Papers relating to curators and keepers from ZSL's history.
Zonder titelDiary of James Thompson, listing general payments and accounts
Bound volume contains payments by the Zoological Society of London to James Thompson for disbursement of cash in connection with his mission to India, with a bundle of receipts
Bills and receipts received by James Thompson in relation to his mission to Calcutta
Correspondence and papers relating a Rat Exhibition illustrating the economic damage done by rats and the role played by rats in the dissemination of disease, in conjunction with the Board of Agriculture and the Local Government Board in the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London
Early papers regarding the Aquarium at London Zoo, including correspondence, price lists, reports on visits to Hamburg, Berlin, Brussels and Dresden
Article about the new Aquarium at London Zoo. E G Boulenger was appointed Director, after he superintended the construction
SUMMARY:
Scrapbook page introducing a section about an appointment at the 'Zoo' spanning July 1923 to January 1924. Includes a clipping describing turtles (loggerhead and hawksbill) in a tank at the Aquarium of the New York Zoological Society, noting a similar exhibit planned for the 'Zoo'.
CONTENT:
MY APPOINTMENT AT
THE "ZOO" OR
THE "GREAT OFFENSIVE"
JULY 1923 TO JANUARY 1924
SCRAP
Book
SWIMMING IN ONE OF THE TANKS AT THE AQUARIUM OF THE NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: TURTLES OF TWO TYPES, THE LOGGERHEAD AND HAWKBILL—
AN EXHIBIT SUCH AS LONDONERS WILL SEE BEFORE LONG AT THE "ZOO."
