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Zoos

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Found in 97 Collections and/or Records:

Guide to the Scottish National Zoological Park Edinburgh, Revised Edition, 1969

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Identifier: Coll-2099/6/1/15
Scope and Contents A revised guide to the Scottish Zoological Park (now Edinburgh Zoo) written by G.D. Fisher, Director-Secretary to the RZSS. This edition dates from roughly 1969. With tigers on the cover of one and the other missing its cover, this guild includes; 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,...
Dates: 1969
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Royal Zoological Society of Scotland / RZSS Publications / Edinburgh Zoo and Highland Wildlife Park Guides

Information for those about to visit the Scottish National Zoological Park, 1964 - 1972

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Identifier: Coll-2099/6/1/25
Scope and Contents Information booklets giving people details about Edinburgh zoo, including - park hours, how to get there, admission charges, how to book a party visit, catering, talks by keepers, first aid, car park, hire of push chairs, dogs, park bus, shelter accomodation, the park and its animals, the aquarium, the children's arm, zoo shops, park guide book, where to apply for information, and polite requests. These booklets are from the following dates 1964 1967 (roughly) 1970 1971 (four...
Dates: 1964 - 1972
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Royal Zoological Society of Scotland / RZSS Publications / Edinburgh Zoo and Highland Wildlife Park Guides

Letter from Hamilton Estates Office, 1922

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Identifier: Coll-2099/2/2/3/1/1/8
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A letter from Hamilton Estates Office to T.H. Gillespie, dated 6th September 1922. The Hamilton estate is unable to offer Cadzow Wild Cattle to the RZSS at the time of correspondence.

Dates: 1922
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Royal Zoological Society of Scotland / Correspondence / 1920-1929 / 1922 / Animal Correspondence / Animal Arrival Correspondence

Letter from Thomas Gillespie, 1922

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Identifier: Coll-2099/2/2/3/1/1/5
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Two letters from Thomas Gillespie to the Director of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, 17 January 1922, requesting a permit for importing a Reindeer bull from Norway.

Dates: 1922
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Royal Zoological Society of Scotland / Correspondence / 1920-1929 / 1922 / Animal Correspondence / Animal Arrival Correspondence

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Albert Sherbourne Le Souef, 03 May 1926

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/32/3
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Le Souef reminds Ewart of their meeting at the Pan-Pacific Congress in Sydney and writes that he will shortly be visiting Edinburgh to see the Zoo and the 'Psoa' sheep that Ewart has been experimenting with.

Dates: 03 May 1926
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1926

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Alexander Theodore Gordon, 12 January 1905

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/11/2
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Gordon encloses three copies of a photograph of a mule mare and foal taken in the Zoo at Pretoria. He confirms that the mare was a mule and that the foal was not a horse foal.

Dates: 12 January 1905
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1905

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Carl Hagenbeck, 30 September 1905

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/11/36
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Hagenbeck writes that the Przewalski's stallion with a longer mane than the others is now in the Zoological Gardens, Cincinnati. He is sorry that Ewart lost his Przewalski's horse without having a foal from him, and offers to send him one of his stallions for a year. He hopes to find a customer for Ewart's hybrid Onager and will send Ewart a photograph of his Java pony, which he will have to sell. He will also try to find out where the skin of a mountain zebra can be obtained.

Dates: 30 September 1905
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1905

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Carl Hagenbeck, 31 May 1901

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/7/16
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Hagenbeck states that he will send Ewart a pair of black rats as soon as he is able to obtain them from the Zoological Gardens in Frankfurt. He is also sending him some photographs of the results of his male lion and tigress hybridisation experiments (not present).

Dates: 31 May 1901
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1901

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Carl Hagenbeck, 01 July 1902

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/8/52
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Hagenbeck confirms that the Jardin d'Acclimatation in Paris no longer has the hybrid of the 'Equus hemyonus' and pony in its possession, and that the hybrid zebras and donkeys have been sold to William Jamrach. He enquires after more complete physical details of Ewart's hybrids.

Dates: 01 July 1902
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1902

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Carl Hagenbeck, 03 July 1902

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/8/53
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Hagenbeck announces that he hopes to soon be in Paris, where he will be able to find out all the details of the physical characteristics of all the different hybrids in the Jardin d'Acclimatation. He would also be interested in procuring the hybrids that Ewart had intended to sell to the Indian Government.

Dates: 03 July 1902
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1902