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Correspondence between John Spedan Lewis, of the John Lewis Partnership, and Julian Sorell Huxley regarding the design and construction of a new Elephant and Rhinoceros House at the Zoological Society of London

Letters from Thomas Horsfield regarding his inability to meet Yarrell and Sabine, examination of his proofs, information of remarks of any kind on a species of elephant described in a passage he quotes from Bishop Heber's journal, Bennet's judgement on descriptions of several species, and an introduction to Mr Hugh Murrey who was was engaged in publication of an Account of China for the Edinburgh Cabinet Library in Zoology of China

Correspondence between Hans Heck and Julian Sorell Huxley regarding the construction of a new Elephant House at the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence between J R Davis and Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the transport of the elephant and Burmese Bronzes

Letters from W A Conklin of the Department of Public Parks in New York, to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the birth of an elephant at a circus in Philadelphia

Letters from Kenneth Clark of the National Gallery, to Julian Sorell Huxley regarding John Driberg and Lubetkin's plans for the Elephant House at the the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence between Burnet, Tait and Lorne and Julian Sorell Huxley regarding proposed new elephant and rhinoceros houses and paddocks at the Zoological Society of London, and the proposed Tusker Elephant House at Whipsnade Zoo. Also minutes of the Whipsnade Committee 9th December 1936, and an extract from a memo on accommodation for catering staff at Whipsnade (known then as the House of Pleasant Bread)

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 Frank Evers Beddard to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the cause of death of a giraffe in the Zoo, his appointment as Vice-Secretary, meetings of the flower memorial committee, the death of a calf of Sanger's elephant, the death of the Nasalis larvatus, the purchase of a Langur, a collection of plants, and his position as Prosector

Letters from John Thomas Barber Beaumont, County Fire Officer, discussing the effectiveness of heating in the Elephant House