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Correspondence between the University Museum in Oxford and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding drawings by Mrs Purves, and records of a baby Gorilla from the Zoological Society of London which went to the Department of Human Anatomy, University Museum, Oxford

Letter from Virginia Travers regarding an invitation to the premier of the film 'Gorilla'

Correspondence between Spanish United Maritime and Commercial Overseas Co. Ltd and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding a young male Gorilla named Johnnie in Bata which the Zoological Society of London wished to acquire

Letters from R W Roulston to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding antelopes and gorillas in south west Africa

Letter from R E Rewell with reminiscences of Guy the Gorilla

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

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

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 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

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