New York Aquarium
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
New York Aquarium. Office of Director. James A. Oliver records
Fonds
Identifier: 3011
Abstract
During the course of his career, James A. Oliver held various positions at some of New York City’s most prominent science museums, notably Director of the American Museum of Natural History and of the New York Zoological Society’s Bronx Zoo and New York Aquarium. Oliver’s New York Aquarium records contain his general correspondence with the public and his internal administrative files, and reflect his tenure as Director, during which he oversaw the Aquarium’s day-to-day management and...
Dates:
1966 - 1977; Majority of material found within 1970 - 1976
New York Aquarium. Office of the Director. Charles H. Townsend records
Fonds
Identifier: 1009
Abstract
Charles Haskins Townsend served as the Director of the New York Aquarium (NYA) from 1902 to 1937. This collection includes correspondence and subject files during his tenure as Director, articles and reports on such subjects as Northern fur seals and Galapagos tortoises, whaling records that he used to create maps of whale distribution, and photographs he took during trips and expeditions to locations including the Bahamas, Canada, California, and Alaska.
Dates:
1885 - 1936
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- Subject
- Aquarium visitors 1
- Aquatic animals 1
- Bering Sea controversy 1
- Fishes 1
- Galapagos tortoise 1
- Northern fur seal 1
- Northern fur seal—Law and legislation 1
- Pribilof Islands (Alaska) 1
- Public aquariums -- Educational aspects 1
- Public aquariums -- Employees 1
- Scientific expeditions -- Galapagos Islands 1
- Scientific expeditions -- Pacific Ocean 1
- Whale populations 1
- Whales 1
- Whaling ships 1
- Wildlife conservation 1
- Wildlife conservation—Galapagos Islands 1 ∧ less
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