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New York Aquarium

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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

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

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

Wildlife Conservation Society. Film collection

 Collection
Identifier: 5005
Abstract The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Film Collection is composed of 1,607 film reels created or collected by WCS between approximately 1900 and 1996. Formats include black-and-white and color motion pictures; the majority are silent, 16mm, acetate films. A portion of the collection has also been digitized. The bulk of the collection consists of films created by the organization between the 1940s and the 1970s—during which it was called the New York Zoological Society (NYZS)—and reflect a...
Dates: circa 1910-1996; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1970

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