Clippings
This accession consists of newspaper and magazine clippings documenting the care of animals at the National Zoological Park, especially the hand-rearing of baby animals. Animals represented in these articles include white tigers, pandas, elephants, and gorillas. Also included is an abbreviated history of the Holt House, an early 19th century building …
Curatorial Records
This accession consists of records maintained by Lisa Stevens, Collections Manager and, later, Curator, documenting public support of the pandas. The majority of the records consist of letters, cards, postcards, posters, and artwork sent by the public, especially schoolchildren, to the pandas or their keepers. Some of these materials were …
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Walter Shropshire Papers
This accession documents Walter Shropshire's career as Assistant Director of the Radiation Biology Laboratory (RBL) and the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (when RBL merged with the Chesapeake Bay Center for Environmental Studies), and his research as a biophysicist. Materials include correspondence, photographs and clippings.
Keeper Reports
This accession consists of records documenting the behavior of individual animals, care of animals, breeding, and significant events among the pandas, primates, camels, peccaries, and animals living in the Think Tank. Materials consist of observations and notes by the keepers in the form of daily reports and were likely maintained …
Scientific Event Alert Network Bulletin
This accession includes a reference set of Scientific Event Alert Network Bulletin (SEAN) (1978-1989), formerly known as the National Science Event Bulletin (1975-1977).
Keeper Reports
This accession consists of records documenting the behavior of individual animals, care of animals, breeding, and significant events among the Nile hippopotamus, pygmy hippopotamus, rhinoceros, giraffes, bison, potbellied pigs, elephants, camels, beavers, seals, sea lions, cheetahs, and other animals living in the Elephant House, deer area, prairie trail, Africa trail …
Website Records
This accession consists of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, crawled in two parts on November 7 and 8, 2011 and again on February 22, 2012, the day of the groundbreaking. The site includes information about the building design, collections, educational programs, and donating to the museum. Materials are in electronic format …
Records
This accession consists of the records of Roy Sieber, Associate Director for Collections and Research at the National Museum of African Art (NMAfA), from 1983 to 1993. Materials include incoming and outgoing correspondence with other museums, universities, private collectors, and the general public; information pertaining to NMAfA exhibitions, acquisitions, collections management, and …
Council of Bureau Directors Records
This accession consists of records that document the activities of the Council of Bureau Directors (COBD), 1988. Materials include correspondence, lists of Council members, a brief history of the Council of Bureau Directors, and background material pertaining to meeting topics.
Records
This collection includes the records of Jean M. Salan, Assistant Director for Administration, 1979-1980, Assistant Deputy Director, 1981-1982, and Assistant Director, 1983- , for the National Museum of African Art (NMAfA). The records primarily consist of memoranda and correspondence documenting the South Quadrangle Project, exhibition contracts, grants, and NMAfA budgetary agendas. In addition are …
