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Place:
United States
Date:
November 4, 1981
Category:
Chronology of Smithsonian History
Notes:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 3, "The Torch," December 1981, p. 1.
Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1982. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1983, p. 363.
Summary:
Nancy Reagan officially presents her inaugural ball gown to the National Museum of American History collection of First Ladies' gowns. She announces a plan to establish a First Ladies' Fellowship, an annual Smithsonian award to be offered at the Museum for the study of costume in America.