Letter regarding a donation of a pair of young Canadian Bear cubs to the Zoological Society of London

Letter from H Woods who says he spoke to Wombwell (a dealer in Commercial Road) about the kangaroo. He would be satisfied with the female and would give an equivalent. He had his eye on a bear in the corner on the left of the elephants. He encloses a drawing of the head of the bear but the den was too dark to see it distinctly

Correspondence between David Turnball-Simpson and George Soper Cansdale regarding negatives of Winnie the Bear, the shipping of a Great Dane and a dispatch of animals from Tehran

Correspondence between David Turnball-Simpson and George Soper Cansdale regarding the donation of a male bear cub (known locally as a Bakhtiary) from South Iran to the Zoological Society of London

Folder 1: Tender for the Restoration and Waterproofing of the Mappin Terraces - Conditions of Contract, Specifications and Bill of Quantities. Includes 4 drawings: 4105/1 - Goat Enclosures 'A' and 'B', Plans and Elevations; 4105/2 - Bear Enclosures '2'

Correspondence between the Sultan of Johore and George Soper Cansdale regarding a donation of a male Malay Bear to the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence between Josef Schauer and George Soper Cansdale regarding the purchase of three male bear cubs from the Zoological Society of London

Letters from Edwin Linley Sambourne to Peter Chalmers Mitchell regarding the Bear Pit at the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London and his admission to the Gardens

Correspondence declining the offer of a Tibetan Bear by Sir Antony Rumbold to the Zoological Society of London