Wildlife Conservation Society (New York, N.Y.)
Organization
Found in 17 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. 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
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
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
William T. Hornaday papers
Fonds
Identifier: 1007
Abstract
Derived from the personal activities of William T. Hornaday (1854-1937), rather than his official duties as Director and General Curator of the New York Zoological Park, this collection of correspondence, manuscripts, scrapbooks, and printed matter deals primarily with Hornaday's wildlife conservation work between 1888 and 1937.
Dates:
1888 - 1937
Filtered By
- Subject: Wildlife conservation X
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- Zoos -- Administration 6
- Zoo animals 5
- Wildlife conservation -- Law and legislation 4
- Wildlife research 4
- Zoo exhibits 4
- Scientific expeditions 3
- Wildlife conservation -- Fieldwork 3
- Wildlife management 3
- Animal dealers 2
- Endangered species 2
- Marine laboratories 2
- Public aquariums 2
- Wildlife art 2
- Wildlife conservation -- Africa 2
- Wildlife conservationists 2
- Zoo directors 2
- Zoo veterinarians 2
- Zoo visitors 2
- Zoos -- Design and construction 2
- Zoos -- Administration 2
- Zoos -- Employees 2
- American bison 1
- Birds -- Conservation 1
- Endangered species -- Law and legislation -- United States 1
- Giant panda 1
- Herpetologists 1
- Herpetology 1
- Mammals -- Research 1
- Marine biologists 1
- Marine ecology 1
- Motion picture film collections 1
- National parks and reserves 1
- Primates -- Africa 1
- Protected areas 1
- Public aquariums -- Administration 1
- Public aquariums -- Design and construction 1
- Scientific expeditions -- Trinidad and Tobago 1
- Scientific expeditions--Asia 1
- Snakebites 1
- Whale sounds 1
- Whales 1
- Wildlife conservation -- Madagascar 1
- Wildlife conservation -- Sudan 1
- Wildlife management -- Madagascar 1
- Zoos 1
- Zoos -- Administration -- Economic aspects 1
- Zoos -- Public relations 1
- Zoos -- Publicity 1
- Zoos -- Educational aspects 1
- Zoos in motion pictures 1 ∧ less
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