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Descriptive Entry

This record unit consists of master audio tapes for Smithsonian Galaxy editions 77-125, 1981-1983, and Radio Smithsonian programs 534-574, 1980; and scripts of Radio Smithsonian programs 1-400.

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Radio -- Production and direction

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5.5 cu. ft. (11 document boxes)

Date

1969-1983

Archival Repository

Smithsonian Institution Archives

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Record Unit 589

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Audiotapes

Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 589, Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications, Productions

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Audiotapes

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Record Unit 589

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Record ID

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"From Capetown to Cairo: 1932." Two women who took a unique journey through Africa almost fifty years ago look back on their adventures, as related in the recently published book Olivia's African Diary.

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"Voices of the Civil Rights Movement." Highlights from a Smithsonian conference exploring the movement in song, photographs and reminiscences by participants in early sit-ins and demonstrations.

"The Mastery of Miro." Leading art commentator Rosamond Bernier, who has enjoyed a 25-year friendship with Joan Miro, talks about the man and his unique contributions to art.

"All About Edith." Edith Head, the prolific designer whose costumes have graced scores of films - from "All About Eve" to "The Sting" - talks about her career.

"Georg Jensen Silversmithy." A look at an exhibition honoring the work of 77 master craftsmen who have designed for the Jensen firm over the past 75 years, making its name synonymous with modern design in silver.

"From the Amazon to the Himalayas." George Schaller, internationally-known naturalist and author of The Serengeti Lion and The Year of the Gorilla," reminisces his wilderness experiences with Edward P. Morgan.

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"American Renaissance." A look back at a time in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when artists, architects, collectors, and industrialists sought to identify with the European Renaissance, convinced that its spirit had been recaptured in America.

Ted Park on Golden Age of Ocean Liners

"Let's Face It." Highlights from the 1941 musical starring Danny Kaye, from a new Smithsonian album. Host is Martin Williams, director of the Smithsonian Jazz and American Culture program.

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"Off the Pedestal." The story behind the extraordinary "Women's Pavilion" at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, which brought together such "new women" as Susan B. Anthony, Mary Cassatt, and Mrs. Potter Palmer.

"Sunlight and the Secrets of Life." A visit to the Smithsonian's Radiation Biology Laboratory, where scientists study the effects of solar radiation on plants and animals.

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"The Christy Girl." A look behind the illustrations of Howard Chandler Christy, whose idealized beauties helped recruit soldiers for World War I.

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"Faster than Sound." Charles E. "Chuck" Yeager, the first man to travel faster than the speed of sound, looks back at his career as a jet pilot.