These scrapbooks contain magazine and newspaper clippings, invitations and pamphlets, and a few original photographs in both black and white and color. Clippings
came from newspapers all over the United States and some foreign countries as well. Except for one scrapbook devoted to clippings about elephants, all of the books document
events, animals, and people at the National Zoological Park. Twelve scrapbooks are filled with clippings about the giant pandas "Ling-Ling" and "Hsing-Hsing," and four books
deal exclusively with the death of "Smokey Bear." Also included are some loose newspaper clippings in folders, dating from 1899 to 1905.
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 365, National Zoological Park, Office of Public Affairs, Records
