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Correspondence to and about David William Mitchell regarding royal personages of the Zoological Society of London, shipments of birds, an arrangement with Mr Henry Beale for the conveyance and delivery of Greyhounds and Deerhounds, the Refreshment Rooms, a testimonial for Louis Fraser, the shipment of a Trigress and a Lion, bills of the Zoological Society of London, the estate of David William Mitchell, notes of a committee appointed to examine the state of the accounts between David William Mitchell and the Society, particulars of money due from the executors, and amount of claim against his estate

Letters from Alfred Russel Wallace to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the purchase of a joint residential estate, extracts read at meetings of the Zoological Society of London, papers for the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London and Natural Science, his publication on 'Monkeys - their structure, affinities and distribution', a shipment of birds for the Society, improvements to the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London, notes on the Umbrella Bird, his election as a Fellow, papers on marine mammals, opinions on theories by Darwin, Birds of Paradise, and a list of butterflies of Costa Rica

Correspondence American Express and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding animals being shipped to the Zoological Society of London, including mink on board the SS Corrales, a white owl on SS Empire McCullum, a collection of animals aboard the SS Isipingo, a sloth bear cub from Bombay on SS Mantola, five monkeys on SS Isipingo, a bear cub on SS Mantola, animals on SS Deido, kangaroos on SS Rivercrest, animals aboard SS Tarkwa, caotimundis and capybara on SS Arakaka, a leopard on SS Congonia, a bandicoot on SS Brittanic, a shipment on SS Freetown, an ocelot and owl on Arakaka

Correspondence between Banff National Park and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding a shipment of Beavers to the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence between William Chippendale and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the shipment of animals from Buenos Aires to the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence between Lt. General A Galloway and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the importation of a pet wild boar called Chewing Gum

Correspondence between J & F Obree and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding an import licence and a collection of snakes being transported by Peter Scott to the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence between the North of England Zoological Society and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding obtaining an Import Licence for Chester Zoological Gardens, and an exchange of Alligators and Crocodiles for Gourami Fish

Correspondence between Howard J Stevens and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the transport of a male Llama, Nylghaie, Dingos and Husky puppies to Whipsnade, and the offer to let J Howard Stevens had a pair of Bear Cubs

Correspondence between the University of Hull and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the design of cages to hold fowls or rabbits and samples of drinking and feeding vessels, the appointment of an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Zoology, artificial lighting for birds, the import of Macaws, and a source of supply of Chrysotis