Letter from Thomas John Batcheler to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding his subscription to the Zoological Society of London
Correspondence between Basel Zoo and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding an exchange of Wallabies and Hamsters
Correspondence between Clarence Bartlett, Philip Lutley Sclater and Balmoral Castle regarding the skin and skeleton of a giraffe and the donation of the skin to the Natural History Museum. Also telegrams from Balmoral Castle sending the Queen's condolences on the death of the giraffe and her request that it should be buried
Letter from Abraham Dee Bartlett to David William Mitchell regarding the weight of the flesh, bones, skin and organs of an elephant
Letters from Abraham Dee Bartlett to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the doors to the new elephant house, animal food consumption, the female rhinoceros, the mounted specimen of a young gorilla, authorisation to sell Alice the elephant to Mr Barnum, and the theft of an owl
Letter from Sir Henry Winston Barron to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding his subscription to the Zoological Society
Correspondence between P Barrie and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding a post on the first aid staff of the Zoological Society of London
Letters from Phineas Taylor Barnum to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the purchase and transfer of Alice the elephant. Also a letter regarding the purchase of specimens for Barnum's Zoological Museum
Letter regarding nomination for Fellowship of the Zoological Society of London
Letter from Catherine Barnes regarding a stuffed specimen of 'Ground Dove'. Says she was attempting to bring Edward Turner Bennett two live humming birds, fed on sugar solution, but both died in a storm