Day by day account of work in the ZSL Museum. Divided into Accessions, Anatomy, Preserving Department, Museum, Stores. Written by the Superintendent of the Museum, William Martin. Occasional entries by John Gilbert. Also mentions the work of Alexander Chambers, John Gould and Richard Owen.
Returns of specimens in the Museum of the Zoological Society of London, including dried specimens of fish and reptiles, mounted mammalia, mounted birds, skulls, skeletons and small collections
Letter from George Musgrave to David William Mitchell regarding marks in the snow and wishing to know what animals may have left the prints
SUMMARY:
Scrapbook page introducing a section about an appointment at the 'Zoo' spanning July 1923 to January 1924. Includes a clipping describing turtles (loggerhead and hawksbill) in a tank at the Aquarium of the New York Zoological Society, noting a similar exhibit planned for the 'Zoo'.
CONTENT:
MY APPOINTMENT AT
THE "ZOO" OR
THE "GREAT OFFENSIVE"
JULY 1923 TO JANUARY 1924
SCRAP
Book
SWIMMING IN ONE OF THE TANKS AT THE AQUARIUM OF THE NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: TURTLES OF TWO TYPES, THE LOGGERHEAD AND HAWKBILL—
AN EXHIBIT SUCH AS LONDONERS WILL SEE BEFORE LONG AT THE "ZOO."
SUMMARY:
The page is labeled 'My Laboratory' with the note '(Dispensary Corner)'.
CONTENT:
MY LABORATORY
(DISPENSARY CORNER)
SUMMARY:
The page features the text 'MY STUDY : REPTILE HOUSE.'
CONTENT:
MY STUDY : REPTILE HOUSE
Letters to Philip Lutley Sclater
Letters from Nanny to Joan Procter, thanking her for tickets to the Zoo and other matters
Letter from Lord Francis Napier to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding entrance cards for the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London