Papers and plans relating to the development of the central area at ZSL London Zoo, including pavilion and shop

Schedules of works, contract, specifications and plans

Contracts, agreements, specifications and plans for the Main Office refurbishment at Regent's Park

Contract documents, specifications and plans for the Tropical Bird House, ZSL London Zoo

Correspondence with the Architect's Department regarding Zoo buildings

Includes: memos from the Layout Committee; letters from Lubetkin to Huxley; costings; Contract with Tecton; copy of 'The Architect and Building News', June 1944; handwritten notes; specifications. Includes correspondence with Burnet, Tait and Lorne; and with Tecton. Also mentions other abandoned schemes by Tecton for Gibbon House, Children's Zoo, South Gate. Includes correspondence between Huxley and the Maharajah of Bhavnagar and J Ellerman about funding; with Sir Harry Boyd of the Home Office concerning Royal patronage. Correspondence with Zoo Directors in Chicago, Dresden, Stellingen about their elephant houses.

List of costs of major building works undertaken by the Zoological Society of London in the last ten years