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Correspondence between T R Beckett and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the selection of Beckett as a Corresponding Member of the Zoological Society of London, an offer to send Ostrich eggs, an offer of a young Crocodile, and a request for help in collecting some Chimpanzees

Correspondence between T R Beckett and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding a collection of animals from Nigeria to be given to the Zoological Society of London, including Ostriches, Cranes and Marabous

Correspondence between the Duke of Bedford and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the importation of Kangaroos from Australia, Pere David Deer at Whipsnade, the transfer of Deer to New York Zoo, and New Zealand Brown Ducks in the Waders Aviary. Also a biography of the 11th Duke of Bedford

Correspondence between Geoffrey Marr Vevers and J De Quidt, Director of the Belgian Ministry for Colonies, concerning an Okapi and a young Kivu Gorilla

Correspondence between A G Bennett and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding a shipment of penguins to the Zoological Society of London from the Falkland Islands

Letter regarding an expedition to collect birds for the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence between Geoffrey Marr Vevers and H Bennett in the Falkland Islands regarding a shipment of medication to cure Bumblefoot in Penguins, a shipment of King, Macaroni and Rockhopper Penguins for the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence regarding Berlin Zoo following bombings during the War

Correspondence between Alan Best and Geoffrey Marr Vevers requesting the collection of animals from the West Coast

Letter thanking Geoffrey Marr Vevers for the two Syrian Bears, two Wallabies and one Lioness which were sent to the Society of Friends of the Jerusalem Zoological Garden, and the Hyena and Conies which were sent to the Zoological Society of London