Smithsonian Institution Archives

National Zoological Park Offices, Officials and Programs Files, 1958-1999

Summary
Collection ID:
SIA.FA01-044
Creators:
National Zoological Park. Office of the Director
Dates:
1958-1999
Languages:
English
Physical Description:
40 cu. ft. (40 record storage boxes)
Repository:
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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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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Reed, Theodore H. Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Robinson, Michael H. Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
National Zoological Park (U.S.) -- Centennial celebrations, etc. Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Amazonia (Exhibition) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Man and Beast Revisited (Symposium) (1986: Front Royal, Va.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Zoos Topic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Pandas Topic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Centennial celebrations, etc. Topic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Zoo directors Topic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Zoos -- Administration Topic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Congresses and conventions Topic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Manuscripts Genre/Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Black-and-white photographs Genre/Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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