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Letter of recommendation for Thomas Ernest Sceales who was employed for over 20 years as a Keeper at the Zoological Society of London and now wanted to acquire business premises

Correspondence between G C Sauvage and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding an offer of two Cow Baringo Giraffes and a pair of Thompsons Gazelles to the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence between C B Saunders and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding a request to be an assistant to Cecil Stanley Webb during his expedition to Kenya

Correspondence between San Diego Zoo and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding shipments of animals from San Diego Zoo to the Zoological Society of London, including Rosy Boas, a California King Snake, Pacific Rattlesnakes, a Black Cobra, Adders, Slow Worms, Emus and a request from the Zoological Society of London for Sea Lions, also the transport of Hedgehogs and Wallabies from the Zoological Society of London to San Diego Zoo

Correspondence between Samuel McGredy and Son and Geoffrey Marr Vevers, and plans regarding the planting of roses at Whipsnade

Correspondence between the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding a representative of the RSPCA interviewing Webb and Tanner of the Zoological Society of London about a consignment of animals and birds that arrived at Regent's Park from East Africa

Letter from the Royal Zoological Society of London regarding any difference in the height of an Elephant when standing and when lying on its side. Also a paper on 'The Birth of an Asiatic Elephant' by Dr Ellen M Hindle (based on a report by Dr Lamberto Crudi, Director, Zoological Gardens, Rome)

Correspondence between the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the capture of nestling Blackbirds by the Zoological Society of London for export to a Canadian scientist, the Wild Birds Protection Order for Bedfordshire, Sutherland and Argyllshire

Correspondence between Royal Mail Lines Ltd and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding 33 packages of animals on board Highland Monarch

Correspondence between Roura & Forgass Ltd and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the offer of two young Chimpanzees from the French Gabon to the Zoological Society of London