Letter to Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding enclosures for animals at Whipsnade Zoo

Diaries kept by staff that record events, visitors, health of animals etc., in the Reptile House at London Zoo

Volumes detailing the training of dolphins that resided in the Dolphinarium at Whipsnade Zoo

Black and white and colour photographs, mainly of various zoos, including Frankfurt, Berlin, Jersey, Antwerp, Stuttgart, Bristol, Paignton, Thoiry, Ueno (Tokyo) and Singapore, as well as images of herpetological specimens in captivity

An album of black and white and colour photographs, including images of herpetofauna (snakes, frogs and crocodiles) in captivity and in the wild, as well as various zoo reptile enclosures, including Berlin, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Singapore and Chester

Includes original claims, replies, internal memoranda, evidence from ZSL staff, and correspondence with insurance brokers

Third party claims for accidents at London Zoo and Whipsnade. These are letters from visitors describing the accident to themselves or their clothes, caused by animals or infrastructure

Correspondence between Terry Jones and George Soper Cansdale regarding prices for animals from Leckford Estate Limited in Stockbridge, Hampshire

Correspondence between E H Tong and George Soper Cansdale regarding matters at Whipsnade, including causes of deaths of animals, animal record cards, the Canadian Department of Mines and Resources, the acquisition of animals, and animals on deposit from Germany

Correspondence between Toronto Zoo and George Soper Cansdale regarding the Lord Chamberlain providing the Zoological Society of London with a pair of King's Swans from the River Thames, which were then sent to Toronto Zoo in exchange for Beavers. Also other exchanges between Toronto Zoo and the Zoological Society of London

Letters from Alexander Miller of the Zoological Gardens regarding a Chinese Pheasant which escaped and had been running in Park Street, Camden Town, an escape from the Dove House, the removal of an oak fence on the southern boundary, the health of a Rhinoceros, the Society's Cashmere Goat, his visit to City Road Basin, the purchase of a Chimpanzee, a visit by the Queen to the Gardens, a stillborn Rhesus Monkey, dimensions of the back of a new den for the Elephant and Rhinoceros, the cost of laying the floor of the Elephant and Rhinoceros House, the death of a Chimpanzee and the return of John Woodbridge with Cranes and Leopards