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Caparn, Harold A., 1901-1903

 File — Box: 2

Scope and Content

From the Fonds:

These records document a portion of the duties of the Secretary, including the following: member, ex-officio, of the Executive, Auditing, and Aquarium Committees and Scientific Council; and, after 1897, official correspondent of the New York Zoological Society. Most of the correspondence deals with the executive administration of funds, policy, contracts, and membership. Also present is a series of correspondence with officers, containing letters of Charles T. Barney, Harlow Brooks, H. A. Caparn, Frank H. Miller, Levi P. Morton, and Henry Fairfield Osborn. Materials of interest include records of arrangements with the City of New York, the director of the Zoological Park, architects, landscape architects, and sculptors; a report by H. de B. Parsons on the Italian Fountain in the Zoological Park; and correspondence with members of the first Aquarium Committee.

Dates

  • 1901-1903

Access Restrictions

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Extent

From the Fonds: 4.0 Linear Feet (10 Hollinger boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Series: English

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the Wildlife Conservation Society Archives Repository

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