Correspondence between F G Rollason and George Soper Cansdale regarding a Himalayan Bear called Vicky which was presented to the Zoological Society of London in the Spring of 1946 by the 89 Squadron RAF which had been stationed in Singapore

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

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 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

Letter regarding a donation of a pair of young Canadian Bear cubs 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'

Letter thanking Geoffrey Marr Vevers for the two Syrian Bears, two Wallabies and one Lioness which were sent to the Society of Friends of the Jerusalem Zoological Garden, and the Hyena and Conies which were sent to the Zoological Society of London

Letter and agreements between Thomas Masters and the Zoological Society of London for the rent of the buildings occupied by Masters and for the privilege of selling confectionary on condition that the council would paper and paint the Refreshment Room and erect a suitable stall at the Bears Pit

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 with Cartwright Farmiloe regarding the area he occupied between the Kodiak Bears and the Elephant Paddock at the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London