Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Record Unit 385
National Zoological Park. Office of Animal Programs
Records, 1949, 1951, 1956-1982 and undated
Collection Overview
General Information About This Collection | |
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Repository: | Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu. |
Creator: | National Zoological Park. Office of Animal Programs |
Title: | Records |
Dates: | 1949, 1951, 1956-1982 and undated |
Quantity: | 5.5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes) (1 document box) |
Collection: | Record Unit 385 |
Language of Materials: | English |
Summary: | These records primarily document the management of animal collections at NZP from the late 1960s through the early 1980s, with a small amount of material covering the years before that date span. Included are administrative memoranda and correspondence concerning the acquisition, shipment, breeding, health, and feeding of the animals, as well as information on personnel, safety, budget, and research. Also included are annual reports, animal inventories, and keepers' reports. |
Historical Note
Prior to the early 1960s, management of the animal collections at the National Zoological Park (NZP) was primarily the responsibility of the animal keepers. In 1961, the Animal Department was created, with Waldfried T. Roth in charge as General Curator. Roth resigned in 1964, and Donald R. Dietlein was appointed Manager of the Department. The Animal Department was renamed the Department of Living Vertebrates in 1968, with Donald D. Bridgwater as Head. The Department of Living Vertebrates was abolished in 1971, and administration of the animal collection passed to Floris M. Garner, Assistant Director for Zoological Programs. Garner resigned the following year, and the Office of Animal Management (OAM) was created. Jaren G. Horsley was General Curator of OAM until 1979, when animal management was reorganized and became the Office of Animal Programs. At that time, John F. Eisenberg was appointed Assistant Director for Animal Programs. Eisenberg resigned his position in 1982.
Descriptive Entry
These records primarily document the management of animal collections at NZP from the late 1960s through the early 1980s, with a small amount of material covering the years before that date span. Included are administrative memoranda and correspondence concerning the acquisition, shipment, breeding, health, and feeding of the animals, as well as information on personnel, safety, budget, and research. Also included are annual reports, animal inventories, and keepers' reports.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- Roth, Waldfried T.
- Dietlein, Donald R.
- Bridgwater, Donald D.
- Garner, Floris M.
- Horsley, Jaren G.
- Eisenberg, John Frederick, 1935-
- National Zoological Park (U.S.). Department of Living Vertebrates
- National Zoological Park (U.S.). Animal Department
- National Zoological Park (U.S.). Office of Animal Management
Subject
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 385, National Zoological Park. Office of Animal Programs, Records
Container List
Box 1
Bridgwater, Donald D. - Correspondence, 1968
Bridgwater, Donald D. - Correspondence, 1969-1970
Wilkes and Faulkner Associates, Architects, 1976-1978
Conservation Research Center - Long range planning meetings, 1976-1977
Division of Large Mammals, 1967-1972
Duty Officer - Responsibilities and procedures, 1967-1969
Giant pandas and "Smokey Bear" - Information regarding, 1974, 1977
Scooter/vehicle usage report, 1979
Friends of the National Zoo (FONZ) fellowship awards, 1979-1980
Emergency planning, 1974-1978
Animal Reports, Daily, 1977
Animal Reports, Daily, 1978
Animal Reports, Daily, 1979
Commissary Support Unit, 1966-1973
Commissary Support Unit - Daily reports, 1973
Head Keepers - memoranda to, 1967-1972
Administrative Officer, NZP (Nels Werner, III, J. J. McGarry), 1967-1972
Yearly objectives, 1963-1967
Budget, 1969-1972
Division of Large Carnivores, 1968-1973
Information storage and retrieval, 1968-1969
Division of Birds - Status of collection, 1972
Operations and Management Department, 1968-1972
Animal inventory, 1967
Xanten, William A. - Correspondence, 1968-1973
Perry, John - Assistant Director, NZP, 1966-1968
Division of Birds, 1964-1968, 1973
Meetings - General, 1967-1971
S. Dillon Ripley - Replies for his signature, 1971-1973
Box 2
Director's Office, 1963-1967
Director's Office, 1968-1971
Office of Animal Management Safety Committee, 1972-1979
NZP Management Council, 1975
Office of Zoological Research, 1974-1975
Animal inventories, 1966-1968
Breeding activity - Bongos, 1973
Division of Animal Health, 1972
Procurement practices and policies, 1970
Supply and Property Division, 1968-1969
NZP general memoranda, 1969-1971
Division of Pathology, 1969-1971
Jaren Horsley - Incoming and outgoing memoranda, 1973
Division of Interpretation (before 1972, Division of Information and Education), 1966-1972
Panda Division, 1973
Division of Small Mammals and Primates, 1968-1973
Division of Pathology - Necropsy reports, 1971-1972
Collection policy at NZP
Proposed Chesapeake breeding farm, 1972-1973
Complaints, 1972-1973
Harold J. Egoscue - General correspondence, 1971-1973
Division of Reptiles - General correspondence, 1973
Jaren Horsley - General correspondence, 1972-1973
Marmoset research, 1971-1973
Zoo exchanges - American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums, 1962
Key requests and lock changes, 1975-1980
Duty Officer, undated
Civil Service Reform Act of 1978
Reference file, 1979-1980
Annual Report, 1978
Box 3
Pest Control transfer to Office of Animal Management, 1979
Management position for contract talks, 1979
NZP Five Year Plan - FY 1979-1983, 1978
NZP construction program - Budget information, 1978
Correspondence to be filed, 1979
Environmental Differential Time Record, 1979
Raymond T. Plaugher, Executive Officer - Memoranda, 1979-1980
Paid invoices for information file, 1979
Unit requisitions to be done, 1979
Pending invoices for information file, 1979
Mason and Dixon Lines invoice for heater, 1979
SI 44's held for invoice or delivery, 1979
Keeper Excellence Award proposition, 1978
1979 summer internships, 1978
Research project publications, 1973-1977
Position control, 1974-1978
Decision Unit overview - FY 1979, 1977
"A Report on the Management and Organization of the National Zoological Park," April 23, 1979
Emergency procedures memoranda, 1979
Annual Work Unit assignments, 1978-1979
Report on vandalism, 1976-1977
Division of Interpretation, 1972-1973
Large Carnivore Division, 1973
Theodore H. Reed - Correspondence, 1973
Nancy A. Muckenhirn - Correspondence, 1973
Larry R. Collins - Correspondence, 1973
Airline shipping instructions, 1961-1963 and undated
Declaration for free entry of articles for colleges, etc. - Customs form 3321, circa 1959
Certificate of origin - Pan American World Airways, undated
Shipper's export declaration - Form 7525-V, circa 1962
Health certificates, 1962-1968
Commercial invoice - Pan American World Airways, undated
Shipper's letter of instructions - Pan American World Airways, 1963
USDA quarantine papers, 1962, 1969
Small Mammal Division, 1965
Primates - Diet, 1972
Large carnivores - Diet, undated
Reptiles - Diet, undated
Bears and wolves - Operating procedures (diet), undated
Commissary - Operating procedures, undated
North Mammals - Operating procedures, 1965, 1969, 1971
Bird House - Operating procedures, 1957, 1965-1969
NZP operation - Memoranda and correspondence, 1971-1973
Publications, 1971-1973
Mammal Division - Daily reports, 1973
Vermin control daily report, 1973
International Cat Symposium - Winston, Oregon, March 15-17, 1973
Infant animal information - Polar bears, 1969-1970 and undated
Department of Living Vertebrates - Memoranda, 1968
Memoranda to Animal Department, 1964
Memoranda to Animal Department, 1965
Memoranda to Animal Department, 1966
Miscellaneous memoranda and correspondence, 1969
Miscellaneous memoranda and correspondence, 1971
Miscellaneous memoranda and correspondence, 1972
Correspondence, February 1973
Correspondence, March 1973
Miscellaneous memoranda and correspondence, 1973
Miscellaneous memoranda and correspondence, 1974
Miscellaneous memoranda and correspondence, 1976, 1978, 1979
Transfers and acquisitions, 1967-1968
Vandalism, 1976-1977
Easter Weekend, 1980 - Preventive measures
Civil Service hiring limitations, 1980
Guidelines for alcoholism, drug abuse, and other problems, 1980
U.S. Joint Publications Research Service - Translations, 1979
Zoo information packet, prepared by Linda Moore, 1979
Position description - how to, 1974-1978
Position description file, undated
Phone installation and service requests, 1979
New locks and keys system, 1974-1978
Endangered Species Act, 1977-1978
Pigeons, 1957 and undated
Kiwis, 1968
Birds, 1963, 1965, 1968-1969
Box 4
Felidae - Diet, 1965-1969
Malayan pangolins, 1966
Reindeer, 1969
Tasmanian devils - Diet, 1969
Exhibiting and propagating elf owls, 1969
Breeding of the Philippine tree shrew, 1949 reprint
Duty Officer log sheets, 1980
Manatees, 1967
Translations of foreign zoo journals, undated
Large Mammal Division, 1973
Giant panda observation sheets, 1980
FONZ support, 1978-1979
Cages devoted to breeding programs, 1979
Indian rhino, 1979
Animal shipments - Miscellaneous, 1967
Government Bill of Lading, 1968
Death lists, 1968-1970 and undated
Wildlife predators at NZP, 1974-1975
Animal Department - safety regulations, 1960, 1965
Animal Department - general regulations, 1967 and undated
Animal Department - regulations, 1957
Safety, 1958, 1960, 1966-1967
Equal Employment Opportunity Plan, 1978
Judith Block - Memoranda, 1973, 1977-1979
Easter Weekend, 1979
Curator weekend duty sheets, undated
Donations, 1977
Weather, 1977
Rare Feline Breeding Compound, 1969
Glossary of necropsy terms, undated
Animal shipment - Telegrams, 1968
Animal shipments, 1967
Animal shipments, 1968
Classification of causes of death, 1968-1969
Educational programs - Other zoos, 1968 and undated
Department of Living Vertebrates and Commissary - Budget, 1968-1969
Stainless steel cages, 1962
New York Zoological Society Consortium, 1973
Perissodactyla (wooly tapir), undated
Cats - Diet and disease, 1967 and undated
Donald Bridgwater - Coordinator, Department of Living Vertebrates, 1967-1969
Commercial animal feed pamphlets, 1951, 1956, 1966 and undated
Mercer, Christopher, 1978-1979
Feed consumption, 1961-1969
Capchur gun - Dosages, 1961 and undated
Humane stunner, Bates-Dodd Company, undated
Disease, undated
Temperatures, 1961-1962
Traps, 1949 and undated
Wildlife Disease Association, 1959-1961
Albatross, 1958-1959
Insects, 1959, 1961-1962
Pending shipments, 1971, 1973
Master Graphics System, 1973
Euthanization of female lion "Princess," 1973
John F. Eisenberg - Memoranda and correspondence, 1979-1980
Royal Forest Department - Dr. Ponq Leng-ee, 1979-1980
Commissary - Moses Benson, 1979-1980
Fluid Research Fund requests, 1979-1980
Olav T. Ofteda - Memoranda and correspondence, 1979-1980
Daryl J. Boness - Memoranda and correspondence, 1979-1980
Fish and Wildlife Service - Correspondence to, 1979-1980
Vincent J. Doyle - Memoranda, 1979
Property Inventory, 1980-1982
Box 5
SELGEM data - Computer operations, 1976, 1979
Computer data, 1974, 1978
Conservation and Research Center directions, undated
Jaren G. Horsley - Memoranda and correspondence, 1976, 1979-1980
Support file, 1978-1979
Director's Control File, 1979-1980
Delegation of Authority
S. Dillon Ripley, 1979
Gaetano G. Calise, Jr. - Memoranda, 1979-1980
Theodore H. Reed - Memoranda and correspondence, 1979-1980
Robert J. Hoage - Memoranda, 1979
Robert E. Mulcahy, Office of Graphics and Exhibits - Memoranda, 1979
Office of Facilities Management, 1974, 1979-1980
Budget information
Sales of Animals - Proceeds to Chrysler Fund, 1979-1982 (2 folders)
Freight - Animal shipments, 1982
Private animal purchases, 1982
Federal personnel services, 1982
Mammalogy purchase orders, 1982
Correspondence with Fish and Wildlife Service, 1976-1979
Questionnaires, 1975-1979
American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums animal surplus, 1976-1979
Animal surplus - General, 1976-1979
Bird surplus - 1973, 1975-1977
Charles W. Pickett, Ornithologist - Correspondence, 1979-1980
Diet - North Mammal Unit, 1975
New organizational titles and appointments, 1979-1982
Miscellaneous "need-to-knows," 1978-1979, 1982 and undated
ISIS, 1981 and undated
Batch control for unit purchasing, 1982-1983
Cancelled S1-4's, 1982
Training forms, 1982
Private funds and fluid research funds - Miscellaneous, 1981-1982
FONZ support - Funding, 1982
Registrar, 1980-1982
Birds - Purchase orders, 1982
Delegation of Authority, 1979-1982
Signs - General, 1974-1976, 1978
Signs - Birds, 1973-1974
Signs - Mammals, 1974-1976, 1978
Animal deaths, 1976-1978
Animals confiscated by Fish and Wildlife Service, 1977
Animal carcasses, 1977-1979
Mammal off-exhibit holding plans, 1972-1973, 1977-1978
North American Mammal Complex plans, 1975, 1977-1979
Small Mammal Building remodeling, 1976-1978
Gibbon Island plans, 1977
Nocturnal Exhibit Plans, 1977
Mammal surplus, 1973-1976, 1979
Breeding Loan Agreements, 1974-1980
Requests for Legislation Information, 1976
Legislation Affecting Zoos, 1973-1979
Volunteer FONZ program (PregWatch, etc.), 1974-1979
Animal Problems
Deaths during transit, scheduling problems, mix-ups, 1978-1979
Artificial insemination, 1975-1976
Missing Animals, 1974
Displaced animals, 1975
Animal food theft, 1974
Bird disease, 1975
Reptile deaths, 1975
Bird quarantine, 1975
Medication, 1975
Labels
Procedures, 1973, 1975
General, 1974, 1976, 1978
Beaver Valley, 1978
Small Mammal House, 1975
Birds, 1973-1975
Mammals, 1975, 1979
Animal Collections
White tigers, 1973, 1976, 1978
Atlas lions, 1976-1979
Prairie dogs, 1975-1977
Kit fox project, 1976
Golden marmosets, 1973-1975
Exhibits
General, 1973-1976
Lion/Tiger, 1973-1976
Aquatic Mammals, 1976, 1978
Bird yards, 1976-1977
Bird House, 1973-1976, 1978-1979
Bear Line, 1974-1978
Cheetahs, 1974
Lesser Pandas, 1974
Short Bear Line, 1973
Seals, undated
Otters, 1975
Lesser cats, 1974
Small Mammal House, 1974, 1977
Beaver Valley, 1975-1979
Nocturnal Room, 1974-1975
Sea lions, 1974
Prairie dog enclosure, 1978-1979
Animal House Problems
Birds, 1974-1977
Bear Exhibit, 1977
Lion/Tiger Complex, 1977
Construction
Moats, 1962-1963, 1974-1975 and undated
Beaver Valley, 1978
Miscellaneous, 1967-1968, 1973-1978
Central Area development, 1977-1978
New services - Commissary, 1975, 1977, 1979
Maintenance/Services Complex, 1974
Education & Reception Building, 1974-1975
Elephant House, 1973-1976
Bird House, 1973-1976
Lesser Cats, 1974
Lesser pandas, 1974-1975
Lion Hill, 1973-1976
North American Mammals exhibit, 1977-1978
Small Mammals, 1973-1974
Wolves, 1973, 1975
Box 6
Cheetah, 1972-1974, 1976
Old Shops Building, 1977-1978
Renovations, 1975-1978 and undated
Renovation Projects - General, 1978
Small Mammal renovations, 1978
Waterfowl Ponds renovations, 1976-1978
Eld's Deer Yard renovations, 1978-1979
Birds
Birds - General, 1976
Kiwi, 1975-1977
Animals
Transportation - Cost Comparison, 1978
Feeding Schedules, 1977
Hand-rearing, 1972, 1977
No feeding, 1975-1976
Worming Programs, 1978
Names, 1973-1974, 1977
Diets, 1974-1976, 1978-1979
Authorization for Euthanization, 1973-1979
Breeding, 1978
Animal Moves, 1976, 1978
Information Summaries, 1974-1976 and undated
Acquisitions, Loans, Surplusing, Shipments, 1975, 1977-1979
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