Published In:
Ann Arbor News, August 2, 1962
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LAST CHANCE: An Ann Arbor family stops in front of the zoo behind of the University Museum Building to let the youngsters look at the animals. Zoo attendants have reported such visits occur steadily and that more people pause at the zoo than visit the museum building.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, December 27, 1962
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DESTINED FOR NEW HOME: Maze(y), the distaff member of the bear household in the little zoo back of the University Museum Building comes out of her den for a look at those who are trying to disrupt her happy home. Blue, her more gentle male companion who is fatter and a tight fit for the den door, showed less curiosity and a greater reluctance to squeeze through the narrow opening despite the offer of raisins and other goodies. It was not certain this morning when a second attempt would be made to remove the six-year-old bruins.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, December 27, 1962
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UNSUCCESSFUL MISSION: Irving Reimann (back to camera center), director of the University's Exhibit Museum, assists museum workers and city employes of Athens, Mich., in unloading a crate which was to be used to transport the U-M's two bears to the Calhoun county town south of Battle Creek.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, December 27, 1962
Caption:
BEARS HATE TO LEAVE: Aubrey L. Hart (left) of the University Museums staff, and Joseph Broad, a U-M student, are shown here using poles in an unsuccessful attempt yesterday to prod the two bears in the museum's zoo into a crate for transport to their new home in Athens, Mich. The small boy looking on apparently is as unhappy to see the bears, Maze(y) and Blue, leave as they are to go. Removal of the city's only zoo and its animals is necessary to make way for construction of a $1,000,000 addition to the museum. The zoo's animals have created nationwide interest.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, April 3, 1963
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BREAK GROUND: A bulldozer is shown here tearing up the paved parking area in back of the University's Museum Building today prior to construction of a $1,200,000 national center for research in animal biosystematics as an addition to the building. The little building in the background, which formerly housed animals in the U-M's tiny zoo, and the trees in front of the bulldozer will also be removed to facilitate construction of the 50x118-foot structure. The new structure will connect with the zoology research wing of the building on the right, forming a triangle.