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
Correspondence between the Control Commission for Germany and George Soper Cansdale regarding the death of an Ostrich on deposit from Hamburg, and a question as to whether or not the Zoological Society of London wished to return the animals on deposit from Germany before the end of the agreed period of loan, i.e. 1950
Correspondence with Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding a request for G Coombes to be released from duty at London Zoo to attend a cadet training camp
Correspondence between Copenhagen Zoo and George Soper Cansdale regarding a request for a dozen Ruffs for the Zoological Society of London, the Zoo Directors' Congress, and a consignment of mammals, birds and reptiles from Australia
Correspondence between Copenhagen Zoo and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding a visit to London and Whipsnade Zoos, with arrangements regarding the transfer of animals
Letters from Joseph Cornely to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding a voyage
Correspondence between the Corps of Commissionaires and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the employment of attendants at the Zoological Society of London
Correspondence and agreements with Geoffrey Marr Vevers for the engagement of a Commissionaire permanently employed by the Zoological Society of London
Correspondence between Sir Arthur Landsborough Thomson and L Harrison Matthews regarding outside activities of members of staff, Scientific Meetings, an invitation to the dinner of the British Ornithologists' Union, meetings of the Council and Honorary Life Fellowships
Correspondence between Sir Arthur Landsborough Thomson and L Harrison Matthews regarding meetings of the Selection Committee, the Annual Report, meetings of the Finance Committee, meetings of the Publications Committee, statement of the duties of Honorary Officers, the arrangement of Committees, abstracts in the Ibis, the Zoological Record, the Chairman of the Pink Elephants, the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, Scientific Meetings, the British Guiana expedition, meetings of the Prosectorial Committee, the United Workers' Association, Professional Fellows, the Medical Research Council, the Centenary celebration of Madras Zoo, allegations against staff, Gerbils of the genus Meriones, and cases of controlling inter-current tuberculosis among colonies of monkeys