Interview 25868 – Caption Index: 158
And how long’d ya stay at the zoo?… Read More
And how long’d ya stay at the zoo?… Read More
And what kind of director was Bob Truett?… Read More
Good director to you?… Read More
Oh yeah, he was… You know, Bob was a nudist. Right. And he loved to take the girl out on nudist camping trips. I don’t know how he got away with it, to tell ya the truth. Different day. Yeah, different day. So you were the assistant director at the… Read More
And so, I got one of them, and they got the other one. Read More
Well, it was a nice little zoo. They had a number of projects. It was not necessarily the most modern zoo. (Robert laughs) My first official office was the… Because of segregation, we had restrooms for white people and restrooms for Black people. And then, there were white ladies’ and… Read More
What kinda zoo do you remember Birmingham being when you got there?… Read More
Or not so much?… Read More
Not so much. Birmingham was kind of off the beaten track. It was the time of 1964, and it had to do with the segregation. There were problems there. Read More
Well now, when you were in Birmingham, were there a lot of famous people who came through Birmingham?… Read More
You met her then in Louisville. Yeah, originally, but I saw the last of her, unfortunately. Read More
You were taking a trip there?… Read More
Yeah, yep, and we were there… That was a zoo-directors’-tour business, but I remember being there. It was supposedly the day the fellow that supposedly killed her skipped the country. He left as we drove in. Oh. But that’s how… She had been in Louisville as a speaker for us. Read More
Saint Dian Fossey. Read More
How did you meet Dian?… Read More
Over in Rwanda. Was it part of something…… Read More
I knew Lee, yeah. Lee was, of course, well beyond my scope, a man of… Well, you know Lee. I can remember he was… My father introduced me to Lee, and he said, “Oh yes.” He says, “I think I said that once. I think I said that.” Oh, “I’ve… Read More
He was… No, I’m going off the deep end here. He had never… He said… I said, “Ooh, I don’t think we’ve ever met,” and he… Nah. Did Lee… When you were with your dad, you had the opportunity to meet a number of people, but you yourself, you’ve met… Read More
Yeah, she set up the meeting, and I had a bedroom and her home. So she got ya the job at the zoo. Well, she got me the future in the zoo. I didn’t work in the zoo then, but I was with my father, at least, I spent time… Read More
Did the neighbor lady make the connection with your father to say, “Your son’s growing up”?… Read More