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Webb, C S
SUP/5/1/2/231 · File · 1946
Part of Superintendents

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

University of Hull
SUP/5/1/2/220 · File · 1946
Part of Superintendents

Correspondence between the University of Hull and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the design of cages to hold fowls or rabbits and samples of drinking and feeding vessels, the appointment of an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Zoology, artificial lighting for birds, the import of Macaws, and a source of supply of Chrysotis

SUP/5/1/2/218 · File · 1946
Part of Superintendents

Correspondence between Union Castle Mail Steamship Co. Ltd and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding a shipment of Snakes, Chameleons, Birds, Penguins and Crane on board the vessel Umtali from Cape Town

RSPCA
SUP/5/1/2/195 · File · 1946
Part of Superintendents

Correspondence between the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding a representative of the RSPCA interviewing Webb and Tanner of the Zoological Society of London about a consignment of animals and birds that arrived at Regent's Park from East Africa

SUP/5/1/2/194 · File · 1946
Part of Superintendents

Correspondence between the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the capture of nestling Blackbirds by the Zoological Society of London for export to a Canadian scientist, the Wild Birds Protection Order for Bedfordshire, Sutherland and Argyllshire

Ross, D A
SUP/5/1/1/114 · File · 1945
Part of Superintendents

Correspondence between D A Ross and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding an offer of birds from Iraq to the Zoological Society of London

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

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

SUP/5/1/2/174 · File · 1946
Part of Superintendents

Correspondence between the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals of the Poor and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding records of animals and birds on war service for the Imperial War Museum and Forces Mascots

Miller, A
SUP/5/1/2/158 · File · 1946
Part of Superintendents

Correspondence between A Miller and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the donation of animals, birds and snakes to the Zoological Society of London