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Beaumont, John Thomas Barber
SEC/2/1/6 · File · 1835-1836
Part of ZSL Secretaries

Letters from John Thomas Barber Beaumont, County Fire Officer, discussing the effectiveness of heating in the Elephant House

Burnet, Tait and Lorne
SEC/10/1/1 · File · 1936-1937
Part of ZSL Secretaries

Correspondence between Burnet, Tait and Lorne and Julian Sorell Huxley regarding proposed new elephant and rhinoceros houses and paddocks at the Zoological Society of London, and the proposed Tusker Elephant House at Whipsnade Zoo. Also minutes of the Whipsnade Committee 9th December 1936, and an extract from a memo on accommodation for catering staff at Whipsnade (known then as the House of Pleasant Bread)

Chatterton, Edgar
SEC/7/3/9 · Item · 1902
Part of ZSL Secretaries

Letter from Edgar Chatterton to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding no longer being able to view the animals behind the cages following reports in the newspapers about the way in which the reptiles were being fed in the reptile house

Clark, Kenneth
SEC/10/1/2 · File · 1937
Part of ZSL Secretaries

Letters from Kenneth Clark of the National Gallery, to Julian Sorell Huxley regarding John Driberg and Lubetkin's plans for the Elephant House at the the Zoological Society of London

Colam, John
SEC/7/3/16 · File · 1881
Part of ZSL Secretaries

Letter from John Colam of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the serpent feeding in the reptile house being a healthy amusement for children and young persons