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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Record Unit 380

National Zoological Park. Office of the Director

Records, 1928-1986 and undated

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:National Zoological Park. Office of the Director
Title:Records
Dates:1928-1986 and undated
Quantity:12 cu. ft. (12 record storage boxes)
Collection:Record Unit 380
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

These records primarily document the administration of the National Zoological Park (NZP) during the latter part of Theodore H. Reed's tenure as Director. A small amount of material documents the activities of Reed's successor, Michael H. Robinson. Included are budget records; minutes from meetings; and files concerning NZP collections, exhibitions, research, staff, and educational programs. Of particular interest are records documenting the renovation of the Small Mammal House and the design of the Great Ape House. The collection also includes an animal information file containing memoranda and correspondence between NZP and animal dealers, other zoos, and the general public. These files were created by William M. Mann, Ernest Pillsbury Walker, and J. Lear Grimmer, as well as Reed.

Descriptive Entry

These records primarily document the administration of the National Zoological Park (NZP) during the latter part of Theodore H. Reed's tenure as Director. A small amount of material documents the activities of Reed's successor, Michael H. Robinson. Included are budget records; minutes from meetings; and files concerning NZP collections, exhibitions, research, staff, and educational programs. Of particular interest are records documenting the renovation of the Small Mammal House and the design of the Great Ape House. The collection also includes an animal information file containing memoranda and correspondence between NZP and animal dealers, other zoos, and the general public. These files were created by William M. Mann, Ernest Pillsbury Walker, and J. Lear Grimmer, as well as Reed.

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 380, National Zoological Park. Office of the Director, Records

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Container List

Box 1

Alphabetical Subject File

Academy of Medicine, 1978

Box 1 of 12

Accidents - Correspondence/information, 1959-1967

Box 1 of 12

Accidents - Flight Cage/Mrs. Johnny Ayers, 6/14/1959

Box 1 of 12

Accidents - Lion/Julie Anne Vogt, 5/16/1958

Box 1 of 12

Accidents - Tree limb/Jenifer Sherwin, 4/3/1975

Box 1 of 12

Agriculture, U.S. Department of - correspondence, 1961-1974

Box 1 of 12

Agriculture, U.S. Department of - correspondence, 1977-1979

Box 1 of 12

Agriculture, U.S. Department of - Animal Welfare Act, 1971-1976

Box 1 of 12

Arabian yearling, 1980

Box 1 of 12

Army, United States, 1979

Box 1 of 12

Bierly, Edward J./Artist, undated

Box 1 of 12

Blesbok, 1983

Box 1 of 12

Calling cards, 1977-1980

Box 1 of 12

CAMP (Council on Abandoned Military Posts) - Osterndorf, 1977

Box 1 of 12

Citizen's complaints - General, 1977-1984

Box 1 of 12

Condors, 1980-1981

Box 1 of 12

Correspondence/miscellaneous, 1982-1983

Box 1 of 12

Critical newspaper articles, 1973

Box 1 of 12

Delacour, Dr. Jean - Parc Zoologique de Cleres, 1964-1980

Box 1 of 12

Dietlein, Donald R., 1975-1980

Box 1 of 12

Garden clubs/Co-op with NZP, 1973-1976

Box 1 of 12

Glockenspiel, 1973-1982 (2 folders)

Box 1 of 12

Green Thumb Act, 1982

Box 1 of 12

Grimmer, J. Lear

Box 1 of 12

Infant care - NZP, 1978

Box 1 of 12

Interior, U.S. Department of - Bureau of Outdoor Recreation, 1978 (3 folders)

Box 1 of 12

International Association of Zoo Educators, 1977- 1978

Box 1 of 12

International Primate Protection League, 1978

Box 1 of 12

International Referral System for Sources of Environmental Information, 1975

Box 1 of 12

International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, 1962-1965

Box 1 of 12

International Year of the Disabled, 1981

Box 1 of 12

International Zoo News, 1977

Box 1 of 12

International Zoo Yearbook, 1980-1983 (3 folders)

Box 1 of 12

Box 2

Iran - Environmental Park, 1969-1978 (2 folders)

Box 2 of 12

Johnson, Martin and Osa - Film retrospective - SI Associates/Friends of the National Zoo (FONZ), October 1979

Box 2 of 12

Jones, Marvin, 1962-1978 (3 folders)

Box 2 of 12

Kouprey sculpture, 1980-1984

Box 2 of 12

Labor, U.S. Department of - Safety inspectors, 1956-1958

Box 2 of 12

Labor relations, 1977-1979

Box 2 of 12

Listings - NZP information, 1976-1980

Box 2 of 12

Man and the Biosphere, 1978

Box 2 of 12

Manuscript/Thesis papers, 1976 and undated

Box 2 of 12

Marriott Corporation, 1980

Box 2 of 12

Max Planck Institute, Bavaria, Germany, 1964-1981 (4 folders)

Box 2 of 12

Merchandising - NZP, 1976

Box 2 of 12

Metric system, 1977-1983

Box 2 of 12

Miller, Doreen, 1978

Box 2 of 12

Mohave River Valley Museum Association, 1977

Box 2 of 12

Monitor, Inc., 1976-1977

Box 2 of 12

Morris Animal Foundation, 1973-1974, 1982

Box 2 of 12

Morrow, Dr. Glenn - Heart surgery - Alligators, 1962-1963

Box 2 of 12

Muller, Kerry, 1965-1976

Box 2 of 12

Museum Services Act, 1976-1979

Box 2 of 12

National Aquarium Society, 1957-1984

Box 2 of 12

National Capital Planning Commission, 1975-1981 (2 folders)

Box 2 of 12

National Endowment for the Arts, 1974-1979

Box 2 of 12

National Endowment for the Arts - Fourth Federal

Box 2 of 12

Design Assembly, September 1978

Box 2 of 12

National 4-H Center, 1977

Box 2 of 12

National 4-H Council, 1977-1980

Box 2 of 12

Box 3

National Museum Act, 1972-1984 (2 folders)

Box 3 of 12

National Primate Plan (draft), 1978

Box 3 of 12

National Research Council, 1959-1976

Box 3 of 12

National Research Council, Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources, 1974-1978 (4 folders)

Box 3 of 12

National Science Foundation, 1983

Box 3 of 12

National Transit Advertising, Inc., 1978

Box 3 of 12

National Wildlife Federation, 1977-1985

Box 3 of 12

NZP Annual Report to the District of Columbia, 1960-1967

Box 3 of 12

NZP - Informational brochures on educational and public programs (3 folders)

Box 3 of 12

Naval Arctic Research Laboratory, 1973-1974

Box 3 of 12

New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety - Re. ocelot, 1975

Box 3 of 12

Notary, 1979

Box 3 of 12

NOVA series, 1978

Box 3 of 12

Oil-contaminated waterfowl, 1977

Box 3 of 12

Organ grinder monkey on the Mall, 1966

Box 3 of 12

Orientation program, 1979-1980

Box 3 of 12

Panamanian bird proposal, 1978-1980

Box 3 of 12

Perlmutter, Jerome, 1979

Box 3 of 12

Pets in NZP - Policy, 1979-1980

Box 3 of 12

Pollution of Rock Creek - Sierra Club, 1972-1975

Box 3 of 12

Private businesses requests, 1980-1982

Box 3 of 12

Pryor, Karen, 1977-1981

Box 3 of 12

Public law 480, 1978

Box 3 of 12

Publications - General, lists, requests (3 folders)

Box 3 of 12

Recommendations, 1978

Box 3 of 12

Reed, Theodore H., Senior Advisor, 1983-1984 (2 folders)

Box 3 of 12

Reptile Case, 1977-1978

Box 3 of 12

Box 4

Research in zoos, 1974

Box 4 of 12

Return to the wild, 1978

Box 4 of 12

Reuther, Ronald T., 1964

Box 4 of 12

Robbins, Sabin, 1985

Box 4 of 12

Rock Creek Watershed Association, 1957-1962

Box 4 of 12

Scholarly Studies Program, 1982-1984

Box 4 of 12

Scott, Ralph - Florida, 1968-1971, 1975-1976

Box 4 of 12

Search Committee for Director, NZP, 1983

Box 4 of 12

Security, 1983

Box 4 of 12

Seminar lists, undated

Box 4 of 12

Significant events, 1983

Box 4 of 12

Skrentny, Jan, 1975-1978 (3 folders)

Box 4 of 12

Sladen, Dr. William J. L., 1956-1967

Box 4 of 12

Snow removal plan, 1979-1980

Box 4 of 12

State, U.S. Department of, 1977-1983

Box 4 of 12

Suggestions - Employees, 1975

Box 4 of 12

Summerfest, 1984

Box 4 of 12

Taft Enterprise, 1977-1978

Box 4 of 12

Tankersley, Garvin - Al-Marah Farm, 1967-1973, 1977

Box 4 of 12

Tasev, Atanas - Malaga, Spain, 1976-1983

Box 4 of 12

Telephones, 1981-1983

Box 4 of 12

Telonics, 1983

Box 4 of 12

Tongren, Sally, 1983

Box 4 of 12

Tourmobile connection - NZP/SI, 1977

Box 4 of 12

Translation letters, 1981-1983

Box 4 of 12

Triennial reports, 1983

Box 4 of 12

Trust territories, 1983

Box 4 of 12

Volunteers, 1982-1984

Box 4 of 12

Warneke, Heinz - Wrestling Bear sculpture, 1977

Box 4 of 12

Washington Biologists' Field Club, 1981-1982

Box 4 of 12

Washington Center for Metropolitan Studies, 1976

Box 4 of 12

Washington Star, 1977

Box 4 of 12

Webster Job Development Center, 1977-1978

Box 4 of 12

Weekend duty officers, 1979-1980

Box 4 of 12

White House, 1977-1983

Box 4 of 12

Whittell Estate (Christine Stevens), 1969-1977

Box 4 of 12

Wild Canid Survival and Research Center Symposia, 1973-1977

Box 4 of 12

Wildlife Preservation Trust International, 1977-1982

Box 4 of 12

Wildlife Society, 1983

Box 4 of 12

Wilson, Paul, 1983

Box 4 of 12

Woodley Park Community Association, 1976

Box 4 of 12

Woodsey Owl, 1975-1976

Box 4 of 12

World Wildlife Fund, 1964-1984

Box 4 of 12

Wye Plantation, Queenstown, Maryland, 1974

Box 4 of 12

Yee, Chiang, 1972-1973

Box 4 of 12

Yeti expedition, American "bigfoot," 1969

Box 4 of 12

Youth Conservation Corps, 1976

Box 4 of 12

Zeehandelaar, Fred J., 1972-1974, 1982-1983

Box 4 of 12

Box 5

Zoo East Survival Trust (ZEST), 1975-1979 (4 folders)

Box 5 of 12

Zoos - Aid to, 1976-1977

Box 5 of 12

Zoo - Born releases to the wild, 1978

Box 5 of 12

Zoos - Children's, 1962-1978

Box 5 of 12

Zoo operations - Lacepede, 1974

Box 5 of 12

Zoo uniforms, 1980-1981

Box 5 of 12

NZP Offices and Activities

Office of Management Services (OMS) - SI Performance Appraisal System, 1980-1982

Box 5 of 12

OMS - Recruitment, 1981

Box 5 of 12

OMS - Summer Management Assistant Program, 1981

Box 5 of 12

OMS - Performance appraisals, 1982-1983

Box 5 of 12

OMS - Committee for the Evaluation of Professional Accomplishments (CEPA), 1981 (5 folders)

Box 5 of 12

OMS - Program for alcoholism, drug abuse, and other problems affecting poor performance (draft), 1980

Box 5 of 12

OMS - Authorization of paid and compensatory overtime, 1978-1983

Box 5 of 12

OMS - Registrar position, 1982

Box 5 of 12

OMS - SI intern program/summer employment, 1979-1980

Box 5 of 12

OMS - Orientation program, 1979-1980

Box 5 of 12

OMS - Personnel update meeting, 1984

Box 5 of 12

OMS - Employment of relative, 1974-1976

Box 5 of 12

OMS - Training and courses, 1979-1984

Box 5 of 12

OMS - Aquatic biologist, 1984

Box 5 of 12

OMS - Compensation/retirement, 1973-1980

Box 5 of 12

OMS - Position descriptions, 1976-1979

Box 5 of 12

OMS - Letters of commendation, 1963-1985

Box 5 of 12

OMS - Letters of recommendation, 1976-1986

Box 5 of 12

OMS - Letters of reprimand, 1973-1983

Box 5 of 12

OMS - Suspensions, 1982-1984

Box 5 of 12

OMS - Timekeepers, 1983

Box 5 of 12

Box 6

OMS - "A Report on the Management and Organization of the NZP, 1979"

Box 6 of 12

OMS - NZP telephone book - Memorandum about, 1985

Box 6 of 12

OMS - High school summer interns, 1984

Box 6 of 12

OMS - Federal Junior Fellowship Program, 1985

Box 6 of 12

OMS - Fluid research fund, 1982-1983

Box 6 of 12

OMS - Management Analysis Office, 1983

Box 6 of 12

OMS - Accounting units, 1982-1984

Box 6 of 12

OMS - Microfiche, 1984

Box 6 of 12

OMS - General correspondence, 1982-1984

Box 6 of 12

OMS - Delegating authority, 1982-1984

Box 6 of 12

OMS - Equal opportunity, 1983

Box 6 of 12

OMS - Mission statements, 1974-1977

Box 6 of 12

OMS - Property, 1982-1983

Box 6 of 12

OMS - Salary and expenses, 1983

Box 6 of 12

OMS - Timecards, 1982-1983

Box 6 of 12

OMS - Tort claims, 1980-1982

Box 6 of 12

OMS - Supply and warehousing, 1982-1983

Box 6 of 12

OMS - Union, 1982

Box 6 of 12

OMS - Tickler system, 1984

Box 6 of 12

OMS - Administrative directives, 1979

Box 6 of 12

OMS - Administrative directives, 1980-1985

Box 6 of 12

OMS - ZooFari - fundraising, 1981-1984

Box 6 of 12

OMS - Animal Acquisition Fund, 1983

Box 6 of 12

OMS - Policy on solicitation, 1977

Box 6 of 12

OMS - 1983 budget travel authority

Box 6 of 12

OMS - Trust funds, 1979-1983

Box 6 of 12

OMS - Trust fund support, 1982

Box 6 of 12

OMS - Collections acquisitions, SI trust funds, 1982

Box 6 of 12

OMS - Trust funds, Atherton Seidell Endowment Fund, 1980,1983-1984

Box 6 of 12

OMS - Trust funds, Bacon fund

Box 6 of 12

OMS - 1981 assessment of Support and Service units

Box 6 of 12

OMS - Budget, Animal programs, 1984

Box 6 of 12

OMS - NZP-Conservation and Research Center (CRC) five year plan, 1983-1988, 1983-1984 records

Box 6 of 12

OMS - FY 1985 budget, 1983-1984 records

Box 6 of 12

OMS - FY 1986 budget, 1984 records

Box 6 of 12

OMS - Five year plan, 1980-1984

Box 6 of 12

OMS - Budget FY 1983-FY 1987, planning statements, 1980-1983 (4 folders)

Box 6 of 12

OMS - Federal Executive Institute, 1985

Box 6 of 12

OMS - Awards ceremony, 1985

Box 6 of 12

OMS - Assistant Director for Animal Programs, 1982-1984

Box 6 of 12

OMS - Merit pay, 1980-1984

Box 6 of 12

OMS - Personnel correspondence, 1980-1985

Box 6 of 12

OMS - Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning -Arey and Associates, 1984 contract

Box 6 of 12

OMS - Office of Supply Services - Perkins 1983 SF 44

Box 6 of 12

Box 7

Office of Public Affairs (OPA) - Animal extinctions, 1985

Box 7 of 12

OPA - NZP Public Symposia, 1984

Box 7 of 12

OPA - Symposia, November 12 and 13, 1983, "Perceptionsof Animals in American or Western Culture"

Box 7 of 12

OPA - Office of Public Information (OPI), 1980-1985

Box 7 of 12

OPA - Correspondence, clippings (2 folders)

Box 7 of 12

OPA - Films, OPI, 1982-1983

Box 7 of 12

OPA - OPI - Special events, reservation of Education/Administration Building lobby, 1979-1980

Box 7 of 12

OPA - Zoofari, 1983-1985

Box 7 of 12

OPA - OPI - mailing lists, 1979

Box 7 of 12

OPA - CPI - NBC-TV interview series "Knowledge," June 1980

Box 7 of 12

CPA - Parking use - White House Conference on Aging, November 29-December 3, 1981

Box 7 of 12

OPA - Films/slides/video tapes, 1982-1983

Box 7 of 12

OPA - SI welcome brochure, July 12, 1982

Box 7 of 12

OPA - OPT - Press release, 1982-1983

Box 7 of 12

OPA - National Geographic panda birth filming, 1982

Box 7 of 12

OPA - Smokey Bear - Forest Service USDA (Don Hansen, Program Manager), 1979-1985

Box 7 of 12

OPA - Smokey Bear, 1982-1985

Box 7 of 12

OPA - BBC filming, 1982

Box 7 of 12

OPA - BBC filming Conservation Research Center, 1982

Box 7 of 12

OPA - Pola Miller Productions, films, 1982

Box 7 of 12

OPA - Office of Education, John H. Falk, 1984

Box 7 of 12

OPA - Office of Public Information - Information Services Panel, January 1, 1981

Box 7 of 12

OPA - Information Services Panel meetings, 1982-1985

Box 7 of 12

OPA - Information Services Panel, 1983

Box 7 of 12

OPA - Special events schedule, 1986

Box 7 of 12

OPA - Special events stage, 1985

Box 7 of 12

OPA - Amphitheater - special events, 1984

Box 7 of 12

OPA - Congressional Picnic and Rock Creek Walk, 1983

Box 7 of 12

OPA - Elephant Day, June 5, 1983

Box 7 of 12

OPA - Conference - Euthanasia/control of surplus animals, 1982

Box 7 of 12

OPA - Zoo nights, 1983

Box 7 of 12

OPA - Animal Intelligence symposium, 1983

Box 7 of 12

OPA - Request for special events, 1983-1985

Box 7 of 12

OPA - Conservation Research Center - Symposium, "Biology and Management of the Cervidae," August 1-5, 1982

Box 7 of 12

OPA - African Wildlife Leadership Foundation, 1981-1982

Box 7 of 12

OPA - Special events, 1982-1984

Box 7 of 12

OPA - OPI - Zoo Nights, 1979-1982

Box 7 of 12

OPA - FONZ Junior members Halloween party, Saturday, October 30, 1982

Box 7 of 12

OPA - Staff officer picnic, NZP, Senate Appropriations Subcommittee, June 2, 1982

Box 7 of 12

OPA - Congressional Zoo Night, June 15, 1982

Box 7 of 12

OPA - NZP 100th Anniversary, 1982

Box 7 of 12

OPA - Dr. Brown's reception and zoo tour, October 16, 1982

Box 7 of 12

OPA - Ken Green exhibit, "Tropical Images: The Struggle Between Man and Nature," Education and Administration Building, July 19-August 20, 1982

Box 7 of 12

OPA - 6th Reptile Symposium, July 28-30, 1982

Box 7 of 12

OPA - "Animal Extinctions: What Everyone Should Know," September 11-12, 1982

Box 7 of 12

OPA - OPI - Samples of zoo invitations, 1978-1979, 1982

Box 7 of 12

OPA - Symposia, 1982

Box 7 of 12

OPA - Regents Reptile House dinner, September 19, 1982

Box 7 of 12

OPA - OPI - TigerTalk newsletter, 1980-1985

Box 7 of 12

OPA - NZP official invitation list, 1978-1979, 1983- 1984

Box 7 of 12

OPA - OPI - Special events, 1979

Box 7 of 12

OPA - China Association for Science and Technology Delegation visit to NZP, June 27-July 18, 1981

Box 7 of 12

OPA - Women's Committee, 1981-1982

Box 7 of 12

OPA - OPI - Special events, 1980-1982

Box 7 of 12

OPA - Information and Education Office Peer Review Committee,1981

Box 7 of 12

OPA - Graphics, memorandum about NZP map, 1981

Box 7 of 12

Box 8

OPHS - Support services correspondence, 1983-1986

Box 8 of 12

OPHS - Support services staff meetings, minutes, 1983-1985

Box 8 of 12

OPHS - American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) - Local 2463 correspondence, 1982-1985

Box 8 of 12

OPHS - AFGE Local 2463, 1982

Box 8 of 12

OPHS - Judith King, NZP Administration building - Photograph request and 4 copies of photograph

Box 8 of 12

OPHS - AFGE Local 2463, contract, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1979

Box 8 of 12

OPHS - Miscellaneous Safety Council meeting minutes, 1986

Box 8 of 12

OPHS - Correspondence, 1985-1986

Box 8 of 12

OPHS - Seat belt signs, 1984

Box 8 of 12

OPHS - Zoo Security Commission

Box 8 of 12

OPHS - Pamphlets - Labor/management relations, 1968-1970, 1975

Box 8 of 12

OPHS - Police and Safety Personnel, correspondence, OPHS - Easter week activities, 1983-1984

Box 8 of 12

OPHS - Security Management Survey - Dr. Robinson, 1975

Box 8 of 12

OPHS - Safety Council meeting minutes, 1983

Box 8 of 12

OPHS - Security Violation notices

Box 8 of 12

OPHS - Occupational safety and health inspections, 1982-1984

Box 8 of 12

OPHS - Office of Police and Safety communications survey, memorandum, 1985

Box 8 of 12

OPHS - Police reports, 1977-1979, 1984-1985

Box 8 of 12

OPHS - Emergency/self-protection, riot control - Police manual,1965-1966, 1974-1975, 1983, 1985

Box 8 of 12

OPHS - Key control and grounds and building security, 1976-1983

Box 8 of 12

OPHS - Traffic, 1977

Box 8 of 12

OPHS - Safety Division (NZP and DCC), 1980-1985

Box 8 of 12

OPHS - NZP - Handgun policy, 1974-1975

Box 8 of 12

OPHS - 20 year retirement, 1974-1978

Box 8 of 12

OPHS - Aborted training policy

Box 8 of 12

OPHS - Visitor services (Health and Safety Unit), 1974-1975, 1982-1985

Box 8 of 12

OPHS - NZP Police pay, 1976-1980

Box 8 of 12

OPHS - Court jurisdiction, 1974

Box 8 of 12

OCM - Construction correspondence, 1983-1985

Box 8 of 12

OCM - Construction Programs Report, 1982-1983

Box 8 of 12

OCM - Construction - Christen Wemmer's questions, 1983-1984

Box 8 of 12

OCM - Monkey Island, 1977-1982

Box 8 of 12

OCM - Master Plan, 1974-1978, 1984

Box 8 of 12

OCM - Aquatic Habitats Exhibits, 1980-1982 (2 folders)

Box 8 of 12

OCM - Chiller plant, 1977-1983 (3 folders)

Box 8 of 12

OCM - Beautification projects, 1982

Box 8 of 12

OCM - Metro, 1973-1983

Box 8 of 12

OCM - Renovation of Small Mammal House, 1976-1983

Box 8 of 12

Box 9

Office of Facilities Management (OFM) - Sewers and sewage, 1963, 1970, 1977

Box 9 of 12

OFM - Health and Research Facility renovation, 1984

Box 9 of 12

OFM - Herpetology Lab and Reptile House, 1983

Box 9 of 12

OFM - Reorganization, 1978

Box 9 of 12

OFM - Staff meeting minutes, 1983-1984

Box 9 of 12

OFM - Electric vehicles, 1976-1978

Box 9 of 12

OFM - Flood damage at NZP, 1972-1973

Box 9 of 12

OFM - Pest control, 1973-1979

Box 9 of 12

OFM - Pest control, 1984

Box 9 of 12

OFM - Shipping crates, 1979

Box 9 of 12

OFM - Transportation, 1983-1984

Box 9 of 12

OFM - Weather, 1984

Box 9 of 12

OFM - Zoo parking study, 1983

Box 9 of 12

OFM - Supply and Procurement, 1982-1985

Box 9 of 12

OFM - Maintenance Control Unit

Box 9 of 12

OFM - Landscaping, 1978-1981

Box 9 of 12

OFM - Daily animal report - Office of Animal Programs, 1981-1982 (2 folders)

Box 9 of 12

Office of Education (OOE) - Memoranda, staff meeting minutes, 1981-1985

Box 9 of 12

OOE - Educational Outreach Program - Other funding (grants, etc.), 1978-1984

Box 9 of 12

OOE - Classrooms/auditorium scheduling and use, 1986

Box 9 of 12

OOE - International Zoo educators, 1985

Box 9 of 12

OOE - Tropical Forest Festival, 1985

Box 9 of 12

OOE - Education Peer Review, August 10-12, 1981

Box 9 of 12

OOE - Sunset Serenades, 1985

Box 9 of 12

OOE - 1980 correspondence

Box 9 of 12

OOE - Herp Lab, 1983

Box 9 of 12

OOE - Birdlab/Zoolab/Herplab, 1981

Box 9 of 12

OOE - Films, 1979-1980

Box 9 of 12

OOE - Report on Birdlab - Suzanne Hodges, 1979

Box 9 of 12

OOE - Lion/Tiger Area Observations - Diana Kwong, 1976

Box 9 of 12

OOE - Diana Kwong's Crowned Crane - trail study, 1977

Box 9 of 12

OOE - Mailing list for Dr. Wolf's study "Do Giraffes Ever Sit?"

Box 9 of 12

OOE - Zoo observation training - First draft, 1981, 1984

Box 9 of 12

OOE - A behavioral evaluation of Zoolab visitors - Suzanne Hodges

Box 9 of 12

OOE - NZP visitor survey, 1961-1983

Box 9 of 12

OOE - "What's In a House?" - Designing for the National Zoo's great apes, 1982

Box 9 of 12

OOE - Planning factors and estimates of attendance for NZP, 1961

Box 9 of 12

OOE - Uncataloged information

Box 9 of 12

Office of Graphics and Exhibits (OGE) - Monthly reports, 1980

Box 9 of 12

OGE - Audiovisual, 1979

Box 9 of 12

OGE - Project requisitions (work orders), 1980-1983

Box 9 of 12

OGE - Sculpture/statues, 1980

Box 9 of 12

OGE - Signage/labels, 1979-1984

Box 9 of 12

OGE - Correspondence, 1979-1984

Box 9 of 12

OGE - Wyman and Cannan - Totem/trails, 1974-1977 (2 folders)

Box 9 of 12

OGE - Judith Inglese mural - Education - Administration Building, 1977-1978

Box 9 of 12

Box 10

Resources Allocation Committee (RAC) - Miscellaneous documents

Box 10 of 12

RAC - Meeting, Monday, October 25, 1982

Box 10 of 12

RAC - Meeting, Wednesday, September 15, 1982

Box 10 of 12

RAC - Meeting, Thursday, July 22, 1982

Box 10 of 12

RAC - Meeting, June 17, 1982

Box 10 of 12

RAC - Meeting, Panda Plaza, Dr. Reed, March 1982

Box 10 of 12

RAC - Meeting, May 18, 1983

Box 10 of 12

RAC - Meeting, March 17, 1983

Box 10 of 12

RAC - Meeting, Thursday, February 24 1983

Box 10 of 12

RAC - Meeting, Thursday, October 20, 1983

Box 10 of 12

RAC - NZP Tickler System, 1984

Box 10 of 12

PAC. Meeting, November 22, 1983

Box 10 of 12

RAC - Meeting, June 30, 1983

Box 10 of 12

RAC - Meeting, October 25, 1984 (2 folders)

Box 10 of 12

RAC - Meeting, July 26, 1984

Box 10 of 12

RAC - Meetings, 1982-1983

Box 10 of 12

RAC - Meeting, April 21, 1983

Box 10 of 12

CEPA - February 26, 1982

Box 10 of 12

CEPA - Search Committee for Assistant Director of Animal Programs, 1982 (2 folders)

Box 10 of 12

Review - Drs. Boness, Rudran and Seidensticker, May 1983

Box 10 of 12

Rock Creek Master Plan; NZP - R&R; NZP Personnel; Department of Conservation, Front Royal, Virginia

Box 10 of 12

Report to Mr. Ripley on the projected Animal Exhibit Plan as it relates to the Master Plan, 1972

Box 10 of 12

FONZ - Budget request, 1983 (2 folders)

Box 10 of 12

FONZ - Financial statements, 1978-1979

Box 10 of 12

Box 11

Budget correspondence, 1981-1983 (2 folders)

Box 11 of 12

Status report on animal inventory, 1983 (2 folders)

Box 11 of 12

Collections Management Policy - Correspondence, 1976-1983 (4 folders)

Box 11 of 12

Sketches of Zoo Animals by Tasev - Given to T. H. Reed

Box 11 of 12

NZP Program reports, 1979-1980

Box 11 of 12

Monthly Program report - SI November and December 1982

Box 11 of 12

Program report, 1983

Box 11 of 12

Miscellaneous Proposed Animal Transactions, 1984-1985 (4 folders)

Box 11 of 12

Office of Animal Programs (OAP) - Correspondence, 1982

Box 11 of 12

OAP - Animal Programs meetings, 1980-1984 (3 folders)

Box 11 of 12

Miscellaneous Daily Animal Reports, 1984-1985

Box 11 of 12

Miscellaneous Weekly Animal Reports, 1984-1985 (2 folders)

Box 11 of 12

Personnel correspondence, 1981-1983

Box 11 of 12

Box 12

General and Animal Information Files created by William M. Mann, Ernest P. Walker, Theodore H. Reed and J. Lear Grimmer. Includes memoranda and correspondence between NZP and animal dealers, other zoos, and the general public.

Addax, 1963

Box 12 of 12

Antelopes and goats, 1957-1963

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Bears, 1959-1962

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Birds (miscellaneous), 1958-1965

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Camels, 1959-1963

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Crocodiles, 1955

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Deer, 1962-1963

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Douc langurs, 1968

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Duiker, 1963-1964

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Eagles, 1962-1965

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Elephants, 1928, 1938-1964. Includes notes by William H. Blackburne

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Elephant - Thailand, 1963-1964. Includes information on J. Lear Grimmer's trip to India and Thailand

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Gnu, 1962

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Gorilla, 1963-1964

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Hippopotamus - "Estela," 1968

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Hoatzin, 1963, 1967

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Hummingbirds, 1949, 1959, 1960-1964

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Hyenas, 1958-1959. Includes keeper's notebook

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Kookaburra, 1968

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Kouprey, 1963-1970

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Leopards, 1958

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Leopards, black, 1967

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Lions, 1965

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Monkey, Macaca, 1968

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Muntjacs, 1968

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Musk oxen, 1962-1963

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Ocelots, 1962

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Okapi, circa 1958

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Oryx, 1963

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Penguins, 1963-1965

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Pudu, 1968

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"Operation Reindeer," 1958-1960 (2 folders)

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Salamanders, 1962

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Snakes, 1960-1961

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Tasmanian Devil, 1958

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Turtles, 1963-1964

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General files: Majority created by Director Theodore Reed and his Associate Director J. Lear Grimmer

Progress report, 1966

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Rockbridge Alum Springs Biological Laboratory, 1966

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Sheldon Tromberg - Short movie filmed at NZP, 1960

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Embassy requests, 1959

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Job descriptions used in other agencies, 1948-1957

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Safety program, 1966-1967

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Children (D.C. Junior Village), 1963

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Conservation Center, NZP, 1965

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The Conservation Foundation - Russell E. Train, President, 1965

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Youth employment program, 1963, 1966, 1969

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Students/visitors temporarily working at NZP, 1966-1967

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Television, 1957-1960

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Audio lectures, 1959-1961

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Grants - Foundations, 1960, 1966

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Grant - Dr. Peery, 1959

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NZP signs for other zoos, 1960

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Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson's Connecticut Avenue beautification plan, 1966-1967

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Bears, 1931-1964. General correspondence, mostly answered by Dr. Mann

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Birds, 1952-1954

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Letters for archives, 1932-1958. Correspondence concerning animals in general

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1971-1972 Annual Report - General information, 1973

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Birds and Greenwell notes, 1972-1973

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List of publications by NZP staff, circa 1972

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List of papers given by NZP staff, circa 1972

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NZP surplus animals, 1969

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NZP 18-month report, 1971-1972

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NZP Annual Report, 1976

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NZP Annual Report, 1977

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NZP Annual Report, 1978

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NZP Annual Report, 1979

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