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Records relating to the proposed closure of London and Whipsnade Zoos in the 1990s

Files relating to the education department of ZSL.

Records relating to ZSL during World War Two.

Files concerning ZSL and film and television. Includes letters from Huxley about a proposed cinema; correspondence about programmes such as "Zoo Time" with Desmond Morris; letters between Zuckerman and Bernstein and Forman of Granada TV

Papers relating to members of the UK and foreign Royal, including visits to ZSL London and Whipsnade Zoos

Extant files describing animal acquisitions that took place between 1936 and 1968

Records of conservation work undertaken by ZSL

ZSL Whipsnade Zoo, formerly known as Whipsnade Wild Animal Park, is a zoo and safari park located at Whipsnade, near Dunstable in Bedfordshire, England. It is one of two zoos (the other being ZSL London Zoo in Regent's Park, London) that are owned by the Zoological Society of London. A disastrous fire in Whipsnade's Administration block in 1962 destroyed most of the archives held at Whipsnade (except for the Whipsnade Daily Occurrences). The files listed here were the ones kept in the Offices at Regent's Park, and were therefore not lost in the fire.

The 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.