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Portland Zoological Park
SUP/5/1/2/179 · File · 1946
Part of Superintendents

Correspondence between Portland Zoological Park and Geoffrey Marr Vevers, and newspaper cuttings, regarding an exchange of reptiles, wallabies and hedgehogs

Powell-Cotton, H G
SUP/5/1/2/180 · File · 1946
Part of Superintendents

Correspondence between H G Powell-Cotton and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding supplies of Ilex for Okapi at the Zoological Society of London

Prague Zoo
SUP/5/1/2/181 · File · 1946
Part of Superintendents

Correspondence between Prague Zoo and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding a pair of Bennett's Wallabies which were sent to Prague Zoo by the Zoological Society of London

Press Enquiries
SUP/5/1/2/184 · File · 1946
Part of Superintendents

Correspondence with Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding articles on the pathological and veterinary side of the Zoo, an article of Pandas for publication in British Ally, photographs of lion cubs, photographs of a panda, bound copies of the Zoological Record, an article on the lion Rota, captions for The Sphere, the publication The Life Story of King Penguin, and an article on London Zoo for Trumpeter

Puddle, W
SUP/5/1/2/182 · Item · 1946
Part of Superintendents

Letter regarding a decision not to move the wolves at Whipsnade and to cut the tops out of dangerous conifers in the Wolf Wood. Also a list of implements belonging to the Gardening Department at Whipsnade

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

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

Queries - birds
SUP/5/1/2/185 · File · 1946
Part of Superintendents

Correspondence with Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding queries about birds, such as Java Sparrows, steps that should be taken by the Government of Malta to procure Swans, a request for a pair of Garganey, black Swans in a park in Kirkcaldy, and the average life of a Cormorant

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