Royal Zoological Society of Scotland

Scope and Contents Two full runs of posters displaying an A-Z of birds and mammals at Edinburgh Zoo. 56 posters in total. The posters show a single animal per poster illustrated by Joseph R Smith. They were printed by McLagan and Cumming, Lithographers, Edinburgh The posters were produced in the early 1930s and displayed on tram stations on the Corstophine Road route, encouraging people to visit the zoo via the trams. Birds; A for Little-Auk; B for Budgerigars; C...

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A complete run of annual reports, published by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, from the 1970s. Each year is individually bound.

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Annual reports, published by the Royal Zoological of Scotland, covering 1980-1989. The annual reports are bound individually and includes two copies of the 1985 annual report.

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Annual reports, published by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, dating from 1990-1999. There is a shift in the format of the annual reports from 1998 as the size has increased to A4. Duplications can be found in 1992, 1998 and 1999.

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Annual reports, published by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, dating from 2000-2009 (the centenary annual report). Each year is individually bound and the following years include duplication; 2000, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: 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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The Spring, 1988 edition of Ark File, the newsletter of the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland.

This newsletter focuses on the educational work done at Edinburgh Zoo and includes articles on the following; Gibbons, 75th Anniversary Appeal, amphibian conservation, the arrivals and departures of animals at the RZSS zoos.

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Volume 2, Spring edition 1993 of Ark Files, a magazine from the RZSS. This edition contains stories on the birth of a pygmy hippo, the maned wolf, updates from the Highland Wildlife Park, dates for the diary, and the arrivals and departures of animals at the RZSS's zoos.

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Volume 2, summer edition 1993 of Ark File, the magazine for the RZSS.

In this edition topics include; the cleaning of the penguin enclosure windows; appearance of female monkeys; Highland Wildlife Park news; arrivals and departures of animals at the RZSS's zoos.

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Volume 6, 1997 Spring edition of Ark File, the newsletter of the RZSS.

This edition includes, news from the zoo, tortoises, vetfile, penguins, Highland Wildlife Park news, and diary.