Letters from John Thomas Barber Beaumont, County Fire Officer, discussing the effectiveness of heating in the Elephant House

Correspondence between W Batty of Astley's Amphitheatre, to David William Mitchell regarding the price for two elephants

Letters from Phineas Taylor Barnum to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the purchase and transfer of Alice the elephant. Also a letter regarding the purchase of specimens for Barnum's Zoological Museum

Agreement to erect and complete a new Elephant and Rhinoceros house. Includes letter from Architect and Schedule of Conditions of Building Contract

Architecture award from The Royal Institute of British Architects London Region for the Elephant and Rhinoceros Pavilion. Designed by Casson, Conder and Partners for ZSL

Correspondence between G Agarwala and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the offer of an Indian Elephant to the Zoological Society of London

Paper regarding the exhibition of an albino elephant at London Zoo, alongside another elephant, from the National Karen Association of Burma