Letter from the building contractors Rice and Son, to Julian Sorell Huxley regarding the construction of the new Elephant House

Letter from Julian Sorell Huxley to Jasper Ridley regarding the plans for the new Elephant House and an approach to Lord Howard de Walden regarding a donation towards the construction

Letters from David Seth-Smith to Julian Sorell Huxley regarding plans for the proposed new Elephant House and meetings of the Elephant House Committee

Correspondence between E Thompson and Julian Sorell Huxley regarding Sir Stanley Reed, the Maharaja of Bhavnagar and the construction of the new Elephant House at London Zoo

Correspondence between Julian Sorell Huxley and Achille Urbain of the Parc Zoologique de Vincennes in Paris, regarding the construction of the new Elephant House at London Zoo

Reports and correspondence relating to an epidemic of Anthrax in the Elephant House at London Zoo

Includes: memos from the Layout Committee; letters from Lubetkin to Huxley; costings; Contract with Tecton; copy of 'The Architect and Building News', June 1944; handwritten notes; specifications. Includes correspondence with Burnet, Tait and Lorne; and with Tecton. Also mentions other abandoned schemes by Tecton for Gibbon House, Children's Zoo, South Gate. Includes correspondence between Huxley and the Maharajah of Bhavnagar and J Ellerman about funding; with Sir Harry Boyd of the Home Office concerning Royal patronage. Correspondence with Zoo Directors in Chicago, Dresden, Stellingen about their elephant houses.

By Tecton. Includes related correspondence and memos.

Concerning the new plans by Casson Conder and partners