Record Unit 9568

Interview 1: April 11, 1989

Covers his family background, youth and education, and early career as veterinarian, including: Childhood and family; death of father and brother; years in Philippines; courtship of Elizabeth Crandall; early career as a vet, including Oregon work at racetrack and Portland Zoo; birth of children; and application for NZP job and hiring by Secretary Leonard Carmichael.

Transcript, pp. 1-60, of audiotape recording, 2.5 hours.

Audio Recordings of Interviews: Total Recording Time: 2.5 hours

Interview 2: April 12, 1989

Covers his early career at the NZP, including: Joining NZP staff in 1955; staff of NZP when Reed arrived; limited budget when Reed arrived; learning about exotic animals; split appropriations to NZP; and appointment as acting director of the NZP.

Transcript, pp. 1-48, of audiotape recording, 2.0 hours.

Audio Recordings of Interviews: Total Recording Time: 2.0 hours

Interview 3: April 12, 1989

Continues discussion of his early years at the NZP, including: His role as acting director of NZP; role as liaison with community and founding of Friends of the National Zoo; lion tragedy; Reed's appointment as director; plans for improvement, especially safety aspects; salary increases for keepers; 1959 trip to Europe for a meeting of the International Union of Directors of Zoological Gardens; and Reed's early animal acquisitions for NZP.

Transcript, pp. 1-30, of audiotape recording, 1.5 hours.

Audio Recordings of Interviews: Total Recording Time: 1.5 hours

Interview 4: April 14, 1989

Discusses his role as director, including: Cap-Chur gun development; animal health at NZP; Reed's inventory of hoofed stock in U.S.; difficulties in securing permits for animals; loss of animals due to health threats; end of large expeditions with developments in modern transportation and tranquilizers; Mary McCrane as first NZP woman sent on collecting trip by herself; food concessions at the Zoo and the role of FONZ in managing concessions; growth of FONZ into education; and Zoo Nights programs.

Transcript, pp. 1-44, of audiotape recording, 2.0 hours.

Audio Recordings of Interviews: Total Recording Time: 2.0 hours

Interview 5: August 3, 1989

Covers his role as director, including: Reed's animal acquisitions, especially the okapis; age of animal collection when he took over; medical problems with animals; competition between zoos before the Species Survival Program; plans to acquire White tiger, trip to get Mohini, and breeding; and trip to France with prong horned antelopes.

Transcript, pp. 1-82, of audiotape recording, 3.0 hours.

Audio Recordings of Interviews: Total Recording Time: 3.0 hours

Interview 6: August 17, 1989

Focuses on acquisitions for the animal collection, including: Acquisition of Komodo dragons and acquisition of bongos from Kenya.

Transcript, pp. 1-56, of audiotape recording, 2.5 hours.

Audio Recordings of Interviews: Total Recording Time: 2.5 hours

Interview 7: August 24, 1989

Focuses on the acquisition of the Giant Pandas, Ling Ling and Hsing Hsing from China in 1972.

Transcript, pp. 1-78, of audiotape recording, 3.0 hours.

Audio Recordings of Interviews: Total Recording Time: 3.0 hours

Interview 8: September 14, 1989

Continues discussion of the Giant Pandas and his role as NZP director, including: Second trip to China; meeting group in Tokyo after Poland IUDZG meeting; birth and raising of hybrid bears at home; Horrible, the grizzly bear; raising ring tailed lemur and leopards; Cookie, the cockatoo; Mark Reed's anaconda and pet alligator; decision not to accept pets, especially after holidays; raising Mohini's cubs, Rewati and Sake; Moni's neurological problems; primates, especially the gorilla birth, Mrs. Louise Gallagher's role in raising chimps and gorilla; development of zoo nursery to care for animals onsite; incubation program for non-mammalian vertebrates; development of bird collection under Kerry Muller and Guy Greenwell; and role of Jack DePrato at Reptile House.

Transcript, pp. 1-76, of audiotape recording, 2.5 hours.

Audio Recordings of Interviews: Total Recording Time: 2.5 hours

Interview 9: October 13, 1989

Focuses on the development of the Conservation and Research Center (CRC) at Front Royal, Virginia, including: Interest of John Perry, John Eisenberg and Kerry Muller; acquisition of the land and Ted Rivinus's role in identifying it; development of facility; animal rights issues, including concerns about deer; development of research program with Ph.D. scientists; switch to animal breeding and conservation focus; golden lion tamarins and the Species Survival Program; raising pangolins; SSP procedures and changes in philosophy; research on endangered species at CRC; success with red pandas; conference facilities at CRC; research staff of NZP and CRC; CRC not a holding pen for NZP; and Guam rail and other rare bird programs.

Transcript, pp. 1-88, of audiotape recording, 3.5 hours.

Audio Recordings of Interviews: Total Recording Time: 3.5 hours

Interview 10: June 16, 1994

Focuses on the NZP Master Plan and construction, including: Efforts to increase funding for construction; NZP is viewed as a "zoological slum"; Friends of the National Zoo; Congressional support; decision to create a master plan; tunnel to divert Rock Creek by Interior Department; renovation of Bird House; relationships with museum scientists; John Eisenberg's role at NZP and field work in Ceylon; 1966 move of NZP budget from District of Columbia to SI budget; FONZ concessions; plans for hoof stock area; hospital and veterinary staff; and plans for a Multiclimate House that never materialized.

Transcript, pp. 1-54, of audiotape recording, 1.5 hours.

Audio Recordings of Interviews: Total Recording Time: 1.5 hours

Interview 11: June 23, 1994

Continues discussion of the NZP Master Plan in the 1970s, including: Reed's tour of other zoos to plan NZP renovations; departure of Lear Grimmer; attempt to synthesize architectural style of NZP; Faulkner, Frye and Vanderpool plan; staffing problems at NZP; rhinoceros enclosure; panda enclosure; reestablishing the beaver pond; Mann Lion-Tiger exhibit; Elephant House renovations; Bird House plaza; creation of Graphic Arts Department; creation of Education Department; renovation of Small Mammal House; Great Ape House; and death of Elizabeth Reed from cancer.

Transcript, pp. 1-65, of audiotape recording, 2.0 hours.

Audio Recordings of Interviews: Total Recording Time: 2.0 hours

Interview 12: July 12, 1994

Covers his role as director, including: Max Kampelman's role at NZP; import/export of animals; disease issues; William Mann's NRA (Never Refuse Anything) policy; CRC at Front Royal; Pere David deer; relationship between architects and zoo staff; signage for exhibits; relationship between research and animal health and breeding; polar bears and bear line; education program; NZP budget; renovation of Reptile House; Monkey Island; Aquatic Vertebrate Exhibit; and donation for clock tower.

Transcript, pp. 1-109, of audiotape recording, 3.0 hours.

Audio Recordings of Interviews: Total Recording Time: 3.0 hours

Interview 13: August 24, 1992

Discusses the role of the graphics/signage program at the NZP, especially the 1958 Safety Brochure that was created by the Zoo in response to the death a little girl by a lion at NZP.

No transcript of audiotape recording, 2.5 hours.

Audio Recordings of Interviews: Total Recording Time: 2.5 hours