more than 80,000. Breeskin told about her career, which began "Prints are the best way to learn the more than 50 years ago in the Metropolitan history of art," Mrs. Breeskin explained. Museum's print department and has "They provide comparisons of styles and progressed to her current position as locations through readily available NCF A's consultant for 20th-century art. In originals, rather than reproductions which between, she has been curator, acting direc­ are often the only way some people see tor, and director of the Baltimore Museum paintings." of A rt, and director of the Washington G al­ Being a curator is a difficult job, she said. lery of Modern Art, as well as NCFA's "It's harder than being a consultant, but curator of contemporary painting and maybe not so hard as being a director. For sculpture. a curator to be effective," she continued, Mrs. Breeskin's interest in contemporary "he or she must learn everything possible The MMT facility high atop Mt. Hopkins art was caught by the necessity of acquiring about the collection-its weaknesses and Adelyn Breeskin now sports a new outer skin of metal for the Baltimore Museum the tremendous­ strengths. From there, new sources can be siding, with the last portion of the installa­ ly important Cone Collection of art belonged in Baltimore, I had to be con­ found to improve the holdings." tion completed by Smithsonian personnel postimpressionist painting and sculpture. versant with the importance of the collec­ When she arrived at NCFA in 1964, Mrs. in June. During May, the concrete floors "According to the terms of Clarabel tion as it represented the best of its type. Breeskin found the most modern painting of the building were poured. The next ma­ Cone's will," explained Mrs. Breeskin, "Et­ "I believe that bringing the Cone Collec­ in the collection to be one done in 1904, jor milestone in construction of the joint ta was to allow the works to stay in tion to the museum was the most significant "probably by Childe Hassam or one of his SAO-University of Arizona project will be Baltimore only if she felt that the city could acomplishment of my career, and watching peers," she laughed. From the looks of to­ installation of the optical support system appreciate Matisse and the other 20th­ the museum grow into the fine institution it day's collection, NCF A curators have done this summer. The MMT concept is ap­ century masters included. is today has also brought me great satisfac­ a thorough job of identifying and filling the 0 tion," Mrs. Breeskin said. parently becoming the wave of the future "I n rder to convince the donor that the gaps. in large telescope design. In April, the Besides affecting the nature of NCFA's Kitt Peak National Observatory an­ collection, Mrs. Breeskin has brought to nounced that work had begun on studies light many unrecognized artists through ex­ for a 25-meter (l,OOO-inch) version of the Hirshhorn Exhibits Works hibitions that have established them as im­ pioneering Smithsonian-Arizona portant figures in American art. Among telescope. Of Three American Artists them have been H. Lyman Sayen, Romaine Brooks, William H. Johnson, and Bob By Sidney Lawrence Thompson. continued a brilliantly productive career as Some of their work has come to Mrs. The Hirshhorn Museum's permanent an artist and teacher. Breeskin's attention by chance, through Back In Print collection, first opened to the public in Oc­ The installation, "Homage to Joseph correspondence from frustrated relatives or tober 1974, is still being unveiled, and art, Albers," offers a broad selection of his 50 nonprofit foundations seeking recognition The booklet "Space for Women: Perspec­ much of it never before publicly displayed, years of color experiments and spatial i1lu- for unknown talent. In several cases, this tives on Careers in Science," published by is getting its first showing in a continuing sion. One work, a "window painting" from has led to outright donation of large bodies the CFA Women's Program Committee, is program of rotating installations focused the Bauhaus period, is constructed from of work to NCF A. back in print after an initial distribution of on artists or movements of the modern era. bits of colored glass and lit from behind. Mrs. Breeskin, who does not seem her 80 some 5,000 copies.On May I, 5,000 ad­ Presently, three American artists­ Studies in symmetry, composed of black years, is sustained in her career by convic- ditional copies were published and, by June Arthur B. Carles, Josef Albers, and Larry formica cut with stark white lines, date tion and the "desire to share the best we can I, another 1,000 already had been dis­ Rivers-are the subjects of installations from the 1950's. The most recent works, offer. There aren't enough people who get tributed. If you'd like extra copies of this enriched by educational materials. two large abstract paintings of 1973, are the excited about art," she explained. "When best seller for friends, associates, or Arthur B. Carles (1882-1952), an early culminatio n of a 25-year series of experi- you can give them something that moves relatives, call the CF A Publications Depart­ modernist painter, used vibrant color to ments in which Albers explored the use of them, well, that's wonderful." ment in Cambridge (FTS) 830-7462. ~ ____~~~ ~a~~~~oun~L_ st arou_ ~ a lte.r n.at colOJ: yalues. ThJ artist's__ traditional subjects of figure, still life, and biography and color theories are explained landscape. Although he lived in Paris and on a wall label prepared by the Museum's was in touch with the avant-garde there and Education Department. Two MNH Bamboo Experts Aid in New York during the 'teens and 1920's, Further along the ring of second floor his career was centered in Philadelphia, galleries is a large assemblage that may well Brazilian Government Study where the majority of his work remains in become one of the Museum's most popular museums and private collections. works. The 32' x 14' mixed-media piece, on By Thomas Harney determine their potential for papermaking. HMSG's collection of 14 paintings by view indefinitely, is titled "The History of Some bamboos make very fine paper Two MNH bamboo experts, Cleofe Carles are on view through October 9 in a the Russian Revolution: From Marx to material," Dr. Calderon said. Calderon and Thomas Soderstrom are third floor gallery. Ranging chronologically Mayakovsky." It was created in 1965 by The Brazilians are interested in finding helping the Brazilian Government analyze out more about Amazonian bamboos and the economic potential of enormous new­ their ecomonic potential, and Dr. Calderon found stands of Amazonian bamboo. has recently returned to Brazil to help Using radar-photo image equipment car­ organize a planned program of exploration ried by jet planes, the Brazilians are and research that will take both of the systematically mapping the cloud-covered Smithsonian botanists back into the Amazon wilderness-a region two-thirds Amazon wilds early in 1978. Meanwhile, the size of the continental United States. Brazilian bamboo brought back on earlier The terrain's hidden streams and forests, trips is under study in Smithsonian the character of its vegetation, and possible laboratories. mineral deposits are being revealed in many areas for the first time. Aerial imagery located vast bamboo stands in Acre, Brazil's westernmost state. Today, no roads reach the area, though the Trans-Amazonian highway will soon make it possible to tap the region's resources: "History of the Russian Revolution: From Marx to Mayakovsky" by Larry Rivers On the invitation of the Brazilian Government, Drs . Calderon and Soderstrom flew to a remote Air Force base from student work to his last oil of 1936-41, American artist Larry Rivers. near the Peruvian border. the works compose the first significant ex­ Inspired by Isaac Deutscher's biography "Daily helicopter hops carried us to in­ hibition of Carles' work outside the of Leon Trotsky, the work portrays the teresting forest sites," Dr. Soderstrom Philadelphia area. leading personalities and influences sur­ reported. "I n many cases, teams of workers I n an illustrated checklist which accom­ rounding political upheavals in Russia equipped with electric saws descended the panies the showing, Barbara Boese before, during, and after the Revolution of ship on a rope ladder, then hacked out a Wolanin, Smithsonian predoctoral fellow, 1917. clearing so our copter could land. Some notes that the H MSG collection is I ntended to be "read" from left to right areas had never been visited by humans "especially strong in showing the artist's along several levels of plywood cut-outs, before. varied approaches to the female figure." lumber beams, pipes, and screens, the work "When we disembarked, we found Particularly influenced by Matisse and makes reference to Soviet and Communist thickets of spiny bamboo canes intertwined Cezanne, according to Ms. Wolanin, Carles ideologies, depicts members of the Russian with forest trees, the bamboo sometimes was widely praised as an innovative monarchy, peasants in revolt, and such arching as high as 100 feet over the tree colorist. political leaders as Lenin and Stalin, and tops," Dr. Soderstrom said. Cleofe Calderon and Thomas Soderstrom "He might well have been in the forefront ends with a poem by M ayakovsky which Working quickly, while the helicopter of A bstract Expressionism," said Ms. relates his ultimate disillusionment with stood by, the two botanists made collec­ Wolanin, "had his career not been cut short post-Revolutionary Russia. The top of the tions of canes, foliage, and rhizomes for A Flower for All Seasons in 1941 by an accident which left him work forms a panoramic view of the laboratory analysis. Plants and terrrain paralyzed until his death II years later." Moscow skyline. were photographed in color and black and Who says a flower only blooms once? Not I n another installation on view through The complex meaning of this piece, its white. Notes were taken of maximum and true, as is readily apparent when you pass the October 9, a selection of 19 works by the sources in past art, and its relationship to minimum forest temperatures, soil and light Office of Horticulture in the late summer. late Joseph Albers honors one of this cen­ Rivers' own development as an artist are quality, and other ecological factors. There you can see freshly picked celosia, tury's most influential color theorists. thoroughly explained and illustrated by Specimens were shipped to the National In­ commonly known as cockscomb, hanging up­ Albers died last year at the age of 88. educational panels installed nearby. The stitute of Amazonian Research (INPA), a side down away from the light. After the A central figur<;! of the Bauhaus, an in­ gallery also contains a selection of paintings large Brazilian laboratory complex at bright scarlet flowers have dried, they will fluential German design school, Albers set­ by Rivers, who came to the Museum earlier Manaus on the Amazon River. bloom again in fall arrangements to be placed tled in the United States in 1933 where he this year to supervise the installation. "The fibers are being tested there to around the SI buildings. Page 4 THE SMITHSONIAN TORCH September 1977 Beck Retires After 20 Years September at the S

NATURAL HISTORY FILMS : Lhnvin-the natural­ ists's travels and study that led to his concept of LUNCHTIME CONCERTS evolution; The Galapagos-the geological history of the islands. 12 noon. Baird Auditorium, Natural The Commodores, United States Navy Band jazz History Building. FREE . ensemble, performing jazz, popular and rock music. September 9; 12, 16, 19, 23, 26, 30. 12 4 FRISBEE FESTIVAL: Exhibitions-Frisbee-catching noon. Carmichael Auditorium, History and Tech­ dog, master champions; Workshops-beginners or nology Building. FREE . SUN. experts of all ages; Throwing Competition; Jamming -tossing and catching. Picnics are encouraged. 10 EXHIBITION: Chinese Album Leaves and Fan a.m. to 4 p.m. National Mall at 4th Street, East of the Paintings. A selection of works representing the two National Air and Space Museum. Raindate: Septem­ most intimate forms of Chinese painting, so ber 5. For information call 381-6264. FREE. designated because of their small size. The Freer Gall,ery of Art, through winter. FREE . Estelle Beck, telephone office supervisor CONCERT: The Lydian Chamber Players present for 12 years, has retired after a total of 20 Polish music, all compositions written within the EXHIBITION: The Four Seasons in Japanese Art, years' service at the Smithsonian. past 30 years. Scheduled in conjunction with the One of the major themes of Japanese art is portrayed Mrs. Beck first came to SI in 1940 when exhibition 22 Polish Textile Artists. 4 p.m. The in paintings, screens, lacquerware, ceramics and there were only 200 telephone lines and four Renwick Gallery. FREE. metalwork from the collecitons. Objects included museums-SI, A&I, MNH, and Freer. date from different periods in Japanese history, the Taking time off to raise her family, Mrs. majority being executed during the Edo period, Beck returned in 1960 when the telephone S.I.T.E.S 1615-1868. Among the items displayed is a 12th office was in the Natural History Building. She has watched Smithsonian phone service century Heian period album leaf and a 12-panel BIOLOGICAL PHOTOGRAPHY. An exhibition grow from 600 lines in 1963, when the office screen by the 19th century artist Hokusai, each panel first moved to the Museum of History and circulated by the Smithsonian Institution Travel­ representing one of the 12 months. The Freer Gallery Technology, to more than 2,000 lines. ing Exhibition Service is on view at the Federal of Art, through winter. Deposit Insurance Corporation, 550 17th Street, Mrs. Beck recalls attempts in the early HIRSHHORN FILM: Josef Albers: Homage to the years of the Folklife Festival to contact per­ N.W., from September 3 to October 1, 1977. Square. Scheduled in conjunction with an installa­ formers in the hill areas of various southern states for festival staff. tion of Albers works from the Hirshhorn collections. 12 noon. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. "I would often call the police depart­ 6 NMHT FILMS: Tops, and Tocatta for Toy Trains­ ment, post 0 ffice, or a local garage and ask FREE. two films by Charles and Ray Eames. 1 p.m. if they could locate the person we needed TUES . Carmichael Auditorium, History and Technology HIRSHHORN SLIDE LECTURE: American Art of since the hill -people didn't usually have the 1950'5. Speaker: John Bernard Myers, art critic. 8 telephones. They always knew who we Building. FREE. p.m. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. wanted and would pass along the message FREE. to call me collect. Being from the South 9 NATURAL HISTORY FILMS: The Everglades; and myself, I knew that the townspeople usually Point Pelee. The flora and fauna unique to these ILLUSTRATED LECTURE: Migratory Birds in congregate around the local garage," she FRI. areas, both threatened by commercial development. Tropical Habitats. Speaker: Eugene S. Morton, explained. 12 noon. Baird Auditorium, Natural History National Zoological Park. 8 p.m. Baird Auditorium, During Mrs. Beck's tenure, the Telex Building. FREE . Natural History Building. $3 . * cable system was introduced at SI, allowing messages to be sent and received from all over the world. 13 NMHT FILM: City Out of Wilderness: Washington. 16 NATURAL HISTORY FILM : The Hidden World­ In 1972 the main switchboard, under her 1 p.m. Carmichael Auditorium, History and Tech­ National Geographic film on insects and insect direction, took over phone service for the TUES. nology Building. FREE. FRI. behavior. 12 noon. Baird Auditorium, Natural National Zoo. This resulted in a lot of joke History Building. FREE . calls to deal with-even long distance-for CREATIVE SCREEN: Behind the Fence-Albert Ella Phont, Mr. Fox, and so on. Paley; Metalsmith-the construction of an iron fence EL DIA HISPANO: Afternoon festival of per­ "The Smithsonian is a marvelous place to for the Hunter Museum of Art and a discussion with formances by artists, music in the courtyard and work," Mrs. Beck commerited. "Because it Paley of the relationship between creating both films on hispanic art, all celebrating the traditions handles such a variety of things from art to one-of-a-kind jewelry and the more massive works. and accomplishments of the Chicano, Puerto Rican, zoology, it is unlike any other agency. It is The Magic Machines-Robert Gilbert creates highly Latino and Hispano communities. 2 to 4 p.m. the only place I have ever worked and to see imaginative moving sculpture from pieces of junk it grow has been an interesting experience National Collection of Fine Arts. See also September for me: " metal. Complete showings 11 a.m., 12 noon and 1 17. FI\EE. p.m. The Renwick Gallery. FREE. Registration for fall quarter courses at the ILLUSTRATED LECTURE: Modern Chinese Art. Graduate School, U.S. Department of 14 radio smithsonian Speaker: Sara Larkin. 8 p.m., Carmichael Auditor­ Agriculture, will be held September 17-24 in the USDA Patio, North Building, located on WED. ium, History and Technology Building. $4. * Independence Avenue between 12th and 14th Radio Smithsonian, the Institution's nationally broad­ Streets, SW. 15 10TH ANNIVERSARY RECEPTION: The Anacostia cast radio program, is heard in the Washington area To get a listing of more than 600 job­ Neighborhood Museum marks its anniversary with every Sunday on WGMS-AM (570) and FM (103.5) related and leisure courses being offered this THU. an open house. 6 to 8 p.m. 2405 Martin Luther King from 9 to 9:30 p.m. The program schedule for fall, call the Graduate School at 447-4419. Jr. Avenue. FREE. September:

4th-'Sweet Melody ': The Story of the Dulcimer. The music and history of the hammered dulcimer in hours America; The World of the Map. Map-making and Arts and Industries Building, Hirshhorn Museum and some of its greatest figures, with guests from the J Sculpture Garden, Museum of History and Technology, Seventh International Conference on the History of Museum of Natural History, National Air and Space Cartography. Museum. Smithsonian Institution Building. 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. seven days a week, through Labor Day. Beginning 11th-Photographing the Frontier. The American West Sept. 6: 10 a.m. "to 5:30 p.m. 100 years ago, seen and recorded by the pioneer­ photographers, and described by Eugene Ostroff, Freer Gallery of Art, National Collection of Fine Arts, curator of Photographic History. Reflections of Degas. National Portrait Gallery, Renwick Gallery. 10 a.m. to The little-known sculpture of the French impressionist, 5:30 p.m. discussed with Charles Millard, Chief Curator, Hirsh­ CFA INTERNS .•. At the Harvard­ horn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum-10 a.m.-6 p.m. 1977 summer science interns pose with Monday through Friday; 1-6 p.m. weekends. 18th-It's Your Coast. Robert Knecht, Director of the program director Joanne Tondryk. The in­ Office of Coastal Zones , Management, explains the terns spent eight weeks at the Center this National Zoo Buildings-9 a.m.-6:30 p.m. hows and whys of managing our coastal resources; And summer working with staff in a special Now a Message. A century of American advertising, program designed to give high school students 1830-1930, discussed by historian Keith Melder. exposure to science careers. While at the Center, the interns worked as laboratory as­ *Sponsored by the Resident Associate Program of sistants, research technicians, and the Smithsonian. Discounts are available for 25th-The Object as Poet. Artist Roger Armstrong and astronomical observers. From left to right members. For attendance or other information call poet Daniel Lusk recall their unique collaboration on a are: Barbara Shutt, Irene Blaho, Mark 381-5157. Unless otherwise indicated, tickets metal sculpture exhibited at the Renwick Gallery. The Hughes, Yuen Chan, Mary Pero, Joanne should be purchased in advance, and will be sold close working and personal ties of earlier artists and Tondryk, Suet Tse, and Linda Hol­ at the door only if available. writers are also discussed by Garnett McCoy of the lingsworth. Archives of American Art. September 1977 THE SMITHSONIAN TORCH Page 5

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Smithsonian staff members who have authored, edited, or illustrated books may notify SI Press Deputy Director Felix Lowe so th at their work can be publicized in Torch. This month's books include: "Big Story: How the American Press and ithsonian Institution Television Reported and Interpreted the Crisis of Tet in 1968 in Vietnam and Washington," by Peter Braestrup, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Westview Press, 1977. "R oosevelt and Churchill: Their Secret Wartime Correspondence," edited by 17 SEMINAR: Colonization of Space. 10 a.m. to 4:15 Harold Langley, MHT (Italian translation), p.m. Baird Auditorium, Natural History Building. DIAL-A-PHENOMENON-737-8855 for weekly Alberto Mondadori, publisher, 1977. SAT. $25. * announcements on stars, planets and worldwide "The Monster of Loch Ness," by James Cornell, SAO, Scholastic, 1977. occurrences of short-lived natural phenomena. SKY LECTURE: The Immortals of the Sky-A Cast The National Wildlife Federation has of Colorful Characters. selected "Zoobook," published by the Monthly lecture by National NATURAL HISTORY FILM : Wolves and Wolf Men . Air and Space Museum staff followed by a discussion 23 Smithsonian Institution Press, for inclusion The myths and misconceptions about wolves and in its 1977 Christmas catalog sent to some of celestial events due to occur the coming month. 9 FRI. their instinctive behavioral organization. 12 nnon. two million members and donors. a.m. Einstein Spacearium, NASM. Tickets required. Baird Auditorium, Natural History Building. FREE. Published last November in paperback Call 381-4193 weekdays between 9 a.m. and 5 p .m. ($3.95) and hardcover ($8.95), the book FREE. 26 AUDUBON LECTURE: Galapagos-the Enchanted received an excellent review from the Washington Post, which called it "a color­ EL DIA HISPANO. 1 to 4 p.m. See September 16 for Islands. Speaker: Stephen W. Kress, Laboratory of MON. Ornithology, Cornell University. The behavior and ful catalog of the National Zoo, emphasiz­ festival details. National Collection of Fine Arts. ing its growing role as preserver of natural selection process of tortoises, iguanas, FREE. vanishing species, but with plenty of atten­ albatrosses, flightless cormorants, frigate birds, tion to the glamorous (if indolent) pandas, boobie ~, and swallow-tailed gulls. Monthly illustrat­ and the svelte white tigers." The book has FREE BUS ed lecture series co-sponsored by the Audubon also been widely praised by professional Naturalist Society, Friends of the National Zoo and Double Decker Bus transportation is._provided and lay persons as indicated in numerous Resident Associate Program. 5:45 or 8:15 p.m. Baird letters to NZP Director Theodore Reed. throughout the day between the Museum of Auditorium, Natural History Building. $5. * History and Technology (leaving on the half-hour from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p .m .) and the Portrait. 27 ILLUSTRATED LECTURE: A Spectacular Structure Gallery, where it departs for return trip on the Goes Up on the Mall- the new East Building of the hour until 5 p.m. TUES . National Gallery of Art. Speaker: Or. David W . Scott, Consultant, National Gallery of Art. 8 p.m. 18 ARCHAESUS PRODUCTIONS: Starklers. Science Baird Auditorium, Natural History Building. $4. * fiction performed especially for young people. 2 p.m. HOMAGE TO RAPHAEL SOYER. A dialogue SUN. Carmichael Auditorium, History and Technology between Soyer and Joshua Taylor, Director of the Building. $2 .50. * National Collection of Fine Arts. 8 p.m. Carmichael Auditorium, History and Technology Building. 20 HIRSHHORN SLIDE LECTURE: The life and work Scheduled in conjunction with the special exhibition TUES of :4 rthu: B. Carles. Speaker: Barbara Wolanin, Raphael Soyer: Watercolors and Drawings, opening . Smlthsoman Predoctoral Fellow. 12:30 p .m. Hirsh­ September 30_ $3 . * horn Museum and Sculpture Garden. FREE. CREATIVE SCREEN: Behind the Fence- Albert 21 ILLUSTRATED LECTURE: British Art at Yale. Paley: Metalsmith; The Magic Machines. Repeat. See Speaker: Or. Malcolm Cormack, Curator of Paint­ September 13 for program details. 11 a.m. , 12 noon WED. ings, Yale Center for British Art and British Studies. and 1 p .m. The Renwick Gallery. FREE . 8- p. ~ CaITIUC ae1 - Au CONCERT: 19th Century Brass in the Rotunda. Technology Building-$4. * 28 Marches and waltzes by the Lilly Belle Brass Band. 8 WED. p.m. Rotunda, Arts and Industries Building. $5. * POPULAR GROUP CONTINUES . EXHIB ITION: The Art of Pochoir, Approximately The Commodores, the U.S. Navy Band'sjazz 40 examples of the stenciling techniques developed in ensemble, will continue their performances at the late 19th century and used fo r applying color to COOPER-HEWITT MUSEUM MHT through the fall. Lunchtime concerts, black and white printed images. The items represent Two East 91st Street, New York City noon to 1 p.m., will be held on Mondays and work done in France, England and the United States Fridays during September, November, and December in Carmichael auditorium. between 1885 and 1920, the period when pochoir was PALACES FOR THE PEOPLE. 100 years of resort at its peak. Hall of Graphic Arts, Museum of History and motel architecture in America. Through and Technology. September 18. Comings and GOings EXHIBITION: Living Things: Excerpts from a DRAWING TOWARD A MORE MODERN On A ugust I, Jack Korytowski joined the Sketchbook Diary. Ink and watercolor scenes by Ole ARCHITECTURE. Drawings by architects and Smithsonian Institution Press as a technical Mara Peters. Thirty-nine works depict natural designers conveying their concept of what is to be editor in the Series Publications Division. M r. Korytowski came to the Smithsonian history subjects from her travels to Africa, Europe, built. September 20 through November 6. in 1974 as a management analyst and and throughout the United States. Museum of worked in the Forms Management and THE COOPER-HEWITT COLLECTIONS. Major Natural History, through Nov. 10. Directives Management sections of the exhibition of objects from the Museum's holdings. Management Analysis Office. 22 THE AIRMEN OF NOTE. U.S. Air Force jazz September 27 through December 1977. Nancy Crampton recently joined the ensemble featuring Harvey Phillips and Rich HMSG conservation lab as a museum THU. Madison and the Tuba Jazz Corsortium. Open HIRSHHORN FILM: Jasper Johns, Decoy. A film by technician. Ms. Crampton has been with 29 the Smithsonian since 1976 and previously rehearsal 4 to 6 p.m. Evening performance 8 p.m. Michael Blackwood on Johns' printmaking techni­ worked with the Archives of American Art. Baird Auditorium, Natural History Building. Call THU. ques. Commentary by Barbara Rose, art critic. 12 381-5395 for tickets. FREE. noon. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. FREE. DIAL-A-MUSEUM-737-8811 for daily an­ nouncements on new exhibits and special events. THE AIRMEN OF NOTE. U.S . Air Force jazz ensemble featuring Phil Wilson with the Richard Smallwood Singers. Open rehearsal 4 to 6 p.m. HIRSHHORN FILM: From Renoir to Picasso. A Evening performance 8 p .m. Baird Auditorium, study-comparison by Paul Haesaert of the charac­ Natural History Museum. Call 381-5395 for -tickets. teristics of the works by Renoir, Seurat and Picasso. FREE. 12 noon. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. HIRSHHORN EVENING FILMS: A Survey of Clay FREE. Animation. A collection of films including Closed Mondays and Mountain Music by Will Vinton; HIRSHHORN EVENING FILMS: Face It! -A survey Origin of the Species and Megalopolis, by Eliot of work by independent filmmakers exploring the Noyes. 8 p .m. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture face as an image motif. Ritual, by Michael Brown; Garden. FREE . Salute, by Albert Ross; Necrology, by Stan Lawder. 8 p.m. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. FREE . NATURAL HISTORY FILM: The Early Americans­ 30 the prehistoric Indians of North America. 12 noon. FRI. Baird Auditorium, Natural History Building. FREE. ADDITIONAL ASSOCIATES ACTIVITIES EXHIBITION: Raphael Soyer: Drawings and Water­ HAPPY BfRTHDA Y Sf .•. Visitors to the The Smithsonian Resident Associate Program colors. Figure studies, portraits of fellow artists and 1876 exhibition on Wednesday, August 10, sponsors a variety of activities including classes, self-portraits from the 1920's to the present. The 63 celebrated the Smithsonian's 131st birthday workshops, tours and lecture series that are open works also include five related oils. National with cookies, punch, and free carrousel rides to the general public, for both adults and children. Collection of Fine Arts, through November 27. A outside. It was the anniversary of the day in For schedules, fees or other information, call dialogue between Raphael Soyer and NCFA Director 1846 when President James Polk signed 381-5157. Joshua Taylor is scheduled in conjunction with this legislation establishing the Smithsonian In­ exhibition. See September 27. stitution. Page 6 THE SMITHSONIAN TORCH September 1977 CFA Names Four Rail Adventurers Cross Siberia Research Fellows through eight cars to the restaurant car, visiting with Russian travelers, especially Four recipients of postdoctoral research babies and knitters, jumping off trains at fellowships have been selected for the 1977- stops of 10 minutes or more for card mail­ 78 academic year by the Harvard­ ings, looking over picturesque and stained­ Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. They glassed-windowed-stations, scenery-gazing, are Keith MacGregor from the M as­ buying food, drinks, or brochures and pic­ sachusetts Institute of Technology, Bruce ture foiders of the regions passing through, Draine and Peter Vitello from Cornell and daylight reappearing at about three or University, and Wendy Hagen from the four o'clock in the morning." University of Hawaii. The Siberian program and predeparture The Solar and Stellar Division is the like­ lectures were conducted by U .S.S.R. ly destination for Dr. MacGregor. His specialists Stephen Feinstein, University of thesis, "The Effects of Centrifugal, Wisconsin at River Fall; Daniel Kaiser, Magnetic, and Radiative Forces on the Harvard Russian Research Center; Paul Dynamics of Stellar Wind Flows," was Lydolph and Charles Ward, University of prepared under the direction of J. W. Wisconsin at Milwaukee; Mary Kruger, Belcher of the Space Physics Group. Study Voice of America; Ludmilla O'Donnell and at the Center is likely to include solar and Judy Ullman, University of Chicago; plus stellar winds, with emphasis on microscopic The Trans-Siberian Express snakes its way across the Soviet frontier. Association for Academic Travel Abroad as well as macroscopic particles. staff member Toni Crane; and Smithsonian Dr. Draine's work with E. E. Sal peter on One hundred and eighty train buffs from Although the Associates had been representatives Marlin Johnson, general ac­ "Topics in the Physics of Interstellar all parts of the United States returned in prepared for a certain lack of traditional counting, and Jacqueline Austin, travel Grains" will be expanded here to encom­ June from a trip on the Trans-Siberian Ex­ comforts and had even been issued in­ manager, National Associate Travel pass the interstellar medium, grain forma­ press, the longest passenger train run in the dividual supplies of granola bars, canned Program. tion, and galactic coronae. Dr. Vitello has world. fruits, and peanuts, the journey presented a In the past three years, nearly 2,000 worked with S. Teukolsky and plans to con­ tinue the research described in his thesis, Designed by the Smithsonian National great number of surprises. The Soviet ship Smithsonian Associates have visitied Euro­ "Optically Thick Accretion onto Compact Associate Travel Program, the grand tour Baikal was comfortable, had good food, pean Russia (Leningrad, Tallin, and Objects near the Equator." crossed Siberia and the Soviet Union, and offered a charming "talent show" by its Moscow), as well as Soviet Central Asia Dr. Hagen worked with A. Boesgaard on providing magnificient views of the Soviet crew that was presented and received with (Samarkand, Tashkent, Khiva, and her thesis, "Circumstellar Gas and Dust frontier and its great storehouse of untap­ great enthusiasm. Bukhara), in National Associate programs. Shells of Late-Type Supergiants." At the ped natural wealth. Contrary to most descriptions of the The Trans-Siberian tour brought to life train, the Smithsonian group found it to be geography book names such as the Ginza, Center, she plans to make optical and in­ Organized into six groups of 30, each led fascinating. Books and games they had Lake Baikal, Pendzekent, and Yaroslavl. frared observations of late-type stars that by a U.S.S.R. specialist, the participants in brought to ease boredom lay untouched as Present plans call for a trip to the Caucasus have been identified with molecular maser the three-week program circled the globe, participants lined the corridor windows to Mountains next year and for the Trans­ sources as well as objects showing mass departing from Seattle for three days in watch the scenery for miles and miles. Siberian and Russian tours to be repeated. loss. Tokyo, then crossing the Sea of Japan on a Although the view was equally good from Russian ship. each compartment, they enjoyed gathering Two groups traveled the entire 5,900 in the corridor to share the scenery of snow­ SI Newsmakers miles on the Trans-Siberian Express capped mountains, log houses with green or through eight time zones from N ahodka to blue gingerbread trim, and huge fields Moscow, with overnight stops in covered with wild iris, daylillies, and butter­ Snider Elected to New Post; Zoo Khabarovsk, Irkutsk, and Novosibirsk. cups. The other groups traveled by train to "We were a gregarious, aisle-standing, Irkutsk and then toured either Soviet visiting bunch," wrote participant LaRue Show Goes to Romper Room Central Asia or the medieval Russian cities Waldrop in a letter of appreciation. "When minute film, which he made at the of the Golden Ring near Moscow. All had not engaged in a bridge tournament that By Johnnie Douthis an excursion to Lake Baikal and a festive went on from MS Baikal across the Sea of Brookfield Zoo, on the play behavior of reunion in Moscow before returning to Japan practically to the outskirts ·of Harold Snider, coordinator of programs meerkats. Washington. Moscow, I was taking walks-sometimes for the handicapped at NASM, was recent­ MHT Director Brooke Hindle; Bernard ly elected to the board of directors of the Finn, curator; and Robert Multhauf, senior National Committee on Arts and the Han­ scientific scholar, attended the 15th Inter­ dicapped. At the annual convention of the national Congress of the History of Science SI "Ex~erience" Set for October National Federation of the Blind held in in Edinburgh, Scotland, in August. Dr. New Orleans this summer, Mr. Snider ad­ M ulthauf delivered a paper entitled "An I n­ dressed 3,000 blind persons about museums quiry Into the Earl y Use of Firearms." D r. and the blind. Hindle and Dr. Muthauf also attended the Jane Glaser, program manager of the Of­ symposium on Technology and Its Impact fice of Museum Programs, was the subject on Society held in Stockholm, Sweden, of a feature article in a recent edition of the where they delivered papers. Charleston (W. Va.) Gazette-Mail. Mrs. MHT Information Specialist Helen Hol­ Glaser is the former director of Sunrise, lis, Division of Musical Instruments, Inc., in Charleston, a complex which in­ demonstrated restored keyboard instru­ cludes an art galley for children, a ments at Finchcocks, a house in planetarium, and a garden center. In July, Goudhurst, Kent, England, built in 1725. Mrs. Glaser made two presentations at a Don Davis, chairman of MN H's Depart­ workshop on museum education programs ment of Entomology, received the 1977 sponsored by the Arkansas Arts and Karl Jordan Medal Award for his research Humanities Council. on yucca and agabe moths. The prize is Carol Cutler, NPG public affairs officer given annually by the international and author of the prize-winning book, "The Lepidoptera Society for the outstanding Six-Minute Souffle and Other Culinary research in the field . Delights," wrote a six-page article for the Monroe Fabian, NPG associate curator, August issue of Working Woman. The il­ lectured on "The Dower Chest in the lustrated article gives timesaving recipes Goschenhoppen" at the Goschenhoppen and ideas for summer dining. Beginning in Folk Festival in East Greenville, Pa., on November, Mrs. Cutler will have a regular August 13. Task Force members (I. to r.) Russell Bourne, Alexis Doster, and James Page column in the monthly magazine. For one week during the summer, James Sheila Mutchler, program assistant at the Weaver and Robert Sheldon, Division of MNH Insect Zoo, has taped 10 TV Musical Instruments, MHT, performed at says by Silvio Bedini, Edward Ayensu, programs on various zoo inhabitants for recording sessions of the Bach Brandenburg By Herman Stein Joshua Taylor, Paul Perrot, James Cornell, Romper Room Enterprises. The programs concertos at Aston Magna Foundation for The first major book for a large general Wilcomb Washburn, Ruth Selig, Benjamin will be shown on 55 television stations Music in Great Barrington, Mass., where audience ever published by the Smithsonian Lawless, Marvin Sadik, and Stephen Wei!. across the country, including WDCA they used instruments comparable to those Institution is coming off the presses early In a final chapter, Secretary Ripley discus­ (Channel 20) in Washington and WMAR Bach would have known. next month, after a year of intensive plan­ ses the future of the Smithsonian. (Channel 2) in Baltimore. Ms. Mutchler has Walter Flint, curator with NASM's ning and editorial preparation by the The book includes photos by the also taped segments for the Voice of Department of Aeronautics, was in Smithsonian Publishing Task Force headed Smithsonian's Kjell Sandved and Chip America and for the nationally distributed Moscow August 15-30 to supervise the as­ by James Page. Clark, as well as such prominent free­ University of Washington radio program, sembly and docking of the Apollo portion It's called "The Smithsonian Experience" lancers as Lee Boltin, Ross Chapple, and "Pets and Vets." of the Soyuz-Apollo Test Project. The ex­ (subtitle: "Science-History-The Arts; the Betty Frampton. Paul Edelson, program coordinator for hibit, similar to the one in the Air and Treasures of the Nation"), and it's a large The decision to go ahead with publica­ adult lecture classes, Resident Associate Space Museum, is being installed in format, heavily illustrated book aimed tion of the book was made after a direct Program, co-authored the article, "Com­ Moscow's Kosmos Museum. primarily at Associates through direct mail mail survey last June resulted in a flood of munity College Aims to Expand Oc­ Richard Hallion, associate curator with sales. The first print run totals 200,000 orders. "Results of the sampling were ex­ cupational Opportunities for the Deaf," NASM's Department of Science and copies. tremely good," said Mr. Page. "More than which appeared in the Winter 1977 issue of Technology, recently visited NASA's The 256-page book, which contains more 10 percent of those queried asked to buy the Hearing Rehabilitation Quarterly. Dryden Flight Research Center in Califor­ than 300 photographs, mostly in color, book." For two weeks in July, James Weaver, as­ nia to gather material for his history of the focuses on major aspects of the The special price for Associates and sociate curator in MHT's Division of center. While there, he witnessed the first Institution-exhibits, nature, folklife, air Smithsonian employees is $14.97, but after Musical Instruments, taught the harp­ free flight test of the Space Shuttle Orbiter. and space, the fine arts. Scattered January 1978, the book will sell for $19.95 sichord for the Baroque Performance In­ William Good, museum technician with throughout are informal, humorous essays at bookshops. Employees may order the stitute at Oberlin Conservatory of Music. NASM's art department, traveled to Los by "Around the Mall" columnist Edward book from the Smithsonian Publishing John Eisenberg, Dena Kleiman, Katherine Angeles in August to represent the Museum Park and drawings by artist Paul Hogarth, Task Force, Room 2460, U.S. Postal Ser­ Ralls, and Christen Wemmer, NZP, at­ as artist Paul Calle signed 1,000 reproduc­ a direct descendant of the 18th-century vice Building, L'Enfant Plaza, Washington, tended the Ethological Conference in tions of his drawing of General Doolittle. English satirist William Hogarth. D. C. 20560. Bielefeld, Germany, during the latter part The reproductions will soon be available Scholarly essays vary from a discussion Members of the task force include Mr. of August. Drs. Eisenberg and Kleiman for sale at NASM. Mr. Good also met with of architecture on the Mall by Cynthia Page, Russell Bourne, Alexis Doster, Mimi presented a paper on parental care several west coast Frisbee experts in con­ Field to' the story of the Air and Space Dince, Jane Ross, Joe Goodwin, Pat strategies in mammals an.d Dr. Wemmer junction with NASM's September 4 Frisbee Museum by Melvin Zisfein, with other es- Upchurch, and Ann Beasley. showed photographs, graphics, and a 10- Festival. September 1977 THE SMITHSONIAN TORCH Page 7 Freer Opens Fall Season with Two New Exhibits Memorial Fund Honors Volunteer eligiOUS associations of the seasons are parent in the kernan, or pendant, of The Dorothy L. Fisk Memorial Fund has abstract floral tracery executed in gilded been established at the National Air and ~copper. The keman form was derived from Space Museum in memory of Mrs. Fisk, a floral wreath offerings used in Buddhist devoted volunteer at NASM and at the In­ ceremonies. formation Desk in the Castle's Great Hall, The Freer exhibition will coincide with a who died on April 14. similar Japanese art exhibit at the Asia The fund was established at the sugges­ House G allery in New York City, part of a tion of her husband, Robert, who felt that major exhibition which was assembled from those who knew his wife would want to public and private American collections by contribute in a meaningful way to her the Freer's late director, Harold Stern. special interest. "The Museum was such an The two most intimate forms of Chinese important part of her life," he said. painting will be featured in "Chinese Dottie, as she was known to hundreds of Album Leaves and Fan Paintings," also associates and visitors, especially loved the opening on September 15 at the Freer. Flight and the Arts gallery in NASM. Of the four formats of traditional Contributions to the fund will be applied to Chinese painting, which also include the acquisition of a piece of art. handscrolls and hanging scrolls, these are Mrs. Fisk had worked for the Smithso­ the most intimate because their small size nia~ for about two and a half years, usually meant that they cOl'ld be ap­ spending a little over a year at N ASM. preciated by only one person at a time. Before NASM opened, she worked at the A selection of the paintings have been barrier which was set up in February 1976 removed from their albums and grouped so that visitors could see the construction, together for display. Most of the paintings After July, she did double duty working as which are executed on paper or silk, depict a volunteer tour guide and a staffer at landscapes, figures, birds, and flowers; NASM's Information Desk. several examples are complemented by cal· "Dottie Fisk's energy and dedication ligraphic inscriptions. For instance, combined to make her a very effective paintings from the albums by the 17th­ volunteer and to endear her to many century master Chien Hung-shou are ac­ people," noted NASM Director Michael companied on facing leaves by the artist's Collins. poetic comments about his subjects. Per~ons wishing to contribute to the fund The earliest Chinese fans mentioned in in her memory should cite the Dorothy L. texts were circular in format. Apparently Fisk Memorial Fund when directing their Korean envoys introduced the Japanese contribution to the Administrative Officer, folding fan to the Chinese court during the NASM-3507. "Pine Tree" by Chu Ta (1625-after 1705) Sung dynasty, 960-1279, and the Chinese The Freer Gallery will open the autumn periods in Japanese history, but the rna· were intrigued by its compactness. Chinese season on September 15 with two exhibi­ jority were executed during the Edo period, painters were challenged by the unusual Dr. Schmitt Dies tions featuring highlights from the Chinese 1615-1868. The earliest object included is an semi-circular shape, which presented new and Japanese collections. elegant leaf from a 12th-century Heian compositional problems. Two Ch'ing After 43 Years at SI The Japanese artist's appreciation of period album, the Ishiyama-gire. The col­ dynasty folding fans included in the Freer nature will be the theme of "The Four lage of purple, tan, and white papers is exhibit are typical of that period, with Seasons in Japanese Art," including imbedded with gold flecks, forming a rich opulent polychrome painting executed on paintings, screens, lacquerware, ceramics, abstract background for the cursive cal­ rich gold-flecked paper. and metalwork 'from the Freer collections. ligraphy. Because they are fragile and difficult to u Visitors will be able to sense the artist's A 12-panel screen by the 19th-century ar­ exhibit, folding fans that are still mounted reverence for nature, and sometimes his tist Hokusai is interesting for its appealing, on the original wood or bamboo supports sense of humor in treatments of bird, sometimes humorous, portrayals of birds are the format of Chinese painting least animal, and insect subjects. and animals, each representing one of the often found in Western museum collec- Objects will date from many different 12 months. tions.

NPG Exhibit Recalls IFESTIVAL' (Continuedfrom Page J) Suffragist Struggle Thomas Vennum of the folklife progam ings while games and dances continue out­ By Rick Beard and Charlotte Heth of the University of side. Peanuts, fruits, and meatpies will be California at Los Angeles, the first native sold from horse-drawn wagons and "We Were But A Handful," an exhibi­ American to receive a doctorate in ethnic children will be invited to join in the games. tion on view at the National Portrait Gal­ music. Rosie Hooks and Bernice Reagon of the lery, features the small group of suffragists A display of folk and classical instru­ African Diaspora Program have organized whose efforts were crucial to the Waldo LaSalle Schmitt, who had serveo ments from the Smithsonian collections in these events. enfranchisement of American women. on the Smithsonian's scientific staff for 43 the Hall of Musical ' Instruments will Their struggle began in 1848 in the small years, died August 5, three months after a enhance the concerts, but performers will upstate New York town of Seneca Falls and Family Folklore: The Family Folklore stroke had ended his daily trips to the offer another invaluable service to the ended 72 years later when Tennessee Program has been turned around this year: Museum of Natural History. He was 90. Smithsonian. Working with Eugene Knez became the 36th state to ratify the 19th instead of collecting family stories and Dr. Schmitt, a research associate in the of MHT, they will identify and describe in­ Amendment. anecdotes from visitors, the instructors will Department of Invertebrate Zoology, had struments in the collections for the perma­ The seven women included in the NPG be teaching visitors to collect their own been the Smithsonian's leading crustacean nent record. The evening concerts have show played important roles at every stage family histories. Daily workshops will give expert for a number of years and had been arranged by Scott Odell and Nancy of the struggle. Lucretia Mott and visitors practical tips on interviewing family traveled throughout the world collecting ex­ Groce of MHT. Elizabeth Cady Stanton organized the members and collecting photos, films, and hibits for the Museum's crustacean collec­ Seneca Falls convention, the first women's personal memorabilia. Trains, Games, and Crafts: The Trans­ rights meeting ever held. Stanton went on tion. portation Hall will be even livelier than However, Smithsonian staffers will not For two decades, after his retirement to become one of the suffragist stalwarts as usual with demonstrations by trainmen on miss the opportunity to record visitors' June 30, 1947, Dr. Schmitt spent much of well as one of the most cogent thinkers track switching. Children can watch the ex­ memories. Sitting on an Ellis Island bench his time at his desk in Room 100 of the west among 19th-century reformers. perts perform these switching maneuvers in "N ation of Nations," festival partici­ wing of the Museum continuing his studies In addition to examining the public role with a model train set placed near the real pants who passed through the Island as im­ and research. He told friends that he had of these women, " We Were But A Hand­ 280-ton steam locomotive. John Stine and migrants will share their experiences. advanced from "a bottle washer and ful" shows their less-well-known sides. An John White have coordinated the train Visitors may join in by recording their own cataloguer" to senior curator at the exchange of letters between Lucy Stone and demonstrations with folklife consultant stories and memories associated with the Museum. her future husband, for example, reveals Peter Seitel. artifacts on display. "I've been around here since 1907," he her agonizing ambivalence about marriage Visitors will have a sneak preview of the Even cities have oral histories, shared said. "Great guns-I helped move into this and its probable effects on her career, while 1978 festival in the Virginia craft exhibi­ among their residents. At the festival, building, and I've been to every country Susan B. Anthony's terse diary entry on the tions and performances. Evening dances bartenders, cab drivers, prominent athletes, with a coastline in South America except death of Stone speaks volumes about the will inevitably include the Virginia reel and and maybe even Capitol Hill janitors will Bolivia collecting." animosity between tbe two. The exhibit square dance sessions. Craft demonstra­ conduct daily workshops on Washington Five years after he retired, Dr. Schmitt also includes a number of colorful items as­ tions, reminiscent of previous festivals, are folklore. took part in his last major expedition. He sociated with the suffrage movement itself. scheduled daily. According to Folklife Because the festival is scheduled for the returned from Antarctica with 29,000 Several banners used by the National Festival D irector Ralph Rinzler, next year's school year, area classes will be able to at­ specimens for the Smithsonian crustacean Woman's Party are on display, as are but­ festival will focus primarily on the culture tend one of the special orientation sessions collection-the world's largest. tons worn by suffragist campaigners. of our neighboring State. held every morning. David Estabrook of -Born in Washington, D .C., Dr. Schmitt Peripheral elements of the suffrage story are More crafts will be displayed at the the Office of Elementary and Secondary received his Ph.D. from George included too: Bloomerism receives special Renwick Gallery where artisans positioned Education has worked with museum educa­ Washington University in 1922. He served attention and is highlighted by a near "Paint on Wood" and "Grass" will tion officers to formulate a half-hour on the National Academy of Sciences Com­ phrenological report that diagnosed Amelia show elaborate furniture painting, stencil­ presentation for the student groups, grades mittee on Polar Research as oceanographic Bloomer as a person with major ambitions ing, and basketmaking techniques. 5 through 12. The sessions will present a advisor. In recognition of his contributions and minor abilities. Craftsmen have been selected by Elaine Eff film on the festivals with an introduction by to the U.S. Antarctic Research Program, This report happily proved no more of the Winterthur Museum, under the Secretary Ripley, a description of this year's the Board of Geographic Names named a reliable than those of 19th-century cynics supervision of Renwick Director Lloyd events, and a question-and-answer session. 30-mile, ice covered series of outcrops who predicted ruin should women ever Herman. The 1977 festival is being produced by "Schmitt Mesa" at the base of the Antarctic receive the vote, As "We Were But A The African Diaspora will be back again the Division of Performing Arts, under the Peninsula. Handful" clearly demonstrates, few this year with concerts, games, and dances direction of James Morris. Program plan­ reformers were more adept, committed, or Dr. Schmitt lived on Highland Street in reflecting the cultures of Africa, the Carib­ ning has been reviewed by the Folklife Ad­ Takoma Park, Md. His survivors include a hard working than were the suffrage bean, and Latin America. The street sounds visory Council, chaired by Wilcomb daughter, Barbara Lundy of Glenelg, Md., leaders. of harmonicas, guitars, and brass instru­ Washburn of the Office of American three grandchildren, and one great­ ments will fill Baird auditorium in the even- Studies. Rick Beard is a research historian at N PC. grandchild. Page 8 THE SMITHSONIAN TORCH September 1977 Young Interns S nt Learning Summer at Smithsonian Museums

By Kathryn Lindeman A small group of interested spectators, young and old, watched as Nora Besansky fed a cricket to a tarantula and explained that tarantulas look frightening, but their bite doesn't hurt much-it's similar to a bee sting. Nora, a senior at Silver Spring' s Montgomery Blair High School, was one of 26 participants in the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education's summer intern program. She has been fascinated by insects as long as she can remember and hopes to study en­ tomology after graduation from high school. The Insect Zoo in the Museum of Natural History was a gold mine for her to gain practical experience with insects­ learning to feed them, observing habits, and watching them work over extended periods of time. "Besides learning about the in sects, I have also gotten a lot of valuable practice in talking to people," she said, shortly after discussing ant farms with a visiting family who is trying to build one. kind of on-the-job training I could never and remove the water from animals in the As an intern at the Insect Zoo, Nora has have found in schools. Working with 'old freeze dry process. He hopes to build his performed such duties as cleaning cages, masters' who've been here 20 to 30 years own freeze dry machine. handling insects like the hissing has helped me a lot." Peter Masters, a senior at Woodson High cockroaches and tobacco hornworms, School in Fairfax, Va., has been screening feeding manure to dung beetles, or Phil Helms from A.L. Brown High films for scratches, dirt, and other damage tumblebugs, and de-winging 12 flies a day School in Kannapolis, N.C., an intern in as an intern with the Office of Telecom­ for the tiger_beetles. MN H's freeze dry lab, first took a cor­ m unications. He has learned about film Mariko Kawaguchi, an intern from the espondence course in taxidermy at age II . splicing and editing and got a chance to see Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Preservation of animal specimens-fish, the WET A-TV station in operation. He Washington, D.C., worked in the Museum birds, and deer-has been his hobby since also helped film the President of Venezuela of History and Technology's Exhibits then . But at the Smithsonian he has when he dedicated a new sculpture at broadened his knowledge by helping Production Lab and found a lot of excite­ NASM this summer. ment in preparing exhibits and silk screen­ prepare some of the 800 specimens for an Evelyn Reese, OESE program assistant, ing posters, labels, and July 4 celebration upcoming exhibit in 1978, including snakes, said the interns are recruited mostly from banners. ducks, a fox, a racoon, and even an ar­ schools within a 500-mile radius of "This is a once in a lifetime experience," madillo. Washington with letters going to some Mariko said. "In the lab I've gotten the Phil has learned how to mount, freeze, schools outside the metropolitan area. SI Gardens: Five Years Later By Linda St. Thomas planning an exhibition of live Christmas program is open only to high school juniors trees for the Museum of History and and seniors and lasts eight weeks-this year Five years ago, horticulture at the Technology, maintaining the garden from June 20 through August 12. Smithsonian meant mowing lawns and between the Museum of Natural History Each Monday during the program, the pruning a few trees. Today, it means caring and 9th Street which specializes in nectar interns meet for enrichment activities such for 5,000 permanent trees and shrubs, plants for the I nsect Zoo residents, and as tours of NASM and the Anacostia planting 50,000 tulips and 100,000 summer revamping the landscape near MHT's ter­ Museum, a behind-the-scenes tour of the annuals, growing seasonal flowers in seven race to accommodate the heavy tourist traf­ Archives, and a visit to the Naval Academy greenhouses, and searching for authentic fi c. in A nn apolis, Md. garden furnishings and plants for the Vic­ To work on these new projects, as well as Families from the local community house torian Garden. maintain the existing gardens, the hor­ the out-of-town interns with a $20 per week The Office of Horticulture, under the ticulture staff now has 26 full time posi­ reimbursement paid at the end of the in­ direction of James Buckler, celebrated its tions, 18 temporaries, and about 25 ternship. Of the II boys and 15 girls in this fifth birthday on July 31 . When the office volunteers. year's program, six were out-of-towners. was established, its goals were to improve "Our long-term goal is to establish hor­ A DeWitt Wallace/Reader's Digest the overall appearance of the museum areas ticulture as an integral part of the research, Scholarship of $325 is awarded to each in­ and to develop a long-term plan for the exhibition, and education aspects of the Phil Helms tern. Participants are chosen, Mrs. Reese Smithsonian grounds as a horticultural Smithsonian," said Mr. Buckler. said, on the basis of the narrative they sub­ showplace. mit and the skills they have in their area of Starting with a staff of five grounds interest. Usually about 200 to 250 students maintenance workers and half of a bor­ apply. "It's a difficult task to narrow it rowed greenhouse, the horticulture staffers down to 25-26 students," she said. began to revamp the landscaping scheme Temporary Staff Aids Gardeners Curators' requests for interns vary. This and plant ornamental gardens. year, for example, the Chesapeake Bay With all this activity, it didn't take long For Wendy Welhaf and Ray Dudley, department by the Melwood Horticulture Center for Environmental Studies re­ to outgrow the greenhouse space on the temporary positions with the horticulture Training Center for the physically and men­ quested four interns to assist college stu­ Mall. In 1975, the Smithsonian leased five office have led to full-time careers as tally handicapped. dents in presenting outdoor, community­ aluminum and glass green houses from the Smithsonian gardeners. Ms.Welhaf started The horticulture intern program offers centered environmental education U.S. Soldiers' and Airmen's Home in as a volunteer, then received a temporary students an opportunity to earn college programs for children ages eight through northeast Washington. appointment, and is now the gardener in 16. M HT requested a total 0 f 12 interns in Within six months, the plants needed charge of museum interior plants. After credit while working at the Smithsonian. various departments throughout the more space and two additional buildings working at the Department of Agriculture's Kim Spencer, who recently completed her Museum; the National Zoological Park were constructed at the Soldiers' Home Beltsville Research Center, Mr. Dudley summer internship, earned credits from asked for two; and various other offices re­ complex. One building houses hundreds of joined the Smithsonian as a temporary staf­ Hood College in Frederick, Md., where she tropical plants that are rotated around the fer in 1973 and is now a gardener assigned is a senior biology major. quested one. offices and returned to the greenhouse to the Victorian Garden. when they look sickly. The Office of Horticulture educational Many of the rare plants for the Victorian program for temporary employees and in­ garden which cannot be found in modern terns began in 1972 when Horticulturist nurseries are grown from cuttings in a James Buckler hired nine people to assist reserved propagation section of the the full-time gardeners and greenhouse greenhouses. Everyday plants leave the staff. The program has grown to about 18 houses daily for exhibitions and special persons selected each year to work in the events. About 120 chrysanthemums are greenhouse, outdoor gardens, and the grown every week and by next Christmas museum buildings under the supervision of hundreds of poinsettias now filling half a staff horticulturists. house will be brought to the Mall. Barbara Moseley, a student at Mary Gardeners are also working on a Washington College in Fredericksburg, proposed garden for the visually handicap­ Va., is one of 10 temporaries assigned to the ped to be located on the grounds between grounds around the museums. At 7 a.m. A&I and the Hirshhorn. This miniature every morning she begins work in the Vic­ garden will include fragrant plants and torian Garden, weeding, mulching, water­ brightly colored flowers which can be seen ing, and planting annuals. When it rains, by persons with limited eyesight. Labels, she joins the horticulture staff inside work­ with scientific names, will appear in print ing on the Arts and Industries plants. and braille. Jack Monday, program assistant, inter­ Funding for this garden has come from views and hires the temporary staff. Many the Smithsonian Women's Committee and are students in biology or horticulture at volunteers will assist gardeners in preparing local universities or are experienced gar­ the plants. deners who have heard about the Smithso­ Among the other projects that are keep­ nian's program offering on-the-job train­ ing the gardeners and staff busy is working ing. Two temporary gardeners with one­ on a flower bed in the shape of the Smithso­ year appointments to the gardens and nian sunburst near the Joseph Henry statue, greenhouse were referred to the horticulture Barbara Diehl and Barbara Moseley ~ center)" with gardener Ray Dudley.