Manns in Liberia Collecting for NZP

Object Details

Author: Unknown
Subject: Mann, Lucile Quarry 1897-; Mann, William M. 1886-1960; National Zoological Park (U.S.)

Category: Historic Images of the Smithsonian
: Lucile Quarry Mann discusses the trip in her oral history interview, RU 9513. A film of this trip that includes this scene is located in the William M. and Lucile Quarry Mann Papers, RU 7293, Smithsonian Institution Archives
Summary: "At Bendaja, we made friends with Boima Quae (center), a famous old Gola chief, the Mohammedan priest of the village (far left), and Fermetah, the chief's favorite wife (far right)." William M. Mann, director of the National Zoological Park, is second from left; his wife, Lucile Quarry Mann is second from right. Manns were on the Smithsonian-Firestone Expedition to Liberia to collect animals for the National Zoological Park.
Contained within: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7293, Box 19, Folder: 8
Contact information: Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

1940

Physical description: Number of Images: 1 Color: Black and White; Size: 7w x 5h; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic: Collectors and collecting; Explorations and Expeditions; Fermetah; Gola; Quae, Boima; Smithsonian-Firestone Expedition; Liberia; Women--History; Scientific expeditions; Directors