Wildlife Conservation Society (New York, N.Y.)
Found in 998 Collections and/or Records:
New York Zoological Society. Osborn Laboratories of Marine Sciences and New York Aquarium records
New York Zoological Society. Public Affairs Division and predecessor units records
New York Zoological Society. Scientific Assistant to the General Director. Joseph A. Davis records
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).
New York Zoological Society seal, 1974
Footage of NYZS logo seal used for film credits.
New York Zoological Society titles, circa 1940-1970
"Titles- NYZS presents, the end, A-wind"--Note in original can.
New York Zoological Society titles, beginning and end, 1965
Extra footage of film credits, titles, and NYZS logos. "1) Great days in the zoo, 2)Happy Birthday, 3)New Ideas and Something Always Happening at the Bronx Zoo, 4) NYZS shield 5) 'The end'--Original can label.
Newfoundland and the Investigation of the Harp and Hood Seal Fishery, 1948
Film by the medical officer on a seal-hunting boat in the ice fields off St. John's. Graphic footage of seals being killed; footage and intertitles illustrate animal exploitation at sea. "Newfoundland and the Investigation of the Harp and Hood Seal Fishery. 1949 Production by Harry R. Lillie"--Film credits.
Nocturnal exhibits in Small Mammal House, circa 1960s
Experimental nighttime footage shot inside to illustrate the exhibit's architecture and a close-up of snakes and lizards in just two tones: black and red.
Northern waters, fishing and seining, circa 1950-1975
Unedited footage of fishing boats with seine nets in the water, some shots of people on the deck of the boat.
[NYZS member trip to Jamaica Bay and various Bronx Zoo animals], 1974
"Members tour to Jamaica Bay, Pere David deer, wild horses, crane chick, crane chick, murre chick, Hodari and Mopie, giraffe and baby, and baby gorilla"--Original can label.
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- 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