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LEG/6/16 · File · 1962
Part of Legal

Agreement and Schedule of Conditions of Building Contract between ZSL and Leonard Fairclough (London) Ltd. to construct a New Aviary. Includes Bill of Quantities and 2 sets of duplicate plans

Attenborough, David
CUR/8/1 · File · 1958-1960
Part of Curators and Keepers

Correspondence with David Attenborough regarding the diet of Giant Pangolins, a Zoo Quest trip to Paraguay and a request for supplies, a collection of birds, Gerald Durrell's hopes to set up a zoo in Jersey, and two bottle-nosed Dolphins that were caught in the Adriatic and taken to Plymouth by the BBC Natural History Unit

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

Beal, G
SEC/13/1/6 · File · 1964
Part of ZSL Secretaries

Correspondence with Mrs G Beal regarding the subject of her late husband's ashes being scattered at Whipsnade

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

Beaumont, John Thomas Barber
SEC/2/1/6 · File · 1835-1836
Part of ZSL Secretaries

Letters from John Thomas Barber Beaumont, County Fire Officer, discussing the effectiveness of heating in the Elephant House

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