Creator::

National Zoological Park. Office of the Director  Search this

Extent:

40 cu. ft. (40 record storage boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Manuscripts

Black-and-white photographs

Color photographs

Date:

1958-1999

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.

Topic:

Zoos  Search this

Pandas  Search this

Centennial celebrations, etc.  Search this

Zoo directors  Search this

Zoos -- Administration  Search this

Congresses and conventions  Search this

Genre/Form:

Manuscripts

Black-and-white photographs

Color photographs

Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 01-044, National Zoological Park. Office of the Director, National Zoological Park Offices, Officials and Programs Files

Identifier:

Accession 01-044

See more items in:

National Zoological Park Offices, Officials and Programs Files

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-sia-fa01-044