Newsletter of the Animal Management Division

Early subject files of the Board of Park Commissioners.

Brochures, flyers, guides, and event schedules from the zoo. Also includes some zoo postcards, maps, and ephemera.

Correspondence, reports, studies, and reference materials relating primarily to parks and recreation issues. Major subjects include the Parks Complan, Greenlake, open space, Seattle Center redevelopment, Coliseum/Arena improvements, Seattle Commons, off-leash dog runs, punchboard and pulltab gambling, the Shoreline and Park Improvement Fund, and Sandpoint Naval Station reuse planning.

Photographic prints, negatives, and slides related to parks, activities in parks, and Parks Department personnel.Images are arranged alphabetically by subject and are a mix of prints, negatives and slides. Some are undated. Ninety-three images are digitized and available online.

Newsletters and other serial publications produced by the zoo. Note that the external newsletter "At The Zoo" is in Series 8600-10.

News clippings related to zoo events, facilities, animals, and activities. Most are loose clippings, but there are also four scrapbooks. One contains articles primarily from the early 1940s and from the late 1960s. One is of the first Zoo director, Gus Knudson. One contains Seattle Times articles from 1949-1956 written by Byron Fish while he worked for the zoo.

Committee meeting records maintained by Benson during his tenure as committee chair. Includes committee calendars with roster of issues and action taken, staff memoranda, correspondence, reports, and draft legislation relating to parks and recreation, and community oriented social services.

Committee calendars, correspondence, memoranda, reports, notes, and draft legislation relating to City parks, recreation, community centers, festivals, and the arts. Arranged chronologically.

Committee meeting records maintained by Sue Donaldson during her tenure as committee chair. Includes meeting agendas with schedules of issues and actions taken, staff memoranda, reports, correspondence, and draft legislation relating to parks, recreation, and community oriented social services.

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and studies relating to Lamphere's activities and interests on City Council. Prominent subjects include parks, historic preservation, utilities, West Seattle Bridges, social services, and land use planning and zoning.

Newsletter sent to members of the Woodland Park Zoo.

Yearly inventory of the zoo's animal collection.

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and reference materials relating to Benson and topics of particular interest to him. Major subjects include parks and recreation, traffic and transportation, and the Westlake Mall Project, the Downtown Seattle Transit Project, the University District Transportation Program, the Waterfront Streetcar, gun control, land use, and solid waste disposal.

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and studies relating to Lamphere's activities and interests on City Council. Prominent subjects include parks, historic preservation, utilities, West Seattle Bridges, social services, and land use planning and zoning. Also includes agendas, correspondence, reports, and draft legislation related to Lamphere's work as chair of the City Council's Intergovernmental Relations Committee.

Internal newsletter for zoo staff and volunteers. The Zoo Bulletin contained information about staff, events, animal transactions, anecdotes about visitors, and historic photos and news stories about the zoo. In 2004, the Bulletin became The Inside Scoop. Also included is the Animal Management Week, a newsletter produced by the Animal Management Division.

Records relating to the zoo's periodic applications for accreditation by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums.

Records from Woodland Park Zoo staff documenting planning efforts for a national conference.

Records relating to animal care and exhibit management at the Woodland Park Zoo.

Records documenting changes to Woodland Park Zoo's animal collections.

Annual reports of the Woodland Park Zoo and the Seattle Zoological Society.

Monthly reports on the zoo's bird collection.

Records relating to a $31.5 million bond issue for the zoo that was approved by voters in 1985.

Records from the office of the Woodland Park Zoo Director.

Reference manuals created for the use of zoo docents.

Internal newsletters for Woodland Park Zoo staff and volunteers.

Records of the development of and the public's response to the zoo's Long-Range plan as well as the planning and development of exhibits and facilities through four decades.

Records related to a loan from China of two rare golden monkeys.

Historical records collected by zoo staff.

Records relating to the zoo's planning and improvement efforts in the early 1970s.

Black and white, and color, negatives, prints, and slides relating to the Woodland Park Zoo.

Records relating to special events and promotions at Woodland Park Zoo.

Records kept by and about zoo personnel including news articles, photos, academic papers, curriculum vitae, memos, correspondence, and administrative records.

Newsletters for docents and other volunteers at the Woodland Park Zoo.

Records relating to the zoo's water conservation efforts.

Internal newsletter for zoo staff and volunteers. The Zoo Bulletin contained information about staff, events, animal transactions, anecdotes about visitors, and historic photos and news stories about the zoo. In 2004, the Bulletin became The Inside Scoop. Also included is the Animal Management Week, a newsletter produced by the Animal Management Division.

Press releases about zoo issues and events.