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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 several...
Dates:
1933 - 1973
Found in:
Wildlife Conservation Society Archives
Wildlife Conservation Society. Office of General Director. William G. Conway records
Fonds
Identifier: 1028
Abstract
The collection contains the records of William G. Conway, General Director and President of the New York Zoological Society (which became the Wildlife Conservation Society) and Ornithology Curator and Director of the Society’s Bronx Zoo. During his 43 years at the Society, Conway oversaw the growth of the organization’s international conservation programs, a wave of development at the Bronx Zoo and the New York Aquarium, the acquisition of the Wildlife Survival Center on Saint Catherines...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1960 - 2003; 1900 - 2004
Found in:
Wildlife Conservation Society Archives
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