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
Correspondence between Burnet, Tait and Lorne and Julian Sorell Huxley regarding proposed new elephant and rhinoceros houses and paddocks at the Zoological Society of London, and the proposed Tusker Elephant House at Whipsnade Zoo. Also minutes of the Whipsnade Committee 9th December 1936, and an extract from a memo on accommodation for catering staff at Whipsnade (known then as the House of Pleasant Bread)
Letters from Kenneth Clark of the National Gallery, to Julian Sorell Huxley regarding John Driberg and Lubetkin's plans for the Elephant House at the the Zoological Society of London
Letter from Julian Sorell Huxley to Jasper Ridley regarding the plans for the new Elephant House and an approach to Lord Howard de Walden regarding a donation towards the construction
Correspondence between Major Albert Pam and the Zoological Society of London regarding an exhibition of domestic animals, the death of Frederick Bond and provision for his widow, a memorandum by the Treasurer for an increase in pay for permanent staff, matters for discussion with Geoffrey Marr Vevers, advertisements for an Assistant Superintendent and application forms, a list of duties for the Assistant Superintendent, lists of senior staff, organisational charts and proposals for an elephant house
Correspondence with Annie Wase regarding her offer of an ornamental necklace for an elephant
Correspondence regarding an offer to supply Elephants and Rhinocersoses to the Zoological Society of London
Correspondence between W Batty of Astley's Amphitheatre, to David William Mitchell regarding the price for two elephants
Letter from J P Gassiot to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding P T Barnum and Jumbo the elephant
Letters from Spenser St John to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding P T Barnum exhibiting an elephant at the Zoological Society of London