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2005-2013
- Collection ID:
- Accession 13-302
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
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 about giant pandas in general. In...
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National Zoological Park. Department of Animal Programs
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1972, 1978-2001
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1.58 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (1 tall document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 08-102
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
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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National Zoological Park. Department of Zoological Research
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1972-1992
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1.5 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (1 document box)
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- Accession 07-169
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
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 behaviora...
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1973, 1980, 1982, 1984
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6.08 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes) (1 document box) (1 tall document box)
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- Accession 02-203
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of audiovisual records created during the production of "Dragon of the Trees: The Green Iguana" and "Pandas." "Dragon of the Trees: The Green Iguana" is a 28-minute documentary film produced in 1980 about the ten year iguana behavior study at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. "Pandas" documents both lesser ...
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2014
- Collection ID:
- Accession 15-184
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
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 ...
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National Zoological Park
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2015-2016
- Collection ID:
- Accession 17-212
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
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 tweets b...
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National Zoological Park. Office of Public Affairs
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2002-2003
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 07-063
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting responses to issues and crises in the news media related to the National Zoological Park. These records document a particularly active period of high-profile animal deaths and investigations by several regulatory bodies and news agencies. Species documented in this accession include elephants, che...
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National Zoological Park. Office of the Registrar
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1987-1999
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2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 08-100
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the activities and diet of the giant pandas. Materials include giant panda cage sheets completed each day by the keeper.
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National Zoological Park. Department of Zoological Research
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1972-1990
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12.66 cu. ft. (6 record storage boxes) (9 document boxes) (6 5x8 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 01-227
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
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 and L...
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National Zoological Park. Department of Zoological Research
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circa 1974-1998
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6.08 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes) (1 document box) (1 tall document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 11-275
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the research of Miles Roberts, a specialist in mammals and Deputy Head of the Department of Zoological Research. Animals documented in this research include kangaroo rats, raccoons, gibbons, langurs, sloth bears, spectacled bears, polar bears, red pandas, opossums, giant pandas, bandicoots, e...
