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Archival description
Gorilla House
SEC/9/2/25/15 · Item · 1932
Part of ZSL Secretaries

General notes on the Gorilla House for the newly acquired Gorillas, Moina and Mok

Gorillas
AQA/3 · File · 1962
Part of Animal acquisitions

Includes purchase of mountain gorillas from Charles Cordier, and expense files

Zoological Society of London
Grey, John Edward
SEC/7/7/23 · File · 1860-1871
Part of ZSL Secretaries

Letters from John Edward Grey of the British Museum to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the key to the gardens of the Zoological Society of London, a paper on tortoises, specimens of a monkey and lemur to be exhibited at a meeting, the death of a gorilla, meetings of the Council, and reports of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Hancock, W
SEC/7/8/5 · Item · 1901
Part of ZSL Secretaries

Letter from W Hancock to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the sale of a pair of blue faced gorillas to the Zoological Society of London

Harrison, Frank
SEC/7/8/8 · Item · 1879
Part of ZSL Secretaries

Letter from Frank Harrison to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the price for a pair of young gorillas from Africa

Harwood, Bill
SUP/5/1/3/21 · File · 1947
Part of Superintendents

Correspondence between Bill Harwood and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding a shipment of animals, including a baby Gorilla, from Lagos to the Zoological Society of London

Matthews, Arnold Jerome
SEC/7/13/11 · File · 1885
Part of ZSL Secretaries

Letters from Arnold Jerome Matthews to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding an expedition to the Gabon for the purpose of procuring some young living specimens of the gorilla, then available to purchase by the Zoological Society of London

Morrison, Alastair
CUR/7/2/1 · Item · 1948
Part of Curators and Keepers

Letters from C S Webb to Alastair Morrison regarding animals from British Cameroon for the Zoological Society of London, including Sunbirds and a gorilla