Draft notes by Julian Huxley on visits to the Zoological Gardens at New York (Bronx Park), Philadelphia, Washington DC, Paris (Vincennes), Hamburg, Berlin, Munich (Hellabrunn) and Frankfort, also the Aquarium at Chicago
Memorandum by the Secretary on an Aquarium at the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London
Letter to the new members of the Council with a memorandum by the Secretary on an Aquarium at the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London
Draft report of the Committee on admission to the Aquarium at the Zoological Society of London
Notice from the Secretary regarding an Aquarium Research Fellowship at the Zoological Society of London
Letters from William Saville Kent of the Museum and Institute of Pisciculture Society Limited, to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the establishment of a marine observatory and laboratory in connection with the Brighton Aquarium, his appointment as Inspector of Fisheries to the Government of Tasmania, his application to become a Fellow of the Zoological Society of London, his inspection of the fish house, enquiries about the vacant post of Prosector, and a proposed British Zoological Station for the study of marine animals and plats with relation to the advancement of the sciences of biology and economic pisciculture
Letter from the Zoological Society of London to Mr Ward regarding his son Douglas and his offer to act as the Society's agent in Whitstable to procure living specimens for the Society's Aquarium
Minutes of the second meeting of the selection committee considering applicants for the post of Curator of the Aquarium and Director's Assistant, with details of applicants
David William Mitchell was a zoologist and illustrator. He was responsible for the construction of the fish house - the first public aquarium - in 1853. He was ZSL Secretary from 1847-1859.