Records relating to the fellowship and membership of ZSL
Sans titreTen yearly lists of ZSL Fellows. Covers the years 1829-1851, 1861-1864 & 1905-1964.
Contains number and name of Fellow; date of election; date of payment of annual subscription; when removed, withdrawn or dead. Listed by Fellowship number, not alphabetically
Successful application forms for becoming a Fellow. Gives applicant's address and who proposed and seconded them. Covers the years 1829-1831 & 1870-1988.
From 1968 split into 'Associates & Ordinary Fellows' and 'Scientific Fellows'
Includes: Return of the number of Deaths and Resignations from 1840 to 1848; List of the Fellows who have become Defaulters (1840-1847), Return of the total number of Resignations in each year (1825-1849); Return of the number of Fellows elected after Dec 31 1832 and paying £3, 1849; Blank form letter to proposers of defaulters, undated; 1876 Comparative Statement of Elections, Deaths, Resignations and Removals during the past Ten years, annotated 1877; etc
Includes the following printed circulars: PL Sclater to Fellows defending sale of Jumbo to Barnum; President's Address to General Meeting of Fellows; Circular from Fellows about changing by-laws; Motion by Henry Burdett to change by-laws; Fellows' proxy
Minutes and papers of the Membership Review Working Party