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Penguins

 Subject

Staff Only
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE

Found in 41 Collections and/or Records:

Chinstrap penguin

 Item
Identifier: Coll-2099/8/7/7/24
Scope and Contents

A chinstrap penguin standing on some rocks next to the water at Edinburgh Zoo.

Dates: 1914 - 1999
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Royal Zoological Society of Scotland / Photographs / Glass Plate Negatives / Box 7

Chinstrap penguin on a rock

 Item
Identifier: Coll-2099/8/7/7/7
Scope and Contents

A gentoo penguin standing alone on a rock at Edinburgh Zoo.

Dates: 1914 - 1999
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Royal Zoological Society of Scotland / Photographs / Glass Plate Negatives / Box 7

Current Animal Correspondence

 File
Identifier: Coll-2099/2/4/8/1/2
Scope and Contents

Letters, mainly sent to Thomas Gillespie, which regard animals currently being in the RZSS collection in 1947. Topics in the letters include the high death rate in King Penguins, animal sponsorship, and a poem dedicated to Boko the chimpanzee.

Dates: 1947
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Royal Zoological Society of Scotland / Correspondence / 1940-1949 / 1947 / Animal Correspondence

Even chinstrap penguins do it (The Week), 21 Feb 2004

 Item
Identifier: GD61/11/2/8/11
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

A collection of newspaper and magazine cuttings covering issues relating to the LGBTQ+ community.

Articles cover local, national and international news, however Scottish publications have the strongest representation with Edinburgh and Glasgow based publications being a specific strength within this sub-series.

Dates: 21 Feb 2004
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive / Lothian Gay and Lesbian Switchboard (LGLS) / Information Resources / Press Cuttings / Press Cuttings

Five chinstrap penguins

 Item
Identifier: Coll-2099/8/7/7/11
Scope and Contents

Five chinstrap penguins stand by the water in their enclosure at Edinburgh Zoo.

Dates: 1914 - 1999
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Royal Zoological Society of Scotland / Photographs / Glass Plate Negatives / Box 7

Five penguins

 Item
Identifier: Coll-2099/8/7/7/12
Scope and Contents

A group of five penguins in their enclosure at Edinburgh Zoo.

Dates: 1914 - 1999
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Royal Zoological Society of Scotland / Photographs / Glass Plate Negatives / Box 7

Gentoo penguin on log

 Item
Identifier: Coll-2099/8/7/7/5
Scope and Contents

A gentoo penguin standing on a log looking rather forlorn.

Dates: 1914 - 1999
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Royal Zoological Society of Scotland / Photographs / Glass Plate Negatives / Box 7

Group of penguins

 Item
Identifier: Coll-2099/8/7/7/2
Scope and Contents

A group of penguins gathered round a box in the penguin enclosure at Edinburgh Zoo

Dates: 1914 - 1999
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Royal Zoological Society of Scotland / Photographs / Glass Plate Negatives / Box 7

Group of Penguins

 Item
Identifier: Coll-2099/8/7/1/1
Scope and Contents

Glass plate negative showing a group of eight king penguins gathered in an enclosure.

Dates: 1914 - 1999
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Royal Zoological Society of Scotland / Photographs / Glass Plate Negatives / Box 1

Keeper and penguin

 Item
Identifier: Coll-2099/8/7/7/32
Scope and Contents

the image of a keeper and penguin are obscured by damage to the photographic plate.

Dates: 1914 - 1999
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Royal Zoological Society of Scotland / Photographs / Glass Plate Negatives / Box 7