Wildlife Conservation Society (New York, N.Y.)
Organization
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
New York Zoological Park. Office of Director. W. Reid Blair collection of records from Matameck Conference on Biological Cycles
Fonds
Identifier: 1014
Abstract
This collection includes notes, clippings, memorabilia, and correspondence collected by W. Reid Blair and related to the 1931 Matameck Conference on Biological Cycles (also known as the Canadian Biological Conference). Also included in the collection are typed manuscripts of reports by the influential ecologist Charles Elton.
Dates:
1931 - 1935
New York Zoological Park. Office of General Curator and General Curator Emeritus. Lee S. Crandall records and papers
Fonds
Identifier: 1019
Abstract
Lee Saunders Crandall (1887-1969) began his sixty-one year association at the New York Zoological Society's Bronx Zoo in June 1908 as a student keeper in the animal departments, and was thereafter steadily promoted through the ranks, eventually becoming the Zoo's General Curator in charge of mammals and birds in 1943. Following his 1952 retirement, Crandall continued coming in to work for another 17 years, as the Zoo's General Curator Emeritus. Crandall was lauded for his collecting trips...
Dates:
1898 - 1970; Majority of material found within 1910 - 1969
New York Zoological Society. Center for Field Biology and Conservation records
Fonds
Identifier: 4062
Abstract
Collection contains records produced by the Center for Field Biology and Conservation, a department of the New York Zoological Society, as well as some records produced by its predecessor institution, the Institute for Animal Research and Behavior. From 1972 to 1979, the Center was responsible for managing the field research and conservation activities of staff researchers Roger Payne, George Schaller, and Thomas Struhsaker and their assistants. The collection includes records concerning...
Dates:
1962 - 1982; Majority of material found within 1969 - 1979
New York Zoological Society. Department of Tropical Research. Research Associate. Gloria Hollister Anable papers
Collection
Identifier: 1006
Abstract
Gloria Hollister Anable, nee Gloria Hollister, was a naturalist and ichthyologist who, from 1928-1941, was employed as a Research Associate under Dr. William Beebe in the New York Zoological Society’s Department of Tropical Research. As a Research Assistant, she specialized in preparing ichthyological specimens, and she developed a new technique for preparing fish specimens in which the skin and internal organs of the fish were made transparent, rendering their skeletons far more useful for...
Dates:
1914 - 2005; Majority of material found within 1926 - 1947
New York Zoological Society. International Conservation bluebooks
Collection
Identifier: 4041
Abstract
The collection holds of the records of the international programs of the New York Zoological Society (NYZS), with records relating to NYZS sponsorship of field research and wildlife conservation projects carried out from the 1970s to the early 1990s. These grants funded ecological studies of animals and regions, as well as projects promoting wildlife conservation education, conservation legislation, and the creation of protected areas. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1973 - 1989; 1962 - 1993
New York Zoological Society. Office of President. Robert G. Goelet records
Fonds
Identifier: 1064
Abstract
Robert Guestier Goelet served in several executive roles at the New York Zoological Society (NYZS), including President from 1971 to 1975. This collection includes material related to Annual Society and Members Meetings and international conservation programs and projects in Asia, Africa, and South America.
Dates:
1959 - 1972; Majority of material found within 1969 - 1972
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- Subject: Scientific expeditions X
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- Scientific expeditions 3
- Wildlife conservation 3
- Scientific expeditions -- Trinidad and Tobago 2
- Wildlife conservation -- Fieldwork 2
- Wildlife research 2
- Zoos -- Administration 2
- Bathysphere 1
- Birds of paradise (Birds) 1
- Ichthyologists 1
- Mammalogists 1
- Mammals -- Research 1
- National parks and reserves 1
- Ornithologists 1
- Primates -- Africa 1
- Protected areas 1
- Rodents -- Canada 1
- Scientific expeditions -- Bermuda Islands 1
- Scientific expeditions -- Costa Rica 1
- Scientific expeditions -- Guyana 1
- Scientific expeditions -- Labrador (N.L.) 1
- Scientific expeditions -- Papua New Guinea 1
- Scientific expeditions--Asia 1
- Whale sounds 1
- Whales 1
- Wild animal collecting 1
- Wildlife conservation -- Law and legislation 1
- Wildlife conservation -- Sudan 1
- Wildlife conservationists 1
- Wildlife management 1
- Zoo animals 1
- Zoos -- Employees 1 ∧ less
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