Wildlife Conservation Society (New York, N.Y.)
Organization
Found in 998 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 Director. Louis E. Garibaldi records
Fonds
Identifier: 3007
Abstract
The collection consists of records from Louis Garibaldi’s tenure as Associate Director and Director of the New York Aquarium. As Associate Director Garibaldi held responsibility for many of the Aquarium’s operational functions while the Aquarium’s Director, George Ruggieri, coordinated with the New York Zoological Society’s upper administration and also directed the Osborn Laboratories of Marine Sciences. When Ruggieri passed away in 1987, Garibaldi was the natural candidate to continue his...
Dates:
1960 - 1999
[New York Aquarium scenery and staff], 1957
Item — Container: Unit 2, Shelf: F
Scope and Contents
Edited black and white workprint of the Aquarium without visitors. Footage showcasing the beach location and researchers going out on boats for scuba diving.
Dates:
1957
New York Aquarium. Senior Staff records
Collection
Identifier: 3054
Abstract
The collection holds correspondence, administrative and operational records, subject files, and other materials from directors, curators, and other senior staff at the New York Aquarium. After a long closure, the New York Zoological Society [NYZS] reopened the New York Aquarium [NYA] in its new location on Coney Island in 1957, with Director Christopher W. Coates at the helm. Coates’s 1964 retirement, however, heralded the start of over a decade of high turnover for the Aquariums directors...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1964 - 1979; 1955-1979
[New York Aquarium shipwrecks], 1996
Item — Container: Unit 3, Shelf: B
Scope and Contents
Aquarium footage of the underwater installation of props to simulate shipwrecks at the bottom of the ocean.
Dates:
1996
[New York Aquarium staff], 1957
Item — Container: Unit 2, Shelf: F
Scope and Contents
Footage of New York Aquarium staff, possibly curatorial and/or research staff.
Dates:
1957
[New York Aquarium walrus], 1962
Item — Container: Unit 2, Shelf: D
Scope and Contents
Olaf the walrus arriving at Aquarium, walrus being fed, tusks being capped.
Dates:
1962
New York Aquarium walruses, 1961
Item — Container: Unit 2, Shelf: B
Scope and Contents
"New York Aquarium walruses: moving Olaf and seals, baby walruses and seals, Ookie and baby walruses"--Original can label.
Dates:
1961
[New York Zoo stock shots], 1965
Item — Container: Unit 2, Shelf: B
Scope and Contents
Various closeup shots of zoo animals.
Dates:
1965
New York Zoo Trustees film, 1941
Item — Container: Unit 3, Shelf: F
Scope and Contents
The reel opens up a shipment of turtles arriving, zookeepers transporting animals, a crowded parking lot, crowds of visitors at the zoo, birthday balloons and a celebration for a chimpanzee. The second half of the film starts with divers in the ocean, sharks at the New York Aquarium and jellyfish.
Dates:
1941
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- Archival Object 959
- Collection 39
- Subject
- Wildlife conservation 17
- Zoos -- Administration 14
- Zoo animals 11
- Public aquariums 8
- Aquarists 6
- Public aquariums -- Design and construction 6
- Aquarium animals 5
- Aquatic animals 5
- Zoo directors 5
- Zoo exhibits 5
- Zoos -- Employees 5
- Marine laboratories 4
- Scientific expeditions 4
- Wildlife conservation -- Law and legislation 4
- Wildlife research 4
- Animal dealers 3
- Herpetology 3
- Marine biologists 3
- Wildlife conservation -- Fieldwork 3
- Wildlife management 3
- Zoo veterinarians 3
- Zoo visitors 3
- Birds -- Conservation 2
- Endangered species 2
- Herpetologists 2
- Ichthyologists 2
- Marine ecology 2
- New York Zoological Society -- History 2
- Public aquariums -- Administration 2
- Scientific expeditions -- Trinidad and Tobago 2
- Wildlife art 2
- Wildlife conservation -- Africa 2
- Wildlife conservationists 2
- Zoos -- Design and construction 2
- Zoos -- Administration 2
- Zoos -- Educational aspects 2
- American bison 1
- Aquarium visitors 1
- Bathysphere 1
- Birds -- New York State -- Bronx County 1
- Birds of paradise (Birds) 1
- Electrophorus (Fish) 1
- Endangered species -- Law and legislation -- United States 1
- Giant panda 1
- Mammalogists 1
- Mammalogy 1
- Mammals -- Research 1
- Marine natural products 1
- Motion picture film collections 1
- Museum exhibits 1
- National parks and reserves 1
- New York Zoological Park -- History 1
- Ornithologists 1
- Primates -- Africa 1
- Protected areas 1
- Public aquariums -- Educational aspects 1
- Public aquariums -- Employees 1
- Reptiles 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
- Snakebites 1
- Snakes 1
- Veterinary medicine 1
- Veterinary medicine -- Research 1
- Whale sounds 1
- Whales 1
- Wild animal collecting 1
- Wildlife conservation -- Madagascar 1
- Wildlife conservation -- Sudan 1
- Wildlife management -- Madagascar 1
- Xiphophorus 1
- Zoological specimens -- Collection and preservation 1
- Zoos 1
- Zoos -- Administration -- Economic aspects 1
- Zoos -- Public relations 1
- Zoos -- Publicity 1
- Zoos in motion pictures 1 ∧ less
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