Interview 22877 – Caption Index: 172
And I got offered the raise after I had accepted the job in Milwaukee and I said, “Well, nope.” So it was that and, who as it, Robinson?… Read More
And I got offered the raise after I had accepted the job in Milwaukee and I said, “Well, nope.” So it was that and, who as it, Robinson?… Read More
Was that the director at the time?… Read More
What were the years, what was going on?… Read More
Why did you decide to leave the National Zoo for another zoo and how did Milwaukee, how did that happen?… Read More
There were a couple of things why I left the National Zoo. Well, there were a lot of reasons. My husband was diagnosed with cancer in 1984 and he was successfully treated, but he was finding the hot humid summers in Washington difficult, so we started talking about moving somewhere… Read More
What were you?… Read More
And when you left the National Zoo, what was your title?… Read More
I was a collection manager when I left the National Zoo. Read More
No, well, I worked one weekend, because there was a congressional delegation coming down and they didn’t have enough keepers, so I went to work the weekend, worked with the birds. Why I didn’t work with birds, I still have a scar from a scarlet macaws that they said, “Oh… Read More
(Elizabeth chuckles) You became a mammal person for sure then?… Read More
I knew I was a mammal person all along, yeah. Read More
I did, but mostly transferring animals back and forth, you know, that they had a collection of sable antelope, the Pere David deer moved to Front Royal, yeah. Read More
Did you have any relationship with it when you were there at the National Zoo?… Read More
So you moved there, but you didn’t stay out there?… Read More
And where does that sit in the hierarchy?… Read More
It’s a branch of the Smithsonian Institution, Institute, excuse me, it’s not the Smithsonian Institution. It’s the Smithsonian Institute, yeah. So this, and when I was there, the National Zoo also developed the Front Royal Preserve. It’s a 3,000 acre preserve in Front Royal, Virginia. It used to be a… Read More
It was a support group that was there to raise money and support the zoo. They produce the zoo magazine and most zoos have Friends groups. Friends of the National Zoo is no longer in business. I think the Smithsonian decided to terminate the relationship within the last five years… Read More
And just as the structure, where does the National, the National Zoo is the only federal zoo?… Read More
Correct. Read More
I don’t know. The Friends of the National Zoo asked me if I wanted to go and I said yes. Probably ’cause the pandas were part of my area. Read More