Papers relating to curators and keepers from ZSL's history.
Sans titreDiary of James Thompson, listing general payments and accounts
Bound volume contains payments by the Zoological Society of London to James Thompson for disbursement of cash in connection with his mission to India, with a bundle of receipts
Bills and receipts received by James Thompson in relation to his mission to Calcutta
Files relating to a trip Thompson took to Calcutta to bring back animals. Includes finances, bills and a brief diary.
Personal and professional letters to Joan Procter. Many of the letters have their original envelopes. There are a few replies. Includes pressed flowers from R Pascoli; and a photograph of Franz Werner. Some letters are signed only with first names
Letter from George Albert Boulenger congratulating Joan Procter on her appointment at London Zoo
Letters from Edward George Boulenger to Joan Procter regarding Salamander larvae, attendance at Zoological Society of London Scientific Meetings, the purchase of alligators, the transformation of axolotl, snakes for sale, a reference to a crab-eating frog, her exhibition of the batrachia in the public galleries, and the death of reptiles deposited by Joan Procter
Letter in Italian from June Allen to Joan Procter
Letters from Thomas Barbour of the Museum of Comparative Zoology in Cambridge Massachusetts, regarding anoles and Joan Procter's paper on Loveridge's Tortoise, her appointment at the Zoological Society of London, lost reprints, and the Zoological Record