New York Zoological Park
Organization
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
New York Zoological Society. Office of General Director. John Tee-Van records
Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2024
Abstract
John Tee-Van (1897-1967) worked for the New York Zoological Society for 51 years, starting as Assistant Keeper of Birds in 1911 and working his way up to General Director of the New York Zoological Park and Aquarium in 1956, and General Director Emeritus in 1962. This collection consists of Tee-Van’s papers relating to the Office of the General Director (1939-1962), his trip to China in 1941 to bring back two giant pandas, and the Zoo’s proposed Conservation Exhibit (1942-1958). The...
Dates:
1939-1964
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
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
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- Zoos -- Administration 12
- Zoo animals 9
- Wildlife conservation 7
- Zoos -- Employees 5
- Zoo directors 4
- Zoo exhibits 4
- Animal dealers 3
- Zoo visitors 3
- Herpetologists 2
- Herpetology 2
- Wildlife management 2
- Zoo veterinarians 2
- Zoos -- Design and construction 2
- Birds -- Conservation 1
- Birds of paradise (Birds) 1
- Endangered species 1
- Endangered species -- Law and legislation -- United States 1
- Giant panda 1
- Mammalogists 1
- Marine laboratories 1
- Museum exhibits 1
- Ornithologists 1
- Public aquariums 1
- Public aquariums -- Administration 1
- Public aquariums -- Design and construction 1
- Reptiles 1
- Scientific expeditions -- Costa Rica 1
- Scientific expeditions -- Papua New Guinea 1
- Snakebites 1
- Snakes 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
- Wildlife research 1
- Zoological specimens -- Collection and preservation 1
- Zoos -- Administration -- Economic aspects 1
- Zoos -- Public relations 1
- Zoos -- Publicity 1
- Zoos -- Administration 1
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