New York Zoological Park
Organization
Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:
New York Zoological Society. Office of President. Fairfield Osborn records
Fonds
Identifier: 1029
Abstract
This collection contains the records of Fairfield Osborn, who served as President of the New York Zoological Society from 1940 to 1968. Considered one of the foremost conservationists of his era, Osborn was a driving force behind the expansion of the Society’s international wildlife conservation efforts, and he founded the Conservation Foundation as an offshoot of the Society to promote environmental education and research. During his presidency, Osborn also oversaw the development of...
Dates:
1933 - 1973
New York Zoological Society. Public Affairs Division and predecessor units records
Fonds
Identifier: 2032
Abstract
The New York Zoological Society's (NYZS) communications, marketing, publications, government affairs, community affairs, photography and media production, and other public relations functions historically have been divided among several different departments and units. In the late 20th century, these function were eventually united in the Society's Public Affairs Division, but prior to that they were performed by numerous predecessor units, including, among others, the Department of...
Dates:
1925 - 2004; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1980
New York Zoological Society. Scientific Assistant to the General Director. Joseph A. Davis records
Fonds
Identifier: 1065
Abstract
The collection holds the administrative records of Joseph Anthony Davis, Jr. while he held the position of Scientific Assistant to the General Director. Davis started at the Bronx Zoo in the Mammalogy Department as an Assistant Curator in 1958 and eventually became Curator in 1962. In 1966 Davis moved to a position created for him in the General Director’s Office, Scientific Assistant to the Director (William Conway).
Dates:
1968 - 1974
Wildlife Conservation Society. Department of Herpetology. Office of Curator. John Behler records
Collection
Identifier: 2043
Abstract
The collection consists of correspondence, administrative and subject files, and publications from the New York Zoological Society’s long-term Herpetology Curator, John Behler. Over the years, Behler held administrative positions within the Society outside of the Herpetology Department, such as co-chair of the Safety Committee and Program Director of the Society’s Wildlife Survival Center on Saint Catherines Island, Georgia. Along the way Behler also found time to conduct research on...
Dates:
1924 - 2005; Majority of material found within 1969 - 2001
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Wildlife conservation 12
- Zoo animals 12
- Zoos -- Administration 12
- Zoos -- Employees 5
- Herpetology 4
- Zoo directors 4
- Zoo exhibits 4
- Zoos -- Educational aspects 4
- Animal dealers 3
- Herpetologists 3
- Wildlife management 3
- Wildlife research 3
- Zoo veterinarians 3
- Zoo visitors 3
- Birds -- Conservation 2
- Endangered species 2
- Ornithologists 2
- Reptiles 2
- Zoos -- Design and construction 2
- Adult education 1
- Birds -- New York State -- Bronx County 1
- Birds of paradise (Birds) 1
- Children's zoos 1
- Education, Elementary--Activity programs--United States 1
- Education, Secondary--Activity programs--United States 1
- Endangered species -- Law and legislation -- United States 1
- Giant panda 1
- Mammalogists 1
- Mammalogy 1
- Marine laboratories 1
- Motion picture film collections 1
- Museum exhibits 1
- New York Zoological Park -- History 1
- New York Zoological Society -- History 1
- Public aquariums 1
- Public aquariums -- Administration 1
- Public aquariums -- Design and construction 1
- Resource programs (Education) 1
- Rodents -- Canada 1
- Scientific expeditions -- Costa Rica 1
- Scientific expeditions -- Labrador (N.L.) 1
- Scientific expeditions -- Papua New Guinea 1
- Snakebites 1
- Snakes 1
- Veterinary medicine 1
- Veterinary medicine -- Research 1
- Wild animal collecting 1
- Wildlife conservation -- Africa 1
- Wildlife conservation -- Law and legislation 1
- Wildlife conservation -- Madagascar 1
- Wildlife conservationists 1
- Wildlife management -- Madagascar 1
- Zoological specimens -- Collection and preservation 1
- Zoos -- Administration -- Economic aspects 1
- Zoos -- Public relations 1
- Zoos -- Publicity 1
- Zoos -- Administration 1
- Zoos in motion pictures 1 ∧ less
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