Letter from Edward Bourke Ellis to Philip Lutley Sclater offering to bring a few gorillas to England on his return from Africa

Letter from H C Fyfe of the Royal Institution, to Philip Lutley Sclater requesting the two bandoliers, and other objects, for Professor Lankester's lecture on 'The New Mammal from Central Africa'

Letter from J Hargreave to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the offer for sale of a chimpanzee monkey from West Africa, including a list of tricks he could perform

Letter from Frank Harrison to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the price for a pair of young gorillas from Africa

Correspondence regarding a notice in the Army Medical Department Bulletin requesting living specimens from Africa for the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence between Oliver Stanley, Secretary of State for the Colonies, and the Zoological Society of London regarding a collection of fauna of East Africa

List of desired animals from south, southeast and east Africa

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

Correspondence between the British India Steam Navigation Company Ltd and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding animals being transported to the Zoological Society of London, such as a Sloth Bear Cub on board the Manatola, and animals collected by Cecil Stanley Webb from East Africa on the Urlana

Correspondence between the Colonial Office in London and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding air passage for collectors travelling to Africa on behalf of the Zoological Society of London