Papers regarding the Great Ape Breeding Colony at ZSL London Zoo

Plans showing proposed alterations to the Great Ape Breeding Colony

Notes by Julian Huxley on visits to the Zoological Gardens at New York (Bronx Park), Philadelphia, Washington DC, Paris (Vincennes), Hamburg, Berlin, Munich (Hellabrunn) and Frankfort, also the Aquarium at Chicago

Draft notes by Julian Huxley on visits to the Zoological Gardens at New York (Bronx Park), Philadelphia, Washington DC, Paris (Vincennes), Hamburg, Berlin, Munich (Hellabrunn) and Frankfort, also the Aquarium at Chicago

Memorandum regarding periods of fertility and the fertility rates of the various species of mammals on Exhibition at the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London since 1826

Correspondence between Mrs F Edwards and Julian Sorell Huxley regarding principles of keeping animals in captivity

Two lists: birds and quadrupeds, 29 April 1851 to 29 April 1852. Signed by James Hunt, Head Keeper

Black and white photographs of 'unusually coloured cobras' (Naja naja) in captivity in Hong Kong, dated 21 December 1979 and 12 January 1980

Colour negatives of Indian python in captivity, dated 3 January 1976; captive jaguars, dated 17 June 1977; a hatching budgerigar and of a macaque/Celebes ape (Macaca nigra) and baby, dated September 1977; snakes in captivity, and some personal images, dated 25 December 1979

Black and white and colour photographs, including images of herpetofauna (snakes, turtles and frogs) in captivity and in the wild, as well as views of habitats in Hong Kong