Letters and papers relating to the position of President at Zoological Society of London
Zoological Society of LondonThe Zoological Club, connected with ZSL, was founded in 1866 by HW Bates, WH Flower, TH Huxley, PL Sclater, and others. The Club met to dine at various restaurants, including the Cafe Royal, before basing itself at London Zoo from 1914.
The Zoological ClubBooks filled in daily, listing the arrivals and departures, births and deaths of animals at London Zoo and Whipsnade. Other details mentioned in some of the books are numbers of visitors and money taken, particular visitors, keepers absent, unwell animals, building works, temperatures in the animal houses, weather. Also referred to as 'day books'.
Zoological Society of LondonRecords relating to the fellowship and membership of ZSL
Zoological Society of LondonZSL had an in-house architecture department for many years, which was responsible for building of many of the iconic buildings still extant onsite today.
Zoological Society of LondonRecords of conservation work undertaken by ZSL
Zoological Society of LondonRecords of the committees of London Zoo and Whipsnade Zoo
Zoological Society of LondonLegal records of ZSL
Zoological Society of LondonRecords relating to veterinary and pathology at ZSL
Zoological Society of London