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Correspondence between Geoff Williams and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the offer to collect snakes in India for the Zoological Society of London

Letter from Alfred Thomas Williams to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the feeding of live animals to reptiles at the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London

Collection of biographical notes on Yarrell; bibliography of his published works; copies, transcriptions and abstracts of letters to and from Yarrell; copies of wood block engravings

William Yarrell was a zoologist. He was one of the original members of the Zoological Society of London and was a founder of the Royal Entomological Society. He was ZSL Secretary from 1836-1838.

Judgement in the High Court of Justice regarding a child being thrown or falling from a horse

William Ogilby was a zoologist. He is perhaps best known for this work around the classification order of cheiropoda, linking mammals who had hands. He was ZSL Secretary from 1839-1847.

Correspondence between William Muller & Co. Ltd and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding a shipment of Wallabies

William Lutley Sclater was a zoologist and the son of previous ZSL Secretary, Philip Lutley Sclater. He himself was only ZSL Secretary for 1 year in 1903, before Peter Chalmers Mitchell was selected for the post.

Letters from William Hill and Co. to David William Mitchell regarding the price for an engine and boiler at the Zoological Society of London