Plan and section drawings relating to the remodelling of the Giraffe House, London Zoo. Some hand annotations. Architect/engin
Insurance policies between the Zoological Society of London and Westminster Fire Office for the Giraffe House
A letter from the Establishments Officer regarding arrangements for 4 canvases to be removed from the ZSL's premises, transported, cleaned and returned. Includes reference to the Nubian Giraffe painting to be displayed at the Romantic Movement Exhibition
Correspondence between Cecil Stanley Webb and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding a proposed journey by C S Webb to British Guiana, with lists of birds, mammals and reptiles of Trinidad and Tobago. Also a letter regarding Zebras and Reticulated Giraffes
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
Letters from Hartmann W Just to Philip Lutley Sclater, and a draft reply, regarding the transportation of a giraffe for the Queen
Letters from Decimus Burton to Edward Turner Bennett regarding his brother's giraffe, the location of the parrot cage, drawings of the museum, the risk of fires, and the meeting of the creditors of the Colosseum
Letters from James Murie to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the death of a giraffe from mouth disease, his monograph on Otaria, and his memoirs on the walrus, kagu, hyaena, pilot whale, otaria and manatee
Copies of correspondence between Mr Reynold's and Philip Lutley Sclater regarding his wife's claim for damages following a giraffe spitting milk, or milk-like fluid, on her jacket