Baker Retires at NZP

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Summary

Frank Baker, Superintendent of the National Zoological Park since 1890, retires. He is replaced by Ned Hollister, Assistant Curator of Mammals at the United States National Museum.

Subject

  • Baker, Frank 1841-1918
  • Hollister, Ned
  • National Zoological Park (U.S.)

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

  • Mergen, Alexa. From Bison to Biopark: 100 Years of the National Zoo. Washington, D.C.: Friends of the National Zoo, 1989.
  • "Local Notes," 10/3/1916, p. 1

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

November 1, 1916

Topic

  • Zoos
  • Directors
  • Personnel management
  • Employees
  • Museums
  • Retirement
  • Museum curators
  • Zoos--Employees

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