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Summary

The Smithsonian-Firestone Expedition to collect animals for the National Zoological Park travels to Liberia under the direction of William M. Mann, NZP director, accompanied by Lucile Quarry Mann and R. Jennier. The main purpose of the expedition is to secure an additional pygmy hippopotamus to establish a mating pair.

Subject

  • Jennier, Roy
  • Mann, Lucile Quarry 1897-
  • Mann, William M. 1886-1960
  • Firestone Corporation)
  • 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.
  • Oehser, Paul H. The Smithsonian Institution. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1970, p. 107.

Contact information

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

Date

1940

Topic

Scientific expeditions

Place

Africa

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