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Atkinson, William Chapman
SEC/7/1/19 · Item · 1877
Part of ZSL Secretaries

Letter from William Chapman Atkinson to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding his talk about live gorillas in Europe

A Verey & Co.
SEC/7/21/8 · Item · 1884
Part of ZSL Secretaries

Letter from A Verey & Co. to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding a young gorilla and chimpanzee from Africa

Bartlett, Abraham Dee
SEC/7/2/9 · File · 1869-1888
Part of ZSL Secretaries

Letters from Abraham Dee Bartlett to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the doors to the new elephant house, animal food consumption, the female rhinoceros, the mounted specimen of a young gorilla, authorisation to sell Alice the elephant to Mr Barnum, and the theft of an owl

SUP/5/1/2/25 · File · 1946
Part of Superintendents

Correspondence between Geoffrey Marr Vevers and J De Quidt, Director of the Belgian Ministry for Colonies, concerning an Okapi and a young Kivu Gorilla

Bobby's Memorial
EVE/33 · File · 2008
Part of Events and Exhibitions

Poster, photographs and schedule for the memorial to Bobby, a Silverback Gorilla who lived at ZSL London Zoo

Zoological Society of London
Brine, Frederic
SEC/7/2/33 · File · 1884-1887
Part of ZSL Secretaries

Letters from Frederic Brine to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the living conditions of a gorilla, a sacred white elephant which was said to have been in Siam but which he refuted, and the height and weight of Jumbo and Jenny

NZSL/ROP/25 · File · 1975
Part of Non-ZSL Collections

Colour negatives of Mrs Ray Romer with a baby gorilla at Frankfurt Zoo, and views of Antwerp and Stuttgart Zoo, along with some personal images, dated June to July 1975; Colour negatives of Mrs Ray Romer with a baby gorilla and a baby orangutan at Frankfurt Zoo, along with various views of that zoo and of Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens, plus some personal images, dated July 1975

Ellis, Edward Bourke
SEC/7/5/7 · Item · 1886
Part of ZSL Secretaries

Letter from Edward Bourke Ellis to Philip Lutley Sclater offering to bring a few gorillas to England on his return from Africa

Fauna Society
SUP/6/1/2/19 · Item · 1950
Part of Superintendents

Letter regarding an extract from a letter received from Robert Bean, Director of the Chicago Zoological Park, regarding several gorillas that were taken to the United States