Letters from Alfred Russel Wallace to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the purchase of a joint residential estate, extracts read at meetings of the Zoological Society of London, papers for the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London and Natural Science, his publication on 'Monkeys - their structure, affinities and distribution', a shipment of birds for the Society, improvements to the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London, notes on the Umbrella Bird, his election as a Fellow, papers on marine mammals, opinions on theories by Darwin, Birds of Paradise, and a list of butterflies of Costa Rica

Letter from Carl Hagenbeck to Peter Chalmers Mitchell regarding his shipment of a buffalo to the Zoological Society of London

Memorandum by the Secretary regarding the care of animals (mammals, birds, reptiles, fishes, etc) in transport

Letter from the Secretary to Major Stanley Flower, Vice-President of the Zoological Society of London, regarding the Transport of Animals Committee

Papers relating to the safe transport of living animals

Papers relating to meetings of the Transport of Animals Committee

Memorandum by the Secretary on the care of animals (mammals, birds, reptiles, fishes, etc) in transport

Correspondence between H Fenton, Geoffrey Marr Vevers and Captain F G Pay regarding a post-war programme for new animals, birds and fish

Correspondence between Edgar Taylor and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding his offer to supply animals to the Zoological Society of London from the Belgian Congo

Correspondence between Major R Aidin and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding his offer to present a Bosman's Potto and possibly a mate to the Zoological Society of London