SZ/ZOO/14 - Ford Foundation Laboratory of Animal Reproduction
Reference code
SZ/ZOO/14
Level of description
Sub-series
Title
Ford Foundation Laboratory of Animal Reproduction
Date/s
1960-1965
Quantity & Format
5 files
Scope and content
The contents deal with the establishment of the Laboratory following an approach by SZ to Dr Harkavy of the Ford Foundation, who SZ already knew through a mutual interest in World population problems.
The Laboratory was established with an initial grant of $550,000 from the Ford Foundation over its first 15 years, "To continue selected aspects of work already carried out on the control of mammalian populations and to develop new projects that will form part of an integrated study of population dynamics and breeding biology in mammals". The Ford Foundation's chief interest at the time was the control of human population growth. By basing the Laboratory at London Zoo, SZ's initial proposal argued, its researchers would be able to exploit the richness of the ZSL's collections and its breeding records, which dated back to 1828.
Dr Peter Jewell was appointed the Senior Investigator and the earliest projects involved studies of St Kilda sheep, the Skomer Island vole, and African herbivores.
The Laboratory was established with an initial grant of $550,000 from the Ford Foundation over its first 15 years, "To continue selected aspects of work already carried out on the control of mammalian populations and to develop new projects that will form part of an integrated study of population dynamics and breeding biology in mammals". The Ford Foundation's chief interest at the time was the control of human population growth. By basing the Laboratory at London Zoo, SZ's initial proposal argued, its researchers would be able to exploit the richness of the ZSL's collections and its breeding records, which dated back to 1828.
Dr Peter Jewell was appointed the Senior Investigator and the earliest projects involved studies of St Kilda sheep, the Skomer Island vole, and African herbivores.
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