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Correspondence between the Control Commission for Germany and George Soper Cansdale regarding the death of an Ostrich on deposit from Hamburg, and a question as to whether or not the Zoological Society of London wished to return the animals on deposit from Germany before the end of the agreed period of loan, i.e. 1950

Correspondence between E H Tong and George Soper Cansdale regarding matters at Whipsnade, including causes of deaths of animals, animal record cards, the Canadian Department of Mines and Resources, the acquisition of animals, and animals on deposit from Germany

Correspondence between the General Steam Navigation Company and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the transfer of animals from the Zoological Gardens in Hanover and the Zoological Society of London

Includes: memos from the Layout Committee; letters from Lubetkin to Huxley; costings; Contract with Tecton; copy of 'The Architect and Building News', June 1944; handwritten notes; specifications. Includes correspondence with Burnet, Tait and Lorne; and with Tecton. Also mentions other abandoned schemes by Tecton for Gibbon House, Children's Zoo, South Gate. Includes correspondence between Huxley and the Maharajah of Bhavnagar and J Ellerman about funding; with Sir Harry Boyd of the Home Office concerning Royal patronage. Correspondence with Zoo Directors in Chicago, Dresden, Stellingen about their elephant houses.

Correspondence with Dresden Zoo an invitation to visit London Zoo and Whipsnade, and back numbers of the Oryx journal

ZBAA: Medal commemorating 125 years of the Jardim Zoológico, Lisbon, Portugal, 2009, with the words "Lisboa Jardim Zoológico Portugal, 125 anos, 1884-2009", in presentation box. Donated by Mr Anthony Sheridan, FZS, January 2011

Also medals commemorating anniversaries of Moscow Zoo, Jahre Tierpark Berlin, Kaunas Zoo and Zoologischer Garten Dresden

Early papers regarding the Aquarium at London Zoo, including correspondence, price lists, reports on visits to Hamburg, Berlin, Brussels and Dresden