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Title
Date(s)
- 1828-2002 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
330 volumes
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
Founded in 1826, the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) is an international scientific, conservation and educational charity whose mission is to promote and achieve the worldwide conservation of animals and their habitats. It runs the Institute of Zoology, conservation projects in more than 50 countries, and two Zoos, ZSL London Zoo and ZSL Whipsnade Zoo
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Internal transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Books filled in daily, listing the arrivals and departures, births and deaths of animals at London Zoo and Whipsnade. Other details mentioned in some of the books are numbers of visitors and money taken, particular visitors, keepers absent, unwell animals, building works, temperatures in the animal houses, weather. Also referred to as 'day books'.
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Accruals
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Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Open until 1980
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
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Name access points
- Zoological Society of London (Subject)
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Dates of creation revision deletion
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Archivist's note
Used to be GB 0814 QAA and GB 0814 QABA