Osborn, Fairfield, 1887-1969
Person
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
[Bronx Zoo and New York Aquarium scenery and staff], circa 1962-1965
Item — Container: Unit 2, Shelf: F
Scope and Contents
Footage of exhibits, building openings, and the internal day-to-day activities of zoo operations. "Toucan sign, tractor trains, signs (Idea, Dodo, Okapi, Giraffe), pictures of the aquarium, aquatic construction and sign, Ducks and cormorant sign. Penguin sign, reptile cages, Galapogos exhibit, penguin sign, construction of low-walled enclosure for elephants, preparing food in the Reptile House, riding animals to pony track, cook coming to work past African [..], cook on cookroom platform,...
Dates:
circa 1962-1965
Great Days at the Zoo (Outtakes), 1951
Item — Box: Vinegar Box 003
Scope and Contents
"1. Exterior of Great Apes House 2. Moving the apes 3. Crowds watching 4. local Indigenous Africans with Tom Toms 5. Mr. Osborn, Andy (Orang Utan) breaking tape 7. Exterior of Great Apes house 8. Oka (female Gorilla) with keeper 9. Makoko outdoors (male gorilla) 10. Andy (Orang Utan) playing in bag 11. Title 12. Short shots-Tractor train , Great Apes House, Children's Zoo, Mt. Tapir, Cock of the rock, penguins 13. Mrs. Cordier and Monkey 14. Mrs. Martini and Sumaili in Nursery 15. End...
Dates:
1951
New York Zoological Society gold medal presentation to S. Dillon Ripley, 1947 or 1967
Item — Container: Unit 2, Shelf: F
Scope and Contents
Fairfield Osborn's presentation of the NYZS gold medal to S. Dillon Ripley at the NYZS annual meeting. Static medium shot of Osborn at platform.
Dates:
1947 or 1967
New York Zoological Society. Office of Assistant Secretary. Harold C. Palmer records
Fonds
Identifier: 2023
Abstract
Harold Cornelius Palmer joined the staff of the New York Zoological Society (NYZS) in 1961 and held the position of Assistant Secretary for the Society from 1968 to 1979. This collection contains correspondence between Palmer and people and organizations related to NYZS while he was Assistant Secretary.
Dates:
1960 - 1975; Majority of material found within 1969 - 1975
New York Zoological Society. Office of Assistant Secretary. Harold C. Palmer records
Fonds
Identifier: 2034
Abstract
Harold Cornelius Palmer (1918-1998) joined the staff of the New York Zoological Society (NYZS) in 1961. Palmer served as director of the Development Fund Campaign and as assistant to the Society President Fairfield Osborn. From 1964 until his retirement in 1980, Palmer held the office of Assistant Secretary to the Board of Trustees. The bulk of this collection consists of correspondence and subject files dealing with NYZS administrative matters, 1902-1983 (Bulk 1937-1976), the New York...
Dates:
Majority of material found within Bulk, 1937-1976; 1902-1983
New York Zoological Society. Office of General Director. John Tee-Van records
Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2024
Abstract
John Tee-Van (1897-1967) worked for the New York Zoological Society for 51 years, starting as Assistant Keeper of Birds in 1911 and working his way up to General Director of the New York Zoological Park and Aquarium in 1956, and General Director Emeritus in 1962. This collection consists of Tee-Van’s papers relating to the Office of the General Director (1939-1962), his trip to China in 1941 to bring back two giant pandas, and the Zoo’s proposed Conservation Exhibit (1942-1958). The...
Dates:
1939-1964
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
Shah and Empress of Iran visiting the Bronx Zoo, 1962
Item — Container: Unit 6, Shelf: G
Scope and Contents
"Shah and Empress of Iran. Guided tour with Osborn"--Original can label.
Dates:
1962
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- Marine laboratories 2
- Wildlife conservation -- Africa 2
- Zoos -- Administration 2
- Zoos -- Administration 2
- Giant panda 1
- Marine biologists 1
- Marine ecology 1
- Public aquariums 1
- Public aquariums -- Administration 1
- Public aquariums -- Design and construction 1
- Wildlife art 1
- Wildlife conservation -- Fieldwork 1
- Wildlife conservationists 1
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