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A White Elephant for the Zoo
SEC/9/2/19/1 · Item · 1926
Part of ZSL Secretaries

Paper regarding the exhibition of an albino elephant at London Zoo, alongside another elephant, from the National Karen Association of Burma

Adoption Scheme
SEC/13/2/4/11 · Item · 29 Oct 1956
Part of ZSL Secretaries

Memorandum from the Gardens Executive Officer to the Director and Permanent Secretary of the Zoological Society of London regarding the adoption scheme, with a list of animals which may be adopted, with their weekly cost of keep

Ainslie, Henry Francis 
SEC/7/1/3 · Item · 1870
Part of ZSL Secretaries

Letter from Henry Francis Ainslie to Philip Lutley Sclater about plans for the erection by the Zoological Society of a new 'cats house or house for lions, tigers, and other large Felidae.'

Al-Sabah, Sir Jaber Abdullah
SEC/13/1/1 · File · 1961
Part of ZSL Secretaries

Letter to Sir Jaber Abdullah Al-Sabah regarding details of his zoo to be published in the International Zoo Year Book and the exchange of animals

SEC/7/1/9 · Item · 1892
Part of ZSL Secretaries

Letter from Leopold Charles Maurice Stennett to Philip Lutley Sclater offering to get anything he wished during his trip to South Africa, and thanking him for a recent zoo ticket

Astley, Arthur F
SEC/7/1/17 · Item · 1881
Part of ZSL Secretaries

Letter from Arthur F Astley to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the subject of reptile feeding at the Zoo

Ball, Robert
SEC/4/1 · File · 1838-1839
Part of ZSL Secretaries

Letters from Robert Ball, Secretary of the Royal Zoological Society of Ireland, to John Barlow regarding the exchange of animals with the Zoological Society of London

Baring Brothers and Co.
SEC/7/2/5 · File · 1864
Part of ZSL Secretaries

Letters from Baring Brothers and Co. to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the arrival of the ship Renshaw at St Katharine's Docks with the animals shipped by Mr Du Chaillu

Barlett, J
SEC/7/2/11 · Item · 1887
Part of ZSL Secretaries

Letter from J Bartlett to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding animals in the Zoological Society collections

Barnum, Phineas Taylor
SEC/7/2/7 · File · 1867-1886
Part of ZSL Secretaries

Letters from Phineas Taylor Barnum to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the purchase and transfer of Alice the elephant. Also a letter regarding the purchase of specimens for Barnum's Zoological Museum