Correspondence between Union Castle Mail Steamship Co. Ltd and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding a shipment of Snakes, Chameleons, Birds, Penguins and Crane on board the vessel Umtali from Cape Town

Correspondence between the University of Hull and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the design of cages to hold fowls or rabbits and samples of drinking and feeding vessels, the appointment of an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Zoology, artificial lighting for birds, the import of Macaws, and a source of supply of Chrysotis

Correspondence between Cecil Stanley Webb and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding a proposed journey by C S Webb to British Guiana, with lists of birds, mammals and reptiles of Trinidad and Tobago. Also a letter regarding Zebras and Reticulated Giraffes

Letter from Major-General Sir John Bennett Hearsey to David William Mitchell regarding pheasants and other rare birds for the Zoological Society of London

Letter from H C James to David William Mitchell regarding his dispatch to Calcutta from Darjeeling, and birds that are destined for the Zoological Society of London

Letter from N Melton to David William Mitchell regarding a shipment of crown birds, a monkey and a scotchman bird for the Zoological Society of London

Letters from Rajendra Mullick to David William Mitchell giving thanks for a shipment of birds shipped from the Zoological Society of London and reports on zoology, and birds and animals onboard the Prince of Wales for the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence to and about David William Mitchell regarding royal personages of the Zoological Society of London, shipments of birds, an arrangement with Mr Henry Beale for the conveyance and delivery of Greyhounds and Deerhounds, the Refreshment Rooms, a testimonial for Louis Fraser, the shipment of a Trigress and a Lion, bills of the Zoological Society of London, the estate of David William Mitchell, notes of a committee appointed to examine the state of the accounts between David William Mitchell and the Society, particulars of money due from the executors, and amount of claim against his estate

Correspondence between James Thompson, Head Keeper at London Zoo, and David William Mitchell regarding the expense to carry out the experiment of rearing mammals and birds in the Hill Country for transmission to Enland, and the transmission of a collection of Himalayan pheasants to the Zoological Society of London

Articles of Agreement and correspondence between John Warwick with the Zoological Society of London and the Earl of Derby regarding a voyage to Egypt and Nubia to procure live animals and birds for the Zoological Society of Lonon