Papers on London Zoo conservation and management

London Zoo Board (1992-present). Set up to supervise all matters relating to the operation of London Zoo, covering animal management, visitor operations, preparation of draft budgets, staffing marketing, capital and development projects.

London Zoo Board (1992-present). Set up to supervise all matters relating to the operation of London Zoo, covering animal management, visitor operations, preparation of draft budgets, staffing marketing, capital and development projects

The object of the Joint Consultative Committee was to afford a means of consultation between the Zoo management and its employees. Its function was advisory, not executive, and any decision taken were in the form of recommendations to the Controller

Memorandum by the Secretary on the housing of the gorillas

Correspondence between Geoffrey Marr Vevers and the Ministry of Labour and National Service regarding Valerie Higgins and her employment as Children's Zoo Supervisor at the Zoological Society of London

Letter from Edward Greenaway to Nicholas Aylward Vigors regarding the opening of the gardens of the Zoological Society of London on Good Friday when other exhibitions in London were closed

Letter from Susan J Gore to Reginald Innes Pocock regarding the feeding of live goats to the snakes at the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence with A H D'Aeth regarding the nomination of women for membership of the Council of the Zoological Society of London, admitting guests to the Gardens, the death of his wife, the management of the animals in the Gardens and the conduct of the Society's scientific affairs, his trespass into the Lion House, his nomination to the Council and a new rebuilding fund

Letter from Edgar Chatterton to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding no longer being able to view the animals behind the cages following reports in the newspapers about the way in which the reptiles were being fed in the reptile house