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Incoming Animals, 1948

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Identifier: Coll-2099/2/4/9/1/1

Scope and Contents

Letters regarding animals coming in to the RZSS collection at Edinburgh Zoo in 1938. There are sizable collections of letters from Gerrard Tyrwhitt Drake and Dr. J. A. Campbell (Toronto). Topics covered in these letters include; otters; lists of animals on offer; transportation of animals (giraffe, birds, leopards, snakes, crocodile, reptiles etc.) Also are letters from the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.

Dates

  • Creation: 1948

Full Extent

3 folders

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository

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