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Scope and Content From the Fonds: The collection consists mainly of the work of John Tee-Van as the General Director of the New York Zoological Society. It includes general correspondence related to the Zoo, correspondence, journals, photographs, and ephemera from Tee-Van’s 1941 trip to China to bring back two giant pandas, and materials related to the Zoo’s proposed Conservation Exhibit (1942-1958). The collection also contains correspondence from William Beebe (Director, Department of Tropical Research) and Fairfield...