Letters from Carl Jacob Sundevall, Director of the Royal Museum Stockholm, to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding specimens found in the Museum such as Galapagos birds

Letter from Michael Rogers Oldfield Thomas of the British Museum (Natural History) to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the skin of a giraffe

Day by day account of work in the ZSL Museum. Divided into Accessions, Anatomy, Preserving Department, Museum, Stores. Written by the Superintendent of the Museum, William Martin. Occasional entries by John Gilbert. Also mentions the work of Alexander Chambers, John Gould and Richard Owen.

Lists specimens in the Museum, with an arrival date, whether stuffed or in spirit, country, how obtained, and occasionally who deposited them. Arrival dates are from 1827-1840. Split into three groups of animals. Some specimens are from Sir Stamford Raffles' Sumatran collection. 

Letters concerning the Symposium held on 11-12 June 1987; correspondence with William Timym about his bronze Oryx model

Papers on the present status of Arabian Oryx on the Jiddat Al-Harasis and veterinary implications for the reintroduction of the Arabian Oryx in Saudi Arabia

Black and white aerial photographs of the area for the Wadi Serin Facility, colour photographs of the Wadi Serin Reserve and possible site for Education Zoo project, and colour photographs of the Wadi Serin Facility

Correspondence between the British Museum (Natural History) and Sheffield Airey Neave regarding delegates to the Conference on Nature Preservation in Post-War Reconstruction, and a meeting of the Council

Letter from Hugh Cuming to Edward Turner Bennett, apologising for being unable to meet him with a portion of his shells

Letter from the Secretary of the United Services Museum, accompanying two specimens of birds killed in Mexico and of a Scoter killed at Southampton. The letter asks the Zoological Society of London to inspect and return them