Correspondence regarding a request for birds and mammals from Africa for the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence with the National Zoological Gardens of South Africa regarding the annual conference of the International Union of Zoo Directors

Letter from George Ernest Shelley to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the H H Johnston collection from the Cameroon swamps

Letter from A Verey & Co. to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding a young gorilla and chimpanzee from Africa

Contains a mention of David Attenborough's Zoo Quest to Madagascar

Letters from C S Webb to Alastair Morrison regarding animals from British Cameroon for the Zoological Society of London, including Sunbirds and a gorilla

Letter to G Iles of Belle Vue Zoo in Manchester regarding J Seago leaving for East Africa to collect live animals

Letter to the Minister of the Ethiopian Legation regarding help to acquire a female Gelada Baboon from Abyssinia

Correspondence regarding the importation of wild animals and birds from Abyssinia including Gelada Baboons and Royal Starlings

Manuscript copy of a rare printed book by Dubois