Papers relating to a visit by the Emperor of Japan to the Zoological Society of London

Memos and correspondence concerning the visits of VIPs to ZSL. Includes The Queen, Emperor of Japan, Duke of Edinburgh, Queen of Nepal, Princess Anne, etc

Correspondence with foreign royalty such as Prince Ranier of Monaco, Prince and Princess Hitachi of Japan, King Hussein of Jordan, King Peter II and Queen Salote of Tonga

Correspondence regarding a visit by Prince Yamashina of Japan

Colour negatives of the Japan Snake Institute and Ueno Zoo, Tokyo

Black and white and colour photographs, mainly of various zoos, including Frankfurt, Berlin, Jersey, Antwerp, Stuttgart, Bristol, Paignton, Thoiry, Ueno (Tokyo) and Singapore, as well as images of herpetological specimens in captivity