Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution

Record Unit 74
National Zoological Park,
Records,
1887-1966

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Introduction

Historical Note

Chronology

Descriptive Entry

Series Descriptions

  Series 1. DIARIES OF THE DIRECTOR, 1895-1930.

  Series 2. DIARIES, LEDGERS, MEMORANDA, AND MEMORANDUM BOOKS, 1890-1931, AND UNDATED.

  Series 3. ACCESSION AND REMOVAL BOOKS, 1918-1924.

  Series 4. NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK COMMISSION RECORDS, 1889-1891.

  Series 5. CONGRESSIONAL DOCUMENTS CONTAINING SECRETARY SAMUEL P. LANGLEY'S REPORTS ON NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK EXPENDITURES, 1888-1905.

  Series 6. DIRECTOR'S OUTGOING CORRESPONDENCE, 1889-1927.

  Series 7. LETTERS TO THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, DIRECTOR'S OUTGOING CORRESPONDENCE TO SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION ADMINISTRATORS, 1900-1931.

  Series 8. LETTERS FROM THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, COPIES OF OUTGOING CORRESONDENCE FROM SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION ADMINISTRATORS REGARDING THE NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK, 1900-1907.

  Series 9. ANIMAL VOUCHER BOOK, 1905-1918.

  Series 10. VOUCHER ABSTRACTS, 1905-1927.

  Series 11. REQUISITIONS FOR PRINTING AND BINDING AT THE GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, 1915-1931.

  Series 12. INCOMING CORRESPONDENCE AND LETTER REGISTERS TO THE CORRESPONDENCE, ARRANGED BY SUBJECT AND ALPHABETICALLY BY CORRESPONDENT THEREUNDER, 1887-1900.

  Series 13. GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE, 1899-1930, WITH ADDITIONAL MATERIAL DATING FROM 1867.

  Series 14. GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE, 1930-1965.

  Series 15. DAILY REPORTS OF THE ANIMAL DEPARTMENT, AUGUST 1904-DECEMBER 1915, JANUARY 1942-JUNE 1966.

  Series 16. TIME ROLL, JANUARY 1890-SEPTEMBER 1892.

  Series 17. PAYROLL AND TIME ROLL, 1891-1921, 1927-1932.

  Series 18. REQUISITIONS AND ORDERS FOR PLANTING; REPAIRS AND ALTERATIONS; AND SHOP REQUESTS, 1904-1966.

  Series 19. SCRAPBOOKS, 1887-1931.

  Series 20. MISCELLANEOUS, CIRCA 1890-CIRCA 1918 AND UNDATED.

  Series 21. NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK COMMISSION RECORDS, 1888-1891.

INTRODUCTION

HISTORICAL NOTE

In 1989 the National Zoological Park celebrated its centennial. However, as early as 1855 the Smithsonian had received gifts of live animals. In addition, the United States National Museum acquired living animals for life studies in order to create lifelike specimens for exhibit in the Museum. Since there were no facilities for caring for animals not used as specimens, those animals were either transferred to the Superintendent of the United States Insane Asylum (now St. Elizabeth's Hospital) for the amusement of its patients or else sent to the Philadelphia Zoological Garden.

However, parochial needs were not the only source for the idea of a national zoological park. During the last quarter of the nineteenth century there was growing concern that a number of animals would soon become extinct in their natural habitats, among them the American buffalo. William T. Hornaday, taxidermist at the Institution since 1882, had found the National Museum with only a few inferior specimens of the buffalo; and, with the support of Secretary Spencer F. Baird, he traveled to Montana in May and again in September of 1886 to collect specimens while they could still be had. Hornaday was able to collect numerous specimens. However, the state of the buffalo herds he observed during these trips evidently affected him deeply. In 1888, he published his The Extermination of the American Bison. Already, in March 1887 he had proposed to Secretary Baird that a zoological park be established in Washington under the Smithsonian's direction. Baird died before anything could be done; but in October 1887, with the consent of the new Secretary, Samuel P. Langley, a new Division of Living Animals was created in the U. S. National Museum and Hornaday was made its curator. In 1888 Hornaday had, at Secretary Langley's direction, undertaken a survey of land along Rock Creek in northwest Washington lying between the White House and Georgetown to determine its suitability as a zoo site.

The National Zoological Park was established by an Act of Congress in March 1889. The Secretary of the Smithsonian, the Secretary of the Interior, and the President of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, were constituted as Commissioners of a National Zoological Park in order to purchase land for a zoo in the District of Columbia, "...for the advancement of science and the instruction and recreation of the people." The commissioners ultimately acquired one hundred and sixty-four acres at this site, some by condemnation, most by purchase. In April 1890 Congress passed another act, placing the National Zoological Park under the direction of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Half its operating funds were to come from the federal government, half from the District of Columbia. The Board was authorized to expend funds, transfer and exchange specimens, accept gifts, and to generally oversee Zoo operations.

Secretary Langley wanted the best professional advice in planning the layout and design of the Park, and Frederick Law Olmsted, the noted landscape architect, was consulted about all aspects of the Park's layout and design, including pathways, animal enclosures, public access, and the like. Copies of Olmsted's drawings and sketches are at the National Zoological Park today. In practice, however, much of Olmsted's advice was ignored, either because the Park lacked funds to follow his plans or because Secretary Langley often chose to follow his own counsel.

Hornaday became the first Superintendent of the Park but soon resigned because of differences of opinion with Secretary Langley over the scope of the superintendent's authority to control Park operations. In 1890 Frank Baker, Assistant Superintendent of the Light House Service, was appointed Acting Manager in place of Hornaday. From 1893 to until his retirement in 1916 Baker served as superintendent. These early years were full of difficulties. While the Rock Creek site had much natural charm, it was necessary to balance the demands for building construction, park layout and roads, and acquisition of animals--all on an extremely tight budget. Still, as the more mundane affairs of the Park moved slowly forward, there were important "firsts" as well. In 1891 Dunk and Gold Dust, the Park's first elephants, arrived. They were great favorites at the Park, notwithstanding their reputations as troublemakers in the circus which sold them to their new owner. That same year came French, the first lion, then only a cub, who was sold to the Park after he began to alarm the neighbors of his owner in Alderson, West Virginia. During its early years the Park was also the site of Secretary Langley's efforts to study and film the flight of birds, work he undertook as part of his effort to produce a manned flying machine.

On Baker's retirement in 1916, Ned Hollister, an assistant curator of mammals in the U. S. National Museum, was appointed to succeed him. Hollister served until his death in 1924. During his tenure the Park continued to receive very modest appropriations. On that account, it was not possible to purchase much zoo stock; but gifts were numerous. In 1922, they ranged from an opossum given by President Harding to the 15 mammals, 50 birds, and 17 reptiles collected by William M. Mann while on expedition with the Mulford Biological Exploration of the Amazon Basin. Housing for the animals remained inadequate, and many old structures had to remain in use. In 1924 the Park did manage to construct its first restaurant for the use of visitors, who numbered more than 2.4 million people in that year. Superintendent Hollister died in 1924 and was succeeded by Alexander Wetmore, who served only five months before leaving to become Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.

In 1925, Dr. William M. Mann became Superintendent (Director after 1926) of the National Zoological Park, a job he was to hold until his retirement in 1956. He hoped to build a zoo which housed a first-class collection in a first-class environment. As in the past, there was little money for purchase of animals, so he continued to rely on gifts. Mann was a good publicist, and he enlisted the sympathies of Walter P. Chrysler. On March 20, 1926, the Smithsonian-Chrysler Expedition set out, arriving at Dar-es-Salaam, Tanganyika, on May 5 of that year. The expedition was a splendid success and returned with 158 mammals, 584 birds, 56 snakes, 12 lizards, 393 tortoises, and 1 frog. Many specimens, like the giraffe, were quite new to the Park. The male and female impala obtained were the only ones in any zoo in the world at that time.

On his return, Mann finally succeeded in obtaining an appropriation for a new bird house to replace the one erected 37 years before. A reptile house followed in 1929. In 1935 some of the Zoo's remaining need for new buildings was finally met. The Public Works Administration, a New Deal relief program, allocated $680,000 for the construction of a Small Mammal and Great Ape House, a Pachyderm House, an addition to the Bird House, and several operations buildings. One of the New Deal's programs for the relief of artists, the Treasury Department's Section of Painting and Sculpture, furnished artists to decorate areas of the Zoo. In fact, the Park employed more artists than any other local institution.

In 1937 the Park was once more the beneficiary of a collecting expedition, the National Geographic Society-Smithsonian Institution Expedition to the Dutch East Indies. Mann brought back with him 74 crates of mammals, 112 crates of birds, and 30 crates of reptiles. In 1940 Harvey Firestone, Jr., offered to finance a collecting expedition to Liberia. Again, the expedition supplied the Park with many specimens, including a female pygmy hippopotamus, Matilda, as companion for the lonely Billy, already at the Park.

Giraffes in National Zoological Park.

When World War II began, the Zoo could not escape its effects. In fact, in 1942 for fear that poisonous snakes might be released from their cages if the Reptile House were struck by an air raid, all the Park's collection of cobras and other venomous snakes was traded to other locations less likely to undergo air attacks. Subsequently, the Park spent some time making repairs and resuming normal activities. In 1956 Dr. Mann retired and was succeeded by acting Director Theodore H. Reed, who was made Director in 1958. In 1958 the Friends of the National Zoo, a group dedicated to supporting the National Zoo and maintaining its reputation as one of the world's great zoos, was organized. In 1960 the Park's budget exceeded a million dollars for the first time. For many years the formula which charged half the Park's expenses to the budget of the District of Columbia had caused a great deal of difficulty. Local residents felt they were being taxed to pay for an institution national in character. Park officials argued that they needed more money than the existing formula could provide. Finally, in 1961, a compromise was reached. All costs for construction and repair of the Park would be carried in the appropriation for the Smithsonian Institution. The District of Columbia would contribute only to the Park's operating costs. As if to give the new arrangement a good send-off, in 1962 Congress appropriated four million dollars for the Park, more than half of it earmarked for a perimeter road around the Zoo and a tunnel to carry automobile traffic through the Zoo. In this way, it was at last possible to close the Park proper to through traffic and to devote the Park reservation solely to strengthening and improving the National Zoological Park's programs.

CHRONOLOGY

DESCRIPTIVE ENTRY

SERIES DESCRIPTIONS

SERIES 1.
DIARIES OF THE DIRECTOR, 1895-1930.

This series contains diaries created by the administrator and associate in charge of the National Zoological Park, whether his title was director, assistant director, superintendent or assistant superintendent. Information with the thirty-six diaries includes a selected listing of NZP events, some important, others mundane; notices of appointments and important visitors; records of staff attendance; and weather reports for each day during this period.

Box 1 of 289

• Diaries, 1895-1911

Box 2 of 289

• Diaries, 1912-1926

Box 3 of 289

• Diaries, January-March 1925, 1927-1930. The 1925 diary belongs to Alexander Wetmore, who was superintendent of the NZP from November 1924 through March 1925.

SERIES 2.
DIARIES, LEDGERS, MEMORANDA, AND MEMORANDUM BOOKS, 1890-1931, AND UNDATED.

These records document various aspects of routine operations by the Zoo staff.

Box 3 of 289

• Daily diaries kept by D.C. Turner, superintendent of the fish house and NZP aquarium, 1900-1902. Folder contains information about food purchased, temperature of water, and level of tank filled (3 volumes).
• Daily diaries possibly kept by L.E. Morgal, 1903-1904, 1911, 1916, 1921, 1928-1929, and 1931, for the mechanical department (8 volumes).

Box 4 of 289

• Daily work diaries for William Hunter, L.E. Morgal, and William H. Blackburne, 1914-1917. Diaries include information on animal accessions and removals (4 volumes).
• Diary on construction and NZP grounds improvement, 1896. Author unidentified (1 volume).
• Personal diary of a workman who worked for Morgal and Blackburne. Ground crew, 1902-1905. Author unidentified (4 volumes).
• Diary of NZP bird house, undated. Author unidentified (1 volume).
• "Memoranda Relative to Work on the National Zoological Park," July 1-September 8, 1890 (1 volume).

Box 5 of 289

• "A Record of Operations Performed at the National Zoological Park," September 18, 1897-March 4, 1904 (1 volume).
• William H. Blackburne memo books, 1905-1906, 1910-1911 (3 volumes).
• Memorandum books containing notes and drawings regarding foreign zoological parks, circa 1909-1910. Author unidentified (4 volumes).
• Ledger of stone, sand, and other materials brought to the NZP, 1917-1931 (1 volume).
• Cross-section book, undated. Author unidentified (1 volume).

SERIES 3.
ACCESSION AND REMOVAL BOOKS, 1918-1924.

These records document the accessioning of animals for the Zoo collection and their subsequent removal from the collection by sale, exchange, or death. Visitor attendance reports are also included.

Box 5 of 289

• Accession and removal books, 1918-1922

Box 6 of 289

Folders

1-2

Accession and removal books, 1923-1924

SERIES 4.
NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK COMMISSION RECORDS, 1889-1891.

These records document some of the proceedings of the National Zoological Park Commission and its agents. Additional records on this topic are in boxes 288 and 289.

Box 6 of 289

Folders	3-4		National Zoological Park Commission. Correspondence with Secretary Langley, 1889-1890.
Folder	5		National Zoological Park Commission. Minutes, 1889.
Folder	6		National Zoological Park Commission. Records, 1889-1890, and undated.
Folder	7		National Zoological Park Commission. Maps, 1889-1914, and undated. Includes a topographic survey map drawn by Howell and Greenough, United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1889 and 1890.
Folder	8		National Zoological Park Commission. Printed documents, 1887-1891. Also contains a typed manuscript regarding the creation of a Zoological Society in Washington, D.C., 1870. The Society was to establish a zoological garden containing various animals.

SERIES 5.
CONGRESSIONAL DOCUMENTS CONTAINING SECRETARY SAMUEL P. LANGLEY'S REPORTS ON NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK EXPENDITURES, 1888-1905.

These records consist of congressional documents containing Secretary Langley's reports to congressional oversight committees on expenditures made at the National Zoological Park.

Box 6 of 289

Folder

9

Published congressional documents containing Secretary Langley's reports on expenditures to the House of Representatives, 1888-1905 (18 items).

SERIES 6.
DIRECTOR'S OUTGOING CORRESPONDENCE, 1889-1927.

This series consists of the Director's official outgoing correspondence, July 3, 1889 to June 9, 1927, in sixty-eight indexed volumes. It includes correspondence by William T. Hornaday, Frank Baker, Ned Hollister, Alexander Wetmore, and William M. Mann, who were variously the director, superintendent, or acting manager of the National Zoological Park. Beginning with correspondence on April 2, 1900, the NZP numbered its volumes, 1-57.

Box 7 of 289

• Correspondence, July 3, 1889-October 10, 1891. Volumes for June 1890-October 1891 contain Baker's non-official correspondence dealing primarily with scientific matters (4 volumes).

Box 8 of 289

• Correspondence, October 13, 1891-March 13, 1895 (2 volumes).

Box 9 of 289

• Correspondence, March 13, 1895-June 30, 1897 (2 volumes).

Box 10 of 289

• Correspondence, July 1, 1897-June 15, 1899 (2 volumes).

Box 11 of 289

• Correspondence, July 1, 1899-December 12, 1900 (3 volumes).

Box 12 of 289

• Correspondence, December 13, 1900-February 20, 1902 (4 volumes).

Box 13 of 289

• Correspondence, February 20, 1902-March 6, 1903 (4 volumes).

Box 14 of 289

• Correspondence, March 6, 1903-April 11, 1904 (4 volumes).

Box 15 of 289

• Correspondence, April 11, 1904-February 25, 1905 (4 volumes).

Box 16 of 289

• Correspondence, February 25, 1905-February 5, 1906 (4 volumes).

Box 17 of 289

• Correspondence, February 5, 1906-August 6, 1907 (4 volumes).

Box 18 of 289

• Correspondence, August 6, 1907-January 27, 1909 (4 volumes).

Box 19 of 289

• Correspondence, January 28, 1909-September 2, 1910 (4 volumes).

Box 20 of 289

• Correspondence, September 2, 1910-January 11, 1912 (3 volumes).

Box 21 of 289

• Correspondence, January 11, 1912-June 23, 1913 (3 volumes).

Box 22 of 289

• Correspondence, June 23, 1913-March 19, 1915 (3 volumes).

Box 23 of 289

• Correspondence, March 19, 1915-July 19, 1916 (3 volumes).

Box 24 of 289

• Correspondence, July 20, 1916-December 8, 1919 (4 volumes).

Box 25 of 289

• Correspondence, December 9, 1919-January 31, 1923 (3 volumes).

Box 26 of 289

• Correspondence, February 1, 1923-November 14, 1925 (3 volumes).

Box 27 of 289

• Correspondence, November 14, 1925-June 9, 1927 (3 volumes).

SERIES 7.
LETTERS TO THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, DIRECTOR'S OUTGOING CORRESPONDENCE TO SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION ADMINISTRATORS, 1900-1931.

These letters comprise the Director's correspondence with other officials of the Smithsonian Institution and also contain copies of NZP annual reports. Thirteen indexed letterpress volumes. April 2, 1900-July 31, 1931.

Box 27 of 289

• Correspondence, April 2, 1900-October 20, 1902. Contains NZP staff employment information, including job titles and salaries, 1889-1900 (1 volume).

Box 28 of 289

• Correspondence, October 28, 1902-January 13, 1908 (4 volumes).

Box 29 of 289

• Correspondence, January 15, 1908-January 27, 1916 (3 volumes).

Box 30 of 289

• Correspondence, January 31, 1916-July 31, 1931 (3 volumes).

SERIES 8.
LETTERS FROM THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, COPIES OF OUTGOING CORRESONDENCE FROM SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION ADMINISTRATORS REGARDING THE NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK, 1900-1907.

These volumes contain letterpress correspondence from Samuel P. Langley, Charles D. Walcott, and Richard Rathbun regarding the NZP.

Box 31 of 289

• Letters from the Smithsonian Institution. Letterpress copies of correspondence from Samuel P. Langley, Charles D. Walcott, and Richard Rathbun, regarding the NZP. Indexed. January 10, 1900-February 13, 1907. (2 volumes).

SERIES 9.
ANIMAL VOUCHER BOOK, 1905-1918.

These records provide information about animals shipped as exchange specimens to other zoos.

Box 31 of 289

• Animal voucher book. Outgoing letterpress correspondence regarding animal vouchers and animals shipped in exchange. Indexed. July 1905-May 1918. (1 volume).

SERIES 10.
VOUCHER ABSTRACTS, 1905-1927.

These records consist of correspondence and voucher abstracts.

Box 32 of 289

• Outgoing letterpress correspondence and abstracts. Indexed except for volume four. July 6, 1905-November 15, 1927. (4 volumes).

SERIES 11.
REQUISITIONS FOR PRINTING AND BINDING AT THE GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, 1915-1931.

These records document requests for printing and binding services from the U.S. Government Printing Office in order to meet a part of the Zoo's publication needs.

Box 33 of 289

• Requisitions for printing and binding. Outgoing letterpress correspondence requests to the Government Printing Office. September 1915-March 1931. Indexed. (1 volume).

SERIES 12.
INCOMING CORRESPONDENCE AND LETTER REGISTERS TO THE CORRESPONDENCE, ARRANGED BY SUBJECT AND ALPHABETICALLY BY CORRESPONDENT THEREUNDER, 1887-1900.

These records constitute the Zoo's main incoming correspondence file for the period from 1887 through 1900. The correspondence is accompanied by three oversize volumes of register numbers, which provide access to the material. The registers and the correspondence are broken down into seven numerical subject file categories: (1) Animals, 1890-1900; (2) Applications, 1889-1900; (3) Bids, 1889-1900; (4) Construction, 1889-1899; (5) Improvements, 1890-1900; (6) Miscellaneous, 1887-1900; (7) Smithsonian, 1888-1900.

Volume one of the registers contains all seven file subject categories, while volumes two and three are a continuation of subject categories one and six. The register entries provide the name of the correspondent, correspondent's address, date when letter was written and received, a short summary of the letter and a register number, which is also written on the letter. Register numbers are sequential. The incoming correspondence within each subject file category is arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by register number thereunder. For the most part the arrangement by register number forms a chronological arrangement of the letters themselves.

Important correspondents within this series include Samuel P. Langley, whose letters in file category seven emphasize his role in the establishment of the NZP and his personal interest in its administration. Other important correspondents are Arthur B. Baker; William H. Blackburne; Frank Baker; G. Brown Goode; William Temple Hornaday; William Crawford Winlock; Frederick William True; Richard Rathbun; Frederick Law Olmsted and Company; Olmsted, Olmsted, and Eliot; Frederick Law Olmsted; John Charles Olmsted; and William W. Karr, under whose name the financial statements of the NZP, 1891-1894, are located.

Boxes 33A-33C of 289

• Letter registers, oversize (3 volumes).

Box 34 of 289

• File 1. Incoming correspondence, animals, 1888-1900. Westminster Abbey through William H. Blackburne (13 folders).

Box 35 of 289

• File 1. Incoming correspondence, animals, 1888-1900. E.G. Blackford through A.S. Crowninshield (14 folders).

Box 36 of 289

• File 1. Incoming correspondence, animals, 1888-1900. Cugley's Pet Stock Bazaar through A.J. Hayward (14 folders).

Box 37 of 289

• File 1. Incoming correspondence, animals, 1888-1900. Alfred Heald through S. Mayer (19 folders).

Box 38 of 289

• File 1. Incoming correspondence, animals, 1888-1900. William McAdoo through F. L. Payson (16 folders).

Box 39 of 289

• File 1. Incoming correspondence, animals, 1888-1900. J. & R. Peel through D.S. Seylar (19 folders).

Box 40 of 289

• File 1. Incoming correspondence, animals, 1888-1900. J. Clement Shafer through W.A. Whiteworth (20 folders).

Box 41 of 289

• File 1. Incoming correspondence, animals, 1888-1900. Paul Wiesike through Z (4 folders).
• File 2. Incoming correspondence, applications, 1889-1900. Edward J. Anderson through W (11 folders).
• File 3. Incoming correspondence, bids, 1889-1900. George Creveling (1 folder).
• File 4. Incoming correspondence, construction, 1889-1900. C.A. Ball through Austin P. Brown (1 folder).

Box 42 of 289

• File 4. Incoming correspondence, construction, 1889-1900. Glenn Brown through W (12 folders).
• File 5. Incoming correspondence, improvements, 1890-1900. A through G (6 folders).

Box 43 of 289

• File 5. Incoming correspondence, improvements, 1890-1900. William H. Harrison & Son through W. Includes a map showing recommended plantings around NZP pools, 1893, and a proposed plan to add land to the NZP to secure a suitable landscape border at the entrance, 1895. Both items are located under Olmsted, Olmsted and Eliot (17 folders).

Box 44 of 289

• File 6. Incoming correspondence, miscellaneous, 1887-1900. Cleveland Abbe through Cleaves (17 folders).

Box 45 of 289

• File 6. Incoming correspondence, miscellaneous, 1887-1900. Coe through Gurley (18 folders).

Box 46 of 289

• File 6. Incoming correspondence, miscellaneous, 1887-1900. Hadley through Kunz. Contains information on William T. Hornaday's role in the early development of the NZP and the New York Zoological Park, filed under William T. Hornaday, folder 7. After Hornaday resigned from the NZP, he became the first Director of the New York Zoological Park (18 folders).

Box 47 of 289

• File 6. Incoming correspondence, miscellaneous, 1887-1900. Lachance through Payne. Includes recommendations made for the site of the New York Zoological Park by the New York Zoological Society subcommittee on site plans, filed under New York Zoological Society, folder 14. Frank Baker, second Superintendent of the NZP, was a member of the subcommittee (18 folders).

Box 48 of 289

• File 6. Incoming correspondence, miscellaneous 1887-1900. Peary through Trimble (20 folders).

Box 49 of 289

• File 6. Incoming correspondence, miscellaneous, 1887-1900. True through Z (13 folders).
• File 7. Incoming correspondence, Smithsonian, 1888-1900. Acting Secretary through J.S. Goldsmith (9 folders).

Box 50 of 289

• File 7. Incoming correspondence, Smithsonian, 1888-1900. G. Brown Goode through W.W. Karr (13 folders).

Box 51 of 289

• File 7. Incoming correspondence, Smithsonian, 1888-1900. W.W. Karr through Samuel P. Langley (16 folders).

Box 52 of 289

• File 7. Incoming correspondence, Smithsonian, 1888-1900. Samuel P. Langley (12 folders).

Box 53 of 289

• File 7. Incoming correspondence, Smithsonian, 1888-1900. Samuel P. Langley through Richard Rathbun (18 folders).

Box 54 of 289

• File 7. Incoming correspondence, Smithsonian, 1888-1900. W. deC. Ravenel through W.C. Winlock (18 folders).

SERIES 13.
GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE, 1899-1930, WITH ADDITIONAL MATERIAL DATING FROM 1867.

These records contain both incoming and outgoing correspondence, divided among some 400 numbered subject topics. The same numbers were then assigned to correspondence as it was prepared or received. In some cases these numbers were also written on the correspondence in the outgoing letterpress copybooks, series 6 through 11, which makes it possible to move back and forth between the series in some instances. Following this series entry is a list of subjects arranged consecutively by subject number, which should facilitate matching incoming and outgoing correspondence.

Box 55 of 289

Animal Correspondence

Animals Acquired

Box 56 of 289

• Aquarium, October 1902-1930. Subject #5.

Box 57 of 289

Folder	1		Armadillos, 1901-1928. Subject #231.
Folder	2		Badgers, 1900-1918. Subject #167.
Folders	3-13		Bears, 1900-1930. Subject #29.
Folder	14		Bears, grizzly, 1902-1919. Subject #87.
Folders	15-16		Bears, polar, 1900-1924. Subject #8.
Folder	17		Beaver, otter, sable, fox, 1901-1922. Subject #198.
Folder	18		Beavers, 1919-1925. Subject #147.

Box 58 of 289

Folders	1-6		Birds, 1901-1930. Subject #320.
Folder	7		Boars, wild, 1901-1911. Subject #195.
Folders	8-11		Buffalo, 1899-1904. Subject #4. Includes material concerning the buffalo census undertaken by Frank Baker in 1902 and 1905. For further material regarding the census, see animal research: buffalo census, 1902 and 1905, boxes 98-99.

Box 59 of 289

Folders	1-6		Buffalo, 1905-1929. Subject #4.
Folder	7		Cassowary, 1902-1919. Subject #290.
Folder	8		Chamois, 1909-1930. Subject #18.
Folder	9		Chinchilla, 1902-1925. Subject #281.
Folders	10-16		Condors, California, 1900-1928. Subject #2.

Box 60 of 289

Folders	1-2		Coyotes, 1901-1924. Subject #251.
Folder	3		Cranes, sandhill, 1902-1919. Subject #143.
Folder	4		Deer, Columbian blacktailed, 1902-1921. Subject #264.
Folder	5		Deer, fallow, 1901-1927. Subject #256.
Folder	6		Deer, mule. Folder also contains some correspondence pertaining to blacktailed deer. 1901-1915. Subject #149.
Folder	7		Deer, sambur, 1901-1928. Subject #201.
Folder	8		Deer, Sitka, 1926-1928. Subject #169.
Folders	9-11		Deer, Virginia, 1899-1929. Subject #41.
Folder	12		Dingoes, 1901-1925. Subject #258.
Folder	13		Dogs, 1899-1924. Subject #28.
Folders	14-16		Ducks, 1900-1926. Subject #109.
Folders	17-20		Eagles, bald and golden, 1899-1903. Subject #21.

Box 61 of 289

Folders	1-5		Eagles, bald and golden, 1904-1930. Subject #21.
Folders	6-8		Elephants, 1900-1930. Subject #60.
Folders	9-17		Elk, 1900-1928. Subject #35.

Box 62 of 289

Folder	1		English wild cattle, 1901. Subject #296.
Folder	2		Fishers, black fox or black cat, 1902-1908. Subject #266.
Folder	3		Flamingos, 1900-1909. Subject #62.
Folder	4		Foxes, blue, 1899-1917. Subject #26.
Folder	5		Foxes, cross, 1901-1909. Subject #217.
Folder	6		Foxes, cross and silver, 1901-1907. Subject #247.
Folder	7		Foxes, gray, 1900-1919. Subject #139.
Folders	8-9		Foxes, red, 1900-1910. Subject #46.
Folders	10-11		Geese, blue and snow, 1902-1929. Subject #261.
Folder	12		General, 1900-1928. Subject #94.
Folders	13-15		General, April 1898-1900. Subject #50.

Box 63 of 289

• General, January 1901-July 1903. Subject #50.

Box 64 of 289

• General, August 1903-July 1905. Subject #50.

Box 65 of 289

• General, August 1905-September 1906. Subject #50.

Box 66 of 289

• General, October 1906-April 1908. Subject #50.

Box 67 of 289

• General, May 1908-May 1910. Subject #50.

Box 68 of 289

• General, June 1910-August 1912. Subject #50.

Box 69 of 289

• General, September 1912-September 1914. Subject #50.

Box 70 of 289

• General, October 1914-December 1916. Subject #50.

Box 71 of 289

• General, January 1917-July 1920. Subject #50.

Box 72 of 289

• General, August 1920-August 1922. Subject #50.

Box 73 of 289

• General, September 1922-March 1925. Subject #50.

Box 74 of 289

• General, April 1925-May 1929. Subject #50.

Box 75 of 289

Folders	1-4		General, June 1929-June 1930. Subject #50.
Folder	5		Gila monsters, 1900-1925. Subject #150.
Folder	6		Giraffes, 1901-1928. Subject #205.
Folder	7		Giraffes, 1914. Subject #309.
Folder	8		Gnu, 1902. Subject #304.
Folders	9-11		Goats, 1899-1916. Subject #25.
Folder	12		Gorillas, 1928-1930. Subject #58A.
Folder	13		Guinea pigs, 1900-1927. Subject #141.
Folder	14		Hawks, 1900-1919. Subject #37.
Folder	15		Hedgehogs, 1902-1907. Subject #284.
Folder	16		Herons, 1901-1927. Subject #85.

Box 76 of 289

Folder	1		Hyenas, 1902-1919. Subject #272.
Folder	2		Jays and packrats, 1901-1924. Subject #238.
Folder	3		Kangaroos, 1899-1928. Subject #174.
Folders	4-6		Lions, 1900-1929. Subject #27.
Folder	7		Llamas, 1902-1922. Subject #274
Folder	8		Martens, 1901-1920
Folders	9-11		Minks, 1901-1918. Subject #176
Folder	12		Mongoose, 1901-1929. Subject #242
Folders	13-15		Monkeys and apes, 1899-November 1902. Subject #58

Box 77 of 289

Folders	1-9		Monkeys and apes, March 1903-June 1930. Subject #58
Folders	10-14		Moose, 1900-1920. Subject #30

Box 78 of 289

Folder	1		Muskoxen, 1901-1904. Subject #168
Folder	2		Ocelot, 1902-1904. Subject #306
Folder	3		Opossum, 1902-1928. Subject #285
Folder	4		Ostriches, 1900-1925. Subject #93.
Folders	5-9		Otters, 1900-1925. Subject #31
Folders	10-14		Owls, 1900-1926. Subject #33
Folder	15		Pacas, 1901-1909. Subject #178.
Folders	16-18		Panthers, cougars, mountain lions, 1901-1907. Subject #145.

Box 79 of 289

Folders	1-2		Panthers, cougars, mountain lions, 1909-1924. Subject #145.
Folders	3-8		Parrots, cockatoos, macaws, 1900-1929. Subject #45.
Folders	9-11		Peafowl, 1899-1929. Subject #89.
Folder	12		Peccaries, 1902. Subject #265.
Folder	13		Pelicans, 1919-1929. Subject #138.
Folders	14-15		Pheasants, 1901-1930. Subject #259.
Folder	16		Pigeons, 1919-1928. Subject #105.
Folder	17		Porcupines, 1901-1928. Subject #39.
Folder	18		Prairie dogs, 1900-1918. Subject #83.
Folder	19		Rabbits and hares, 1901-1927. Subject #292.
Folder	20		Raccoons, 1899-1927. Subject #13.
Folder	21		Ravens, 1900-1919. Subject #160.
Folder	22		Reindeer and caribou, 1912, 1923-1930. Subject #20.

Box 80 of 289

Folders	1-4		Sea lions, 1900-1930. Subject #119.
Folders	5-7		Seals, 1900-1928. Subject #102.
Folder	8		Seals, Elephant, 1911-1912. Subject #401.
Folder	9		Sheep, Aoudad, Barbary wild sheep and guanaco, 1901-1930. Subject #136.
Folders	10-15		Sheep, Rocky Mountain, 1898-November 1900. Subject #3.

Box 81 of 289

• Sheep, Rocky Mountain, December 1900-1904. Subject #3.

Box 82 of 289

Folders	1-4		Sheep, Rocky Mountain, 1905-1929. Subject #3.
Folder	5		Skunks, 1900-1915. Subject #22.
Folders	6-17		Snakes, 1898-November 1905. Subject #55.

Box 83 of 289

Folders	1-9		Snakes, March 1906-1930. Subject #55.
Folder	10		Solenodons, 1910-1912. No subject number.
Folders	11-14		Squirrels, 1900-1928. Subject #276.
Folder	15		Storks, 1902-1907. Subject #276.

Box 84 of 289

Folders	1-2		Swans and cranes, 1900-1927. Subject #23.
Folder	3		Tapirs, 1923, 1929. Subject #204.
Folders	4-5		Tortoises, Galapagos, 1900-1928. Subject #131.
Folder	6		Turkeys, 1900-1923. Subject #19.
Folders	7-11		Wildcats, bobcats, lynx, catamounts, 1901-1930. Subject #230.
Folders	12-14		Wolves, timber and gray, and wolverines, 1900-1928. Subject #112.

Box 85 of 289

Folder	1		Wolf, zebra, 1902. Subject #299.
Folder	2		Yaks, 1900-1916. Subject #148.
Folders	3-4		Zebras, 1905-1929. Subject #351.
Folders	5-11		Correspondence regarding the shipment of animals to the NZP. No specific species, 1902, 1921-1930. Subject #57. Folder 11 includes photographs of cages shipped by NZP for the transfer of Kadiak [Kodiak] Island bears, April 1900.

Animals Acquired or Collected; Arranged Alphabetically by Geographical Origin

Box 86 of 289

Folders	1-8		Africa, June 1909-1927. Subject #257.
Folders	9-12		Alaska, 1898-September 1900. Subject #24.

Box 87 of 289

• Alaska, October 1900-1930. Subject #24

Box 88 of 289

Folders	1-4		Canada, 1916-1928. Subject #202.
Folders	5-6		Cuba, 1900-1915. Subject #61.
Folders	7-10		Egypt, 1913-1914. Subject #412.
Folders	11-12		England, 1916. Subject #420. Also contains information regarding animals sent to England.
Folders	13-15		New Zealand, 1908-1926. Subject #390.
Folder	16		Panama Canal Zone, 1907-1921. Subject #381.
Folders	17-18		Philippine Islands, 1900-1901. Subject #63.

Box 89 of 289

Folders	1-2		Philippine Islands, 1902-1926. Subject #63.
Folder	3		Porto (Puerto) Rico, 1900-1917. Subject #64.
Folders	4-13		South America, 1900-1916. Subject #116.

Box 90 of 289

Folders	1-3		South America, 1917-1930. Subject #116.
Folder	4		Sudan, 1901-1926. Subject #234.
Folders	5-11		Yellowstone National Park, 1890-1894, 1898-1917. Subject #100.

Box 91 of 289

Animals Acquired, Boarding through Gifts

Box 92 of 289

Folders	1-3		Gifts sent to the NZP, 1928-1930. Subject #382.
Folders	4-5		Animals acquired through the United States Department of Agriculture and other government agencies, 1921-1930. Subject #57A.
Folder	6		Animals acquired through the United States Department of State, Consular Service members, 1899-1930. Subject #52.
Folder	7		Animals acquired through the United States Department of State, Consular Service members, 1899-1910. Arranged alphabetically by city, A. Subject #52A.

Box 93 of 289

• Animals acquired through the United States Department of State, Consular Service members, 1899-1910. Arranged alphabetically by city, A (cont'd) through M. Subject #52A.

Box 94 of 289

Folders

1-6

Animals acquired through the United States Department of State, Consular Service members, 1899-1910. Arranged alphabetically by city, N through W. Subject #52A.

Animal Correspondence with Dealers

Box 95 of 289

Animal Correspondence

• Animals removed from the NZP; acknowledgment of specimens received from the NZP by the United States National Museum, 1900-1914, 1918-1930. For similar acknowledgments dating from 1896 through January 23, 1900, see under series 7, Incoming Correspondence, File 7, chiefly under Frederick William True, Charles D. Walcott, George P. Merrill, and Richard Rathbun.

Box 96 of 289

Folder	1		Bound volume listing animals sent to the United States National Museum, 1900-1908
Folder	2		Bird banding, 1915. Subject #269.
Folders	3-7		Care and feeding of animals, 1900-1929. Subject #103.
Folders	8-11		Federal and state laws regarding the capture and shipment of game and birds; destruction of NZP game and birds, 1900-1928. Subject #216.
Folder	12		Hair and feather samples sent from the NZP, 1901-1902, 1910-1927. Subject #237. Folders 13-14 Importation permits and quarantine procedures, 1901-1903. Subject #216.

Box 97 of 289

Folders	1-4		Importation permits and quarantine procedures, 1904-1926. Subject #216.
Folder	5		Incubation and gestation, 1906, 1915-1929. Subject #48.
Folders	6-10		Inquiries and replies regarding various animals, 1900-1909. Subject #15.
Folders	11-15		Inquiries and replies regarding animals in general; animal feed and the NZP, 1918-1930. Subject #78.
Folders	16-17		Animals in quarantine, 1901-1930. Subject #239.

Box 98 of 289

Folder

1

Taxidermy, 1909-1930. Subject #73.

Animal Research

Box 99 of 289

Folders	1-2		Buffalo census, March-August 1902. Subject #4.
Folders	3-6		Buffalo census, 1905. Subject #4.
Folders	7-9		Correspondence to and from Frank Baker regarding telephoto cameras, and the flight of various birds including albatrosses, buzzards, gulls, frigates, and condors, 1901-1903. Information pertains to Samuel P. Langley's experiments on the flight of birds. Subject #185.
Folder	10		Correspondence regarding telephoto cameras in connection with Langley's experiments on buzzard flight, and the setting up of towers for the experiments, 1899-1906. Subject #190.
Folder	11		Treatment of various animal diseases, 1901-1930. Subject #392.
Folder	12		Correspondence between the NZP and other zoological parks regarding tuberculosis among animals and park employees, 1905-1915. Subject #362.

Box 100 of 289

Folders

1-10

Frank Baker survey of United States zoological parks, 1901-June 1912. The survey includes information on zoological park facilities and park animal collections. Correspondence to Frank Baker includes requests for information on the maintenance of zoological parks and the care and feeding of animals. Discussions between Baker and correspondents concern the growth and planning of various United States and foreign zoos, dealer prices, and dealer lists. Subject #91.

Box 101 of 289

Folders

1-4

Frank Baker survey of United States zoological parks, 1913-1930. Subject #91.

Administrative Records

Box 102 of 289

Folders	1-6		Complaints, appreciation, and replies, 1904-1930. Subject #332.
Folders	7-12		General incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1898-1902. Includes questions about animals, recommendations for job appointments, letters of introduction, and materials ordered for the Park. Subject #42.

Box 103 of 289

Folders	1-9		General incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1903-1908. Subject #42.
Folders	10-13		Temporary incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1915-1916. Arranged alphabetically, A-E. Subject "T."

Box 104 of 289

Folders	1-9		Temporary incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1915-1916. Arranged alphabetically, F-Z. Subject "T."
Folder	10		Dead animals, 1900. Correspondence with Samuel P. Langley regarding mortality statistics of NZP animals. Subject #158.
Folder	11		Senate Committee on the District of Columbia, hearings on the unification of District parks, 1901. Subject #208.

Box 105 of 289

Folders	1-2		Expeditions, 1916-1917. John Alden Loring Expedition to East and South Africa. Includes copies of William T. Hornaday correspondence with Loring forwarded to Frank Baker. Subject #200.
Folder	3		Exhibits and expositions. Correspondence about wolverines from Alaska and about the American Association of Park Superintendents' exhibit at the Seattle Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, 1909. Subject #394.
Folder	4		Exhibits and expositions. Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, 1914-1917. Subject #416.
Folder	5		Exhibits and expositions. Correspondence regarding proposed NZP participation in the Pan-American Exposition, 1901-1902. Subject #145.
Folders	6-8		Exhibits and expositions. Picture labels for birds, 1903-1930. Correspondence for the years 1903-1905 is in regard to labels made for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis. Subject #322.
Folders	9-15		Exhibits and expositions. Daily reports on the NZP-government bird exhibit, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904. Reports were written by W. Seward Wallace, head keeper of the aviary. Subject #328.
Folder	16		Exhibits and expositions. Record book of the NZP exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, April-November 14, 1904. The book includes daily journal entries, requisition and supply records, and bird records. Volume one.

Box 106 of 289

Folders	1-3		Exhibits and expositions. Record books of the NZP exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, April-November 14, 1904, including daily journal entries, requisition and supply records, and bird records. Volumes two and three.
Folders	4-11		Exhibits and expositions. Birds purchased for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition and for the NZP, 1901-July 1904. Subject #320.

Box 107 of 289

Folders	1-3		Exhibits and expositions. Birds purchased for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition and for the NZP, August 1904-1919. Subject #320.
Folder	4		Forms, 1901-1921. Samples of various formats to be used for correspondence. Subject #128.
Folder	5		Forms used for NZP claims for damages, 1927
Folder	6		Forms used for sketches completed by NZP investigating officers, 1927
Folder	7		Forms used for contract proposals and notices, 1921-1927. Includes both contract forms and correspondence regarding contracts. Subject #153.
Folder	8		Forms used for requisitions, 1926-1927
Folder	9		Government property belonging to the NZP and correspondence regarding inventory lists of this property, 1906-1917. Subject #358.
Folder	10		Removal of Indian wigwam from the NZP, 1901. Subject #232.
Folders	11-13		Correspondence regarding the International Zoological Congress, 1907-1929. Subject #373.
Folders	14-15		Labels for NZP animals, 1903-1930. Subjects #190 and #192.
Folder	16		Correspondence regarding labels for the NZP, 1905-1929. Subject #246.
Folder	17		Letters of introduction to and from the NZP, 1901-1929. Subject #197.

Box 108 of 289

• Daily report of the Mechanical Department, 1914-January 1916

Box 109 of 289

• Daily report of the Mechanical Department, February 1916-September 1917

Box 110 of 289

Folders	1-9		Daily report of the Mechanical Department, October 1917-1918
Folder	10		NZP boundary, land, and titles. Deed of trust belonging to Mrs. Elizabeth Lanier Dunn, 1885. Includes a topographic map by J.A. Flemer, circa 1890's. No subject number.
Folder	11		NZP boundary, land, and titles. Senate document on the condemnation of land for the NZP, 1890. Includes copies of abstracts of land titles, 1891, with preliminary notes of explanation in connection with the abstracts of land titles. No subject number.
Folder	12		NZP boundary, land, and titles. Preliminary notes in regard to titles and abstracts of land information within the proposed National Zoological Park, circa 1890. No subject number.
Folder	13		NZP boundary, land, and titles. Abstracts of title for land belonging to James L. Kervand, 1890, Pacificus Ord, 1890, Thomas E. Waggam and John Ridout, 1890. Also includes metes and bounds of land belonging to J.P. Klingle, circa 1890, and Woodley Park, circa 1890. Contains inspection declaration for the Evans land, 1890. No subject number.
Folder	14		NZP boundary, land, and titles. Correspondence regarding NZP acquisition of additional land owned by the Colored Union Benevolent Association, 1890-1926. Subject #308.
Folder	15		NZP boundary, land, and titles. Correspondence regarding acquisition of NZP land, 1895-1922. Includes the firm of Olmsted, Olmsted and Eliot's location map of proposed site, 1895, and a map documenting the transfer of property at Meridian Hill, 1898. Subject #211.
Folder	16		NZP boundary, land, and titles. Correspondence pertaining to NZP road building, and road and boundary changes, 1897-1903. Includes one map, undated, and two maps of a proposed plan for straightening the park road, Inglesede, 1901. There is also a plat, 1902. Subject #229.
Folder	17		NZP boundary, land, and titles. Includes survey of the land and boundary changes, 1898-1904, and a letter from Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., October 9, 1903, regarding the layout of newly acquired land. Subject #154.

Box 111 of 289

Folders	1-4		NZP boundary, land, and titles. Correspondence and blueprints regarding the acquisition of land for the NZP, 1906-1930. Subject #154.
Folder	5		NZP boundary, land, and titles. Abstract of title and other relative material concerning the property of Anna E. Von Hemert, 1920-1921. Includes a plat of survey, 1920. No subject number.
Folder	6		NZP boundary, land, and titles. Contains a deed belonging to Ralph D. Quinter and Vernon E. West, and relevant material, 1920-1921. Includes a plat survey map, 1920. No subject number.
Folder	7		NZP boundary, land, and titles. Contains documents and correspondence pertaining to the acquisition of lots 472-473, "Lanier Heights," 1921-1924. No subject number.
Folder	8		NZP boundary, land, and titles. Contains a note with a list of papers of NZP land purchases sent to the Chief Clerk, Smithsonian, 1922, for deposit in the Smithsonian safe. No subject number.
Folders	9-12		NZP gardens. General correspondence, circa 1894-1895, 1900-July 1903. Subject #49.

Box 112 of 289

• NZP gardens. General correspondence, September 1903-1929. Subject #49.

Box 113 of 289

Folder	1		NZP improvements. Memoranda taken from Langley's suggestions for park improvements and questions regarding the various functions of the NZP, 1900-1902. Subject #171.
Folder	2		NZP improvements. Correspondence between Superintendent Frank Baker and Smithsonian Assistant Secretary Frederick William True regarding NZP improvements, 1912-1914. Subject #405.
Folder	3		NZP improvements. Correspondence between Frank Baker, Secretary Charles D. Walcott, Frederick William True, and Harry W. Dorsey regarding NZP improvements, 1912-1916. Subject #406.
Folder	4		NZP statement of operations, 1922, and undated. Also contains correspondence regarding camels, 1930. Subject #72.
Folders	5-15		NZP correspondence pertaining to information about photographing animals, photographs taken by NZP staff, taking photographs at the NZP, and camera equipment, 1900-1910. Subject #66.

Box 114 of 289

Folders	1-7		NZP correspondence pertaining to the photographing of animals, 1911-1930. Subject #66. Folder 2 also contains photographs of the Kalorama neighborhood, circa 1913.
Folder	8		NZP and other zoological parks. Correspondence regarding the establishment of a large animal preserve in Alaska, 1900-1901. Subject #114.
Folders	9-13		NZP and other zoological parks. Animal price lists, dealer price lists and zoological parks, 1910-1928. Subject #400.

Box 115 of 289

Folders	1-2		NZP and other zoological parks. Animal price lists, 1929-1930. Subject #400.
Folder	3		NZP and other zoological parks. Authorization and requests for inspecting other zoological parks and correspondence regarding the trips made, 1900-1908, 1921. Subject #161.
Folders	4-5		NZP and other zoological parks. Game preserves, 1901-1912. Subject #213.
Folder	6		NZP and other zoological parks. General exchange of information with other zoological parks, 1908, 1912-1920. Includes ground plans of the St. Louis Zoo, 1919. Subject #388.
Folder	7		NZP and other zoological parks. List of public and private parks in the United States and Canada, and a list of bird dealers in the United States and Canada. Compiled by Boyd's City Dispatch, 1903. Subject #319.
Folder	8		NZP and other zoological parks. Correspondence regarding maps, plans, and blueprints, 1897-1930. Includes an NZP map. Also, New York Zoological Park map, 1904, and a list of Olmsted's plans, 1912. Subject #192.
Folder	9		NZP and other zoological parks. Correspondence pertaining to the New York Zoological Park, 1895, 1899-1912. Includes reprints on the New York Zoological Park, and articles by William Temple Hornaday, "Fighting Among Wild Animals," 1901, and "The New York Zoological Park," 1900. Subject #182.
Folder	10		NZP and other zoological parks. Questions and answers regarding the NZP and other zoological parks, 1910, 1918-1930. 1910 material includes correspondence and statistics on the number of wild Bovidae in various zoological parks. Subject #399.
Folder	11		Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., correspondence, 1902. Includes excerpts from his opinions on European zoological parks after visiting them. Subject #298.
Folder	12		Patents granted to NZP employees, 1907. Subject #378.
Folders	13-14		Park concessions, 1891-1920. Subject #180.

Box 116 of 289

Folders	1-3		Park concessions, 1921-1930. Subject #180.
Folders	4-7		President's Commission on Economy and Efficiency, Committee on Business Methods, 1907-1929. The Committee was replaced by the Bureau of Efficiency, 1923-1929. Subject #373.
Folder	8		Police. Park police correspondence pertaining to assaults and thefts, 1909-1929. Subject #364.
Folders	9-10		Police. Daily report of Sergeant of the Watch, August-September 1911. Subject #339.

Box 117 of 289

• Police. Daily report of Sergeant of the Watch, October 1911-February 1913. Subject #339.

Box 118 of 289

• Police. Daily report of Sergeant of the Watch, March-October 1913, January-October 1916. Subject #339.

Box 119 of 289

Folders	1-8		Police. Daily report of Sergeant of the Watch, November 1916-1917. Subject #339.
Folder	9		Police. Correspondence mostly regarding visitor control on Easter morning and July 4th, 1924-1929. Subject #411.
Folder	10		Police. United States National Museum, "Regulations Governing Watch Force," circa 1928, one volume. Volume missing as of October 1984.
Folders	11-17		Publications, reports, and articles, 1901-1907. Includes information from the NZP annual report, correspondence regarding annual report requirements, animal accession lists for the report, appendices, and NZP maps. Subject #79.

Box 120 of 289

Folders	1-9		Publications, reports, and articles, 1908-1930. Subject #79.
Folder	10		Publications, reports, and articles. NZP guide correspondence, 1902-1927. Includes one guide, undated, and a second guide, 1902. Subject #223.
Folders	11-13		Publications, reports, and articles. Requests for NZP publications, 1894-1902. Includes NZP requests for journal articles, monographs, books, and publication lists. Subject #74.

Box 121 of 289

Folders	1-8		Publications, reports, and articles. Requests for NZP publications, 1903-1930. Subject #74.
Folders	9-14		Publications, reports, and articles. Requests made to the NZP for copies of its annual reports, 1900-1908. Includes other requests to the NZP for material regarding animals in the NZP and other zoological parks. Subject #18.
Folder	15		Publications, reports, and articles. Lists containing names of those who received the NZP annual report, 1892-1897. No subject number.
Folder	16		Publications, reports, and articles. Smithsonian Institution, "Animals Desired for the National Zoological Park, 1899." No subject number.

Box 122 of 289

Folders	1-2		Publications, reports, and articles. Correspondence regarding magazine and newspaper articles concerning the NZP, 1900-1927. Includes an article on foreign animals bred in the NZP and four reprints of articles on the NZP, 1900-1906. Subject #80.
Folders	3-4		Publications, reports, and articles. Printing and binding, 1906-1930. Subject #181.
Folder	5		Recommendations made for a director of the Milwaukee Zoological Gardens, and a superintendent for the Memphis Zoological Gardens, 1917-1928. Subject #36.
Folder	6		NZP roads. Closing of roads and restrictions on automobile traffic, 1905-1915. Subject #352.
Folder	7		NZP roads. Permits to use automobiles on NZP grounds, 1906-1928. Subject #369.
Folder	8		NZP roads. Snow removal, 1901-1922. Subject #183.
Folder	9		Skating at the NZP, 1910-1914. Subject #395.
Folder	10		Storeroom regulations, 1906-1913. Subject #363.
Folder	11		Tennis courts and baseball diamond at the NZP and requests for their use, 1913-1926. Also contains requests for the use of Rock Creek for swimming. Subject #415.
Folders	12-13		Transportation. Correspondence regarding licenses and veterinarian approval of NZP horses, 1900-1933. Subject #108.
Folders	14-15		Transportation. Transportation and travel orders, 1905-1929. Subject #77.

Box 123 of 289

Folder

1

Uniforms, circa 1925-1929. Subject #367.

Buildings and Grounds

Box 124 of 289

Folders	1-2		Fencing for animal enclosures, 1917-1929. Subject #32.
Folders	3-5		Boundary fence, 1900, 1902, 1914-1917, 1930. Subject #6.
Folder	6		Building specifications, 1902-1907. Subject #268.
Folders	7-8		Cage construction, bids and contracts, 1900-June 1928. Subject #53.

Box 125 of 289

Folders	1-3		Cage construction, bids and contracts, July 1928-1929. Subject #53.
Folders	4-5		Cage construction, bids and contracts, 1915-1918, 1921. Subject #220.
Folder	6		Grading of Cathedral Avenue, 1898-1903. Subject #36.
Folders	7-10		Furnishing and restoration of the Administration Building (Holt House), 1890, 1899-September 1901. Subject #75.

Box 126 of 289

Folders	1-3		Furnishing and restoration of the Administration Building (Holt House), October 1901-1922. Subject #75.
Folders	4-9		Construction. Animal house, 1891, 1902-April 1905. Includes bids, contracts, and general correspondence. Subject #307.

Box 127 of 289

Folders	1-4		Construction. Animal house, May 1905-1906, 1910. Subject #307.
Folder	5		Construction. Antelope house, 1902, 1909. Subject #214.
Folders	6-7		Construction. The aviary, 1900-1904, 1910-1928. Includes sketches. Subjects #98 and #42.
Folder	8		Construction. Bear cages, 1902-1911. Subject #273.
Folder	9		Construction. Park benches, 1904-1928. Subject #330.
Folder	10		Construction. Dam, lake, and pathways, 1902-1909. Subject #248.
Folder	11		Construction. Boiler house, 1901, 1911. Subject #249.
Folder	12		Construction. Repair of curbing, 1904. Subject #346.
Folder	13		Construction. Eagle cage, 1902. Subject #280.
Folder	14		Construction. Masonry work for a bridge located at the NZP, 1891. Includes blueprint. No subject number.

Box 128 of 289

Folders	1-3		Construction. Elephant house, 1899-1909. Includes site plan of the house and copy drawings of German zoological park buildings. Subject #126.
Folder	4		Construction. Entrance ways to the NZP, 1902-1903, 1912, 1915. Subject #286.
Folders	5-7		Construction. Flight cages, 1901-1929. Subject #162.
Folder	8		Construction. Food house, 1912-1915. Includes drawings of the house. Subject #410.
Folder	9		Construction. Fords, 1899-1902, 1926. Includes drawings. Subject #68.
Folder	10		Construction. Cost and valuation sheets, 1900-1902, 1908-1918, 1925-1930. Subject #244.
Folders	11-12		Construction. General, 1900-October 1904. Includes drawings. Subject #318.

Box 129 of 289

Folders	1-6		Construction. General, November 1904-1929. Subject #318.
Folders	7-8		Construction. Hospital, 1903-1908, 1915-1919. Subject #227. Includes drawings.
Folder	9		Construction. Lion house, 1910-1913. Subject #291.
Folders	10-13		Construction. Log bridge, 1900-1922. Includes drawings. Subject #12.
Folder	14		Construction. Parrot cage, 1912-1917. Includes drawings. Subject #408.
Folder	15		Construction. General repair work to be done, 1906-1912. Subject #348.

Box 130 of 289

Folder	1		Construction. Underground restrooms, 1910. Subject #396.
Folders	2-9		Construction. Roads, 1894-1928. Subject #210.
Folders	10-11		Construction. Rock Creek bridge, 1912-1916. Subject #409.

Box 131 of 289

Folder	1		Construction. Sea lion pool, 1907-1909. Subject #47.
Folders	2-3		Construction. Sewer, 1906-1929. Includes drawings. Subject #212.
Folders	4-5		Construction. Sundial, 1901-1903. Includes drawings. Subject #173.
Folder	6		Construction. Water main, 1925. Subject #144.
Folders	7-9		Construction. Acquisition of water pumps, 1903-1930. Subject #324.
Folder	10		Correspondence regarding disinfectant for indoor and outdoor paddocks and cages, 1901-1918. Subject #245.
Folder	11		Pamphlets and correspondence regarding machine parts and repairs, 1912-1929. Subject #194.
Folders	12-13		Rat and roach extermination, 1901-1925. Subject #315.

Box 132 of 289

Folder	1		Rat and roach extermination, 1927-1929. Subject #315.
Folder	2		Correspondence regarding roofing, 1904-1927. Subject #15.
Folders	3-4		Samples of building materials sent to the United States Geological Survey, United States Department of Agriculture, and the United States Commerce Department, Bureau of Standards, 1909, 1930. Subject #40.

Financial and Supply Records

Box 133 of 289

• Budget estimates, 1905-1923. Subject #70.

Box 134 of 289

Folders	1-2		Budget estimates, 1924-1930. Subject #70.
Folders	3-5		Budget estimates, 1902-1926. Subject #309.
Folders	6-7		Budget. Monthly statement of expenditures, 1900-1902. Subject #47.

Box 135 of 289

Folders	1-3		Budget. Monthly statement of expenditures, 1903-1907. Subject #47.
Folders	4-11		Bureau of the Budget numbered circulars and bulletins, 1921-1930. Includes estimated expenditures and shipping costs. Subject #99, #99A, #99B, and #99C.

Box 136 of 289

Folders	1-7		Condemnation of property at the NZP, 1895, 1897, 1900-1930. Subject #166.
Folders	8-11		Construction supplies, 1901-1927. Subject #305.

Box 137 of 289

• Contracts, 1891-1920. Subject #44.

Box 138 of 289

Folder	1		Contracts, 1921-1929. Subject #44.
Folder	2		Deficiency appropriations, 1892-1894. Subject #222.
Folders	3-4		Schedule of disbursements, 1928-1930. Subject #1.
Folder	5		Disbursement statements, 1901-1922. Subject #370.
Folder	6		Classified statement of expenditures, 1906-1914. Subject #402.
Folders	7-11		Assortment of animal food for the NZP, 1901-1930. Subject #193.
Folders	12-13		Bone food for the NZP, 1913-1917. Subject #329.
Folder	14		Park reserve fund, 1905-1906. Subject #130.
Folder	15		Proposals and requests for NZP supplies, 1906-1920. Subject #9.

Box 139 of 289

Folders	1-8		Proposals for supplies to the NZP, 1913-1921. Subject #151.
Folder	9		Quarterly financial statement, 1930. Subject #113.
Folder	10		Vouchers and receipts, 1892-1898, 1906-1907. Subject #43.

Box 140 of 289

Personnel Records

• Annuity fund deduction cards, 1920-1931

Box 141 of 289

Folders	1-3		Appointment notifications to prospective employees, and personnel compensation, 1920-1929. Subject #115.
Folder	4		Regular and acting appointment correspondence, 1901-1917. Subject #137.
Folders	5-7		Civil Service Commission correspondence regarding certification of prospective employees, 1926-1930. Subject #117A.
Folder	8		Civil Service employee material, 1916-1930. Includes retirement correspondence and material from the Federal Employees Union. Subject #418.
Folder	9		Claims against employees working at the NZP, 1900-1928. Subject #268.
Folders	10-12		Monthly classification changes and notifications, 1900-1907. Subject #56.

Box 142 of 289

Folders	1-7		Monthly classification changes and notifications, 1908-1930. Subject #56.
Folder	8		Compensation for injuries, 1908. Subject #225.
Folders	9-12		Complaints, discharges, and resignations, 1901-1911, 1914-1930. Subject #129.

Box 143 of 289

Folder	1		Contributions to charitable organizations made by NZP employees, 1900-1912. Subject #67 .
Folder	2		Eight-hour law and the suspension of same, 1913-1918. Subject #413.
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