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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)

Correspondence between J E Burns and Sheffield Airey Neave regarding Burns and his proposal to live on his ten ton cutter to fish and observe bird life on the West Coast of Scotland

Correspondence with between Geoffrey Marr Vevers and the Governor of the Gold Coast regarding an offer of birds to the Zoological Society of London

Letter from Burton and Fraser to Nicholas Aylward Vigors regarding the half year rent due from the Zoological Society of London to Mr Palmer for the premises at Kingston Hill leased to the Society

Letters from Decimus Burton to Edward Turner Bennett regarding his brother's giraffe, the location of the parrot cage, drawings of the museum, the risk of fires, and the meeting of the creditors of the Colosseum

Letter from Edward Burton to say that he has discovered changes to a specimen on which he had prepared a draft paper. He suggests change of scientific name accordingly

Correspondence between P M Burton and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding a young Monkey, three Chameleons, a Python and a Boa Constrictor for the Zoological Society of London

Letters from Arthur Gardiner Butler to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding attendance at committee meetings and illustrations for publications

Correspondence between Major A Buxton and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding a visit to Whipsnade Zoo and the presentation of a Cheetah to the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence between Michael Buxton and George Soper Cansdale regarding shipments of fish for the Zoological Society of London