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Correspondence between Anthony Chaplin and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the import of animals from France to the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence with Sir George Clubton regarding the possibility of obtaining Elk, Bison and Przewalski's Horses from Warsaw

Colour negatives of Mrs Ray Romer with a baby gorilla at Frankfurt Zoo, and views of Antwerp and Stuttgart Zoo, along with some personal images, dated June to July 1975; Colour negatives of Mrs Ray Romer with a baby gorilla and a baby orangutan at Frankfurt Zoo, along with various views of that zoo and of Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens, plus some personal images, dated July 1975

Colour negatives of views of Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Jakarta and Bogor Zoos

ZBAA: Medal commemorating 125 years of the Jardim Zoológico, Lisbon, Portugal, 2009, with the words "Lisboa Jardim Zoológico Portugal, 125 anos, 1884-2009", in presentation box. Donated by Mr Anthony Sheridan, FZS, January 2011

Also medals commemorating anniversaries of Moscow Zoo, Jahre Tierpark Berlin, Kaunas Zoo and Zoologischer Garten Dresden

Correspondence between the Control Commission for Germany and George Soper Cansdale regarding the death of an Ostrich on deposit from Hamburg, and a question as to whether or not the Zoological Society of London wished to return the animals on deposit from Germany before the end of the agreed period of loan, i.e. 1950

Letter from Sheffield Airey Neave to the Rt Hon H B Hynd of the Control Office for Germany and Austria regarding an instalment of animals sent to the Zoological Society from Germany

Correspondence between Sir Arthur Landsborough Thomson and L Harrison Matthews regarding visit by Landsborough Thomson to Naples and Rome

Includes: memos from the Layout Committee; letters from Lubetkin to Huxley; costings; Contract with Tecton; copy of 'The Architect and Building News', June 1944; handwritten notes; specifications. Includes correspondence with Burnet, Tait and Lorne; and with Tecton. Also mentions other abandoned schemes by Tecton for Gibbon House, Children's Zoo, South Gate. Includes correspondence between Huxley and the Maharajah of Bhavnagar and J Ellerman about funding; with Sir Harry Boyd of the Home Office concerning Royal patronage. Correspondence with Zoo Directors in Chicago, Dresden, Stellingen about their elephant houses.

Letter from Croizet bird dealers to Philip Lutley Sclater