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Correspondence with A H D'Aeth regarding the nomination of women for membership of the Council of the Zoological Society of London, admitting guests to the Gardens, the death of his wife, the management of the animals in the Gardens and the conduct of the Society's scientific affairs, his trespass into the Lion House, his nomination to the Council and a new rebuilding fund

Correspondence l and between Major General A D Dahl and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding of an offer of reindeers from Norway for the Zoological Society of London in return for hospitality offered to Norwegians during their wartime visit

Books filled in daily, listing the arrivals and departures, births and deaths of animals at London Zoo and Whipsnade. Other details mentioned in some of the books are numbers of visitors and money taken, particular visitors, keepers absent, unwell animals, building works, temperatures in the animal houses, weather. Also referred to as 'day books'.

Newspaper clipping from the Daily Telegraph titled 'London Zoo Deficit for Second Year', with draft letter of response

Letter from Geoffrey Marr Vevers to the Ministry of Labour and National Service to request a disabled persons Green Card for P R Dalby due to injuries sustained during the war

Letter from George Mifflin Dallas to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the proposal for a Zoological and Botanical garden in Central Park, New York

Correspondence with C J G Dalton, Controller of the Zoological Society of London, regarding staff wages, Ordinary General Meetings, newsletters, meeting notes, liaison letters, and other administrative matters of the Zoological Society of London

Records relating to damages caused by bomb damage and enemy action

Letter from Edmund Robert Daniell to Nicholas Aylward Vigors regarding the Royal Institution of Great Britain's publication of a journal devoted to science and the arts

Report on dark coloured trout by the Parasitologist, Pathologist and President of the Zoological Society of London