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Smithsonian Institution Archives
National Zoological Park Offices, Officials and Programs Files, 1958-1999
Summary
- Collection ID:
- SIA.FA01-044
- Creators:
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National Zoological Park. Office of the Director
- Dates:
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1958-1999
- Languages:
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English
- Physical Description:
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40 cu. ft. (40 record storage boxes)
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Descriptive Entry
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of records documenting the programs and activities of National Zoological Park (NZP) offices and departments during the tenures of Directors Theodore H. Reed, 1958-1983; and Michael H. Robinson, 1984-2000.
Materials include correspondence, memoranda, departmental reports, meeting minutes, planning files, research proposals and reports, collections management files, policy development records, award files, exhibition records, animal files, facilities and maintenance files, public affairs records, education files, photographs, biodiversity program records, project files, records pertaining to workshops and seminars, and other administrative records. Of particular interest are records relating to the Amazonia tropical rainforest exhibition, giant pandas, the Man and Beast Revisited Symposium, and the NZP Centennial celebration.
See also Accession 01-042, Director's Subject Files, which may contain related records.
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Prefered Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 01-044, National Zoological Park. Office of the Director, National Zoological Park Offices, Officials and Programs Files
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