Woodland Park Zoo Historical and Administrative Records
Series, 8601-01
- Dates
- 1889 – 2006
- Extent
- 7.0 cubic_feet (18 boxes)
- Description
- Correspondence, reports, minutes, brochures, and other historical records collected by zoo staff. Topics covered include specific animals and exhibits, zoo management and personnel, bond issues, and long-range planning. A run of the Director's chronological correspondence is included, as well as daily logs noting things like animal births and deaths, feed purchases, and visitor incidents and accidents. The series also includes some records of the Seattle Zoological Society, including agreements, minutes, and correspondence. Records related to Tusko the elephant (deceased 1933) and the Save Our Elephants campaign (1984-1985) are also in this collection, including photographs of the elephants.nn
- Encoded Archival Description (EAD)
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