Records, Circa 1946-1973
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Records, circa 1946-1973 Finding aid prepared by Smithsonian Institution Archives Smithsonian Institution Archives Washington, D.C. Contact us at [email protected] Table of Contents Collection Overview ........................................................................................................ 1 Administrative Information .............................................................................................. 1 Descriptive Entry.............................................................................................................. 1 Names and Subjects ...................................................................................................... 1 Container Listing ............................................................................................................. 3 Series 1: United States Zoological Parks, c. 1954-1965.......................................... 3 Series 2: Foreign Zoological Parks, c. 1946-1964................................................... 8 Series 3: U.S. and Foreign Animal Dealers, c. 1952-1973.................................... 12 Records https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_217877 Collection Overview Repository: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C., [email protected] Title: Records Identifier: Accession 96-139 Date: circa 1946-1973 Extent: 5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes) Creator:: National Zoological Park. Office of the Director Language: English Administrative Information Prefered Citation Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 96-139, National Zoological Park. Office of the Director, Records Descriptive Entry This accession consists of correspondence, memoranda, reports, price lists, and publications documenting relations between the National Zoological Park (NZP) and domestic and foreign zoological parks and animal dealers. Much of the material documents the acquisition, loan, and exchange of animals. Most of the records were created during the tenure of Director Theodore H. Reed, with smaller amounts created by his predecessor, William M. Mann, and by Associate Director, J. Lear Grimmer. Names and Subject Terms This collection is indexed in the online catalog of the Smithsonian Institution under the following terms: Subjects: Zoo animals Zoo directors Zoos Zoos -- Administration Zoos -- Collection management Types of Materials: Manuscripts Page 1 of 22 Records https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_217877 Names: Grimmer, J. Lear Mann, William M., 1886-1960 Reed, Theodore H. Page 2 of 22 Series 1: United States Zoological Parks, c. 1954-1965 Records https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_217877 Container Listing Series 1: United States Zoological Parks, c. 1954-1965 Box 1 Box 1 of 4 Arizona, Tempe, Maytag Zoological Park Box 1 of 4 California, Fresno, Fresno Zoological Society Box 1 of 4 California, Los Angles, Department of Recreation and Parks Box 1 of 4 Washington, D.C., National Zoological Park Box 1 of 4 California, San Diego, San Diego Zoological Gardens Box 1 of 4 Colorado, Colorado Springs, Cheyenne Mountain Zoological Park Box 1 of 4 Colorado, Denver, City and County of Denver Box 1 of 4 England, Uton-by-Chester, North of England Zoological Society Box 1 of 4 Florida, Miami, Crandon Park Zoological Garden Box 1 of 4 Cleveland Zoological Society, Dr. Leonard J. Gross, director, 1960-1964 Box 1 of 4 Columbus Zoo, Powell, Ohio, 1960-1963 Box 1 of 4 Toledo, Ohio, Philip C. Skeldon director, 1960-1964 Box 1 of 4 Oklahoma City Zoo, Philip W. Ogilvie, director Box 1 of 4 Portland, Oregon, zoo, Jack L. Marks, director, 1960-1964 Box 1 of 4 Erie Zoological Society, Erie, Pennsylvania, Dan Brenner, director, 1963 Box 1 of 4 Philadelphia Zoo, Roger Conant, Director, 1960-1964 Box 1 of 4 Pittsburgh zoo, Howard R. Hays, director, 1959-1964 Box 1 of 4 Illinois, Brookfield, Chicago Zoological Park Page 3 of 22 Series 1: United States Zoological Parks, c. 1954-1965 Records https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_217877 Box 1 of 4 Kansas, Topeka, Topeka Zoological Park Box 1 of 4 Illinois, Chicago, Lincoln Park Zoological Gardens Box 1 of 4 Maryland, Baltimore, Druid Hill Park Box 1 of 4 Baltimore Zoo, old records Box 1 of 4 Massachusetts, Boston, Lincoln Park Zoological Gardens Box 1 of 4 Michigan, Royal Oak, Detroit Zoological Park Box 1 of 4 Missouri, St. Louis, St. Louis Zoological Park Box 1 of 4 Minnesota, St. Paul, Como Park Box 1 of 4 New York, Buffalo, Buffalo Zoological Gardens (Delaware Gardens) Box 1 of 4 New York, Bronx, New York Zoological Park Box 1 of 4 Ohio, Cincinnati, Zoological Society of Cincinnati Box 1 of 4 Ohio, Cleveland, Cleveland Zoological Society Box 1 of 4 Ohio, Columbus, Columbus Zoo Box 1 of 4 Ohio, Toledo, Toledo Zoo Box 1 of 4 Oregon, Portland, Portland Zoological Gardens Box 1 of 4 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Zoological Gardens Box 1 of 4 Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Zoological Society Box 1 of 4 Texas, Dallas, Dallas Zoo Park Box 1 of 4 Texas, Fort Worth, Fort Worth Zoological Park Box 1 of 4 Texas, Houston, Houston Zoo Box 1 of 4 Texas, San Antonio, San Antonio Zoo and Aquarium Page 4 of 22 Series 1: United States Zoological Parks, c. 1954-1965 Records https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_217877 Box 1 of 4 Salt Lake City, Utah, Hogle Zoological Gardens, LaMar Farnsworth, director, 1960-1964 Box 1 of 4 Virginia, Norfolk, Virginia Zoological and Aquarium Society, 1960-1964 Box 1 of 4 Washington, Seattle, Woodland Park Zoo Box 1 of 4 Milwaukee, Washington Park Zoo, George Speidel, director, 1961-1964 Box 1 of 4 Birmingham, Alabama, Jimmy Morgan Zoo, Bob Truett, director, 1961-1964 Box 1 of 4 Phoenix Zoo, Tempe, Arizona, 1962-1964 Box 1 of 4 Fresno Zoological Society, Orval L. Cook, director, 1960-1964 Box 1 of 4 Los Angeles, California, Griffith Park Zoo, Dr. W. A. Young, director, 1960-1964 Box 1 of 4 Animaland, Inc., Los Angeles, California, M. Machris, president Box 1 of 4 Sacramento, California, William Land Park Zoo, 1961 Box 1 of 4 San Diego Zoo, Dr. Charles R. Schroeder, director, 1960-1964 (2 folders) Box 1 of 4 San Francisco Zoo, Ronald P. Reuther, director, 1961-1963 Box 1 of 4 Colorado Springs, Colorado, Cheyenne Mountain Zoological Park, Don G. Davis, director, 1960-1964 Box 1 of 4 Denver Zoo, Julian Frazier, director, 1953-1964 Box 1 of 4 Jacksonville (Florida) zoo, Gus Basford, superintendent, 1956-1963 Box 1 of 4 Miami, Florida, Crandon Park Zoo, Dr. Gordon Hubbell, director Box 1 of 4 Tampa, Florida, Busch Gardens, R. G. Naegeli, director, 1962-1964 Box 1 of 4 Honolulu zoo, Paul Breese, director, 1953-1964 Box 1 of 4 Brookfield, Illinois, Chicago Zoological Society, 1960-1964 Box 1 of 4 Chicago, Lincoln Park, Dr. L. E. Fisher, director, 1960-1964 Page 5 of 22 Series 1: United States Zoological Parks, c. 1954-1965 Records https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_217877 Box 1 of 4 Indianapolis Zoological Society, 1962-1964 Box 1 of 4 Louisville, Kentucky, Dr. Ivo Poglayen, director, 1963-1964 Box 1 of 4 New Orleans zoo, Audubon Park, George Douglass, director, 1958 Box 1 of 4 Baltimore, Maryland, Arthur Watson, director, 1961-1964 Box 1 of 4 Boston, Massachusetts, Franklin Park Zoological Gardens, Walter Stone, director, 1959-1964 Box 1 of 4 Detroit Zoo, Royal Oak, Michigan, 1960-1964 Box 1 of 4 Miscellaneous zoos, U.S., 1962-1964 Box 1 of 4 Kansas City, Missouri, Zoo, William T. A. Culley, director, 1960-1964 Box 1 of 4 St. Louis Missouri, Marlin Perkins, 1960-1964 Box 1 of 4 Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1957-1964 Box 1 of 4 Memphis, Tennessee, Robert H. Mattlin, 1964 Box 1 of 4 Dallas, Texas, zoo, Pierre A. Fontaine, director, 1960-1964 Box 1 of 4 Fort Worth, Texas, zoo, 1960-1964 Box 1 of 4 Houston, Texas, zoo, John E. Werler, curator, 1960-1964 Box 1 of 4 San Antonio zoo, 1960-1964 Box 1 of 4 Buffalo, New York, Clayton Freiheit, director, 1960-1964 Box 1 of 4 New York zoo, William G. Conway, director, 1960-1964 Box 2 Box 2 of 4 Rochester, New York, zoo, Louis diSabato, director, 1956-1963 Box 2 of 4 New York, Seneca Park zoo Box 2 of 4 Staten Island zoo, Clyde Gordon, director, 1954-1963 Page 6 of 22 Series 1: United States Zoological Parks, c. 1954-1965 Records https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_217877 Box 2 of 4 Cincinnati zoo, William Hoff, director, 1960-1964 Return to Table of Contents Page 7 of 22 Series 2: Foreign Zoological Parks, c. 1946-1964 Records https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_217877 Series 2: Foreign Zoological Parks, c. 1946-1964 Box 2 Box 2 of 4 Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, Dr. Juan A. Rivero, 1954-1963 Box 2 of 4 Colombo, Zoological Gardens of Ceylon, W. L. E. de Alwis, director, Box 2 of 4 Schoenbrun Zoological Gardens, Vienna, Austria, Dr. Walter Fiedler, director, 1962 Box 2 of 4 Sydney, Australia, Taronga Zoological Park Trust, Ronald Strahan, director, 1954-1964 Box 2 of 4 Belgium, Antwerp, Societe Royale de Zoologie, Walter Van den bergh, director, 1953-1964 Box 2 of 4 Chillan, Chile, Jardin Zoologico, Carlos Junge, director, 1958-1964 Box 2 of 4 Copenhagen, Denmark, zoo, Dr. Svend Andersen, director, 1956-1964 Box 2 of 4 Havana, Cuba, zoo Box 2 of 4 Prague Zoo, Czechoslovakia, Przewalski horse, 1958-1964 Box 2 of 4 Paris, France, Dr. J. Nouvel, director, 1954-1963 Box 2 of 4 German zoos, miscellaneous, 1962-1963 Box 2 of 4 Berlin zoo, East Germany, Dr. H. Dathe, director, 1954-1964 Box 2 of 4 Berlin zoo, West Germany, Dr. Heinz Georg Klos, director, 1960-1964 Box 2 of 4 Foreign zoos, miscellaneous, 1959-1964 Box 2 of 4 Munich Zoo, Hellabrun, Dr. Heinz Heck, director Box 2 of 4 Frankfurt, Germany, zoo, Dr. Grzimek, director Box 2 of 4 Auckland, New Zealand, Dr. Derek Wood, director, 1962 Box 2 of 4 Jerez de la Frontera, Parque Zoologico, Spain, Alberto Duran, director, 1961-1962 Page 8 of 22 Series 2: Foreign Zoological Parks, c. 1946-1964 Records https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_217877 Box 2 of 4 Malaya National Zoo, Malaya, Major A. N. Weinman, director, 1946-1963 Box 2 of 4 Dr. W. C. Osman Hill, London, England and Atlanta, Georgia, 1963 Box 2 of 4 Limassol, Cyprus, 1958-1961 Box 2 of 4 Warszawa, Poland, Dr.