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Correspondence between Geoffrey Marr Vevers and Captain Beale, Superintendent at Whipsnade Zoo, regarding the return of staff from military service, information about disabled men on the staff at Whipsnade in relation to the Disabled Person (Employment) Act 1944 Quota Scheme, the progress of a baby chimp called Uno, the purchase of wire netting, Whipsnade Committee's visit of inspection to Whipsnade Zoo, accommodation at Chapel Farm and notes on the Whipsnade chimpanzee

Correspondence between T R Beckett and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the selection of Beckett as a Corresponding Member of the Zoological Society of London, an offer to send Ostrich eggs, an offer of a young Crocodile, and a request for help in collecting some Chimpanzees

Correspondence on article in FHM magazine about a student, Dr Jo Gipps and a Chimpanzee, and attempts to get an apology from the publishers

Correspondence between Elder Dempster Lines Ltd and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the transport of animals from the Gold Coast to the Zoological Society of London, including a female Chimpanzee called Jenny

Correspondence between Ronald Graham and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the offer of a young pair of Chimpanzees for the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence with Viscount Head regarding the transport of a Gibbon to Lagos, and Chimpanzees and Swans to Kuala Lumpur

Correspondence between Doris Jones and George Soper Cansdale regarding the donation of a baby Chimpanzee from Nigeria to the Zoological Society of London, and the transportation of a Nigerian Grey Parrot to England

Correspondence regarding the shipment of a Serval and Chimpanzee to the Zoological Society of London

Letters from Alexander Miller of the Zoological Gardens regarding a Chinese Pheasant which escaped and had been running in Park Street, Camden Town, an escape from the Dove House, the removal of an oak fence on the southern boundary, the health of a Rhinoceros, the Society's Cashmere Goat, his visit to City Road Basin, the purchase of a Chimpanzee, a visit by the Queen to the Gardens, a stillborn Rhesus Monkey, dimensions of the back of a new den for the Elephant and Rhinoceros, the cost of laying the floor of the Elephant and Rhinoceros House, the death of a Chimpanzee and the return of John Woodbridge with Cranes and Leopards

Correspondence between C L Reid and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the offer of a female chimpanzee called Jenny to the Zoological Society of London