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Antwerp, Amsterdam, and Paris

 File — Box: 4

Scope and Content

From the Fonds:

This collection is composed of scrapbooks created by New York Zoological Park (Bronx Zoo) Director William T. Hornaday between approximately 1896 and 1927 and concerning zoos and the Bronx Zoo in particular. Six of the scrapbooks focus on European zoos and include material that may have been collected by Hornaday in 1896 when the New York Zoological Society sent him to Europe to collect ideas for the new Bronx Zoo (a fifth zoo scrapbook covers Taronga Park). Topics covered by other scrapbooks in the collection include zoological subjects, the history of the New York Zoological Society, decreasing bird populations, and Hornaday's ongoing war on trash in the Bronx Zoo.

Dates

  • circa 1896

Access Restrictions

Please contact the WCS Archives regarding possible access restrictions.

Extent

From the Fonds: 5.46 Cubic Feet (14 scrapbooks in 12 flat boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Fonds: English

Repository Details

Part of the Wildlife Conservation Society Archives Repository

Contact:
WCS Library/Archives
2300 Southern Blvd
Bronx New York 10460 United States