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Copies of correspondence between Mr Reynold's and Philip Lutley Sclater regarding his wife's claim for damages following a giraffe spitting milk, or milk-like fluid, on her jacket

Correspondence with Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding queries about mammals such as an offer of a Lioness for mating, the measurements of Camels, Toto the Lesser Kudu, Mink breeders, Monkeys from East Africa, Quaggas, the gestation period of a Giraffe, Horned Hares, and domesticating the Paca and Capybara

Letter from Louis Prater to William Ogilby regarding lions, an elephant, and a giraffe available for sale to the Zoological Society of London

Two photographs of giraffes and impalas at Belle Vue from 1970 & 1971

Includes: Report on the value of the Reserved Collection, 1851; Dr Crisp. Museum Stores; List of Animals Presented to the Norwich Collection; Catalogue of specimens of cruise, 1849; etc. Also includes printed extracts from the Annual Reports regarding the Museum, and a printed petition to the Chancellor of the Exchequer to buy the collection. The Dr Crisp item is a list of articles purchased by him from the Museum, including the skin 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

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

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

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

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