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Smithsonian regents’ meetings are always held on a Monday. I had spent the previous weekend writing letters of thanks to all our many supporters on the now canceled exhibition, both in the United States and in Japan. As soon as Heyman had delivered his announcement, those went into the mail. The difficult problems, I knew, would be internal to the museum. My main concern was with morale after this tremendous setback on an exhibition toward which so many members of the staff had devoted their efforts for years.
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Martin Harwit, letter to Frank Rabbitt, January 30, 1995, NASM/MH.
Martin Harwit, annotated “Statement 2, 01–31–95 Used at Town Meeting for staff Jan 31, 1995,” MH.
Takashi Hiraoka, press release, January 31, 1995.
Hiroshi Harada, letter to Martin Harwit, February 7, 1995.
Shinichiro Asao, letter to Martin Harwit, February 1, 1995, NASM/MH.
J. Lynn Lunsford and George E. Hicks, “Interview—Paul W. Tibbets,” Dallas Morning News, February 5, 1995, p. 1J.
Vago Muradian, “This is what we wanted,” Air Force Times, February 13, 1995, 17.
Michael E. Ruane, “Flying into a web of historical dispute,” Philadelphia Inquirer, February 5, 1995, p. C1.
Dell Herndon in the Whittier Daily News, February 20, 1995.
Murayama quotation: Kyodo News Service, as cited by the Washington Post service in “Japan criticizes decision to revamp Enola Gay exhibit,” San Jose Mercury News, February 1, 1995;
Clinton and Gore quotation from “Exhibit Torpedoed—Smithsonian Yields to Critics,” Associated Press, Tulsa World, January 31, 1995, p. 1, and
Don Kirkman, “Exhibit nuked—Smithsonian cuts controversial text from museum display on Enola Gay,” Scripps Howard News Service, Knoxville News-Sentinel, January 31, 1995, p. A1.
“The Smithsonian Changes Course,” editorial, Washington Post, February 1, 1995.
Coleman McCarthy, “Glory-Seekers and the Bomb,” Washington Post, February 7, 1995.
Benson, Cartoon in the Arizona Republic, January 25, 1995.
Philadelphia Inquirer editorial, “Bombing history,” February 1, 1995, p. A14.
Stahler, Cartoon, Cincinnati Post, February 1, 1995.
Tony Auth, Cartoon, Philadelphia Inquirer, February 1, 1995.
Sargent, Cartoon, Austin American Statesman, February 1, 1995.
Wasserman, Cartoon, Boston Globe, February 2, 1995.
Stephen Budianski et al., “A Museum in Crisis” U.S. News & World Report, February 13, 1995, p. 73.
Ibid.
“American U. to Host Hiroshima Exhibit,” Washington Times, March 31, 1995.
Eugene L. Meyer, “AU May Exhibit Artifacts from Hiroshima Bomb,” Washington Post, April 6, 1995, p. D1.
Brian Blomquist, “New Hiroshima exhibit eyed,” Washington Times, April 7, 1995, p. C4.
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Harwit, M. (1996). The Immediate Aftermath. In: An Exhibit Denied. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-7905-8_29
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