Majority of collection is open for research; access requires at least 48 hours advance notice. Access to material relating to a legal case in which Montali testified and material relating to Montali's employment and contracts is under restriction during the life of Dr. Richard Montali.
The Richard Montali Papers document Montali's 29-year career as the chief veterinary pathologist at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., as well as his work at the Taronga Zoo in Australia, at Johns Hopkins Medical School, with the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology. Also documented are many conferences Montali attended or presented at. The collection includes slides, photographs, reports, conference proceedings, and other research materials. While the majority of the collection has documents ranging from the 1970s through to the 2010s, there are a few items that date back as far as 1908.
Richard Montali worked for 29 years as Chief Pathologist for the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, D.C., where he performed diagnostic pathology, investigated zoo animal and wildlife diseases, and provided residency training for veterinarians working in zoo and wildlife pathology. Montali has written (or co-authored) more than 240 scientific articles about zoo and wild animal diseases. His research interests have included infectious diseases of carnivores (especially red and giant pandas), New World primates (especially tamarins and marmosets), and ungulates (especially elephants and black rhinoceros) with an emphasis on mycobacterial and viral infections.
Richard Montali worked for 29 years as Chief Pathologist for the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, D.C., where he performed diagnostic pathology, investigated zoo animal and wildlife diseases, and provided residency training for veterinarians working in zoo and wildlife pathology. Montali has written (or co-authored) more than 240 scientific articles about zoo and wild animal diseases. His research interests have included infectious diseases of carnivores (especially red and giant pandas), New World primates (especially tamarins and marmosets), and ungulates (especially elephants and black rhinoceros) with an emphasis on mycobacterial and viral infections.
Richard Montali received a Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine from Cornell University in 1964. He worked in a mixed practice for 3 years and completed a pathology residency in the Department of Comparative Medicine at Johns Hopkins Medical School.
After obtaining board certification as a veterinary pathologist in 1970, Montali joined the veterinary staff at the Smithsonian National Zoo as the Chief Pathologist. He completed 29 years of service at the National Zoo performing diagnostic pathology, investigating zoo animal and wildlife diseases and providing residency training for veterinarians interested in zoo and wildlife pathology.
Richard Montali joined the Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia as a pathologist during 2004 and served as advisor to the Australian Registry of Wildlife Diseases and Pathology. After returning to the United States, Montali spent part of 2005 at University California Davis Veterinary School teaching a course on non-mammalian pathology and mentoring veterinary residents in the pathology of zoo and wildlife species.
Today (2014) Montali maintains academic involvement through several medical schools in the Washington, D.C. area, specifically Johns Hopkins and George Washington University. He also works closely with the Department of Veterinary Pathology at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology. Montali provided training for Armed Forces Institute residents in the National Zoo’s diagnostic and research pathology program.
The Richard Montali Papers document Montali's 29-year career as the chief veterinary pathologist at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., as well as his work at the Taronga Zoo in Australia, at Johns Hopkins Medical School, with the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology. Also documented are many conferences Montali attended or presented at. The collection includes slides, photographs, reports, conference proceedings, and other research materials. While the majority of the collection has documents ranging from the 1970s through to the 2010s, there are a few items that date back as far as 1908.
Throughout the collection, some organizations and diseases have been abbreviated. Important abbreviations frequently used include:
The collection is arranged in four series:
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[Identification of item], Richard Montali Papers, MC 00485, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
Gift of Richard Montali, 2013. (Accession 2013.0140)
Processing by: Gwynn Thayer, October 2013; machine-readable finding aid created by: Gwynn Thayer, October 2013. Processing by: Rose Buchanan, and Rachel Jacobson December 2014; machine-readable finding aid created by: Rose Buchanan and Rachel Jacobson, December 2014; Digital materials processed by Jessica Rayman, 2016 October; Digital materials processed by Jessica Rayman, 2017 January, February, and March.
The collection is organized into four principal series:
Majority of collection is open for research; access requires at least 48 hours advance notice. Access to material relating to a legal case in which Montali testified and material relating to Montali's employment and contracts is under restriction during the life of Dr. Richard Montali.
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[Identification of item], Richard Montali Papers, MC 00485, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
The nature of the NC State University Libraries' Special Collections means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The NC State University Libraries claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials.
The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.
This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which North Carolina State University assumes no responsibility.
