New York Aquarium. Office of Director. Louis E. Garibaldi records

The collection consists of records from Louis Garibaldi’s tenure as Associate Director and Director of the New York Aquarium. It includes Garibaldi’s correspondence, New York Aquarium and New York Zoological Society/Wildlife Conservation Society administrative records, topical files, and personal papers, and covers several aspects of the Aquarium’s operations. Garibaldi’s correspondence includes both general correspondence and interoffice memos between various NYA employees; there is considerable overlap in subjects between the interoffice memos and the Aquarium administrative files. The administrative files contain memos, meeting minutes, reports, budgets, publicity materials, and other records that document the administration of the Aquarium, as well as a small amount of materials on the Society at large, particularly its development and fundraising processes and the Nixon Griffis Fund for Zoological Research. The Aquarium’s Animal, Education, Guest Services, and Public Affairs departments are particularly well represented. Garibaldi’s topical files include brochures and guides from other aquariums, records relating to the Aquarium’s participation in New York City institutions and events, and material related to the debate over the captivity of marine mammals—especially cetaceans—in zoos, aquariums, and similar facilities. The bulk of Garibaldi’s personal papers dates from his time at the New England Aquarium [NEA]; notable materials include records relating to Garibaldi and the NEA’s roles as consultants to the City of Baltimore on the creation and construction of the Baltimore Aquarium.