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Philadelphia Zoo
SUP/6/1/1/83 · File · 1949
Part of Superintendents

Correspondence between Philadelphia Zoo and George Soper Cansdale regarding the importation of Salamanders for the Pathology Department of Ancoats Hospital

Philadelphia Zoo
SUP/5/1/4/24 · File · 1948
Part of Superintendents

Correspondence between Philadelphia Zoo and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding a shipment of brine shrimp eggs for the Zoological Society of London

SUP/5/1/1/105 · File · 1945
Part of Superintendents

Correspondence between Geoffrey Marr Vevers and Philadelphia Zoological Garden regarding shipments of animals between their zoos, including Kodiak Bears, Coyotes, Raccoons, Aoudads, Thars, Opposums, Turkey Vultures, Screech Owls, Robins, Purple Grackles, Wood Thrushes, Olive-backed Thrush, Bicknell's Thrush, reptiles and amphibians

Philadelpia Zoo
CUR/7/3/17 · File · 1949
Part of Curators and Keepers

Correspondence with Philadelphia Zoo regarding the transport of snakes and the breeding of Tarsiers

Portland Zoological Park
SUP/5/1/2/179 · File · 1946
Part of Superintendents

Correspondence between Portland Zoological Park and Geoffrey Marr Vevers, and newspaper cuttings, regarding an exchange of reptiles, wallabies and hedgehogs

REP/4 · File · 1934-1940
Part of Reports

List of American zoos by A Lindsay; Report of a visit to New York and Chicago (1936); 'Notes on visits to some foreign zoos, 1934 and 1935' by Huxley (covering New York Bronx, Philadelphia, Washington, Paris Vincennes, Hamburg, Berlin, Munich Hellabrun, & Frankfurt); extract from report on the British Colonial Exhibit, World's Fair, New York, 1939; Report on visit to Austria and Germany by D Seth Smith (c1937); Report on a visit to the Zoological Gardens at Antwerp, Rotterdam and Amsterdam (1935); Report on a visit to France (1938); letter from Chalmers Mitchell to the Directors of Zoological Gardens in Germany, introducing Huxley, 1935; handwritten notes on zoos; notebook; 'La Reproduction des Animaux Sauvages en Captivite' by A Urbain; Report on visit to Brookfield Zoo (1940); guide to Internationalen Jagdaustellung, Berlin, 1937.

Rio Grande Park Zoo
SEC/13/1/110 · File · 1959
Part of ZSL Secretaries

Correspondence with Rio Grande Park Zoo regarding the acquisition of rare animals, such as Asiatic Rhinos

San Diego Zoo
SUP/5/1/2/196 · File · 1946
Part of Superintendents

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