Letters from Herbrand Arthur Russell to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the purchase of animals, his election as member of the council of the Zoological Society, his attendance at meetings and the appointment of a veterinary surgeon at the Zoological Society
Letters from Frederic Brine to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the living conditions of a gorilla, a sacred white elephant which was said to have been in Siam but which he refuted, and the height and weight of Jumbo and Jenny
Letters from Rajendra Mullick to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the arrival of the steamer 'Hydaspes' with herds and animals from the Zoological Society of London
Letters from Henry Stephens Salt, Secretary of the Humanitarian League, to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding snake feeding at London Zoo
Letters from Osbert Salvin to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the purchase of animals for the Zoological Society of London and meetings of the Council
Correspondence between Brown, Jenkinson & Co Limited and Sheffield Airey Neave regarding a shipment of animals to be returned to Hamburg Zoo by the Zoological Society of London
Correspondence between the Societe Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Gand and Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the exchange of animals including a Bubal
Letter from John Colam of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the serpent feeding in the reptile house being a healthy amusement for children and young persons
Correspondence regarding W J C Frost being commissioned by the Council of the Zoological Society of London to collect Birds of Paradise and Crowned Pigeons for London Zoo