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Letters from Frederick Graham of the Colonial Office to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the desire of Chief Bathoen to present the Queen with a giraffe

Correspondence between Raymond Hook and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding offers of animals including a Rock Hyrax, a pair of Rhinos, Reticulated Giraffes and Grevy's Zebras

Correspondence between Dr J Richard Hudson and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding a young giraffe named Twiga which was sent to the Zoological Society of London from the Veterinary Research Laboratory in Kabete, Kenya

Letters from Hartmann W Just to Philip Lutley Sclater, and a draft reply, regarding the transportation of a giraffe for the Queen

A letter from the Establishments Officer regarding arrangements for 4 canvases to be removed from the ZSL's premises, transported, cleaned and returned. Includes reference to the Nubian Giraffe painting to be displayed at the Romantic Movement Exhibition

Letter from Julian Sorell Huxley to Henry G Maurice regarding a Rhino and a Giraffe at the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London

Letter from Geoffrey Marr Vevers to Dr M Mazels enclosing tickets for admission to London Zoo and Whipsnade Zoo following his assistance in the chemical examination of the blood of a Giraffe

Letters from James Murie to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the death of a giraffe from mouth disease, his monograph on Otaria, and his memoirs on the walrus, kagu, hyaena, pilot whale, otaria and manatee