Zoo animals

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Bound volume containing information on the animals who died at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland between 1949 - 1952.

Information captured includes, the date of death, name of specimen, reception number and cause of death.

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A bound ledger book containing details of all the animals which departed the RZSS between November 1933 and August 1945.

Information captured inludes the date, name of specimen, reception no., method of departure (death, sale, otherwise departed), and remarks.

Scope and Contents The archive of the Royal Zoological Society has been assembled from various locations across the site of Edinburgh Zoo. According to Thomas Gillespie's publication, "The Story of the Edinburgh Zoo", published 1964, much of the early documentation of the society has been lost over time. This is reflected in the collection here. Although official documentation may have been lost over the years, the story of the history of society and Edinburgh Zoo is accessible through this...

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Guidebook for Edinburgh Zoo, dating from 1979. Contains visitor information and details of the animals.

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A notebook containing details of the animals born at Edinburgh Zoo between 1951-1957. This notebook captures information including; date, name of specimen, and remarks.

The notebook is incomplete.

Scope and Contents A guide to the Scottish National Zoological Park, now Edinburgh Zoo, by Thomas Gillespie. This is the fifteenth edition, with an estimated date of 1948. The guide contains information on the RZSS council, hours and terms of admission to the park, feeding times, care of the animals, information on all the animals at the zoological park. The publication is full of photographs showing the animals at the zoo, the estate, and staff. There is usually a map included in the...

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A guide to the Scottish Zoological Park (now Edinburgh Zoo) written by Thomas Gillespie. This is the seventeenth edition of the guide, dating from roughly 1950.

The guide contains a fold out map of the zoo site, information on the RZSS council, hours and terms of admission to the park, feeding times, care of the animals, information on all the animals at the zoological park. The publication is full of photographs showing the animals at the zoo, the estate, and staff.

Scope and Contents A bound volume containing the details of the first animals which were brought into Edinburgh Zoo by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland. Information captured in this volume includes the date the animal was acquired, the name (including Latin), reception number, number of animals, how acquired, habitat, previous history, date and method of departure. The column 'date and method of departure' also contains notes as to the welfare of the animals and occasionally...

Scope and Contents Bound volume containing details on all the animals which arrived at Edinburgh Zoo between 1938 - 1959. Details captured in this volume include; the date of arrival, reception number, name, number, sex, how acquired, date and method of departure, and remarks. As this volume includes the WWII years, there are documented accounts of their venomous animals being put down, due to the danger of escape during air-raids. The Edinburgh Zoo complex in Corstophine was hit by...

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'Who's Zoo? In Edinburgh. A Picture and Story Parade of the Park's Prominent Personalities', by Albert Morris.

Originally a series of articles in the Edinburgh Evening Dispatch, here, they are assembled into one publication intended as a Coronation Year souvenir. The publication contains humorous stories about animals at Edinburgh Zoo.

Note: some of the images and articles have been cut out.