Summary Information
Zoological Society of Milwaukee County: Records
1910-2000
- Zoological Society of Milwaukee County (Wis.)
Milwaukee Mss 204; PH Milwaukee Mss 204; AD 333-335; VBC 102-103; VHA 519; VCA 259-266
17.2 c.f. (44 archives boxes, 3 flat boxes, and 1 tube), 476 photographs and 74 transparencies in 4 boxes, 3 negatives and 45 negatives on 11 negative strips in 9 negative envelopes, 3 films (16 mm), and 10 videorecordings (1 1/2" VHS, 2 3/4" [U-Matic], and 7 1/2" open reel)
UW-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives / Milwaukee Area Research Ctr. (Map)Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Records of the Zoological Society of Milwaukee County, a non-profit organization established in 1910 to support the Washington Park Zoo, and its successor, the Milwaukee County Zoo. The records document the zoological society, not the zoo itself, which is an agency of Milwaukee County government. In general, the records focus on policy, membership, fundraising, public outreach, and development of the animal collection; some correspondence and blueprints also document building projects and exhibits constructed during the 1970s and fundraising efforts for the new Milwaukee County Zoo during the 1950s. Photographs include images of activities and views of both Milwaukee County Zoo and Washington Park Zoo, personnel, and animals and their zoo habitats. Several photographs of television personality Marlin Perkins are included. Also included is moving image material related to the zoo.
There is a restriction on use of this material; see the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.
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Biography/History
| 1892 |
Small menagerie of eight deer and an eagle donated to the Milwaukee Park Commission. The menagerie is housed in a barn at West Park, one of the city's first parks. Along with subsequent donations of two bears and several elk, these animals were housed in a barn at the park.
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| 1894 |
City begins a succession of land purchases to increase the size of the park.
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| 1899 |
City authorizes expenditure of 2,137 dollars for construction of a herbivorous animal building.
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| 1900 |
West Park becomes known as Washington Park.
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| 1904 |
Edward Bean leaves Lincoln Park Zoo to become first professional director of the Washington Park Zoo. The collection includes 75 animals and birds. Bean undertakes an active building program. Deemed a “wizard with animals,” Bean is a showman and a master of public relations.
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| 1904 |
Deer house constructed and animal collection grows through donations.
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| 1905 |
Park Commission undertakes a study of Lincoln Park Zoo that would guide early development of the Washington Park Zoo.
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| 1907 |
Elephant Countess Heinie is added to collection. The elephant's presence enhances public support. Later she is traded to the Barnes Circus.
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| 1909 |
Charles Stanke becomes animal caretaker. He plays an important role in Washington Park Zoo's success with animal breeding and ultimately becomes chief animal keeper. He also serves as acting director on several occasions.
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| 1910 |
Washington Park Zoological Society is organized to raise funds for the development of the zoo and the purchase of animals. (No animals are ever purchased with taxpayer dollars.) The Society succeeds the short-lived West Park, 19th Ward, and Milwaukee zoological societies. Otto L. Kuehn becomes the first president. He builds the reputation of the zoo with frequent collecting trips to Europe.
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| 1912 |
Four polar bear cubs are purchased. The female, Sultana, later gives birth to the first polar bear born in captivity to live to maturity, an event that adds stature to Washington Park among the world zoological community.
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| 1920 |
Construction of Monkey Island is completed.
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| 1928 |
Zoologist and writer Edmund Heller is named director after Bean becomes director of the Brookfield Zoo in 1927.
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| 1935 |
The zoo exhibits 1063 animals valued at 65,307 dollars on 23 acres, although, because of economic conditions, no animals had been acquired during the previous four years. Heller resigns after several black bears are killed during a habitat experiment. Ernest Untermann becomes director.
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| 1940 |
Ernest Untermann retires after a controversial tenure as director and is succeeded by George L. Waetjen. He launches a membership-fundraising drive. This program's success staves off the necessity of charging admission.
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| 1946 |
Society presents a ten-year plan to the County Board of Supervisors that calls for relocation to a larger site and development of a modern, naturalistic exhibit facility.
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| 1947 |
George Speidel, son-in-law of Edward Bean and the head of the Racine Zoo, is appointed director. His career brings additional acclaim to the zoo for its creative and intelligent exhibits. Society begins plans to replace aging animal collection and buildings.
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| 1953 |
Washington Park Society hands over all of its assets to the Zoological Society of Milwaukee County and goes out of existence.
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| 1954 |
County purchases 165 acres near the state fairgrounds for the development of a new larger zoo.
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| 1956 |
Society begins private fundraising campaign to improve animal collection while Milwaukee County underwrites cost of the buildings. In three months over 500,000 dollars is raised.
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| 1958 |
Construction begins on the first new building, the Monkey House. Milwaukee Journal Company underwrites the cost of the zoo train.
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| 1963 |
All animals are moved from the Washington Park site ending a process that had lasted three years.
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| 1968 |
Bisbing Report examines zoo's impact on Milwaukee tourism and names the zoo as Wisconsin's number one tourist attraction.
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| 1971 |
Society begins fundraising for Children's Zoo.
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| 1973 |
Education Department is established.
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| 1974 |
In cooperation with the Milwaukee Public Schools, Society launches Ed-Zoo-Cation Mobile Laboratory.
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| 1975 |
Zoo Pride is established to coordinate volunteers.
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| 1978 |
George Speidel retires; Walter Kroening is named executive director to manage the affairs of the board of directors.
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| 1979 |
Gilbert K. Boese named director.
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| 1981 |
Otto L. Kuehn Company becomes the first corporate member of the zoological society.
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| 1982 |
Samson the gorilla, the zoo's most popular attraction, dies at age 33. His sibling, Sambo, had died in 1959.
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| 1984 |
Zoo purchases Chandar, the White Tiger.
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| 1987 |
Zoo opens Dairy Complex to educate visitors about the dairy industry.
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Scope and Content Note
The Zoological Society of Milwaukee County collection was established with two donations of records to the Archives of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. An initial accession in 1989 established the Society as the Zoological Society's archive. The majority of the records received at that time dated from the 1970s, although some items dated to as early as the zoological society's beginning. These records are a disparate assortment apparently related only by the fact that they had been retired to storage. Thus, this donation included material as varied as 1911 form letters and monthly bank statements from the 1970s and 1980s. Several key record types such as annual reports were missing or incomplete, however, and summary financial records are sparse prior to 1975. Also, due to inconsistent filing practices, similar material was often located in several places in the collection. (Not all of this duplication could be corrected in the Archives.) The second donation consisted of additional minutes and records from the files of publicist Patty Harrington. These public relations files date from the 1990s, a period not covered by any material in the first donation.
Although incomplete in some aspects, the collection provides good documentation of the society's operations and fundraising during in the 1960s and 1970s, although earlier records tend to be less complete. Researchers should keep in mind the fact that the collection represents the records of the zoological society, a private organization, not the zoo itself, which is an agency of Milwaukee County government.
The records consist of CONSTITUTIONS AND BY-LAWS, HISTORICAL MATERIALS, GOVERNANCE AND POLICY RECORDS, CORRESPONDENCE, SUBJECT FILES, FACILITIES AND EXHIBITS, PUBLICATIONS AND PUBLICITY, FINANCIAL RECORDS, and VISUAL MATERIALS.
The CONSTITUTIONS AND BY-LAWS contain the original constitution and the articles of incorporation dating from 1910, when the Washington Park Zoological Society was organized, and various revisions through 1984. Also related to basic organization is a 1987 organizational chart and lists of officers, members of the board, and committee chairs.
The HISTORICAL MATERIALS series consists of photocopied clippings, handwritten notes gathered for a history project that appears not to have been published, and several short histories by society officers Walter Kroening and Otto Kuehn. The notes are recorded on standardized data forms, and they synthesize information extracted from meeting minutes of the Zoological Society's board dating from 1910 through the 1970s. Interfiled with the notes are photocopies of news stories. No references to correspondence or other zoo records appear in the note files. The history project also searched reports of the Milwaukee Park Commission, the Milwaukee Common Council, and the Milwaukee County Board for information about the zoo. The county board reports were not retained here, as they are indexed and widely available.
GOVERNANCE AND POLICY RECORDS document the formation of administrative policy by the board of directors and by various committees of the society, and by the zoo committee of the Park Commission. The board minutes begin with a handwritten volume from 1910, but the remaining minutes are typed. Although the agenda varied over time, each monthly meeting generally included treasurer's reports of receipts and expenditures, reports of the animals acquired and purchase costs, information on animal deaths, and lists of new members. From 1931 to 1935, 1944 to 1947 and 1973 to 1977 the animal reports can be found in the SUBJECT FILES rather than the minutes. Additionally, some treasurer's reports are filed in the FINANCIAL RECORDS while others are part of the board minutes. Occasional committee minutes may be found with the board minutes, although most committee minutes are part of the committee records. The zoological society began publishing an annual report early in its history, but of these early reports, the collection includes only those from 1919 to 1928. It is unfortunate that the file is incomplete because these reports, like the board of directors' minutes, are a basic historical source containing directors' reports, financial statements, inventories of the animal collection, lists of members, and photographs. Publication of the annual report ended with a handsome volume in 1928. Thereafter, the annual report was a typed document filed with the minutes of the October annual meeting. In 1964 board member Walter Kroening reinstituted a published annual report. These reports contained much the same information as the earlier reports, although in subsequent years the report was sometimes biennial and occasionally even triennial. The 1974-1977 report was entitled “Operating Review and Report.”
The original donation of zoo records included incomplete, disordered files of CORRESPONDENCE created by various officers of the board of the society, with the largest identifiable section pertaining to board member Walter Koening's tenure as board member, president, and executive director. Because of its disorder, all of the correspondence has been combined into one chronological file regardless of provenance. The early correspondence, approximately 1911-1918, derives from the responsibilities of Paul L. Biersach, treasurer, and Frank P. Schumacher, secretary, with isolated items from president Otto L. Kuehn. There is virtually no documentation from the zoo director during this period. This early correspondence deals with themes that will be repeated throughout the society's history: fundraising, membership, and acquisition of animals. The correspondence concerning animals, perhaps the most important part of the collection, offers insights into the manner in which the animals were acquired and some of the attendant issues, but it represents the acquisition of only a small portion of the total zoological collection.
Correspondence of the 1920s is fragmentary. The files of the 1930s were largely created by secretary-treasurer Albert Biersach of the Milwaukee Wildlife Protective Society and perhaps a relative of the former treasurer. Director Edward Heller figures in some exchanges here, particularly telegrams and correspondence concerning the acquisition of Alaskan game animals. The 1940 correspondence includes interesting details on the care and feeding of a pair of giraffes during their transport to Milwaukee from Kenya. (Ernest Untermann, the director during this period, is also documented in a separately catalogued collection held by the Historical Society.) The immediate post-war correspondence documents director George Speidel with many exchanges concerning animals, relations with other zoological societies, and management issues such as the cost of animal insurance. Speidel's representation becomes less consistent during the 1950s while Otto Kuehn and his successors as president of the board of directors become more prominent. Kuehn was a very active officer and honorary board member, and he sometimes used business travel as collecting opportunities for the zoo. Documentation of Speidel's strong leadership includes several letters written from his 1962 African safari. The correspondence of the 1970s is limited also, and most derives from responsibilities exercised by Walter Kroening.
The SUBJECT FILES unite correspondence, memoranda, and other types of documentation that is focused around a single topic. The subjects vary widely.
The FACILITIES AND EXHIBITS series consists of blueprints and plans, correspondence, contracts, and fundraising files. The focus is on remodeling and improvements made during the 1970s, in particular the cheetah propagation unit, the Children's Zoo, the Humboldt Penquin Exhibit, and the winter quarters building. There are also detailed records on the construction of the Educational Center. Many of these files reveal additional responsibilities of Walter Kroening as he drew several of the plans. Files and photographs of the Humboldt exhibit and Monkey Jungle illustrate design techniques used in the fabrication of a few of the naturalistic habitats for which the Milwaukee Zoo is renown. Files included here under the heading “new zoo planning” represent planning for the fundraising campaign for the new zoo rather than planning for the design and construction of the new facility. Of special interest here are the individual fundraising appeals aimed at individual corporate leaders that were drafted by the consultant, Claire Richardson and Associates.
The series of PUBLICATIONS AND PUBLICITY documents the Society's longtime concern with publicity and outreach. The alphabetically-arranged file of zoo publications may be a colllection gathered by Kroening because of his position as newsletter and annual report editor. His newsletter, Animal Talk, is complete from its beginning in 1963 through 1980. Other newsletters, which are less complete, include early titles such as Our Friends at the Zoo, Washington Park Zoo Newsletter, and the Milwaukee Zoo News, as well as the more recent title, Alive. Also included is a collection of guides and brochures, souvenir postcards, maps, and fundraising and membership materials. Of the more scholarly Bulletin of the Washington Park Zoological Society, which was edited by director Edmund Heller, there are only three issues; these date from 1931 to 1933. Further evidence of the society's focus on outreach is documented by a large number of photocopied clipping scrapbooks and loose clippings that date from the mid-1950s through the mid-1980s. Over the years, the zoo received extensive coverage from the Milwaukee Journal and the Milwaukee Sentinel, and many of the images in the clippings are also represented elsewhere in the collection by photographic prints. The more recent public relations efforts are documented by two different sets of press releases together with evidence of the resulting news coverage. It is thought that the first set which is entitled “summaries” was prepared by the zoo's advertising agency and that the second version is an in-house compilation.
The FINANCIAL RECORDS of the Zoological Society contain only a few document types of a summary nature such as journals, ledgers, and financial and operating statements. Those that are included date primarily from the 1970s. For the early period the annual reports and the monthly treasurer's reports are as a result the best overall financial source. Files of paid bills and checks, which would have been discarded had summary records existed, have been retained and weeded. For the 1920s and 1930s the checks and paid bills are not solely of financial value because they contain details about the zoo's animal acquisitions: costs and information about transport and shipping. Information about animals can also be found in the animal fund records dating from the mid-1950s through the 1970s.
The VISUAL MATERIALS include photographs, transparencies, negatives, films and videorecordings. The photographs, transparencies, and negatives are divided into two subseries: animals and general views. The animal file is alphabetically arranged by species, and many of the zoo's most famous animals --including Samson the gorilla --are included. Some species photographs peripherally document animal habitats at both the Washington Park Zoo and the Milwaukee County Zoo. The miscellaneous subjects include images of activities, exhibits and grounds, personnel, and the Washington Park facility. Several photographs of television personality Marlin Perkins are included.
The films and videorecordings are a random assortment including home movies of a visit to Washington Park Zoo (circa 1950-1951), animals being unloaded at the Pfister Hotel for a Platterpus Society dinner, and off-the-air recordings of several news stories. Zoo-opolis, a film produced for children, includes footage of animals, zookeepers, behind-the-scenes shots of feeding, and interviews with director Gilbert Boese. Also included are 1/2" open reel videorecordings probably of the zoo and zoo related events. Titles for these recordings were taken from labels on the videorecording boxes. The Society does not currently have the equipment needed to view the 1/2" open reel videorecordings.
Administrative/Restriction Information
The Wisconsin Historical Society does not have the equipment needed to view the 1/2" open reel videorecordings.
Presented by the Zoological Society of Milwaukee County, via Susan Slater, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1989, and via the Milwaukee Area Research Center, 2002. Accession Number: M89-188 and M2003-008
Contents List
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Milwaukee Mss 204
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Series: Constitutions and By-Laws
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Constitution and by-laws, 1910, 1913, 1950-1984
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Box
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3
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Articles of incorporation and revisions, 1910-1972
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Box
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4
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Officers and directors, 1910-1986
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Organizational chart, 1987
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Series: Historical Materials
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Box
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Brief history by Walter Kroening , (post 1976)
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Box
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2
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Typescript and published history by Walter Schinz and Henry Fuldner, as told to Oliver Remey, 1947
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Box
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3
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Historical notes by Otto Kuehn, 1953
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Historical research project
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Binders of research forms
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Box
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4-9
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#1-#5 I , (1910 - early 1950s)
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Box
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#5 II -#10 , (1950s (continued) - 1970s)
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Highlighted minutes of the Milwaukee Park Commission
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Box
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6
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1891-1905
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Box
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1906-1978
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Box
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Highlighted minutes of the Milwaukee Common Council (scattered), 1888-1936
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6
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Milwaukee County Park Commission Zoo Committee Minutes, 1945-1947, 1958, 1976-1979
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Series: Governance and Policy Records
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Board of Directors Minutes
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Box
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10
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1910-1912 (Handwritten volume)
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Box
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11
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1913-1916
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Box
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1917-1934
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Box
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1-7
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1935-1941
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Box
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1-11
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1942-1954
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Box
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1-9
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1955-1965
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Box
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1966-1971
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Box
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1972-1984
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Box
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9
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Supplemental information, 1978-1984
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Box
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10-11
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Annual meeting materials, 1971-1983
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Annual reports
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Box
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9th, 11th, and 12th annual reports, 1919, 1921-1922
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Box
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14th-18th annual reports, 1924-1928
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Box
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5-11
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1964-1977
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Committee records
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Box
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Audit and Finance Committee, 1976-1982
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Box
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Budget Committee, 1978-1979
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Box
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Education Committee, 1970-1982
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Box
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Executive Committee, 1970-1980
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Box
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Investment Review Committee, 1979
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Box
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Membership Committee, 1933-1934, 1955, 1965-1978
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Box
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Membership Development Committee, 1977-1978
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Box
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Nominating Committee, 1954, 1971-1979
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Box
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Planning Committee, 1979
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Box
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Public Relations Committee, 1964
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Box
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Publications Committee, 1991-1997
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Box
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Program and Publicity Committee, 1963-1977
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Box
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Purchasing Committee, 1954-1977
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Box
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Zoo Development Committee, 1972-1974
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Box
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Zoo Pride, 1977-1980
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Series: Correspondence
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Box
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10-14
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1911-1943
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Box
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1944-1956 February
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Box
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1956 March-1965
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Box
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1966-1984
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Series: Subject Files
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Box
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Advertising, 1977-1980
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Box
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Agreements, 1937-1984
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Box
14
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American Association of Zoological Parks, 1965, 1977-1980
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Box
14
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Animal acquisition, 1961-1966
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Box
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Animal reports
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1931-1935, 1944-1947
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1973-1977
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Box
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Animal Kingdom, 1968-1975
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Arthur Young, 1976-1983
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Box
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Art exchange (Japan), 1973-1974
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Box
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Attendance and revenue, 1979-1980
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Box
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Autopsy reports, 1936
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Box
15
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Barn owl project with Department of Natural Resources (DNR), 1982
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Box
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Bisbing Report, circa 1968
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Box
15
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Boese, Kenneth, 1980
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Box
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Breeding loans to other zoos, 1979
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Box
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Bullerman, Robert, 1979-1980
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Box
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Catalogs for wild animal dealers, 1937-1956
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Census of service industries (federal), 1977
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Channel 10 auction, 1978
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Box
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15
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Children's Zoo bronze plaque, 1971-1972-1977
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16
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Computer contracts, 1981
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County supervisors dinners
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17-18
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General, 1958-1981
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Box
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Procedures manual, circa 1978-1980
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Box
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Director's discretionary fund, 1982
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Box
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Director's house, 1962-1965
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Donations
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Letters of thanks, 1960-1984
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Foundations
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Donor plaque research, 1971
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Donovan, George, 1968-1969
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Box
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Economic Research Associates' operation study, 1979
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Box
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Early childhood grants, 1981-1982
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Box
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Education Department, 1977-1979
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Box
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9-10
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Ed-Zoo-Cation mobile lab, Evaluations and teaching materials, 1974-1979
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Box
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11
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Films, 1962-1975
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Box
16
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12
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Fourth of July employee parade, 1980
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Box
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Hospital equipment, 1955-1979
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Box
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14
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Insurance, 1979-1980
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Box
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15
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Kuehn, Otto, 1944-1958
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Box
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15A
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Maps
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Master plan, 1980
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Membership
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General, 1971-1983
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Handwritten lists, 1910-1911
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Sources of membership, 1973-1975
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Sources of delinquent members, 1974-1977
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Certificates and plaques
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Milwaukee County Park Commission
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General, 1976-1979
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Report, 1949
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Box
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Milwaukee Public Museum (visual aids report), 1980
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Box
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Memorial funds, 1962-1975
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Box
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“Monkey Caravan,” undated
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Pandas, 1972-1976
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Picnics, 1966-1980
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Platterpus Dinner, 1971
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Box
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Preceptorship program, 1979-1980
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Questionnaire, undated
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Box
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Records, undated
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12
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Ribbons, 1943, undated
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Box
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Schneller, Louis, circa 1939
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Box
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14
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Signage, 1977-1980
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15
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Signage study at other zoos (selected photocopies), circa 1979
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Box
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16
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Souvenir shop, 1978
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Box
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Speeches
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Speidel retirement dinner, 1978
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Visitor study, 1978
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Watchman's reports, 1949
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Wisconsin Zoo Associates, 1971-1980
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Series: Facilities and Exhibits
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Box
17
Folder
22
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Baby Animal Center, 1979
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Cheetah Propagation Unit, 1974-1975
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Box
17
Folder
23
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General materials, 1974-1975
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Box
31
Folder
1
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House
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Tube
1
Item
1
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Yard
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Children's Zoo
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Box
17
Folder
24
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General, 1968-1974
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Box
18
Folder
1
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Design manual (UW-Milwaukee School of Architecture), 1971
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Tube
1
Item
2
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General plan
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Education Center
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Box
35
Folder
3
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Project file, 1985-1988
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Box
35
Folder
4
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Minutes, 1987-1988
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Box
35
Folder
5
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Subsurface study (Warzyn), 1988
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Humboldt penguin exhibit
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Box
18
Folder
2
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General, 1977-1979
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Box
31
Folder
3
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Schematic plans
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Tube
1
Item
3
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Publishing plan
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Box
18
Folder
3
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Indian rhino exhibit, 1977-1979
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Box
18
Folder
4
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Information booth sketch, undated
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Box
18
Folder
5
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Handicapped, Modifications for, 1978-1980
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Box
18
Folder
6
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Kiosk, 1979
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Monkey Jungle and Primate House
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Box
18
Folder
7
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Walter Kroening's file, 1979
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Box
18
Folder
8
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Richard Rush Studios redecoration, 1975-1979
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Box
31
Folder
4
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Pachyderm and Carnivora plan
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Box
31
Folder
5
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Primate cage by Richard Rush Studios
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Public Service Building addition
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Box
18
Folder
10
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General, 1978-1979
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Box
31
Folder
6
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Floor plans and photograph of rendering
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Train and Zoomobile
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Box
18
Folder
11
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General, 1956-1979
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Box
18
Folder
12
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Locomotive, 1977-1978
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Box
18
Folder
13
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Shed extension, 1970-1976
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Box
31
Folder
7
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Floor plan and locomotive plan, 1973
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Winter Quarters Building
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General, 1943, 1973-1974
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Box
18
Folder
14
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Part I
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Box
19
Folder
1
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Part II
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Box
19
Folder
2
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Specifications
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Box
31
Folder
8
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Plot plan and general plan
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Zoo Planning (New Zoo)
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Box
20
Folder
1
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Planning, 1952-1965, undated
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Box
20
Folder
2
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Accounts receivable reports, 1956-1959
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Box
20
Folder
3
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Animal costs, 1944, undated
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Claire Richardson
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Box
20
Folder
4
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General
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Box
20
Folder
5
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Pabst appeal
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Box
20
Folder
6-7
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Corporate animal appeal, circa 1956
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Box
31
Folder
9
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Development plan (and utilities sketch), 1962-1964
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Box
20
Folder
8-9
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Donors, 1956, undated
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Box
20
Folder
10
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Fund, 1961-1965
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Box
20
Folder
11
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Questionnaires regarding other zoos, circa 1954
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Box
20
Folder
12
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Solicitation status reports, 1956
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Series: Publications and Publicity
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Zoo publications
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Box
20
Folder
13
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Adopt an Animal program
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Alive
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Box
20
Folder
14
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1981-1983
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Box
21
Folder
1-2
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1983-1987
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Box
21
Folder
3
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Animal Adaptation at the Zoo (teacher's guide), undated
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Box
21
Folder
4
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Animal fundraising literature
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Box
21
Folder
5-6
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Animal Talk (newsletter), 1963-1980
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Box
21
Folder
7
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Annual meeting invitations
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Box
21
Folder
8
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Baby gorillas (Sambo and Samson) souvenir booklet, circa 1951
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Brochures
|
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Box
21
Folder
9
|
General
|
|
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Box
21
Folder
10
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Fundraising and special events
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Box
32
Folder
1
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Oversize brochures
|
|
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Box
21
Folder
11
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Bulletin (Volume II, #1, Volume III, #2-3, Volume IV, #1), 1931-1933
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Box
21
Folder
12
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Calendar updates
|
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Box
21
Folder
13
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Calendars, 1965, 1984-1985
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Box
21
Folder
14
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Capital Improvement Master Plan, circa 1985
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Box
32
Folder
2
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Centennial insert, 1992
|
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Box
21
Folder
15
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Chandar promotion
|
|
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Box
21
Folder
16
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Directory of staff and board members
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|
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Box
22
Folder
1
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Education Department
|
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Box
22
Folder
2
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Fundraising mass mailings, 1921-1983
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Box
22
Folder
2A
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Gnu Gnus, 1991-1995
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Box
22
Folder
3
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Guides and maps, 1967, 1970, 1977
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Box
22
Folder
4
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Membership materials
|
|
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Box
22
Folder
5
|
Milwaukee County Zoo, undated
|
|
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Box
22
Folder
6
|
Milwaukee Zoo News (scattered issues, Volume I - Volume IX), 1951-1960
|
|
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Box
22
Folder
7
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Our Friends at the Zoo (Volume 1-Volume IV), 1937-1941
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Box
22
Folder
8
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Platterpus Society literature
|
|
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Box
22
Folder
9
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Postcards
|
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Box
22
Folder
10
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Rhino Welcome, 1959
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Box
22
Folder
11
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Speaker Series
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|
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Box
22
Folder
12
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Script for Milwaukee Rotary tour, undated
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Box
22
Folder
13
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Tracks (internal newsletter, one issue only), 1981
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Box
22
Folder
14
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Travel materials
|
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Box
22
Folder
15
|
Trunk Line (Education Department), 1981
|
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Box
22
Folder
16
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Washington Park Zoo benefit performances programs, 1906, 1912
|
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Box
22
Folder
17
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Washington Park Zoological Society News Bulletin, 1934-1936
|
|
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Box
22
Folder
18
|
What's New at Your Zoo (Volume 1, #1 and Volume V, #1), 1928 and 1942, undated
|
|
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Box
22
Folder
19
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Why You Should Be a Member, 1921
|
|
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Box
22
Folder
20
|
Zoo News (scattered issues, later Milwaukee Zoo News), 1943-1948-1949
|
|
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Box
22
Folder
21
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Zoo Pride literature
|
|
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Box
22
Folder
22
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Zoo Revenues, 1961
|
|
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Box
22
Folder
23
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Zooperstars (extracts from the Milwaukee Journal column by Alicia Armstrong), undated
|
|
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Publicity
|
|
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Photocopied clipping scrapbooks
|
|
|
Box
23
Folder
1-7
|
Scrapbooks, 1956, 1960-1981
|
|
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Loose clippings
|
|
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Box
35
Folder
6-10
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1968-1975
|
|
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Box
36
Folder
1
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1984-1986
|
|
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Box
23
Folder
8
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“New Zoo” Scrapbook, by Richard W. Schiek, undated
|
|
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Press releases and news coverage
|
|
|
“Summaries”
|
|
|
Box
36
Folder
2-8
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1989-1990/1991
|
|
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Box
37
Folder
1-8
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, 1991 - 1993/1994 I
|
|
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Box
38
Folder
1-4
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1993/1994 II-X - 1993/1994
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Second version
|
|
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Box
38
Folder
5-7
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, 1991/1992 I - III
|
|
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Box
39
Folder
1-6
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, 1991/1992 IV - 1992/1993 V
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Box
40
Folder
1-4
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1992/1993 VI - 1993/1994
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Box
41
Folder
1-5
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, 1994/1995-1995/1996 IV
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Box
42
Folder
1-6
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1995/1996 V - 1996/1997
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Box
43
Folder
1-5
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1997/1998
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|
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Box
23
Folder
9
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Palm Leaf feature, 1970
|
|
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Series: Financial Records
|
|
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Animal funds
|
|
|
Box
24
Folder
1-2
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General, 1946, 1960s-1979
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Box
24
Folder
3
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Photocopied ledger pages, 1956-1960
|
|
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Box
25
Folder
1-3
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Budgets, 1966-1987
|
|
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Cash receipts journal
|
|
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Box
25
Folder
4-7
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1978-1981
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Box
26
Folder
1-2
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1981 (continued)-1982
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Box
26
Folder
3
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Charitable organization reports, 1977-1979
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Box
26
Folder
4-6
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Check registers, 1977-1980
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|
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Checks
|
|
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Box
26
Folder
7-8
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#740-#950, 1925-1929
|
|
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Box
26
Folder
9
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#102-575, 1929-1940
|
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Box
26
Folder
10
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#601-#849 (check stubs), 1940-1949
|
|
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Box
27
Folder
1-2
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Deposits, 1977, 1984
|
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Box
27
Folder
3
|
Expenditure summaries, 1975-1976
|
|
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Box
27
Folder
4
|
Financial statements (Arthur Young), 1978-1979
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Box
27
Folder
5
|
Income tax exemption forms
|
|
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Ledgers
|
|
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Box
27
Folder
6-9
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General, 1974-1980
|
|
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Box
27
Folder
10
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Income and expenses, 1980
|
|
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Box
28
Folder
1
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, 1966 and 1976 comparison
|
|
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Box
28
Folder
2
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Life membership fund
|
|
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M&I Bank
|
|
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Box
28
Folder
3
|
Deposits, 1977-1982
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|
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Box
28
Folder
4
|
Trust account summaries, 1977-1981
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Box
28
Folder
5
|
Review of investments, 1977-1980
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Box
28
Folder
6
|
Major donors, 1945-1970, undated
|
|
|
Operating statements
|
|
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Box
28
Folder
7-8
|
1976-1983
|
|
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Box
29
Folder
1
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1984-1985
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|
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Paid bills (weeded)
|
|
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Box
29
Folder
2-9
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1924-1931, 1936-1940, 1951-1956, 1960-1970
|
|
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Box
30
Folder
1-2
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1971-1975, 1981
|
|
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Box
30
Folder
3
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Procedures manual for accounting
|
|
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Box
30
Folder
4
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Restricted funds balances, 1981-1982
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|
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Box
30
Folder
5
|
Savings account deposits (possibly for war bonds), 1943-1947
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Box
30
Folder
6
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Souvenir sales, 1936-1939
|
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Box
30
Folder
7
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Train trust fund, 1960-1978
|
|
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Box
30
Folder
8
|
Treasurer's miscellany
|
|
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Box
30
Folder
9
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Treasurer's monthly reports, 1966-1978
|
|
|
Series: Visual Materials
|
|
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PH Milwaukee Mss 204
|
Photographs and Transparencies
|
|
|
Animals
|
|
|
Box
1
Folder
1
|
Aquatic animals
|
|
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Box
1
Folder
2
|
Bears
|
|
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Box
1
Folder
3-4
|
Birds
|
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Box
1
Folder
5
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Bison
|
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Box
1
Folder
6
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Cheetahs
|
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Box
1
Folder
7
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Deer
|
|
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Box
1
Folder
8
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Elephants
|
|
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Box
3
Folder
1
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Oversize
|
|
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Box
1
Folder
9
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Gibbons
|
|
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Box
1
Folder
10
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Giraffes
|
|
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Box
3
Folder
2
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Oversize
|
|
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Gorillas
|
|
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Box
1
Folder
11
|
Samson and Sambo
|
|
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Box
1
Folder
12
|
Other gorillas
|
|
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Box
1
Folder
13
|
Hippos
|
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Box
1
Folder
14
|
Kangaroos
|
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Box
1
Folder
15
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Leopards
|
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Box
1
Folder
16
|
Lions
|
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Box
1
Folder
17
|
Miscellaneous animals
|
|
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Box
1
Folder
18
|
Animal groups
|
|
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Box
3
Folder
3
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Oversize
|
|
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Box
2
Folder
1
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Monkeys
|
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Box
2
Folder
2
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Moose
|
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Box
2
Folder
3
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Mountain goats
|
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Box
2
Folder
4
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Orangutans
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Box
2
Folder
5
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Polar bears
|
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Box
2
Folder
6
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Rhinoceros
|
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Box
2
Folder
7
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Seals
|
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Box
2
Folder
8
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Snakes
|
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Box
2
Folder
9
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Tapirs
|
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Box
2
Folder
10
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Tigers
|
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People and Activities
|
|
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Box
2
Folder
11
|
Activities
|
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Box
2
Folder
12
|
Aerial views
|
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Box
2
Folder
13
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Buildings and grounds
|
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Box
2
Folder
14
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Educational activities
|
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Box
2
Folder
15
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Exhibits
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Box
2
Folder
16
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Humboldt penguin exhibit
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Box
2
Folder
17
|
People
|
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Box
3
Folder
4
|
Oversize
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|
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Box
2
Folder
18
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Miscellaneous people and grounds
|
|
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Box
2
Folder
19
|
Perkins, Marlin
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Box
2
Folder
20
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Train
|
|
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Box
4
Folder
3
|
Miscellaneous subjects
|
|
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Washington Park
|
|
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Box
4
Folder
1
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Monkey Island
|
|
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Box
3
Folder
5
|
Oversize views
|
|
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Box
4
Folder
2
|
General views
|
|
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Box
3
Folder
6
|
Oversize views
|
|
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Negatives
|
|
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Envelope
1
|
Animals
|
|
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People and Activities
|
|
|
Envelope
2
|
Milwaukee Zoo Committee
|
|
|
Envelope
3-7
|
Building and Grounds
|
|
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Envelope
8
|
Educational Activities
|
|
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Envelope
9
|
Trains
|
|
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Films and Videorecordings
|
|
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AD 333
|
[Susan, circa 1950-1951?]
1 reel of 1; 383 feet; color; silent; 16 mm archival positive
: Home movies of Susan, an otherwise unidentified young girl. Shows her at the Washington Park Zoo with her father, monkeys on Monkey Island, bears and polar bears, brief footage of baby gorillas Samson and Sambo and their keeper. Other footage includes Susan's birthdays, Christmas, people waving to the camera, etc.
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|
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AD 334
|
[Kangaroo arrival at the Zoo, 1952]
2 reels of 2; 80 feet; color; sound; 16 mm archival positive
: Two reels of footage of the arrival of kangaroos and interview, probably with Australian who brought them. Some views of habitat, but largely kangaroos hopping. Sound damaged on reel B.
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|
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AD 335
|
Milwaukee Goes on Safari, 1955
1 reel of 1; 62 feet; black and white; 16 mm archival positive
: Footage of unloading animals at the Pfister Hotel for Platterpus dinner. Brief shots of George Speidel, Pfister, and banquet hall dinner.
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|
|
VBC 102
|
[Zoo animals outdoors in winter], 1978?
3/4" video cassette; color
: Brief interview with acting director Bob Bullerman. Dall sheep exhibit is in the background.
|
|
|
VHA 519
|
Zoo-opolis. Pacific Arts Video Records, 1985
1/2" video cassette; color; 88 minutes
: Color video filmed on location at the Milwaukee County Zoo. Includes close-up footage of animals, zookeepers, and behind-the-scenes shots of animals feeding, etc. Although music suggests this is a film for children, the interviews with Gilbert Boese and keepers on issues such as raising young animals are not for juveniles.
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|
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VBC 103
|
[25 million dollar zoo expansion announced], 1985 August 15
3/4" video cassette; color
: Brief news spots carried by 3 Milwaukee TV stations concerning planned expansion to create a new “core zoo” that will better accommodate year-round visitors. Includes interviews with Gilbert Boese and William O'Donnell. They stress need for private funding to make zoo more self supporting.
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|
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VCA 259
|
[Giraffe being born (original)], 1970 January 8
: Cannot be viewed
1 reel of 1; 1/2" open reel videotape
|
|
|
VCA 260
|
[Baby giraffe #2], 1970 January 8
: Cannot be viewed
1 reel of 1; 1/2" open reel videotape
|
|
|
VCA 261
|
[Second filming of giraffe being born], 1971 October 9
: Cannot be viewed
1 reel of 1; 1/2" open reel videotape
|
|
|
VCA 262
|
[Giraffe being born (edit of original)], 1971 December 11
: Cannot be viewed
1 reel of 1; 1/2" open reel videotape
|
|
|
VCA 263
|
[Vocational Guidance Television Series, Program Level VI, Animal Husbandry, recorded at Milwaukee Zoo (reel 1)], 1972 April
: Cannot be viewed
1 reel of 3; 1/2" open reel videotape
|
|
|
VCA 264
|
[Vocational Guidance Television Series, Program Level VI, Animal Husbandry, recorded at Milwaukee Zoo (reel 3)], 1972 April
: Cannot be viewed
1 reel of 3; 1/2" open reel videotape
|
|
|
VCA 265
|
[2 of 3]
: Cannot be viewed
1 reel of 3?; 1/2" open reel videotape
|
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VCA 266
|
[III of III]
: Cannot be viewed
1 reel of 1; 1/2" open reel videotape
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