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Correspondence regarding specimens of Sigmodon and Orkney Voles, animals sent by Raymond Hook and the financing of collections of animals

Correspondence between Raymond Hook and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding offers of animals including a Rock Hyrax, a pair of Rhinos, Reticulated Giraffes and Grevy's Zebras

Correspondence between HM Customs & Excise and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding claims for exemptions from import duty for animals being imported to the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence between the Zoo-Centre in Brussels and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the transfer of birds and Wallabies

Letters from William Heame regarding the arrival of the Brig 'Adak' at London Docks with a Hawksbill Turtle, 2 Land Tortoises, 1 male ditto, 1 Pigeon, 6 Doves and a flamingo which is supposed to be dead and only a skin. Also speaks of the arrival of his display cabinet and asks the Zoological Society of London to select and withdraw all the insects they desire from drawers of his in their possession

Correspondence between Captain P E H Heald and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the collection of animals for the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence between Bill Harwood and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding a shipment of animals, including a baby Gorilla, from Lagos to the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence between Carr Hartley and George Soper Cansdale regarding the collecting and sale of animals from Kenya

Correspondence between W H Hale and George Soper Cansdale regarding the export of animals from Kenya and lists of approved Zoos

Correspondence with Carl Hagenbeck regarding the transport of animals on loan between Tierpark in Hamburgh-Stellingen and London Zoo