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Rothschild, Lionel Walter
SEC/7/17/24 · File · 1892-1903
Part of ZSL Secretaries

Letters from Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding an expedition to the Sandwich Islands, papers on birds of the Sandwich Islands, drawings of a Rail, ornithological exhibitions, the sale of a rhinoceros, his drawing of a rhinoceros to be published in the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, his Cassowaries at Tring, a transfer of Tragelaphus, Galapagos Tortoises, Eclectus Parrots, Lemurs and Zebras

SEC/7/17/15 · File · 1869-1894
Part of ZSL Secretaries

Letters from George Frederick Samuel Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon, to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding Japanese deer for sale at the Zoological Society of London, and a deputation of Swazi Chiefs who would like to visit the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London

Prater, Louis
SEC/5/1/4 · Item · 1845
Part of ZSL Secretaries

Letter from Louis Prater to William Ogilby regarding lions, an elephant, and a giraffe available for sale to the Zoological Society of London

Martin, William
SEC/4/5 · Item · 1839
Part of ZSL Secretaries

Letter from William Martin, Secretary of the Bristol and Clifton Zoological Gardens, to John Barlow regarding a specimen they held of an Active Gibbon which they offered for sale to the Zoological Society of London

SUP/5/1/2/150 · File · 1946
Part of Superintendents

Correspondence between the Marine Biological Association and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the sale of fish to the Zoological Society of London

Ledger of animals
NZSL/BVZ/1 · Item · 1938-1971
Part of Non-ZSL Collections

A ledger containing listings of animals at Belle Vue Zoo, giving date of arrival, supplier, price, species, sex, condition, and disposal (sale/exchange/died/gift/loan). New animals added from 1960-1971, but animals that arrived earlier and were still living in the zoo are listed too, going back to 1938

Belle Vue Zoo
L Cura & Sons
SUP/5/1/1/77 · Item · 1945
Part of Superintendents

Letter regarding an order of 4 Pythons, 6 Bengal Monitors and 50 Rhesus Monkeys by the Zoological Society of London

Kidd, Eunice E
SEC/11/1/37 · File · 1943
Part of ZSL Secretaries

Correspondence between Eunice Kidd, Chairman of the Small Livestock Sales Sub-Committee of the Red Cross Agriculture Fund, and the Zoological Society of London regarding a poultry sale held in the Gardens