Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 10-158
National Zoological Park. Department of Zoological Research
Animal Research Records, circa 1966-1984
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. Department of Zoological Research |
Title: | Animal Research Records |
Dates: | circa 1966-1984 |
Quantity: | 5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes) |
Collection: | Accession 10-158 |
Language of Materials: | English |
Summary: | This accession consists of records documenting behavioral observations of animals at the National Zoological Park. Species documented in this accession include bush dogs, crab-eating foxes, giant pandas (by Devra G. Kleiman and William A. Xanten), lesser pandas, Asian elephants (by John Eisenberg), Tasmanian devils, giraffes, Nile hippopotamus, Indian rhinoceros (by Helmut K. Buechner), spectacled bears (by Daryl J. Boness), sloth bears (by Daryl J. Boness), polar bears (by Daryl J. Boness), sable antelope (by Helmut K. Buechner), bongos, dik diks, oryx, duikers, and golden lion tamarins (by Helmut K. Buechner). Materials include raw and edited audio, film, and video footage. Materials also include a Friends of the National Zoo training video which includes clips from the Dept. of Zoological Research observations as well as a few lecture recordings. |
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of records documenting behavioral observations of animals at the National Zoological Park. Species documented in this accession include bush dogs, crab-eating foxes, giant pandas (by Devra G. Kleiman and William A. Xanten), lesser pandas, Asian elephants (by John Eisenberg), Tasmanian devils, giraffes, Nile hippopotamus, Indian rhinoceros (by Helmut K. Buechner), spectacled bears (by Daryl J. Boness), sloth bears (by Daryl J. Boness), polar bears (by Daryl J. Boness), sable antelope (by Helmut K. Buechner), bongos, dik diks, oryx, duikers, and golden lion tamarins (by Helmut K. Buechner). Materials include raw and edited audio, film, and video footage. Materials also includes a Friends of the National Zoo training video which include clips from the Department of Zoological Research observations as well as a few lecture recordings.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- Kleiman, Devra G.
- Xanten, William A.
- Eisenberg, John Frederick, 1935-
- Buechner, Helmut K. (Helmut Karl)
- Boness, Daryl J.
- Friends of the National Zoo (U.S.)
Subject
- Zoos
- Zoo animals
- Animal behavior
- Zoology -- Research
- Giant panda
- Wild dogs
- Foxes
- Red panda
- Elephants
- Tasmanian devil
- Giraffe
- Hippopotamus
- Indian rhinoceros
- Spectacled bear
- Bears
- Polar bear
- Sable antelope
- Dik-diks
- Antelopes
- Oryx
- Duikers
- Golden lion tamarin
- Training
- Lectures and lecturing
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 10-158, National Zoological Park. Department of Zoological Research, Animal Research Records
Container List
Box 1
Bush Dogs, Tape 58, Bushi and Pecan, April 4 and April 10, 1976, 1/2" videotape reel
Bush Dogs, Tape B, Cricket and Hansel, May 18, 1/2" videotape reel
Bush Dogs, Pecan and Gretel, 1/2" videotape reel
Crab-Eating Foxes, Tape 18, Teaka and Spiffy, December 27, 1975, 1/2" videotape reel
Crab-Eating Foxes, Tape 23, Rueben and Honcho, December 30, 1975, 1/2" videotape reel
Crab-Eating Foxes, Tape 26, Rueben and Honcho, January 6, 1976, 1/2" videotape reel
Crab-Eating Foxes, Tape 31, Spiffy and Teaka mounting, January 9, 1976, 1/2" videotape reel
Crab-Eating Foxes, Tape 32, Spiffy and Teaka copulation, January 9, 1976, 1/2" videotape reel
Crab-Eating Foxes, Tape 35, Rueben and Frosty copulation, January 11, 1976, 1/2" videotape reel
Crab-Eating Foxes, Tape 37, Spiffy and new girl, October 30, 1975, 1/2" videotape reel
Crab-Eating Foxes, Tape 39, Spiffy and Honcho, September 19, 1975, 1/2" videotape reel
Crab-Eating Foxes, Tape 41, Spiffy and new girl, October 25, 1975, 1/2" videotape reel
Crab-Eating Foxes, Tape 42, Frosty and Spiffy, October 8, 1975, 1/2" videotape reel
Crab-Eating Foxes, Tape 47, Spiffy and Honcho after mating, 1/2" videotape reel
Crab-Eating Foxes, Tape 48, Spiffy and Honcho, September 29, 1975, 1/2" videotape reel
Crab-Eating Foxes, Tape 59, Spiffy and Honcho, October 5, 1975, 1/2" videotape reel
Crab-Eating Foxes, Tape 101, Teaka's pups suckling, July 21, 1976, 1/2" videotape reel
Giant Pandas, Vocalizations, May 2, 1975, 1/4" audiotape
Giant Pandas, April 13, 14, and 15, 1977, 1/4" audiotape
Giant Pandas, April 15, 16, 17, and 18, 1977, 1/4" audiotape
Giant Pandas, April 18, 1977, 1/4" audiotape
Giant Pandas, May 10, 1979, 1/4" audiotape
Giant Pandas, May 11, 1979, 1/4" audiotape
Giant Pandas, Ling Ling/Hsing Hsing/Chia Chia, April 7, and 14, 1981, 1/4"audiotape
Giant Pandas, Ling Ling/Hsing Hsing/Chia Chia, April 14, 1981, 1/4" audiotape
Giant Pandas, Yingxiongou, Tape 1, March 15, 17, and 18, 1982, 1/4" audiotape
Giant Pandas, Yingxiongou, Tape 2, March 18 and 20, 1982, 1/4" audiotape
Giant Pandas, Yingxiongou, Tape 4, March 25 and April 7 and 8, 1982, 1/4" audiotape
Giant Pandas, Yingxiongou, Tape 6, April 8, 9, 10, and 11, 1982, 1/4" audiotape
Giant Pandas, Yingxiongou, Tape 8, April 11 and 16, 1982, 1/4" audiotape
Giant Pandas, Chengdu Zoo, Tape 10, April 16, 1982, 1/4" audiotape
Giant Pandas, March 20, 1984, 1/4" audiotape
Giant Pandas, Field Recording, Copy 1, 1/4" audiotape
Giant Pandas, Field Recording, Copy 2, 1/4" audiotape
Giant Pandas, Field Recording, Copy 3, 1/4" audiotape
Lesser Panda, Screech, November 30, 1/4" audiotape
Eisenberg, S-1, Dasyurus, 16 mm film
Eisenberg, Pangolin and Elephas maximus, 16 mm film
Eisenberg and Collins, Tasmanian Devil, Edited Footage, c. 1973, 16 mm film
Box 2
Giraffe, May 26, 1966, 2" videotape
Nile Hippopotamus, May 31, 1966, 2" videotape
Paul Leyhausen, Smithsonian Lecture, January 23, 1968, 1/4" audiotape
Dr. Hinde, Smithsonian Lecture, September 5, 1967, 1/4" audiotape
Xanten, unidentified, Super 8 mm (8 rolls)
Xanten, Giant Pandas, Super 8 mm (9 rolls)
Xanten, Echidna, Roll 1 of 3, Super 8 mm
Xanten, Echidna, Roll 2 of 3 , Super 8 mm
Indian Rhinoceros, Tape 1a, January 1, February 1, 2, and 3, 1974, 1/2" videotape reel
Indian Rhinoceros, Tape 1b, February 3, 1974, 1/2" videotape reel
Indian Rhinoceros, Tape 2, February 4 and 6, 1974, 1/2" videotape reel
Indian Rhinoceros, Raji and Pat, Tape 3, February 6 and 7, 1974, 1/2" videotape reel
Sable Antelope, Tape 5, July 30 and 31 and August 1, 1973, 1/2" videotape reel
Indian Rhinoceros, Raji and Pat, Tape 10, March 7, 1974, 1/2" videotape reel
Indian Rhinoceros, Pat's First Day Out, Tape 11, March 28, 1974, 1/2" videotape reel
Indian Rhinoceros, Raji and Pat, Tape 12, April 4 and June 24, 1974, 1/2" videotape reel
Indian Rhinoceros, Raji and Pat Outside, Tape 13, May 25, 1974, 1/2" videotape reel
Indian Rhinoceros, Tarun Introduced to Raji, Tape 14, June 1, 1974, 1/2" videotape reel
Indian Rhinoceros, Raji and pat Outside in Big Yard, Tape 16, June 21, 1974, 1/2" videotape reel
Indian Rhinoceros, Raji and Pat, Tape 17, July 7 and September 5, 1974, 1/2" videotape reel
Indian Rhinoceros, Raji and Pat Play Outside, Tape 18, August 7 and 9, 1974, 1/2" videotape reel
Indian Rhinoceros, Raji, Pat, and Tarun in Adjacent Yards, Tape 19, August 8 and 9, 1974, 1/2" videotape reel
Indian Rhinoceros, Raji, Pat, and Tarun in Adjacent Yards, Tape 20, August 10, 12, and 13, 1974, 1/2" videotape reel
Box 3
Indian Rhinoceros, Pat, Raji, and Tarun in Adjacent Yards, Tape 21, August 15 and September 13, 1974, 1/2" videotape reel
Indian Rhinoceros, Pat and Raji, Tape 22, November 8 and 11, 1974, 1/2" videotape reel
Indian Rhinoceros, Raji and Pat, Tape 23, November 14 and December 9, 1974, 1/2" videotape reel
Indian Rhinoceros, Pat and Raji, Tape 24, December 2, 3, and 5, 1974, 1/2" videotape reel
Indian Rhinoceros, Raji and Pat, Tape 25, December 10, 1974, 1/2" videotape reel
Indian Rhinoceros, Raji and Pat, Tape 26, February 6, 1975, 1/2" videotape reel
Indian Rhinoceros, Raji and Pat, Tape 28, February 13 and 20 and March 20, 1975, 1/2" videotape reel
Indian Rhinoceros, Tape 29, March 3, 6, and 14, 1975, 1/2" videotape reel
Indian Rhinoceros, Raji and Pat, Tape 30, March 30 and April 7 and 17, 1975, 1/2" videotape reel
Indian Rhinoceros, Raji and Pat, Tape 31, May 8, 1975, 1/2" videotape reel
Indian Rhinoceros, Pre-Labor, Master 1, January 29-30, 1974, 1/2" videotape reel
Indian Rhinoceros, Pre-Labor, Master 2, January 30, 1974, 1/2" videotape reel
Indian Rhinoceros, Birth, Master 3, 1/2" videotape reel
Indian Rhinoceros, Calf Standing and Going to Nurse, Master 4, 1/2" videotape reel
Indian Rhinoceros, Edited Tape with Commentary, June 4 and December 23, 1974, 1/2" videotape reel
Indian Rhinoceros, Birth, 22 minutes, 1/2" videotape reel
Indian Rhinoceros and Lesser Panda, 1/2" videotape reel
Indian Rhinoceros, Mating Activity, 16 mm film
Indian Rhinoceros, Mother and Infant, 16 mm film
Indian Rhinoceros, Mother and Infant, January 31, 1974, 16 mm film
Spectacled Bear, February and March 1982, 1/2" videotape reel
Spectacled Bear Mating, 1983, 1/2" videotape reel
Spectacled Bear, Tape 2, December 27, 1983, 1/2" videotape reel
Spectacled Bear, Tape 4, December 27, 1983, 1/2" videotape reel
Spectacled Bear, December 28, 1983, 1/2" videotape reel
Spectacled Bear, December 29, 1983
Sloth Bear and Cub, April 2, 1982, 1/2" videotape reel
Sloth Bear, 1982, 1/2" videotape reel
Spectacled Bear, January 5, 1984, 1/2" videotape reel
Spectacled Bear, January 10, 1984, 1/2" videotape reel
Spectacled Bear, January 11, 1984, 1/2" videotape reel
Box 4
Spectacled Bear, January 17, 1984, 1/2" videotape reel
Spectacled Bear, January 26, 1984, 1/2" videotape reel
Spectacled Bear, January 27, 1984, 1/2" videotape reel
Spectacled Bear, January 31, 1984, 1/2" videotape reel
Spectacled Bear, February 4, 1984, 1/2" videotape reel
Spectacled Bear, February 8, 1984, 1/2" videotape reel
Spectacled Bear, February 10, 1984, 1/2" videotape reel
Spectacled Bear and Cub, February 14, 1984, 1/2" videotape reel
Spectacled Bear and Cub, February 17, 1984, 1/2" videotape reel
Spectacled Bear, February 21, 1984, 1/2" videotape reel
Spectacled Bear, February 23, 1984, 1/2" videotape reel
Spectacled Bear at Play and Sloth Bear at Play, 1/2" videotape reel
Spectacled Bear, Mating Activity, April, 14, 1983, 1/4" audiotape
Sloth Bear Cub and Spectacled Bear Cub, 1982, 1/4" audiotape
Polar Bear Tape, Night of November 27, 1979, 1/4" audiotape
Sable Antelope, July 26 and August 7, 1973, 1/2" videotape reel
Sable Antelope, July 28, 1973, 1/2" videotape reel
Sable Antelope, July 29 and August 6, 1973, 1/2" videotape reel
Sable Antelope, mid-August 1973, 1/2" videotape reel
Sable Antelope, September 7-10, 1973, 1/2" videotape reel
Sable Antelope, November 23, 1973, 1/2" videotape reel
Sable Antelope, April 1974, 1/2" videotape reel
Sable Antelope, April 28, 1974, 1/2" videotape reel
Sable Antelope, April 29, 1974, 1/2" videotape reel
Sable Antelope, April 30, 1974, 1/2" videotape reel
Bongo (Nyadura), June 17, 1974, and Sable Antelope, August 20, 1974, 1/2" videotape reel
Sable Antelope, August 1, 1974, 1/2" videotape reel (2 reels)
Box 5
Sable Antelope, August 8, 1974, 1/2" videotape reel
Sable Antelope, August 13, 1974, 1/2" videotape reel
Sable Antelope, August 14, 15, and 16, 1974, 1/2" videotape reel
Sable Antelope, August 19, 1974, 1/2" videotape reel
Sable Antelope, July 29, 1974, 1/2" videotape reel
Sable Antelope, July 30, 1974, 1/2" videotape reel
Sable Antelope, Copulatory Behavior, July 31, 1974, 1/2" videotape reel
Sable Antelope, July 31-August 1, 1974, 1/2" videotape reel
Sable Antelope, August 20, 1974, 1/2" videotape reel (2 reels)
Sable Antelope, August 20, 1974, 1/2" videotape reel
Dik Dik Pair Bond, August 8, 1/2" videotape reel
Oryx (Front Royal), Amber, Candy, and Babies, April 13, 1977, 1/2" videotape reel
Duikers, November 15, 1977, 1/2" videotape reel
Friends of the National Zoo Training Film by K. Kranz, December 1977, 1/2" videotape reel
Golden Lion Tamarins, Tape 1, April 10, 1974, 1/4" audiotape
Golden Lion Tamarins, Tape 2, April 17 and 19, 1974, 1/4" audiotape
Golden Lion Tamarins, Tape 5, June 10 and 11, 1974, 1/4" audiotape
Golden Lion Tamarins, Tape 6, June 17 and December 20, 1974, 1/4" audiotape
Golden Lion Tamarins, Tape 11, October 10, 1974, 1/4" audiotape
Golden Lion Tamarins, Tape 14, 1/4" audiotape
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