Archives

Since the Zoological Society of San Diego's founding in 1916, zoo leaders and staff have preserved a wide variety of materials documenting the society's history. From bookkeeping ledgers and newspaper clipping scrapbooks to zookeeper diaries and correspondence by former directors, the archives comprise a specialized collection of primary source documents that provide a unique perspective shedding light on over one hundred years of zoo development.

We also have digital collections in the Internet Archive