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Wright, R H
SUP/6/1/1/120 · File · 1949
Part of Superintendents

Correspondence between R H Wright and George Soper Cansdale regarding a donation of a Lion cubs and Ostriches from Nigeria

Thompson, George
SUP/6/1/2/62 · File · 1950
Part of Superintendents

Correspondence between George Thompson and George Soper Cansdale regarding the mounting and modelling of Rota the Lion

Press Enquiries
SUP/5/1/2/184 · File · 1946
Part of Superintendents

Correspondence with Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding articles on the pathological and veterinary side of the Zoo, an article of Pandas for publication in British Ally, photographs of lion cubs, photographs of a panda, bound copies of the Zoological Record, an article on the lion Rota, captions for The Sphere, the publication The Life Story of King Penguin, and an article on London Zoo for Trumpeter

Mitchell, Sir Philip
SUP/5/1/1/97 · File · 1945
Part of Superintendents

Correspondence between Sir Philip Mitchell and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the offer of two male lions to the Zoological Society of London

McKenzie, Captain C
SUP/6/1/1/68 · File · 1949
Part of Superintendents

Correspondence between Captain C McKenzie and George Soper Cansdale regarding two lion cubs sent to the Zoological Society of London from Nigeria. One was named The Emir of Katagum and the other McKenzie of Katagum

Hatch, H L
SUP/5/1/3/22 · File · 1947
Part of Superintendents

Correspondence between H L Hatch and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding a young male lion cub sent by Chief Mohammed Makongoro K.M. of Ikizu Chiefdom of Musoma, for the schoolchildren of Great Britain and a consignment of animals being brought by Mr Hatch, the Head Keeper of Dudley Zoo

Fisher, Leon
SUP/5/1/2/93 · File · 1946
Part of Superintendents

Correspondence between Leon Fisher and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding a request by the wife of the late Great Carmo, an illusionist, for a lion to present an illusion

Cleland-Scott, S R
SUP/5/1/1/38 · File · 1945
Part of Superintendents

Correspondence between S R Cleland-Scott and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the purchase and shipping of a lion from Kenya to the Zoological Society of London called The Last Straw, and a male Leopard called Alexander

Churchill, Winston
SUP/6/1/2/9 · File · 1950
Part of Superintendents

Correspondence between Winston Churchill and George Soper Cansdale regarding the health of Rota the Lion

Chessington Zoo
SUP/5/1/2/56 · File · 1946
Part of Superintendents

Correspondence between Geoffrey Marr Vevers and R S Goddard of Chessington Zoo regarding the purchase of the Lion 'Marath' from the Zoological Society of London