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Wallace, Alfred Russel
SEC/7/22/3 · File · 1850-1901
Part of ZSL Secretaries

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

SEC/13/2/4/5 · File · 1956
Part of ZSL Secretaries

Papers relating to the legal case between Sir Garrad Tyrwhitt Drake and the father of a girl who had her finger bitten by a monkey at his Zoo

Silver, Allen
CUR/7/3/27 · File · 1949
Part of Curators and Keepers

Correspondence with Allen Silver regarding the donation of a Guereza Monkey to the Zoological Society of London

Sauvage, G C
CUR/7/3/23 · File · 1949
Part of Curators and Keepers

Correspondence with G C Sauvage regarding animals for sale including Sitentunga, Reticulated Giraffes, a Brazza Monkey, Waterbuck, Vultures, Gazelles and Canaries

Rotterdam Zoo
SUP/5/1/2/192 · File · 1946
Part of Superintendents

Correspondence between Rotterdam Zoo and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the building of aviaries in Rotterdam Zoological Park, the offer of Mangabey Monkeys from the Zoological Society of London, and a subscription to Zoo Life

Queries - mammals
SUP/5/1/2/187 · File · 1946
Part of Superintendents

Correspondence with Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding queries about mammals such as an offer of a Lioness for mating, the measurements of Camels, Toto the Lesser Kudu, Mink breeders, Monkeys from East Africa, Quaggas, the gestation period of a Giraffe, Horned Hares, and domesticating the Paca and Capybara

Queries - general
SUP/5/1/2/186 · File · 1946
Part of Superintendents

Correspondence with Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding general queries such as specimens of Hedgehogs, Birds of Prey, fencing for Bison, samples of bark, the flea Hectopsylla psittaci, insuring animals, big game hunters, a Llama cart, the well in the Zoological Gardens, cattle guards, the caring of monkeys as pets, a Tree Kangaroo named Minnie, the temperature in the Monkey House, bird life of the Cocos Islands, the bodies of Goldfish, measurements of the eyes of animals, photographs of the Penguin Pool and a broadcast on Children's Hour

Pullinger, E F
SUP/5/1/1/109 · File · 1945
Part of Superintendents

Correspondence between E F Pullinger and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the import of monkeys

Pulfer, G W
SUP/5/1/1/108 · File · 1945
Part of Superintendents

Correspondence between G W Pulfer and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the shipment of a pet monkey to the United Kingdom from South East Asia