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Scope and Content From the Series:

The series is comprised of records from Curator Stephen Spotte; additionally most files also contain documents from Spotte’s predecessor, Assistant Curator H. Doug Kemper, Jr. The materials pertain to the everyday operation of the Aquarium’s animal exhibits, various exhibit construction and renovation projects, and the NYA’s involvement in handling whales that had beached themselves on the shores of New York City and Long Island.

Scope and Content From the Series:

The series is comprised of records from Curator Stephen Spotte; additionally most files also contain documents from Spotte’s predecessor, Assistant Curator H. Doug Kemper, Jr. The materials pertain to the everyday operation of the Aquarium’s animal exhibits, various exhibit construction and renovation projects, and the NYA’s involvement in handling whales that had beached themselves on the shores of New York City and Long Island.

Scope and Content From the Series:

The series is comprised of records from Curator Stephen Spotte; additionally most files also contain documents from Spotte’s predecessor, Assistant Curator H. Doug Kemper, Jr. The materials pertain to the everyday operation of the Aquarium’s animal exhibits, various exhibit construction and renovation projects, and the NYA’s involvement in handling whales that had beached themselves on the shores of New York City and Long Island.

Scope and Content From the Series:

Director James A. Oliver’s records provide an overview of the Aquarium’s operations during his tenure. Materials document the NYA’s animals and exhbits, experiences with storms, floods, and other construction and maintenance issues, employees and volunteers, and the Coney Island community.

Scope and Content From the Series:

Director James A. Oliver’s records provide an overview of the Aquarium’s operations during his tenure. Materials document the NYA’s animals and exhbits, experiences with storms, floods, and other construction and maintenance issues, employees and volunteers, and the Coney Island community.

Scope and Content From the Series: This small series includes records that had originally come from the files of George D. Ruggieri, S.J., who was the Associate Director—and later Director—of the New York Aquarium, and also the Director of the Aquarium’s Osborn Laboratories of Marine Sciences. The files, concerning the Aquarium’s 1978 Palau expedition and its Whale and Dolphin Stadium, primarily date from the time of William S. Flynn’s tenure as NYA Assistant Director. They include expedition documents, exhibit sketches and...

Scope and Content From the Series: The Assistant Director files primarily consist of records from William S. Flynn; some files contain documents from long-time keeper, collection manager, and superintendant Pedro [Pete] Ponciano. Notable topics in Flynn’s correspondence include efforts by Flynn and others to document cave-dwelling fish of the genus Lucifuga in the Caribbean, the Aquarium’s 1978 Palau expedition and other animal collecting efforts, and beached dolphins and whales. Other...

Scope and Content From the Series: This group of files includes records from NYA Business Manager Jewell Bungay and from the three Directors who oversaw the Aquarium during her tenure. While some of the files contain documents predominantly from either Bungay or from one or more of the Directors, others are mixed. (Notably, Paul L. Montreuil’s short Directorship appears to have resulted in his records only being present in mixed or shared files.) The files document some of the Aquarium’s administrative operations and include...

Scope and Content From the Series: This group of files includes records from NYA Business Manager Jewell Bungay and from the three Directors who oversaw the Aquarium during her tenure. While some of the files contain documents predominantly from either Bungay or from one or more of the Directors, others are mixed. (Notably, Paul L. Montreuil’s short Directorship appears to have resulted in his records only being present in mixed or shared files.) The files document some of the Aquarium’s administrative operations and include...

Scope and Content From the Series: This group of files includes records from NYA Business Manager Jewell Bungay and from the three Directors who oversaw the Aquarium during her tenure. While some of the files contain documents predominantly from either Bungay or from one or more of the Directors, others are mixed. (Notably, Paul L. Montreuil’s short Directorship appears to have resulted in his records only being present in mixed or shared files.) The files document some of the Aquarium’s administrative operations and include...