Chuck Woolf was interviewed by Jen Page on July 6, 1996. He was born in 1945 in Colorado and came to work at the Smithsonian in February 1985. Woolf works as a sheet metal mechanic at the National Zoo. This interview discusses what Woolf's job entails, who he works with, stories about working at the Zoo, how he came to work at the Smithsonian, his visits to the museums and the Zoo as a child, his first impressions of the Smithsonian as a worker, the variety of his job, his first day of work, changes at the Zoo and the Smithsonian, his favorite animals, working with the public, challenges of his job, what working at the Smithsonian means to him, his visits to the museums when he is not working, and his impressions of the 1996 Festival of American Folklife.

Object Details

See more items in: Smithsonian Memories Project, Festival of American Folklife Oral History Interviews; Smithsonian Memories Project, Festival of American Folklife Oral History Interviews / Interviews

Collection Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 9594, Smithsonian Memories Project, Festival of American Folklife Oral History Interviews