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Letters from Abraham Dee Bartlett to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the doors to the new elephant house, animal food consumption, the female rhinoceros, the mounted specimen of a young gorilla, authorisation to sell Alice the elephant to Mr Barnum, and the theft of an owl

Correspondence between Geoffrey Marr Vevers and J De Quidt, Director of the Belgian Ministry for Colonies, concerning an Okapi and a young Kivu Gorilla

Poster, photographs and schedule for the memorial to Bobby, a Silverback Gorilla who lived at ZSL London Zoo

Letters from Frederic Brine to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the living conditions of a gorilla, a sacred white elephant which was said to have been in Siam but which he refuted, and the height and weight of Jumbo and Jenny

Colour negatives of Mrs Ray Romer with a baby gorilla at Frankfurt Zoo, and views of Antwerp and Stuttgart Zoo, along with some personal images, dated June to July 1975; Colour negatives of Mrs Ray Romer with a baby gorilla and a baby orangutan at Frankfurt Zoo, along with various views of that zoo and of Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens, plus some personal images, dated July 1975

Includes purchase of mountain gorillas from Charles Cordier, and expense files

Letters from John Edward Grey of the British Museum to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the key to the gardens of the Zoological Society of London, a paper on tortoises, specimens of a monkey and lemur to be exhibited at a meeting, the death of a gorilla, meetings of the Council, and reports of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence between Bill Harwood and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding a shipment of animals, including a baby Gorilla, from Lagos to the Zoological Society of London

Letters from Arnold Jerome Matthews to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding an expedition to the Gabon for the purpose of procuring some young living specimens of the gorilla, then available to purchase by the Zoological Society of London

Papers relating to the opening of Gorilla Kingdom, including guest lists, speech notes, correspondence, maps and invitations