Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 10-005
National Zoological Park. Department of Animal Programs
Keeper Reports, 1988-2007
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of records documenting the behavior of individual animals, care of animals, breeding, and significant events among the animals of Beaver Valley, including seals, sea lions, pelicans, bobcats, otters, hawks, wolves, and beavers. Materials consist of observations and notes by the keepers in the form of daily reports as well as training, feeding, and medication records. Also included in this accession are several condolence cards given to the keepers after animal deaths.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
Subject
- Zoos
- Zoo keepers
- Zoo animals
- Animal behavior
- Beavers
- Sea lions
- Seals (Animals)
- Pelicans
- Bobcat
- Wolves
- Hawks
- Otters
- Zoo exhibits
- Zoology -- Research
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 10-005, National Zoological Park. Department of Animal Programs, Keeper Reports