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SIA Acc. 03-037, Conservation and Research Center (National Zoological Park), Subject Files, 1970-1987

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Summary

Creator:
Conservation and Research Center (National Zoological Park)
Title:
Subject Files, 1970-1987
Dates:
1970, 1970-1987
Summary:
Consists of records created and maintained by Christen M. Wemmer, Associate Director, documenting administrative activities. Some materials pre-date Wemmer and the Conservation and Research Center and were probably collected from other offices as informational files. Major topics include the American Association for Zoological Parks and Aquariums (now the American Zoo and Aquarium Association), the Appalachian Trail, Friends of the National Zoo (FONZ), programs in Nepal, Pere David's deer, personnel issues, research proposals, safety and security, daily operations, and public outreach. Materials include annual reports; budgets and budget justifications; committee agendas and minutes; correspondence; informational files; interactions with external organizations; memoranda; project proposals and reviews; staff meeting agendas, announcements, and minutes; strategic planning documents; FONZ training, budget, and grant records; professional society correspondence, newsletters, and information files; copies of legislation; workshop and symposium files; copies of permits; and trip reports
Topics:
Pr̈e David's deer, Research, Zoos
Subjects:
American Zoo and Aquarium Association, Friends of the National Zoo (U.S.), Wemmer, Christen M
Places:
Appalachian Trail, Nepal
Form/Genre:
Clippings, Collection descriptions, Color photographs, Manuscripts, Newsletters
Local Number:
SIA Acc. 03-037

Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Accession 03-037

Conservation and Research Center (National Zoological Park)

Subject Files, 1970-1987

Repository: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator: Conservation and Research Center (National Zoological Park)
Title: Subject Files
Dates: 1970-1987
Quantity: 13 cu. ft. (13 record storage boxes)
Collection: Accession 03-037
Language of Materials: English

Descriptive Entry

This accession consists of records created and maintained by Christen M. Wemmer, Associate Director, documenting administrative activities. Some materials pre-date Wemmer and the Conservation and Research Center (CRC) and were probably collected from other offices as informational files. Major topics include the American Association for Zoological Parks and Aquariums (now the American Zoo and Aquarium Association), the Appalachian Trail, Friends of the National Zoo (FONZ), programs in Nepal, Pere David's deer, personnel issues, research proposals, safety and security, daily operations, and public outreach. Materials include annual reports; budgets and budget justifications; committee agendas and minutes; correspondence; informational files; interactions with external organizations; memoranda; project proposals and reviews; staff meeting agendas, announcements, and minutes; strategic planning documents; FONZ training, budget, and grant records; professional society correspondence, newsletters, and information files; copies of legislation; workshop and symposium files; copies of permits; and trip reports.

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Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 03-037, Conservation and Research Center (National Zoological Park), Subject Files

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Container List

Box 1

Accidents 1983-1985

Box 1 of 13

American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums - Miami Notes, September 17, 1984

Box 1 of 13

American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums 1981-1985 [4 folders]

Box 1 of 13

American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums - WCMC 1985

Box 1 of 13

Accounting 1975-1980

Box 1 of 13

American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums Annual Conference September 12-19, 1986

Box 1 of 13

Animal Programs Committee 1981-1983

Box 1 of 13

Annual Reports From 1978-1981

Box 1 of 13

Appalachian National Scenic Trail Advisory Council 1982

Box 1 of 13

Land Protection Status 1982

Box 1 of 13

Appalachian Trail 1981- [1973-1983]

Box 1 of 13

Appalachian Trail 1978-1981 [1975-1985]

Box 1 of 13

Box 2

Audio-Visual Equipment 1982

Box 2 of 13

Awards 1979-1981

Box 2 of 13

Research - Bali Mynah 1984-1985

Box 2 of 13

Belize 1984

Box 2 of 13

Belize Zoo 1986-1987

Box 2 of 13

Berger, Joel 1982-1983

Box 2 of 13

Black-Footed Ferret 1984-1985

Box 2 of 13

Book and Ms. Reviews 1974-1982

Box 2 of 13

Book Binding 1976

Box 2 of 13

Book Orders 1980-1982

Box 2 of 13

Brochure 1975-1982

Box 2 of 13

Brady, Chuck 1977-1978

Box 2 of 13

Breeding Farms 1982

Box 2 of 13

Bubenik, Anton 1970-1975

Box 2 of 13

Budget Justification 1979-1983

Box 2 of 13

Budget Info 1975-1984

Box 2 of 13

Burma 1985

Box 2 of 13

Camel Proposal 1977-1979

Box 2 of 13

Camera Trap 1981

Box 2 of 13

Committee for the Evaluation of Professional Accomplishments 1982

Box 2 of 13

Centennial Planning Committee 1987

Box 2 of 13

Cervid Conference: Schedule/Program 1981-1982

Box 2 of 13

Collection Plan 1984

Box 2 of 13

Collins - Correspondence 1978-1984

Box 2 of 13

Computer 1983-1985

Box 2 of 13

Box 3

Conferences 1977-1982

Box 3 of 13

Conference Center Information 1980

Box 3 of 13

Communication 1975-1978

Box 3 of 13

Congressional Report 1979-1981

Box 3 of 13

Construction 1975-1984

Box 3 of 13

Maps (Hoofstock Enclosures) 1974

Box 3 of 13

Contributions/Donations 1981-1983

Box 3 of 13

Front Royal Conservation Center - Miscellaneous Correspondence 1974

Box 3 of 13

CRC Staff Meetings 1980-1985

Box 3 of 13

Crops 1974-1984

Box 3 of 13

Crowcroft, Peter 1975-1979

Box 3 of 13

CRC Brochure 1982-1983

Box 3 of 13

CRC Brochure 1982

Box 3 of 13

CRC Film 1981-1982

Box 3 of 13

CRC Film 1979

Box 3 of 13

Conservation Reports 1981-1984

Box 3 of 13

CRC Staff Meetings 1977-1983

Box 3 of 13

Customs Property 1974

Box 3 of 13

Deer Conservation Conference 1980-1982

Box 3 of 13

Box 4

Deer Specialist Group International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Species Survival Commission 1984

Box 4 of 13

Derrickson Correspondence 1984-1985

Box 4 of 13

Diet

Box 4 of 13

Wemmer - Director's Appointment 1983

Box 4 of 13

Earthwatch 1983-1985

Box 4 of 13

Education and Grant Information 1973-1985

Box 4 of 13

Eld's Deer 1984-1985

Box 4 of 13

Eld's Deer Agreement 1981-1982

Box 4 of 13

Electricity 1981-1982

Box 4 of 13

Elephant 1983-1985 [3 folders]

Box 4 of 13

Equal Employment Opportunity 1978-1981

Box 4 of 13

Employment Information 1985-1986

Box 4 of 13

Excess Property 1978-1981

Box 4 of 13

Farm Equipment 1981

Box 4 of 13

Field Studies 1982-1985

Box 4 of 13

Fire 1982-1983

Box 4 of 13

Firewood and Woodstoves 1979-1982

Box 4 of 13

FONZ Front Royal 1981-1982

Box 4 of 13

FONZ 1981-1984 [Folder 1]

Box 4 of 13

Box 5

FONZ 1981-1984 [Folder 2]

Box 5 of 13

FONZ Organization 1983-1985

Box 5 of 13

FONZ Requests 1985 [8 folders]

Box 5 of 13

FONZ Research and Education 1985

Box 5 of 13

FONZ Checks

Box 5 of 13

Golden Lion Tamarin 1983

Box 5 of 13

Greenwell 1982-1984

Box 5 of 13

Greenwell, Guy 1977-1981

Box 5 of 13

Handraising 1981-1982

Box 5 of 13

Giant Civet 1978-1982

Box 5 of 13

Lactation Proposal 1980

Box 5 of 13

Health 1975-1983

Box 5 of 13

Heating Oil 1981-1982

Box 5 of 13

Correspondence - India 1985-1987

Box 5 of 13

India 1983

Box 5 of 13

Information from Zoo 1982

Box 5 of 13

Information Handbook 1977-1979

Box 5 of 13

Box 6

Insurance - Worker's Compensation 1979-1982

Box 6 of 13

Internships 1987

Box 6 of 13

Inventory Forms 1979

Box 6 of 13

IUCN 1984-1985

Box 6 of 13

International Union of Directors of Zoological Gardens (IUDZG) 1981

Box 6 of 13

Work Requests 1979

Box 6 of 13

Job Requests 1974-1979

Box 6 of 13

Legislation Keeper Exchange 1979-1980

Box 6 of 13

Lehmkuhl, John 1984

Box 6 of 13

Letters of Recommendation 1977-1985

Box 6 of 13

Library 1982-1985

Box 6 of 13

4-H Center 1977-1979

Box 6 of 13

Gharials 1981-1982

Box 6 of 13

Mail Survey 1977-1981

Box 6 of 13

Malaysia 1985

Box 6 of 13

Maps 1976

Box 6 of 13

Box 7

Miscellaneous Correspondence and Information 1976-1984

Box 7 of 13

Mathias, Cathy 1981

Box 7 of 13

Smithsonian Council 1985

Box 7 of 13

Meetings - National Zoological Park (NZP), CRC 1975-1983

Box 7 of 13

American Society of Mammalogists Meeting 1983

Box 7 of 13

Groups/Committees/Meetings - American Society of Mammalogists Meeting 1984

Box 7 of 13

National Geographic Society 1982

Box 7 of 13

National Geographic Society 1980-1981

Box 7 of 13

Camp Construction 1985

Box 7 of 13

Nepal 1983-1984 [2 folders]

Box 7 of 13

Nepal 1982-1984

Box 7 of 13

Nepal Correspondence 1976-1981

Box 7 of 13

Nepal - Annapurna Project 1985

Box 7 of 13

Nepal Budget 1984

Box 7 of 13

Box 8

Nepal - Dhungel, Sanat 1983

Box 8 of 13

International Snow Leopard Trust - India 1984-1985

Box 8 of 13

Nepal FONZ Tour 1984-1985

Box 8 of 13

Nepal - General 1984-1985

Box 8 of 13

Nepal Gharials 1983-1984

Box 8 of 13

Nepal - Mishra's Illustrations1982-1984

Box 8 of 13

Nepal - Mishra Trip 4/7-14/1984 (Nepal-India)

Box 8 of 13

Nepal - Mishra Trip 7/12-18/1983 (Kathmandu-Geneva-London-Washington-Panama-Washington-Kathmandu)

Box 8 of 13

Nepal - Permits 1984-1985

Box 8 of 13

Nepal - Progress Reports 1984-1985

Box 8 of 13

Nepal - Research - General 1985

Box 8 of 13

Nepal - Shipments 1984

Box 8 of 13

Nepal - Snow Leopard Project 1986

Box 8 of 13

Nepal - Trekking 1983

Box 8 of 13

Nepal Project Reports 1973-1978

Box 8 of 13

Noble Foundation 1976-1979

Box 8 of 13

Non-Zoo Research 1976-1981

Box 8 of 13

O'Brien, Michael 1977-1978

Box 8 of 13

Onager Proposal 1977-1978

Box 8 of 13

Open House 1977-1979

Box 8 of 13

Organizational Structure 1974-1982

Box 8 of 13

Parties 1983-1984

Box 8 of 13

Pere David's Deer Book 1978-1983

Box 8 of 13

Pere David's Deer Behavioral Proposal (SRF - FY 1976)

Box 8 of 13

Box 9

Pere David's Deer General Correspondence 1981-1982

Box 9 of 13

Pere David's Deer Student Questionnaire 1978

Box 9 of 13

Pere David's Deer Workshop 1977-1978

Box 9 of 13

Pellew, Robin (Cambridge University Press, London) 1985

Box 9 of 13

Permits 1980-1982

Box 9 of 13

Personnel 1974-1981

Box 9 of 13

Performance Appraisals 1981-1983

Box 9 of 13

Personnel 1978-1980 [2 folders]

Box 9 of 13

Personnel 1981 [1981-1985, 2 folders]

Box 9 of 13

Personnel - Privacy Act 1975

Box 9 of 13

Pest Control 1978-1985

Box 9 of 13

Pets 1981-1983

Box 9 of 13

Petty Cash 1976-1978

Box 9 of 13

Pfeifer, Sharon 1983

Box 9 of 13

Piesse, Robert L. 1984

Box 9 of 13

Physical Inventory 1978

Box 9 of 13

Plantings 1977-1985

Box 9 of 13

Poduska, Walter 1975-1978

Box 9 of 13

Portillo, Tim 1983-1984

Box 9 of 13

Procurement 1975-1979

Box 9 of 13

Proposals ESP 1982-1984

Box 9 of 13

Box 10

Proposals ESP 1984

Box 10 of 13

Przewalski Horse 1978-1983 [2 folders]

Box 10 of 13

Property and Vehicles 1982-1983

Box 10 of 13

Rothschild's Myna Reintroduction 1980-1984

Box 10 of 13

Publicity/Publications [4 folders]

Box 10 of 13

Box 11

Pygmy Hog Project 1978-1979

Box 11 of 13

Questionnaires 1981-1982

Box 11 of 13

Robb, George 1974-1978

Box 11 of 13

Research - Raccoon 1984

Box 11 of 13

Rabies 1981

Box 11 of 13

Reed, Joe 1977

Box 11 of 13

Research Correspondence 1975-1983 [2 folders]

Box 11 of 13

Reports, Miscellaneous 1983-1985

Box 11 of 13

Reprints 1974-1984

Box 11 of 13

Research Proposals 1981-1983

Box 11 of 13

Proposal for Research - NZP 1980-1981

Box 11 of 13

Research Proposals 1975-1980

Box 11 of 13

Retirement 1974-1977

Box 11 of 13

Rhinoceros 1986

Box 11 of 13

Ride for Research 1982

Box 11 of 13

Rivinus Barn Meeting Minutes 1985-1986

Box 11 of 13

Rothschild Myna 1981-1982

Box 11 of 13

Ryser, Mr. Jan 1984

Box 11 of 13

Sable 1981

Box 11 of 13

Safety 1981-1983

Box 11 of 13

Safety 1980-1984

Box 11 of 13

Schmidt, Christian 1973-1979

Box 11 of 13

Scholarly Studies 1982

Box 11 of 13

Schurer, Ulrich 1974-1979

Box 11 of 13

Search Committee 1982-1983

Box 11 of 13

Box 12

Security 1970-1980

Box 12 of 13

Security 1982-1983

Box 12 of 13

Signs 1979-1981

Box 12 of 13

SI-HMG Agreement 1978-1982

Box 12 of 13

SI Postdoc 1978-1982

Box 12 of 13

SI Property Inventory 1983

Box 12 of 13

SI Women's Council 1984-1985

Box 12 of 13

Smithsonian Associates 1976-1980

Box 12 of 13

Solar Systems 1980

Box 12 of 13

Special Committees 1981

Box 12 of 13

Species Survival Plan 1981-1982

Box 12 of 13

Suggestions 1982-1983

Box 12 of 13

Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) 1983

Box 12 of 13

Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) 1979-1984

Box 12 of 13

Termination Procedures 1974-1975

Box 12 of 13

The Virginia Program 1980

Box 12 of 13

Time and Attendance Information 1974-1981

Box 12 of 13

Travel 1974-1982

Box 12 of 13

Tree 1975-1983

Box 12 of 13

Union 1974-1985

Box 12 of 13

USDA Census 1979

Box 12 of 13

USDA Training Center 1984

Box 12 of 13

Utilities 1974-1981

Box 12 of 13

Vandalism 1981

Box 12 of 13

Vaughan, Mike 1983

Box 12 of 13

Vehicles 1975-1982

Box 12 of 13

Venezuela Project 1982

Box 12 of 13

VA Division of Mineral Resources 1979

Box 12 of 13

Visitors 1983

Box 12 of 13

Visitor's Day 1980

Box 12 of 13

Wage Scales 1974-1979

Box 12 of 13

Walther, Fritz 1978

Box 12 of 13

Waser, Dr. Peter 1983

Box 12 of 13

Water 1979-1981

Box 12 of 13

Box 13

Water Samples 1980

Box 13 of 13

Weather 1972-1982

Box 13 of 13

Wind Velocity Study 1983

Box 13 of 13

Williams Correspondence 1983

Box 13 of 13

Wilson, Paul 1983-1984

Box 13 of 13

Wemmer, Chris Correspondence 1974-1982 [4 folders]

Box 13 of 13

Wemmer - Travel (AAZPA, DC-Vancouver, September 18-23, 1983)

Box 13 of 13

Williams Correspondence 1982-1983

Box 13 of 13

Work Study Program 1976-1982

Box 13 of 13

World Wildlife Fund 1984-1986

Box 13 of 13

Yahner, Richard 1977-1978

Box 13 of 13

Youth Conservation Corps 1976-1981

Box 13 of 13

ZEST 1975-1976

Box 13 of 13

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