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New York Zoological Society. Office of General Director. John Tee-Van records

 Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2024
Abstract John Tee-Van (1897-1967) worked for the New York Zoological Society for 51 years, starting as Assistant Keeper of Birds in 1911 and working his way up to General Director of the New York Zoological Park and Aquarium in 1956, and General Director Emeritus in 1962. This collection consists of Tee-Van’s papers relating to the Office of the General Director (1939-1962), his trip to China in 1941 to bring back two giant pandas, and the Zoo’s proposed Conservation Exhibit (1942-1958). The...
Dates: 1939-1964

New York Zoological Society. Office of President. Fairfield Osborn records

 Fonds
Identifier: 1029
Abstract This collection contains the records of Fairfield Osborn, who served as President of the New York Zoological Society from 1940 to 1968. Considered one of the foremost conservationists of his era, Osborn was a driving force behind the expansion of the Society’s international wildlife conservation efforts, and he founded the Conservation Foundation as an offshoot of the Society to promote environmental education and research. During his presidency, Osborn also oversaw the development of...
Dates: 1933 - 1973

New York Zoological Society. Office of President. Robert G. Goelet records

 Fonds
Identifier: 1064
Abstract

Robert Guestier Goelet served in several executive roles at the New York Zoological Society (NYZS), including President from 1971 to 1975. This collection includes material related to Annual Society and Members Meetings and international conservation programs and projects in Asia, Africa, and South America.

Dates: 1959 - 1972; Majority of material found within 1969 - 1972

New York Zoological Society. Osborn Laboratories of Marine Sciences and New York Aquarium records

 Collection
Identifier: 3001
Abstract The collection holds records from the New York Aquarium and the Osborn Laboratories of Marine Sciences. The New York Aquarium, founded in 1896 and operated by the New York Zoological Society since 1902, was moved from its original Manhattan location in 1941. After an interlude at the Bronx Zoo, a new Aquarium opened in 1957 in Coney Island, Brooklyn. The Aquarium’s research laboratories, which had also been moved offsite, reunited with the public Aquarium a decade later, in 1967. The...
Dates: circa 1900-1998; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1990

New York Zoological Society. Public Affairs Division and predecessor units records

 Fonds
Identifier: 2032
Abstract The New York Zoological Society's (NYZS) communications, marketing, publications, government affairs, community affairs, photography and media production, and other public relations functions historically have been divided among several different departments and units. In the late 20th century, these function were eventually united in the Society's Public Affairs Division, but prior to that they were performed by numerous predecessor units, including, among others, the Department of...
Dates: 1925 - 2004; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1980

New York Zoological Society. Scientific Assistant to the General Director. Joseph A. Davis records

 Fonds
Identifier: 1065
Abstract

The collection holds the administrative records of Joseph Anthony Davis, Jr. while he held the position of Scientific Assistant to the General Director. Davis started at the Bronx Zoo in the Mammalogy Department as an Assistant Curator in 1958 and eventually became Curator in 1962. In 1966 Davis moved to a position created for him in the General Director’s Office, Scientific Assistant to the Director (William Conway).

Dates: 1968 - 1974

Wildlife Conservation Society. Department of Herpetology. Office of Curator. John Behler records

 Collection
Identifier: 2043
Abstract The collection consists of correspondence, administrative and subject files, and publications from the New York Zoological Society’s long-term Herpetology Curator, John Behler. Over the years, Behler held administrative positions within the Society outside of the Herpetology Department, such as co-chair of the Safety Committee and Program Director of the Society’s Wildlife Survival Center on Saint Catherines Island, Georgia. Along the way Behler also found time to conduct research on...
Dates: 1924 - 2005; Majority of material found within 1969 - 2001

Wildlife Conservation Society. Film collection

 Collection
Identifier: 5005
Abstract The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Film Collection is composed of 1,607 film reels created or collected by WCS between approximately 1900 and 1996. Formats include black-and-white and color motion pictures; the majority are silent, 16mm, acetate films. A portion of the collection has also been digitized. The bulk of the collection consists of films created by the organization between the 1940s and the 1970s—during which it was called the New York Zoological Society (NYZS)—and reflect a...
Dates: circa 1910-1996; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1970

William Beebe collection of memorabilia

 Fonds
Identifier: 1017
Abstract This collection consists of illustrations, photographs, artifacts, and other visual materials collected by New York Zoological Society Curator of Ornithology and Department of Tropical Research Director William Beebe. Although the items date from around 1749 to 1960, the bulk date from between the 1920s and 1940s and were likely collected by Beebe during this time. The materials feature a wide range of subjects, from animals to Beebe’s acquaintances and his own fame. This collection does...
Dates: circa 1749-1960; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1949

William T. Hornaday papers

 Fonds
Identifier: 1007
Abstract

Derived from the personal activities of William T. Hornaday (1854-1937), rather than his official duties as Director and General Curator of the New York Zoological Park, this collection of correspondence, manuscripts, scrapbooks, and printed matter deals primarily with Hornaday's wildlife conservation work between 1888 and 1937.

Dates: 1888 - 1937

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Wildlife Conservation Society (New York, N.Y.) 39
New York Zoological Park 24
New York Aquarium 17
Beebe, William, 1877-1962 16
New York Zoological Society. Department of Tropical Research 15
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Hornaday, William T., (William Temple), 1854-1937 7
Blair, W. Reid, (William Reid), 1875- 5
Grant, Madison, 1865-1937 5
New York Zoological Society. Ornithology Department 4
New York Zoological Society. Osborn Laboratories of Marine Sciences 4
Osborn, Fairfield, 1887-1969 4
Tee-Van, John 4
Anable, Gloria Hollister 3
Bridges, William, 1901-1984 3
Coates, Christopher W. (Christopher William) 3
Conway, William, 1929-2021 3
New York Zoological Society. Education Department 3
New York Zoological Society. Herpetology Department 3
New York Zoological Society. Mammalogy Department 3
Nigrelli, Ross F., (Ross Franco), 1902-1989 3
Oliver, James A. (James Arthur), 1914-1981 3
Ruggieri, George D. 3
Conservation Foundation 2
Crandall, Lee S., (Lee Saunders), 1887-1969 2
Crane, Jocelyn 2
Davall, Grace 2
Ditmars, Raymond Lee, 1876-1942 2
Gordon, Myron, 1899-1959 2
Griffis, Nixon 2
King, F. Wayne (Frederic Wayne), 1936- 2
Knobloch, Herbert J. 2
Montreuil, Paul L. (Paul Luc Jacques Lorenzo Oscar), 1925-2007 2
National Collection of Heads and Horns. 2
New York Aquarium. Fish Genetics Laboratory 2
New York Zoological Society. Board of Trustees. 2
Struhsaker, Thomas T. 2
Albatross (Steamer) 1
American Bison Society 1
American Committee for International Wild Life Protection 1
American Museum of Natural History 1
American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists 1
Asaeda, Toshio, 1893-1968 1
Barbour, Thomas, 1884-1946 1
Barton, Otis 1
Bell, Joseph L. 1
Berkovits, Annette Libeskind 1
Boone and Crockett Club 1
Bostelmann, Else (Else Winkler von Röder), 1882-1961 1
Boyden, Douglas 1
Breder, Charles M. (Charles Marcus), 1897-1983 1
Brewer, George E., Jr. 1
Bruning, Donald F. 1
Bungay, Jewell 1
Butler, John H. J. 1
Camp-Fire Club of America. 1
Carr, Archie Fairly, 1945- 1
Chapman, Frank M., (Frank Michler), 1864-1945 1
Clark, Susan G., 1942- 1
Cook, Robert A. (Robert Allen) 1
Cooper, Isabel, 1892-1984 1
Cox and Stevens 1
Creole Petroleum Corporation. 1
Cross, W. Redmond, (William Redmond) 1
Davis, Joseph Anthony, 1930- 1
Dickerman, Donald Horace, 1893- 1
Dolensek, Emil P. 1
Dunton, Sam C. 1
Elton, Charles S., (Charles Sutherland), 1900-1991 1
Fleming, Henry 1
Flynn, William S. 1
Franklin, Dwight 1
Garibaldi, Lou 1
Geske, E. J. (Erich John), 1873-1934 1
Goelet, Robert G. 1
Gosner, Kenneth L., 1925- 1
Grant, DeForest 1
Hartley, Rachel M. 1
Howes, Paul Griswold, 1892-1983 1
Hubbs, Carl L., (Carl Leavitt), 1894-1979 1
Institute for Research in Animal Behavior 1
International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources 1
Jennings, Allyn R. 1
Jones, Charles Jesse, 1844-1919 1
Kallman, Klaus D. 1
Kemper, H. Doug, Jr., (Howard Doug) 1
Kibale Forest Reserve (Uganda) 1
La Farge, C. Grant, (Christopher Grant), 1862-1938 1
Lattis, Richard L. 1
Lewis, D. M., (Dale M.) 1
McAllister, M. Hall 1
McKew, John 1
Miller, Llewellyn 1
Mittermeier, Russell A. 1
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.) 1
New York World's Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.) 1
New York Zoological Society. Animal Health Department 1
New York Zoological Society. Animal Research and Conservation Center. 1
New York Zoological Society. Board of Trustees. Conservation Committee. 1
New York Zoological Society. Board of Trustees. Exploration and Scientific Collection Committee 1
New York Zoological Society. Center for Field Biology and Conservation. 1
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