Website Records
This accession consists of the giant panda section of the National Zoological Park (NZP) website as it existed on August 23, 2013. This date coincides with the birth of a cub. The section includes information about NZP's giant pandas, Mei Xiang and Tian Tian, and their exhibit space as well as information …
Animal Research Records
This accession consists of records documenting Devra Kleiman's giant panda research. Kleiman was a research scientist as well as Acting Assistant Director for Animal Programs, 1983-1984, Assistant Director for Zoological Research, 1984, and Assistant Director for Zoological Research, 1985-1996. Records in this accession relate to her behavioral studies of giant pandas, the mating …
Website Records
This accession consists of tweets using the hashtag "#BaoBaoBday" captured from the microblogging service Twitter between August 23 and August 27, 2014. Hundreds of individuals, organizations, and media outlets tweeted in celebration of the first birthday of Bao Bao, the National Zoological Park's giant panda cub. A number of tweets include images of …
Website Records
This accession consists of Twitter posts, known as tweets, using the hashtag #PandaStory between August 23, 2015, and December 2, 2016. This hashtag was promoted by the National Zoological Park for tweets related to the giant panda Bei Bei who was born on August 22, 2015. The tweets were exported as a spreadsheet and include both …
Animal Research Records
This accession consists of records created and maintained by Devra G. Kleiman, documenting research and breeding programs at the National Zoological Park as well as programs in which the National Zoological Park was partially involved. The majority of the records document behavioral studies of giant pandas, the mating of Hsing-Hsing …
Audiovisual Records
This accession consists of films depicting buildings, museum objects, and events at the Smithsonian Institution (SI). Many of the films show the construction of the National Air and Space Museum (NASM) and the installation of its aircraft. Other subjects include giant pandas at the National Zoological Park, construction of the …
Animal Records
In addition to the centralized animal registration records maintained at the National Zoological Park (see record unit 386), keepers also kept records for their own reference within their departments. This material consists of record books with information about the health, behavior, breeding, births, deaths, and diet of the animals at the …
Program Records
This accession consists of records that document the Registrar's activities in various National Zoological Park (NZP) programs during the tenure of Judith Block, Registrar, 1977-present. Records include meeting minutes and notes; records documenting the Zoo's Special Care Unit (Hand Rearing); files concerning videotape projects, including giant panda tapes and the …
Diet Records
This accession consists of records documenting the diets of animals at the National Zoological Park with particular emphasis on nutritional analysis. The majority of the records were created and maintained by Mary E. Allen, Commissary Manager and Nutritionist, circa 1986-2002. Materials include memoranda, correspondence, diet specifications, food formulations, nutritional analysis results …
Animal Research Records
This accession consists of records documenting the research activities and professional files of National Zoological Park (NZP) research scientist and population manager, Dr. Jonathon D. Ballou. Dr. Ballou's research for the NZP Center for Conservation and Evolutionary Genetics, and its predecessors, the Office of Zoological Research (circa 1973-1982), the Department of …
