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-89- Planning and design continued for the Museums three Quincentenary exhibitions: "The West as America, 1820-1920," "Chicano Art: Resistance and Affirmation," and "American Art at the 1893 World's Columbia Exposition in Chicago," the latter a joint venture with the National Portrait Gallery. 2. In observance of Black History Month, the Museum offered "Wake 'em 'n tell 'em!," a program of poetry, stories and songs. 3. Outreach efforts included the Director's participation in a panel discussion of cultural diversity in museums hosted by the Western Museums Association and a lecture at Spelman College about the representation of minorities in art at the NMAA. Increased efforts to attract more minority docents included sending recruitment notices to African American newspapers, sororities and fraternities and to Hispanic newspapers and community organizations. 4. A non-minority woman Objects Conservator was hired. Eighteen women -- including three African Americans -- received special training. [[underlined]] National Museum of American History [[/underlined]] The numerical strength of Research/Curatorial employees remained constant at 66 at the two data points of Sept 1989 and Mar 1990. However, a slight numerical redistribution took place during the period, Chart 15. There was a loss of one White man, and the addition of one Hispanic man. [[boxed]] CHART 15 MINORITY/NON MINORITY DISTRIBUTION: ALL RESEARCH/CURATORIAL EMPLOYEES ALL CATEGORIES OF EMPLOYMENT, 1989 AND 1990 [[7 column table]] | AFRICAN AMER. | AMERICAN IND. | ASIAN AMER. | HISPANIC | WHITE | TOTAL | RESEARCH/CURATORIAL | M F | M F | M F | M F | M F | | SEPT 1989 | 3 3 | | | | 35 25 | 66 | MAR 1990 | 3 3 | | | 1 | 34 25 | 66 | [[/boxed]] Employees in grades 12-15 increased by five, from 49 to 54, during the period. There was an increase of five White women to 22, leaving one African American woman, one American Indian woman, 30 White men, Chart 16.
