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Colombo Zoo
SUP/5/1/1/39 · File · 1945
Part of Superintendents

Correspondence between Colombo Zoo and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the Osman Hill collection which was temporarily housed in London Zoo on behalf on Dr W C C Hill

Colombo Zoo
SUP/5/1/2/66 · File · 1946
Part of Superintendents

Correspondence between Columbo Zoo and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the temporary deposit of a Leopard cub at Colombo Zoo before shipment to the Zoological Society of London, and the return of Simon, a Ceylon Zoo Elephant Keeper

Colonial Office
SUP/5/1/1/40 · File · 1945
Part of Superintendents

Correspondence between the Colonial Office and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding a priority passage for C S Webb to travel to Mombasa

Cotterill, Mrs S
SUP/5/1/3/15 · File · 1947
Part of Superintendents

Correspondence between S Cotterill and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding a quotation for animals being shipped from Singapore to the Zoological Society of London

Dean, Captain W R
SUP/5/1/1/42 · File · 1945
Part of Superintendents

Correspondence between Captain W R Dean and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the offer of a Galeodes to the Zoological Society of London

Dominions Office
SUP/5/1/1/44 · File · 1945
Part of Superintendents

Correspondence between the Dominions Office and Geoffrey Marr Vevers requesting Penguins and Cranes from South Africa for the Zoological Society of London

Dudley Zoo
SUP/5/1/2/85 · File · 1946
Part of Superintendents

Correspondence between Dudley Zoo and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the transfer of animals between the Dudley Zoological Society and the Zoological Society of London and the import of animals from abroad

Duke of Bedford
SUP/5/1/3/18 · File · 1947
Part of Superintendents

Correspondence between the Duke of Bedford and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding getting European Bison from Poland, the Curator of the New York Zoological Society sending White-tailed deer to the Zoological Society of London, an offer of Chartley Cattle and Soay Sheep by the Duke of Bedford, a specimen of the under-coat of the Pere David's deer, the early history of Pere David's deer, an Indian Rhino being brought from Calcutta by ZSL Overseer L M Flewin, Wisent bulls in Stockholm, the rearing of Pere David's deer at Whipsnade, an exchange of Parakeets, and the importation of Pere David's deer to Australia,

Duke of Bedford
SUP/5/1/4/8 · File · 1948
Part of Superintendents

Correspondence between the Duke of Bedford and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the exchange of animals between the Zoological Society of London and Woburn Safari Park, information about Chillingham Cattle and supporting the herd, the feeding of deer, the Duke of Bedford becoming a Member of the Council of the Zoological Society of London, pheasants and water fowl from the Continent, meetings of the Council, Pere David's Deer, and the importation of a European Bison bull from Poland for the Duke of Bedford