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Beach, A
SUP/5/1/2/21 · File · 1946
Part of Superintendents

Letter regarding a poster for the Railways and a request for one or more posters to be exhibited at London and Whipsnade Zoos

Beale, Captain
SUP/5/1/2/22 · File · 1946
Part of Superintendents

Correspondence between Geoffrey Marr Vevers and Captain Beale, Superintendent at Whipsnade Zoo, regarding the return of staff from military service, information about disabled men on the staff at Whipsnade in relation to the Disabled Person (Employment) Act 1944 Quota Scheme, the progress of a baby chimp called Uno, the purchase of wire netting, Whipsnade Committee's visit of inspection to Whipsnade Zoo, accommodation at Chapel Farm and notes on the Whipsnade chimpanzee

Bedford, Duke of
SUP/5/1/2/24 · File · 1946
Part of Superintendents

Correspondence between the Duke of Bedford and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the importation of Kangaroos from Australia, Pere David Deer at Whipsnade, the transfer of Deer to New York Zoo, and New Zealand Brown Ducks in the Waders Aviary. Also a biography of the 11th Duke of Bedford

SUP/5/1/2/36 · File · 1946
Part of Superintendents

Correspondence between British Museum (Natural History) and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding a report of a Black-Headed Gull to the Bird-Ringing Committee at the British Museum of Natural History, articles on Okapi by Reginald Innes Pocock, an account of the baby Dendrohyrax by Cecil Stanley Webb , Antarctic Seals, skins and skulls of small carnivores, the fox which the Zoological Society of London received from Tel Aviv Gardens, an exhibition of Tree Hyraxes, exhibits for Major Cottam, donations of specimens to the British Museum (Natural History), mongoose skins, Tangier Smith's location in Sze Chuan to locate the original Pandas, the release of Kodiak Bears at Whipsnade Zoo, publications by Doubleday on the Giant Panda, rings for a Golden Eagle from the Bird-Ringing Committee, the species of Monkey from Northern Nigeria, a Leopard from the Himalayas, measurements of the Kodiak Bears called Kam and Schatka at Whipsnade, and a donation of Hedgehogs to the USA

Buxton, Major A
SUP/5/1/2/45 · File · 1946
Part of Superintendents

Correspondence between Major A Buxton and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding a visit to Whipsnade Zoo and the presentation of a Cheetah to the Zoological Society of London

Copenhagen Zoo
SUP/5/1/2/71 · File · 1946
Part of Superintendents

Correspondence between Copenhagen Zoo and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding a visit to London and Whipsnade Zoos, with arrangements regarding the transfer of animals

Cox & Danks Ltd
SUP/5/1/2/73 · File · 1946
Part of Superintendents

Correspondence between Cox & Danks Ltd and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding orders of wire netting for Whipsnade Zoo

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,

Eggler, John
SUP/5/1/2/88 · File · 1946
Part of Superintendents

Correspondence with Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding John Eggler's resignation from Whipsnade Zoo

George Ewer & Co. Ltd
SUP/5/1/2/107 · File · 1946
Part of Superintendents

Correspondence between George Ewer & Co. Ltd and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding a coach to transport staff from the Zoological Society of London to Whipsnade Zoo