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Archival description
SUP/5/1/2/218 · File · 1946
Part of Superintendents

Correspondence between Union Castle Mail Steamship Co. Ltd and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding a shipment of Snakes, Chameleons, Birds, Penguins and Crane on board the vessel Umtali from Cape Town

Rangoon Zoological Gardens
SUP/5/1/3/31 · File · 1947
Part of Superintendents

Correspondence between Rangoon Zoological Gardens and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding Colonel Ranking helping to bring home a collection of King Penguins, 24 of which went to London Zoo

Queries - general
SUP/5/1/2/186 · File · 1946
Part of Superintendents

Correspondence with Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding general queries such as specimens of Hedgehogs, Birds of Prey, fencing for Bison, samples of bark, the flea Hectopsylla psittaci, insuring animals, big game hunters, a Llama cart, the well in the Zoological Gardens, cattle guards, the caring of monkeys as pets, a Tree Kangaroo named Minnie, the temperature in the Monkey House, bird life of the Cocos Islands, the bodies of Goldfish, measurements of the eyes of animals, photographs of the Penguin Pool and a broadcast on Children's Hour

Press Enquiries
SUP/5/1/2/184 · File · 1946
Part of Superintendents

Correspondence with Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding articles on the pathological and veterinary side of the Zoo, an article of Pandas for publication in British Ally, photographs of lion cubs, photographs of a panda, bound copies of the Zoological Record, an article on the lion Rota, captions for The Sphere, the publication The Life Story of King Penguin, and an article on London Zoo for Trumpeter

Parkin, A E
SUP/6/1/2/45 · File · 1950
Part of Superintendents

Correspondence between A E Parkin and George Soper Cansdale regarding the construction of penguin pools

Owen, Richard, Sir
SEC/7/15/6 · File · 1864-1881
Part of ZSL Secretaries

Letters from Sir Richard Owen to Philip Lutley Sclater on subjects such as plates of the Dodo, papers on bird bones, notes on the dissection of a penguin, cetacean drawings, chambered shells, drawings of birds from Madras, photographs of harpagornis and his papers on diornis

Jones, Hubert
SUP/5/1/2/134 · File · 1946
Part of Superintendents

Correspondence between Hubert Jones and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding a collection of Cape Penguins for London Zoo