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Woodland Park Zoo Historical and Administrative Records, 1889-2006

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Woodland Park Zoo
Title
Woodland Park Zoo Historical and Administrative Records
Dates
1889-2006 (inclusive)
1940-1992 (inclusive)
Quantity
7.0 cubic feet, (18 boxes)
Collection Number
8601-01
Summary
Historical records collected by zoo staff.
Repository
Seattle Municipal Archives
Seattle Municipal Archives
Office of the City Clerk
City of Seattle
PO Box 94728
98124-4728
Seattle, WA
Telephone: 2062337807
Fax: 2063869025
archives@seattle.gov
Access Restrictions

Records are open to the public.

Languages
English
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Historical Note

The Woodland Park Zoo began its existence as a small private animal collection established by Seattle developer Guy C. Phinney (1852-1893) on the northwest corner of his 179-acre Woodland Park Estate. This menagerie included North American animals like deer and black bear, as well as more exotic specimens like African ostriches. After Phinney's death in 1893, the property remained in limbo until the City purchased it from Phinney's widow in 1899 for $100,000, despite a veto by Mayor Thomas D. Humes. It became a part of the municipal parks system and was overseen by the Department of Parks and Recreation. The menagerie grew in 1903, when the animals from a private zoo in Leschi Park were absorbed, providing the foundation from which Woodland Park Zoo would grow.

The zoo developed gradually during its first half-century. New facilities like the Lion House (completed 1919) and the Beaver Pool (completed 1936) were periodically opened and populated with new specimens brought in from around the world. Controversy arose in 1932 when, against fierce public opposition, the city went forward with plans to construct a six-lane highway (now Aurora Avenue) directly through Woodland Park, separating the zoo from the larger lower park area to the east. Historical events affected the zoo's operation, as with slashed budgets and near closure during the Great Depression, and an anti-aircraft gun emplacement in the North Meadow during World War II.

The postwar period featured more rapid expansion as well as a growing incorporation into municipal society. Buoyed by municipal bond issues in 1948 ($800,000) and 1960 ($150,000), the zoo completed a diverse set of new facilities, including an Animal Health Department (completed 1953) and the Great Ape House (completed 1957). A longtime inhabitant of the latter building was a male lowland gorilla named Bobo, who was the zoo's most famous resident from 1953 until his death in 1968. The zoo's profile was raised further in 1954 by the new KCTS children's program "Buttons and his Buddies," which followed zoo animals and staff during its 17-year run on the air. The most consequential development of this time, ultimately, may have been the 1965 founding of the Seattle Zoological Society (later Woodland Park Zoological Society) as a promotional and fund-raising organization auxiliary to the Parks Department.

The zoo received a significant financial boost in 1968, when the Forward Thrust program earmarked $4 million for a program of facility building and improvement at Woodland Park. The City enlisted a team led by architect George Bartholick to construct a long-range design plan. The Bartholick Plan, as it was known, envisioned a zoo of larger and more naturalistic exhibit spaces, but also - and more controversially - a connection to the lower park via a lid over Aurora Avenue. Concerned over the potential effect on existing park space, a citizen coalition called Save Woodland Park led a movement in opposition that resulted in the plan's 1974 defeat by public vote. Mayor Wes Uhlman then empanelled a task force of citizens and experts to formulate a new strategy, which eventually resulted in the Hancocks/Jones & Jones Plan, approved in 1976. Though less ambitious than the Bartholick Plan, the Long-Range Plan still incorporated naturalistic elements in the form of ecology-based "bioclimatic zones" into the design, setting a conceptual benchmark for future development.

Guided by the Long-Range Plan as well as growing public interest in issues of zoological conservation, Woodland Park Zoo subsequently committed to creating facilities that closely resembled the natural habitats of their animals. For example, 1979 saw the opening of the Lowland Gorilla exhibit, one of the first in the world to exchange generic cage space for native flora and landscaping for large primates. Following the exhaustion of Forward Thrust funds in the early 1980s, the zoo entered a period of financial stagnation, partially alleviated by donations and admission fees (first charged in 1977). Public concern in 1984 prompted Mayor Charles Royer to empanel a Zoo Commission of citizens, staff, labor representatives and civic leaders to consider the problem. The report published the following year recommended a new round of county bond issues for needed capital improvements. Passed by voters that November, the bonds generated $31.5 million, along with $10 million in private matching donations, and resulted in facilities like the Asian Elephant Forest exhibit (completed 1989).

New funding concerns prompted the creation of the Zoo Commission II in 1995 to formulate a fresh round of recommendations. In its report, the commission criticized the zoo's managerial organization, which split tasks between the City's Department of Parks and Recreation and the private Woodland Park Zoological Society, as cumbersome and wasteful of money and effort. In response, the City Council voted in 2001 to consolidate zoo administration under the Society. Under the terms of the 20-year contract signed in 2002, the Society was designated to take over full management of the zoo. The City oversees the contract and provides annual public funding. Today the zoo maintains a reputation for excellence among U.S. zoos for exhibits and education programs, and its 1,100 animal specimens attract over a million visitors per year.

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Content 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.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

[Item and date], Woodland Park Zoo History File, Record Series 8601-01. Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.

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Administrative Information

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Description: Admissions and Revenue Sources
    Dates: 1959-1962
    Container: Box 1, Folder 1
  • Description: Animal Care / Health
    Dates: 1941-1993
    Container: Box 1, Folder 2
  • Description: Animal Naming
    Dates: 1976-1996
    Container: Box 1, Folder 3
  • Description: Animals and Exhibits
    Dates: 1977-1980
    Container: Box 1, Folder 4
  • Description: April Fools
    Dates: 1987
    Container: Box 1, Folder 5
  • Description: Annual Report Information
    Dates: 1972
    Container: Box 1, Folder 6
  • Description: Annual Report Information
    Dates: 1976
    Container: Box 1, Folder 7
  • Description: Annual Report Information
    Dates: 1977
    Container: Box 1, Folder 8
  • Description: Annual Report Information
    Dates: 1978
    Container: Box 1, Folder 9
  • Description: Arts
    Dates: 1978-1992
    Container: Box 1, Folder 10
  • Description: Association of Zoo and Aquarium Docents Report
    Dates: 1998
    Container: Box 1, Folder 11
  • Description: Awards
    Dates: 1993
    Container: Box 1, Folder 12
  • Description: Aviary
    Dates: 1974-1978
    Container: Box 1, Folder 13
  • Description: Bond Issues
    Dates: 1947-1981
    Container: Box 1, Folder 14
  • Description: Breeding Loans
    Dates: 1972-1978
    Container: Box 1, Folder 15
  • Description: Camp Fire Hippo
    Dates: 1978-1979
    Container: Box 2, Folder 1
  • Description: Children's Zoo
    Dates: 1967-1976
    Container: Box 2, Folder 2
  • Description: Chongqing Zoo Exchange (includes photos)
    Dates: 1991-1992
    Container: Box 2, Folder 3
  • Description: Collection Plan
    Dates: 2000
    Container: Box 2, Folder 4
  • Description: Comprehensive Plan / Forward Thrust
    Dates: 1974-1976
    Container: Box 2, Folder 5
  • Description: Conservation
    Dates: 1993-1997
    Container: Box 2, Folder 6
  • Description: Correspondence
    Dates: 1906-1948
    Container: Box 2, Folder 7
  • Description: Correspondence
    Dates: 1937-1939
    Container: Box 2, Folder 8
  • Description: Correspondence
    Dates: 1941-1947
    Container: Box 2, Folder 9
  • Description: Correspondence
    Dates: 1948
    Container: Box 2, Folder 10
  • Description: Correspondence
    Dates: 1949
    Container: Box 2, Folder 11
  • Description: Correspondence
    Dates: 1950
    Container: Box 2, Folder 12
  • Description: Correspondence
    Dates: 1951
    Container: Box 2, Folder 13
  • Description: Correspondence
    Dates: 1952
    Container: Box 2, Folder 14
  • Description: Correspondence
    Dates: 1953
    Container: Box 3, Folder 1
  • Description: Correspondence
    Dates: 1954
    Container: Box 3, Folder 2
  • Description: Correspondence
    Dates: 1955
    Container: Box 3, Folder 3
  • Description: Correspondence
    Dates: 1956
    Container: Box 3, Folder 4
  • Description: Correspondence
    Dates: 1957
    Container: Box 3, Folder 5
  • Description: Correspondence
    Dates: 1958
    Container: Box 3, Folder 6
  • Description: Correspondence
    Dates: 1959
    Container: Box 3, Folder 7
  • Description: Correspondence
    Dates: 1960
    Container: Box 3, Folder 8
  • Description: Correspondence
    Dates: 1961
    Container: Box 3, Folder 9
  • Description: Correspondence
    Dates: 1962
    Container: Box 4, Folder 1
  • Description: Correspondence
    Dates: 1963-1964
    Container: Box 4, Folder 2
  • Description: Daily Logs
    Dates: 1941
    Container: Box 4, Folder 3
  • Description: Daily Logs
    Dates: 1942
    Container: Box 4, Folder 4
  • Description: Daily Logs
    Dates: 1943
    Container: Box 4, Folder 5
  • Description: Daily Logs
    Dates: 1944
    Container: Box 4, Folder 6
  • Description: Daily Logs
    Dates: 1945
    Container: Box 4, Folder 7
  • Description: Daily Logs
    Dates: 1946
    Container: Box 4, Folder 8
  • Description: Daily Logs
    Dates: 1947
    Container: Box 4, Folder 9
  • Description: Daily Logs
    Dates: 1948
    Container: Box 4, Folder 10
  • Description: Design Commission
    Dates: 1975-1976
    Container: Box 4, Folder 11
  • Description: Docents
    Dates: 1972-1975
    Container: Box 4, Folder 12
  • Description: Docents
    Dates: 1976-1980
    Container: Box 5, Folder 1
  • Description: Drawings
    Dates: 1947-1978
    Container: Box 5, Folder 2
  • Description: Education
    Dates: 1951-1989
    Container: Box 5, Folder 3
  • Description: Education - Teacher's Workshops
    Dates: 1978
    Container: Box 5, Folder 4
  • Description: Education Center
    Dates: 1994
    Container: Box 5, Folder 5
  • Description: Elephants
    Dates: 1981-1996
    Container: Box 5, Folder 6
  • Description: Employee Notebook
    Dates: 1981
    Container: Box 5, Folder 7
  • Description: Escapes
    Dates: 1993-1996
    Container: Box 5, Folder 8
  • Description: Escapes
    Dates: 1997-2000
    Container: Box 5, Folder 9
  • Description: Feline House Renovation
    Dates: 1977-1978
    Container: Box 5, Folder 10
  • Description: Friends of the Zoo
    Dates: 1977
    Container: Box 5, Folder 11
  • Description: Golden Monkey Exhibit
    Dates: 1986
    Container: Box 5, Folder 12
  • Description: Gorilla Name Contest
    Dates: 1968
    Container: Box 5, Folder 13
  • Description: Horticulture / Landscaping
    Dates: 1956-1982
    Container: Box 5, Folder 14
  • Description: Koala Loan
    Dates: 1984-1988
    Container: Box 6, Folder 1
  • Description: Legislative Issues
    Dates: 1966-1974
    Container: Box 6, Folder 2
  • Description: Legislative Issues
    Dates: 1974-1980
    Container: Box 6, Folder 3
  • Description: Long-Range Plan
    Dates: 1976-1977
    Container: Box 6, Folder 4
  • Description: Management
    Dates: 1982-1984
    Container: Box 6, Folder 5
  • Description: Master Plan
    Dates: 1973
    Container: Box 6, Folder 6
  • Description: Mayor's Zoo Action Task Force
    Dates: 1974-1975
    Container: Box 6, Folder 7
  • Description: News Releases
    Dates: 1975-1997
    Container: Box 6, Folder 8
  • Description: Open Air Theater / Habitat Presentations
    Dates: 1980-1986
    Container: Box 6, Folder 9
  • Description: Organization and Job Descriptions
    Dates: 1973
    Container: Box 6, Folder 10
  • Description: Personnel and Pay Scales
    Dates: 1960-1962
    Container: Box 6, Folder 11
  • Description: Phinney Ridge Community Council
    Dates: 1977-1980
    Container: Box 6, Folder 12
  • Description: Policies and Procedures
    Dates: 1975-1993
    Container: Box 7, Folder 1
  • Description: Reorganization
    Dates: 1985-1986
    Container: Box 7, Folder 2
  • Description: Safety and Accidents
    Dates: 1940-1984
    Container: Box 7, Folder 3
  • Description: Savanna Exhibit
    Dates: 1980-1991
    Container: Box 7, Folder 4
  • Description: Save Our Elephants Campaign
    Dates: 1983-1988
    Container: Box 7, Folder 5
  • Description: Sculptures / Memorials
    Dates: 1925-1981
    Container: Box 7, Folder 6
  • Description: Seattle Puppetory Theatre
    Dates: 1979
    Container: Box 7, Folder 7
  • Description: Seattle Zoological Society
    Dates: 1965-1973
    Container: Box 7, Folder 8
  • Description: Seattle Zoological Society
    Dates: 1974-1976
    Container: Box 7, Folder 9
  • Description: Seattle Zoological Society
    Dates: 1977
    Container: Box 7, Folder 10
  • Description: Seattle Zoological Society
    Dates: 1978
    Container: Box 7, Folder 11
  • Description: Seattle Zoological Society
    Dates: 1979
    Container: Box 7, Folder 12
  • Description: Seattle Zoological Society
    Dates: 1980-1996
    Container: Box 8, Folder 1
  • Description: Seattle Zoological Society - Agreements with City
    Dates: 1972-1983
    Container: Box 8, Folder 2
  • Description: Seattle Zoological Society - Articles of Incorporation
    Dates: 1965-1971
    Container: Box 8, Folder 3
  • Description: Seattle Zoological Society - Board and Staff
    Dates: 1977-1998
    Container: Box 8, Folder 4
  • Description: Seattle Zoological Society - Minutes
    Dates: 1972-1980
    Container: Box 8, Folder 5
  • Description: Seattle Zoological Society - Minutes
    Dates: 1981-1984
    Container: Box 8, Folder 6
  • Description: Seattle Zoological Society - Minutes
    Dates: 1978-1985
    Container: Box 8, Folder 7
  • Description: Seattle Zoological Society - Fund Raising
    Dates: 1971-1984
    Container: Box 8, Folder 8
  • Description: Seattle Zoological Society - Health and Research Committee
    Dates: 1972-1975
    Container: Box 8, Folder 9
  • Description: Seattle Zoological Society - Promotions
    Dates: 1979
    Container: Box 9, Folder 1
  • Description: Seattle Zoological Society - Treasurer's Reports
    Dates: 1976-1984
    Container: Box 9, Folder 2
  • Description: 75th Anniversary
    Dates: 1979
    Container: Box 9, Folder 3
  • Description: Slaughter Stock
    Dates: 1931
    Container: Box 9, Folder 4
  • Description: Speeches and Articles
    Dates: 1973
    Container: Box 9, Folder 5
  • Description: Staff Workshop
    Dates: 1987
    Container: Box 9, Folder 6
  • Description: Summer Concerts
    Dates: 1986-1996
    Container: Box 9, Folder 7
  • Description: Trees and Plants
    Dates: 1987-1991
    Container: Box 9, Folder 8
  • Description: Tropical House
    Dates: 1982
    Container: Box 9, Folder 9
  • Description: Tropical Rain Forest Exhibit
    Dates: 1992
    Container: Box 9, Folder 10
  • Description: Tusko the Elephant
    Dates: 1932-1933
    Container: Box 9, Folder 11
  • Description: Volunteers
    Dates: 1981-1990
    Container: Box 9, Folder 12
  • Description: Waterfowl Exhibit
    Dates: 1977-1978
    Container: Box 9, Folder 13
  • Description: Zoo History
    Dates: 1900-1993
    Container: Box 9, Folder 14
  • Description: Zoo Notes in Park Board Minutes
    Dates: 1946-1963
    Container: Box 9, Folder 15
  • Description: "Zoo of the Future" Conference
    Dates: 1970
    Container: Box 9, Folder 16
  • Description: Zoo Parents
    Dates: 1984-1985
    Container: Box 9, Folder 17
  • Description: Zoo Survey
    Dates: 1984
    Container: Box 9, Folder 18
  • Description: Zoo Impact Advisory Committee [Neighborhood Relations]
    Dates: 1988
    Container: Box 10, Folder 1
  • Description: Zoo Impact Advisory Committee [Neighborhood Relations]
    Dates: 1989
    Container: Box 10, Folder 2
  • Description: Zoo Impact Advisory Committee [Neighborhood Relations]
    Dates: 1990
    Container: Box 10, Folder 3
  • Description: Zoo Impact Advisory Committee [Neighborhood Relations]
    Dates: 1991
    Container: Box 10, Folder 4
  • Description: Zoo Impact Advisory Committee [Neighborhood Relations]
    Dates: 1992
    Container: Box 10, Folder 5
  • Description: Zoo Impact Advisory Committee [Neighborhood Relations]
    Dates: 1993
    Container: Box 10, Folder 6
  • Description: Zoo Impact Advisory Committee [Neighborhood Relations]
    Dates: 1993
    Container: Box 10, Folder 7
  • Description: Zoo Impact Advisory Committee [Neighborhood Relations]
    Dates: 1994
    Container: Box 11, Folder 1
  • Description: Zoo Impact Advisory Committee [Neighborhood Relations]
    Dates: 1994
    Container: Box 11, Folder 2
  • Description: Zoo Perception Research and Focus Group Questionnaire
    Dates: 1991
    Container: Box 11, Folder 3
  • Description: Parking Garage Feedback and Open Houses
    Dates: 2005-2006
    Container: Box 11, Folder 4
  • Description: Phinney Ridge Neighborhood Projects and Parking Garage
    Dates: 2002-2006
    Container: Box 11, Folder 5
  • Description: Neighborhood Relations and Parking Garage
    Dates: 2005-2006
    Container: Box 11, Folder 6
  • Description: Neighborhood Relations and Parking Garage Feedback
    Dates: 2005-2006
    Container: Box 11, Folder 7
  • Description: Public Official Speeches and Statements about the Zoo
    Dates: 1993-1994
    Container: Box 11, Folder 8
  • Description: King County Zoo Bond Issues
    Dates: 1985
    Container: Box 11, Folder 9
  • Description: Henry Moore Art Portfolio Etchings
    Dates: 1987
    Container: Box 11, Folder 10
  • Description: Seattle Zoological Society, Correspondence
    Dates: 1980-1989
    Container: Box 12, Folder 1
  • Description: Woodland Park Zoological Soceity, Minutes
    Dates: 1986-1988
    Container: Box 12, Folder 2
  • Description: Woodland Park Zoological Soceity, Minutes
    Dates: 1989-1991
    Container: Box 12, Folder 3
  • Description: Highlights from Board of Park Commissioners Minutes
    Dates: 1902-1947
    Container: Box 12, Folder 4
  • Description: Zoo Commission and Public Fundraising Committee
    Dates: 1984
    Container: Box 12, Folder 5
  • Description: Keeper's Guide to the Zoos of the Puget Sound Chapter of the American Association of Zoo Keepers, in association with Far West Regional Conference. Point Defiance, Tacoma; Stanley Park, Vancouver; Woodland Park, Seattle
    Dates: 1970
    Container: Box 13, Folder 1
  • Description: David Hancock [Director] Weekly Zoo Status Reports
    Dates: 1982-1984
    Container: Box 13, Folder 2
  • Description: Letter to Mayor Royer after resignation of David Hancock
    Dates: 1984
    Container: Box 13, Folder 3
  • Description: A brief survey of non-human primate behavior, for UW Anthropology 380 course [with photographic prints]
    Dates: 1956
    Container: Box 13, Folder 4
  • Description: One year study of the Woodland Park Zoological Garden Snow Leopards by Docents Phyllis and Les Riggs
    Dates: 1982
    Container: Box 13, Folder 5
  • Description: International Snow Leopard Trust Correspondence
    Dates: 1984
    Container: Box 13, Folder 6
  • Description: Bibliography and Research Sources for Woodland Park Zoo History
    Dates: 1991
    Container: Box 13, Folder 7
  • Description: Inventory of Movies and Films Created by Woodland Park Zoo
    Dates: 1999
    Container: Box 13, Folder 8
  • Description: "Early Days at the Zoo" Cue Sheet / Movie Timestamp Identifications
    Dates: 1935-1955
    Container: Box 13, Folder 9
  • Description: "Pony Club" Cue Sheet / Movie Timestamp Identifications
    Dates: 1935
    Container: Box 13, Folder 10
  • Description: Legislation
    Dates: 1979-1984
    Container: Box 13, Folder 11
  • Description: Legislation
    Dates: 1983
    Container: Box 13, Folder 12
  • Description: Funding
    Dates: 1984
    Container: Box 13, Folder 13
  • Description: Zoo Administrative Correspondence
    Dates: 1981
    Container: Box 14, Folder 1
  • Description: Zoo Administrative Correspondence
    Dates: 1982
    Container: Box 14, Folder 2
  • Description: Zoo Administrative Correspondence
    Dates: 1983
    Container: Box 14, Folder 3
  • Description: Zoo Administrative Correspondence
    Dates: 1984
    Container: Box 14, Folder 4
  • Description: Zoo Administrative Correspondence
    Dates: 1985
    Container: Box 14, Folder 5
  • Description: Zoo Administrative Correspondence
    Dates: 1986
    Container: Box 14, Folder 6
  • Description: Loan Agreements for Photos and Artifacts
    Dates: 1999
    Container: Box 14, Folder 7
  • Description: Visitor Guestbook ["Out of Town Visitors Who Registered at the Woodland Park Zoological Gardens"]
    Dates: 1939
    Container: Box 14, Folder 8
  • Description: History Chronology, Timeline and News Clippings
    Dates: 1889-1987
    Container: Box 14, Folder 9
  • Description: Collected Zoo Histories
    Dates: 1900-1988
    Container: Box 14, Folder 10
  • Description: Newsclippings and Correspondence - Frank Vincenzi
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 14, Folder 11
  • Description: Newsclippings, Gus Knudson [photocopied]
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 14, Folder 12
  • Description: Newsclippings [photocopied]
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 14, Folder 13
  • Description: Photographs - Woodland Park Zoo Elephants, including Tusko.
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 15, Folder 1
  • Description: Tusko the Elephant, Newsclippings
    Dates: 1933
    Container: Box 15, Folder 2
  • Description: Tusko the Elephant, Early Histories
    Dates: 1890-1932
    Container: Box 15, Folder 3
  • Description: Tusko the Elephant, Correspondence
    Dates: 1932-1934
    Container: Box 15, Folder 4
  • Description: Tusko the Elephant, Newsclippings
    Dates: circa 1932
    Container: Box 15, Folder 5
  • Description: Tusko the Elephant, Costs
    Dates: 1932
    Container: Box 15, Folder 6
  • Description: Tusko the Elephant, Fund Campaigns
    Dates: 1933
    Container: Box 15, Folder 7
  • Description: Tusko the Elephant, Last Days and Death
    Dates: 1932-1933
    Container: Box 15, Folder 8
  • Description: Tusko the Elephant, Post-Mortem
    Dates: 1933
    Container: Box 15, Folder 9
  • Description: Elephants
    Dates: 1961-1989
    Container: Box 15, Folder 10
  • Description: Elephants, Newsclippings [photocopied]
    Dates: 1920-1929
    Container: Box 15, Folder 11
  • Description: Zoo History, Timeline, and 1 photograph of Baby Orangutans
    Dates: 1900-1950
    Container: Box 15, Folder 12
  • Description: Capital Campaign - Kresge Foundation
    Dates: 1991
    Container: Box 15, Folder 13
  • Description: Long Range Plan
    Dates: 1986
    Container: Box 15, Folder 14
  • Description: Save Our Elephants, Printed campaign materials
    Dates: 1984-1985
    Container: Box 16, Folder 1
  • Description: Save Our Elephants
    Dates: 1984-1985
    Container: Box 16, Folder 2
  • Description: Save Our Elephants
    Dates: 1984-1985
    Container: Box 16, Folder 3
  • Description: Save Our Elephants
    Dates: 1975-1984
    Container: Box 17, Folder 1
  • Description: Save Our Elephants
    Dates: 1984
    Container: Box 17, Folder 2
  • Description: Save Our Elephants
    Dates: 1984-1985
    Container: Box 17, Folder 3
  • Description: Save Our Elephants
    Dates: 1985
    Container: Box 17, Folder 4
  • Description: Save Our Elephants
    Dates: 1984-1989
    Container: Box 17, Folder 5
  • Description: Morgan Berry animal importation + sales
    Dates: 1949-1979
    Container: Box 18, Folder 1
  • Description: Purchase of panther + camel
    Dates: 1951
    Container: Box 18, Folder 2
  • Description: Japanese Ueno Zoological Gardens porcupine + salamander transactions (includes photo)
    Dates: 1952
    Container: Box 18, Folder 3
  • Description: Letter, Lowman family (donors of Bobo)
    Dates: 1953
    Container: Box 18, Folder 4
  • Description: Corresponence, Dee Gleed (coordinated purchase of Elmer the elephant)
    Dates: 1954-1959
    Container: Box 18, Folder 5
  • Description: Seattle Zoological Society
    Dates: 1970-1974
    Container: Box 18, Folder 6
  • Description: "People and the Zoo" student research paper
    Dates: 1972
    Container: Box 18, Folder 7
  • Description: Violation of importation of starlings
    Dates: 1972
    Container: Box 18, Folder 8
  • Description: Zoo visitor survey
    Dates: 1972
    Container: Box 18, Folder 9
  • Description: Agreements between City of Seattle and Seattle Zoological Society
    Dates: 1972-1974
    Container: Box 18, Folder 10
  • Description: Dian Fossey lecture, correspondence, and articles (includes photos)
    Dates: 1972-1986
    Container: Box 18, Folder 11
  • Description: Lowland Gorilla birth
    Dates: 1977
    Container: Box 18, Folder 12
  • Description: Patti Croasmun summaries of staff weekly reports
    Dates: 1975-1976
    Container: Box 18, Folder 13
  • Description: David Hancocks' weekly reports
    Dates: 1976
    Container: Box 18, Folder 14
  • Description: Zoo visitor survey
    Dates: 1978
    Container: Box 18, Folder 15
  • Description: Weekly reports
    Dates: 1980-1982
    Container: Box 18, Folder 16
  • Description: David Townes' weekly reports
    Dates: 1984-1985
    Container: Box 18, Folder 17
  • Description: Keepers-in-training
    Dates: 1985
    Container: Box 18, Folder 18
  • Description: Letter concerning Dr. C.C. Tiffin + memories of the zoo in the 1930s
    Dates: 1999
    Container: Box 18, Folder 19
  • Description: Neighborhood Liaison Group
    Dates: 2002-2003
    Container: Box 18, Folder 20
  • Description: Zoo operations + management agreement - ordinance + resolution
    Dates: 2004
    Container: Box 18, Folder 21

Finding aid prepared by Julie Kerssen and Annalise Nicholson
2012

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