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New York Zoological Society. Department of Tropical Research. Research Associate. Gloria Hollister Anable papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1006
Abstract Gloria Hollister Anable, nee Gloria Hollister, was a naturalist and ichthyologist who, from 1928-1941, was employed as a Research Associate under Dr. William Beebe in the New York Zoological Society’s Department of Tropical Research. As a Research Assistant, she specialized in preparing ichthyological specimens, and she developed a new technique for preparing fish specimens in which the skin and internal organs of the fish were made transparent, rendering their skeletons far more useful for...
Dates: 1914 - 2005; Majority of material found within 1926 - 1947
Found in: Wildlife Conservation Society Archives

New York Zoological Society. Department of Tropical Research. Terrestrial expeditions. British Guiana and Venezuela records

 Fonds
Identifier: 1005B
Abstract

These records document ecological studies undertaken by the Department of Tropical Research in British Guiana and Venezuela between 1916 and 1924. Chiefly represented are field and anatomical data on more than 400 species of birds, and research and manuscript materials on the fishes of Kartabo, British Guiana. Additional records document the ecology and invertebrates of Kartabo and amphibians, reptiles, and mammals observed in British Guiana and Venezuela.

Dates: 1916 - 1924
Found in: Wildlife Conservation Society Archives

New York Zoological Society. Department of Tropical Research. Terrestrial expeditions. Rancho Grande, Venezuela records

 Fonds
Identifier: 1005C
Abstract Rancho Grande, a high altitude field station overlooking Lake Valencia in Venezuela, was the site of three Department of Tropical Research expeditions between 1945 and 1948. The major expenses of the laboratory, living quarters, and trips were underwritten by the Creole Petroleum Corporation. The regular research staff consisted of Director William Beebe, research zoologist Jocelyn Crane, and entomologist Henry Fleming. This collection contains notes, chapter outlines, drafts, and study...
Dates: 1945 - 1949
Found in: Wildlife Conservation Society Archives

New York Zoological Society. Department of Tropical Research. Terrestrial expeditions. Simla Station, Trinidad records

 Fonds
Identifier: 1005D
Abstract

This collection consists of handwritten and typed notes and field observations, primarily by William Beebe, during the New York Zoological Society's Department of Tropical Research studies at Simla Station, Trinidad, between 1949 and 1961.

Dates: 1949 - 1961
Found in: Wildlife Conservation Society Archives

New York Zoological Society. Departments of Birds and Mammals. Office of Assistant Curator. Grace Davall records

 Fonds
Identifier: 2069
Abstract

Collection contains correspondence and subject files kept by Grace Davall, who served first as a secretary at the Bronx Zoo from 1923-1952 and as then the Zoo’s Assistant Curator for Birds and Mammals from 1952-1970. It includes correspondence between Davall and the public and records pertaining to the acquisition and transport of zoo animals, including legal aspects. Also included are records pertaining to the offspring of Dacca, the zoo’s long-lived female tiger.

Dates: 1938 - 1973
Found in: Wildlife Conservation Society Archives

New York Zoological Society. Director of Conservation. F. Wayne King records

 Fonds
Identifier: 4050
Abstract

During his career at NYZS, F. Wayne King held positions as Curator of Herpetology, Chairman of Educational Programs, Director of Conservation and Environmental Education, Director of Conservation, and Director of Zoology. This collection contains the correspondence, subject files, and administrative files of F. Wayne King’s work at NYZS.

Dates: 1960 - 1980; Majority of material found within 1973 - 1979
Found in: Wildlife Conservation Society Archives

New York Zoological Society. Education Department records

 Fonds
Identifier: 2100
Abstract In the 1960s and 1970s, the New York Zoological Society’s Education Department developed several significant educational programs and increased its outreach to public schools. During this period of time, Herbert J. Knobloch, Richard L. Lattis, James W. Waddick, and Annette Berkovits served as Curators and Assistant Curators of the department.The collection consists of materials created by the Education Department from 1967 to 1980, including correspondence and educational...
Dates: 1967 - 1982
Found in: Wildlife Conservation Society Archives

New York Zoological Society. International Conservation bluebooks

 Collection
Identifier: 4041
Abstract The collection holds of the records of the international programs of the New York Zoological Society (NYZS), with records relating to NYZS sponsorship of field research and wildlife conservation projects carried out from the 1970s to the early 1990s. These grants funded ecological studies of animals and regions, as well as projects promoting wildlife conservation education, conservation legislation, and the creation of protected areas. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1973 - 1989; 1962 - 1993
Found in: Wildlife Conservation Society Archives

New York Zoological Society. Office of Assistant Secretary. Harold C. Palmer records

 Fonds
Identifier: 2034
Abstract Harold Cornelius Palmer (1918-1998) joined the staff of the New York Zoological Society (NYZS) in 1961. Palmer served as director of the Development Fund Campaign and as assistant to the Society President Fairfield Osborn. From 1964 until his retirement in 1980, Palmer held the office of Assistant Secretary to the Board of Trustees. The bulk of this collection consists of correspondence and subject files dealing with NYZS administrative matters, 1902-1983 (Bulk 1937-1976), the New York...
Dates: Majority of material found within Bulk, 1937-1976; 1902-1983
Found in: Wildlife Conservation Society Archives

New York Zoological Society. Office of Assistant Secretary. Harold C. Palmer records

 Fonds
Identifier: 2023
Abstract

Harold Cornelius Palmer joined the staff of the New York Zoological Society (NYZS) in 1961 and held the position of Assistant Secretary for the Society from 1968 to 1979. This collection contains correspondence between Palmer and people and organizations related to NYZS while he was Assistant Secretary.

Dates: 1960 - 1975; Majority of material found within 1969 - 1975
Found in: Wildlife Conservation Society Archives

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Zoos -- Administration 14
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Aquarium animals 6
Wildlife research 6
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Birds -- Conservation 3
Herpetologists 3
Ichthyologists 3
Marine biologists 3
Marine ecology 3
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Public aquariums -- Administration 3
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Scientific expeditions -- Galapagos Islands 3
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Zoo veterinarians 3
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Amphibians -- Venezuela 2
Birds -- Venezuela 2
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Invertebrates -- Catalogs and collections 2
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New York Zoological Society -- History 2
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Insects -- Trinidad 1
Insects -- Venezuela 1
Invertebrates -- Identification 1
Mammalogists 1
Mammalogy 1
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Names
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 16
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, 1904-1985 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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