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Lucile Quarry Mann Oral History Interviews, 1977

25 results in SIA.FARU9513 for "Mann, Lucile Quarry, 1897-1986"
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Interviews
Interview 1: June 9, 1977
Interviews
Interview of Lucile Mann covers her youth; education; early career as an editor, especially for the Bureau of Entomology, U.S. Department of Agriculture; marriage to William M. Mann; life as wife of the Director of the National Zoological Park; recollections of Austin H. Clark and Leonhard Stejneger; activities with the Washington Biologists' Field Club, Vivarium Society, and the Snake Society of Liberia; Works Progress Administration and Public Works of Art additions to the Zoo during the Great Depression; and animal collecting, c. 1897-1940.
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Transcript, pages 1-56, of audiotape recording, 1.5 hours.
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Recording of Interview: Total Recording Time: 1.5 hours
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Interview 2: June 22, 1977
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Interview of Lucile Mann covers the Manns' 1929 trip to European zoos, 1930 collecting trip to Central America, 1931 collecting trip to British Guiana, and expeditions to Liberia and Sumatra; her role in the Society of Women Geographers; her relationship to the National Geographic Society; and the Manns' annual circus parties; c. 1925-1940.
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Transcript, pp. 57-101, of audiotape recording, 2 hours.
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Recording of Interview: Total Recording Time: 2 hours
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Interview 3: July 14, 1977
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Interview of Lucile Mann covers the Manns' participation in the National Geographic Society-Smithsonian Institution Expedition to the East Indies in 1937, visit to European zoos in 1938, collecting trip to the Argentine in 1939, acquisition of Indian rhinoceroses, and the Firestone-Smithsonian Institution Expedition to Liberia in 1940, c. 1937-1948.
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Transcript, pp. 102-128, of audiotape recording, 1 hour.
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Recording of Interview: Total Recording Time: 1 hour
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Interview 4: July 20, 1977
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Interview of Lucile Mann covers the Manns' participation in the Firestone-Smithsonian Expedition to Liberia in 1940; Malcolm Davis' collecting with the Byrd Antarctic Expeditions; the effects of World War II on the NZP, including William Mann's appointment as a "Technical Observer" for the military; and Lucile Mann's recollections of NZP staff, including William H. Blackburne, Head Keeper, and Ernest Pillsbury Walker, Assistant Director, c. 1925-1956.
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Transcript, pp. 129-175, of audiotape recording, 1.5 hours.
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Recording of Interview: Total Recording Time: 1.5 hours
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Interview 5: August 11, 1977
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Interview of Lucile Mann covers the Anteaters' Association; the Manns' 1948 trip to European zoos; Ant Hill Odyssey; administration and funding of the NZP; the Friends of the National Zoo; famous zoo residents, including N'Gi, Smokey the Bear, Ham, Hsing-Hsing and Ling-Ling; Lucile Mann's career in the director's office of the NZP; and recollections of Theodore H. Reed, Director of the NZP, c. 1925-1971.
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Transcript, pp. 176-219, of audiotape recording, 1.5 hours.
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Recording of Interview: Total Recording Time: 1.5 hours
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Interview 6: August 16, 1977
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Interview of Lucile Mann includes reminiscences about William M. Mann's life and personality, his retirement from the NZP and founding of the Vivarium Society; reminiscences of Alexander Woollcott and Noel Coward; Theodore H. Reed's administration of the NZP; Lucile Mann's editorial work for the NZP; funding for the zoo; and the history of Holt House, the old NZP administration building; c. 1922-1977.
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Transcript, pp. 220-250, of audiotape recording, 1 hour.
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Recording of Interview: Total Recording Time: 1 hour
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