Correspondence between the University Museum in Oxford and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding drawings by Mrs Purves, and records of a baby Gorilla from the Zoological Society of London which went to the Department of Human Anatomy, University Museum, Oxford

Papers relating to the opening of Gorilla Kingdom, including guest lists, speech notes, correspondence, maps and invitations

Paper and draft letter for consideration regarding mountain gorillas

Letter from Edward Bourke Ellis to Philip Lutley Sclater offering to bring a few gorillas to England on his return from Africa

Letter from W Hancock to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the sale of a pair of blue faced gorillas to the Zoological Society of London

Letter from Frank Harrison to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the price for a pair of young gorillas from Africa

Includes purchase of mountain gorillas from Charles Cordier, and expense files

Correspondence between Bill Harwood and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding a shipment of animals, including a baby Gorilla, from Lagos to the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence between Spanish United Maritime and Commercial Overseas Co. Ltd and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding a young male Gorilla named Johnnie in Bata which the Zoological Society of London wished to acquire

Letters from C S Webb to Alastair Morrison regarding animals from British Cameroon for the Zoological Society of London, including Sunbirds and a gorilla