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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 03-028
National Zoological Park. Office of Exhibits and Outreach
Associate Director's Files, 1974-2001
Collection Overview
General Information About This Collection | |
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Repository: | Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu. |
Creator: | National Zoological Park. Office of Exhibits and Outreach |
Title: | Associate Director's Files |
Dates: | 1974-2001 |
Quantity: | 8 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes) |
Collection: | Accession 03-028 |
Language of Materials: | English |
Summary: | These records, created and maintained by David Jenkins, Associate Director, Office of Exhibits and Outreach (previously Associate Director for Interpretive Programs), document his professional activities and ideas for educational activities as well as development of new and improvement of existing exhibitions and the upkeep and safety of zoo grounds. Major topics include Amazonia, the proposed exhibition dealing with water and aquatic ecology, and the Smithsonian conference "What About Diffusion?" which Jenkins co-chaired. Records prior to Jenkins's arrival c. 1994 were primarily created by Robert E. Mulcahy and Virginia A. Mahoney. Mulcahy headed the Office of Graphics and Exhibits from 1974 to 1987 holding the titles of Chief, Manager of Design, and Manager. Mahoney served as Art Director, Office of Graphics and Exhibits, 1981-c. 1982; Supervisor, Design Unit, Office of Graphics and Exhibits, c. 1982-1987; and Acting Head, Office of Graphics and Exhibits, 1987-1990. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, notes, reports, pamphlets, photographs, slides, maps, and related materials. |
Descriptive Entry
These records, created and maintained by David Jenkins, Associate Director, Office of Exhibits and Outreach (previously Associate Director for Interpretive Programs), document his professional activities and ideas for educational activities as well as development of new and improvement of existing exhibitions and the upkeep and safety of zoo grounds. Major topics include Amazonia, the proposed exhibition dealing with water and aquatic ecology, and the Smithsonian conference "What About Diffusion?" which Jenkins co-chaired. Records prior to Jenkins's arrival c. 1994 were primarily created by Robert E. Mulcahy and Virginia A. Mahoney. Mulcahy headed the Office of Graphics and Exhibits from 1974 to 1987 holding the titles of Chief, Manager of Design, and Manager. Mahoney served as Art Director, Office of Graphics and Exhibits, 1981-c. 1982; Supervisor, Design Unit, Office of Graphics and Exhibits, c. 1982-1987; and Acting Head, Office of Graphics and Exhibits, 1987-1990. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, notes, reports, pamphlets, photographs, slides, maps, and related materials.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- Amazonia (Exhibition)
- Jenkins, David
- Mahoney, Virginia A.
- Mulcahy, Robert E.
- National Zoological Park (U.S.). Associate Director for Interpretive Programs
- National Zoological Park (U.S.). Office of Graphics and Exhibits
- What About Diffusion? (Conference) (1997: Washington, D.C.)
Subject
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 03-028, National Zoological Park. Office of Exhibits and Outreach, Associate Director's Files
Container List
Box 1
Amazonia 1987
Exhibits - Amazonia Project 1987
Exhibits - Amazonia 1986
Australian Pavilion 1987-1988
Bat Exhibit 1987-1988
Beaver Exhibit 1976, 1987
Exhibits/Old - Bird House 1976-1979
Butterfly Project 1987-1988
Fish Posters 1987
Exhibits - Great Ape House - General 1980
Gibbon Exhibit 1987
Exhibits - Giant Japanese Spider Crab 1987
Exhibits - Great Ape House - Banner Keys 1980-1981
Great Ape House - Orang Sculpture 1988
Exhibits - Invertebrates (Glossary)
Exhibits/Old - Elephant House 1976-1982
Indonesia/Label Changes 1987
Exhibits - Invertebrates - General
Exhibits - Invertebrates - Backlit Photos and Indian Art
Panda Exhibit 1979-1982
Exhibits - Invertebrates (Educational Questionnaire)
Exhibits - Invertebrates (Banner)
Exhibits - Invertebrates (T-shirt Design)
Exhibits - Invertebrates (Food)
Exhibits - Invertebrates (Tickets)
Exhibits - Invertebrates - Sculpture 1986
Lobby Exhibit 1986
Exhibits - Monkey Island 1983
Exhibits - Monkey Island 1982-1983
Exhibits - North American Mammals 1980
Exhibits - Olmsted Walk 1983
Exhibits - Polar Bear 1977-1978
Exhibits - Old/Reptile House 1978-1981
Seal Day 1987
Exhibits/Old - Seal/Sea Lion 1979
Smokey Bear Fact Sheet 1984
Smokey the Bear Exhibit 1984
Visitor's File 1982-1985
Invertebrate Exhibit - Planning Phase 1985
Animal Programs Committee/Exhibits 1983-1985
Elephant House Renovation 1982-1985
Monkey House Renovation 1982
N.A.M.E. Exhibits 1984
Small Mammal House 1983-1985
Bald Eagle 1975-1982
NZP Sculpture 1977
Kouprey Statues - Education/Administration Building 1981
Miniature Zoo Exhibit 1977-1978
Children's Trail and Center 1986
Labels 1977-1986
NZP Paint Selections 1974-1981
Evolution Science - Reptiles and Amphibians
History
Educational Programs - Self-Guided Kits - History Tour
Language/Literature - Animal Dictionary
Language/Literature 1980
Language/Literature - Mythology
Language - Riddles, Jokes, Quotes
Schools - Tours - Anthropocentric 1976
Math
Box 2
Displays - Plants
Classification - Taxonomy Notes
Science - Diets and Biochemistry
Anatomy/Physiology/Skeletons - Self-Guided Materials
Miscellaneous Educational Programs 1981
How to Preserve Animal and Other Specimens in Clear Plastic
Ideas From Other Zoos and Museums
Ecology - Pollution - Aquatic
Ecology - Micrometeorology
Ohio Zoo Educator's Project - State and Federal Materials 1984-1985
Endangered Species Project - Metazoo Materials 1999
Information - Endangered Species/Lectures
Endangered Species Conservation 1976
Ecology - Adaptations - Animal Technology
Education - Projects in Progress - Art Project
Displays - Building Dimensions for Children
Display - Cartoons - To Be Sorted
Displays - Circulation
Displays - Discovery Boxes
Displays - Discovery Room
Displays - Ecology
Displays - Electric Cards
Displays - Evolution
Displays - The 15 Senses - Ideas for Exhibits
Displays - Footprints/Tracks
Schools - Games - Make a Giant
Displays - Ideas for Young Children
Display - Ideas - Miscellaneous
Displays - Life Beyond World Without Water 1977
Displays - Micro World of Disease
Ronald Hoffman 1997
1991 Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) Accreditation - Education Set 1
Geosphere Project 1996-1997
Horticulture 1997
AZA Accreditation Folder - 1997
Dave - Think Tank Evaluation
Dialogue II 1996-1997
FY 1997 IRM Pool
National Zoological Park (NZP) Police Inspection 1997
NZP Proposal - Howard Hughes Medical Institute - 1997 Science Education Initiative
Captain's Position 1996
North Carolina 1996-1997
Education Outreach Project 1998
1998 Project Listing
Slide Collection 1997
Education Building - Space Needs
Lions/Tigers Exhibit 1996-1997
Education Council Meeting 9/26/1996
CMED 1997-1998
Personnel System Reform Steering Committee 1997
India Bird Trapper 1998
World Wildlife Fund 1997
Education Building 1997
Amazonia Planning 1992-1995
Amazonia May-July 1992
Signage on Statistics
Signage - In Work
Phase II Signage
Phase II Graphics
To Be Proofed
Signage for Shillobites
Signage for Miscellaneous Wall Displays and Stream
Signage for Standing Exhibits
Lists of Endangered/Extinct Species
Signage - Copies
Exhibit Technologies - Slides and Specs
AAZPA Conference 1985
AAZPA Education/Graphics Program Committee
AAZPA - Regional 1985
Exhibit Ideas - Heartbeats
Amazonia Gallery (Research Institute)
Amazonia Gallery 1995
Gallery - Biodiversity Lab1995
Gallery - Biovisualization Lab
Box 3
Speeches 1997
Zoofari Money 1996
Smithsonian Council, November 6-8, 1997
Farm Exhibit 1997
Latino Fellowships 1997
Bioquest Project 1997
Promotion 1996
Space Zoo 1997
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute 1997
Education Council 1997
October 8, 1997 - TSA Workshop
NOAHS 1997
Friends of the National Zoo (FONZ) Education Program Statistics 1996
Organizational Chart, November 1996
FONZ Award Categories, August 19, 1997 Meeting
Zoofari 1997
Muse 1997
Office of Management Services 1994
CMED Issues for 1995
New Learning Technologies Task Force 1996
Technology Committee 1996
Panda 1997
Our Forests: Our Heritage 1992
Color Transparency for Poster
Latin American Rain Forest Exhibit II 1991-1992
Latin American Rain Forest Exhibit III 1992
Education Council 1995-1996
Minutes - Interpretive Programs - Staff Meetings 1994-1995
Operations, September 1994-December 1994
Operations Meetings, June through 1994
Kraft Workshops, June 7, 1996
Natural Partners 1996
CMED Education Report 1996
Operations Meetings, April-December 1995
Operations Meeting, January-September 1996
Interpretive Programs Staff Meetings - June to December 1995
Flight Exhibit 1992-1994
Chronologic Files - Jenkins, January-July 1992
Chronologic Files - Jenkins, August-December 1992
Amazonia Tour, April 21, 1994 - Tropical Forest Foundation/Lovejoy
Amazonia - Simon and Schuster I, 1988-1992
Birds/Flight Cage
Amazonia - Simon and Schuster II, 1992
Amazonia Opening (Planning), July-November 1992
Amazonia Gallery, March-December 1992
Amazonia Gallery - Planning, 1992-1994
Box 4
Gallery - Correspondence - J. Horsley 1994
Gallery - Department of Zoological Research (DZR) Lab 1994-1995
Material for Chris White Gallery 1990-1995
Gallery - Greenhouse 1994-1995
Gallery - Insect Room 1995
Gallery IPR 1995
Gallery - Video Projects - Marc Brettfelter
Gallery - Research Exhibits 1995
Gallery - Landscaping 1995
Gallery - Review Process - Phones and CCTV 1995
Research Exhibits - Conservation and Research Center (CRC) 1995
Gallery - INTEC Design Development Established January 23, 1995
Gallery Updates 1995
Gallery - Meetings - History 1994-1995
Dialogue II: What About Diffusion? 1997-1998
Vogel, Susan 1997
Dialogue II 1997 [3 folders]
SI Dialogues 1994-1995
Exxon Tiger Project 1995
Dialogue II 1997
Special Exhibition Program (Amazonia) 1996
The Geosphere Project 1993-1994
A.D.A.M. Museum Project 1993
Geosphere - Sweden 1996
Gallery SEF Grant 1996
EOF Proposal 1999
Education Complex 1999
Howard Hughes Spending 1997-1998
Visitor Spending 2000
Exhibits and Outreach - New Organizational Chart 2001
Employee Survey 2000
Reorganization 2000
Exhibits and Outreach/Meeting Notes 2000
Interpretive Group
Teacher's Advisory Group 1997
Dave's Action/Reply 2000
Mini-Grants FY 1999
National Science Resources Center (NSRC) Advisory Board 1998-1999
Virtual Smithsonian 1998-1999
NZP Website 1999
NZP Master Plan 1997-1998
Geosphere - Recent Correspondence 1997-1998
Box 5
FONZ Grants 2000/2001
Imago 1999
Education Department Initiatives 1996
Education Reorganization 1996
BioPark Quick Hits 1995
CRC Education Faculty 1998
CRC Education 1998
CRC 1999
ICB 1998-1999
Myanmar (Burma) Project 1999
ICB 1999
Minority Intern Project Summer 1996
Water Exhibit 1997-1999
SRI - Samples of Research 1995
The Farmyard 1998
How We Discover 1998
Aquatics CH2 Proposal 1999
The Water Team 1996
Aquatic Trail 1996
Water Exhibit 1995-1997
CRC Research
Aquatics Trail IPR 1997 [2 folders]
Conservation and Research Center 1992
Aquatics Exhibit 1997 [2 folders]
Einhorn Yaffee Prescott 1998
CH2 MHill 1998-1999
BioCenter
Water Exhibit 1998
USGS Water Exhibit 1998
1997 CMED Statistics
Box 6
Gallery - Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) Exhibit 1995
Geology 1995
Aquatics Team 1995
Displays - Microworld - Exhibit Ideas
Displays - Microworld - Exhibit Ideas
Displays - Odor
Displays - Tar Pit
Displays - Young Children
Displays - Zoos - What are Zoos Doing?
Exhibits - Ideas from Sonora Desert Museum
MetaZoo Discovery Sheets
Metazoo - Original Concepts/ Good Ideas
Graphics - Geography
Graphics - Ideas for New Signs
Graphics - Short Questions
Graphics - Sign Seminar
Graphics - Survey of Animal Popularity and Visitor Perceptions 1979
Graphics - 10 mL Lamination
Graphics - Venomous Animals
Graphics - Metazoo Signage
Animals - Mammals - Question Activities
Geosphere Contract Problems 1995-1996
Van Sant Chronological File 1994-1996
Our Forests, Our Heritage 1993-1994 [2 folders]
Geosphere Project 1995-1997
Geosphere Post-contract 1993-1996
Geosphere 1997
Latin American Rain Forest Exhibit I 1997
Earthquest Exhibit 1994
Visualizing Amazonia 1994
Interpretive Programs 1994
PR on Elephant Watch 1993
Cabinet Meetings April -June 1994
Events Planning Committee Meetings 1993
Cabinet Meetings January-March 1994
Interpretive Programs Staff Meetings 1993
Cabinet Meetings, April through July 1993
Chronological Files - Interpretive Programs (Carolyn Foxx), November 1992 through January 1995
Rosenberger, Alfred L. 1992-1993
Easter Monday 1993
Easter Monday 1994
Box 7
Rosenberger, Alfred L. 1994-1995
Easter Monday 1995
WJLA TV News 1983-1998
Milk and Mothering 1998
Geosphere Amazonia Spending 1994
Video Essays on Research and Conservation 1998
Accessibility Improvement 5-year Plan 1995-1996
Photo Issue 1998
America On-line
Rapid Virtual Reality 1997
Orem Associates 1996
Sisley Fund 1997
Ecotarium 1999
Dialogue II 1997
American Association of Museums 1998
1997 CMED Survey
Orem Associates 1996
Setquest 1995-1996
Ecotarium 1996-1999
Horticulture - Great Meadow Turf Renovation 1998-1999
Collection Information System 1998
Education Mini-Grants 1999
Seismic Project 1998
Budget 2000-2001
Horticulture - Wild Deer 1999
Virtual Smithsonian 1997-1999
Water Exhibit 1998-1999
Think Tank Exhibit 1996
CRC Education Group 1998
Living Exhibits and Education 1998
Gateway Project 1997
Great Cats Exhibit 1997
Milk and Mothering Exhibit 1996
Strategic Planning Subcommittee (Education Council Committee) 1998
Education Programs - Self-guided Kits - What's Wrong With This Animal?
Education Department - Tour Questions
Turtle Project
Animals - Venomous
Reptiles and Amphibians
Science - Mammals - Notes - General 1976
Behavior - Zoos - Captivity Notes (Behavior, Husbandry)
Animals - Behavior
Birds
Insects
Animals - Age Records
Docents - Projects - Ideas
Animals - Insects
Animal Meanings
Zoo Ideas
Displays - Endangered Species 1981
Conservation Notes - Lecture to Zoo Educators Spring 1985
Ideas - Human Selection
Endangered Species Project - ISIS Materials 1985
Information - Diets
Education Programs - Classes - Ecology
Schools - Games - Food Web Game
Ecology - Lectures, Notes
Information - Ecology Speeches/Lectures
Evolution Lectures/Notes
Lecture Notes
Information - Evolution Assignments
Graphic Master Plan 1975
Master Plan 1976
Map Brochure 1977-1985
Zoo Map Brochure 1978-1986
Animal Products 1977-1980
Information System 1981-1985
Traffic Signage 1978-1985
Box 8
Prohibitive Signage 1979-1984
Signage 1977-1981
Symbols 1979-1986
Staff Photograph
Trail System - Red Stripe 1984
Tree/Plant Labels 1983
Translators - Zoo Language Signs 1979-1982
Banners 1980-1986
Trail System - Elements 1986
Master Plan - Graphic Construction 1977
Office of Graphics and Construction - Trail Systems
Master Graphics Plan 1988
Master Graphics Plan (Centennial Plans?) 1986
Master Graphics Plan - Buttons 1978-1984
Master Graphics Plan - Paint Colors 1980-1981
Master Graphics Plan - Building Identification 1982
Master Graphics Plan - Copyright Information 1977-1991
Master Graphics Plan - Banners and Poles 1976-1977
Master Graphics - General File 1977-1979
Master Plan 1985
Old Visitor Information
Statistics for Information Packet
Information Brochures 1976-1983
Animal Labeling
Visitor Information Packet 1976
NZP Awards 1979-1983
Aquatic Habitats 1981
NZP Art 1980
Metro Signage 1981-1982
Easter Monday 1995 [2 folders]
Cabinet Meetings January -March 1993
Education Council 1993
FONZ Grant Review Meeting 1992-1993
Easter Monday 1996
Smithsonian African-American Association 1992-1994
Chronologic Files - Jenkins - January to December 1993
Cabinet Meetings - August-December 1993
David Jenkins - Chronologic Files 1994
Director's Meetings 1992-1995
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