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Recommendation for Simon Pereira who brought over three Indian Elephants from Ceylon to the Zoological Society of London, and worked on the staff of the Society or six months

Letter from Joseph Charlton Parr to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding an exhibition of P T Barnum's white elephant, Toung Taloung, at the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London

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 between Albert Pam and Julian Sorell Huxley regarding plans for the new Elephant House and meetings of the Lay-Out Committee

Correspondence between J W Milne and Julian Sorell Huxley regarding the financing of the construction of a new Elephant House, and a donation from Lord Leverhulme

Letter from Robert McLachlan of The Entomological Society, to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding an elephant trunk that was suffering from caries

Correspondence between ZSL Library and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding a report about Congo Elephants to be deposited in the Library, the return of a book to the Library called 'Wild Animals in Captivity, a collection of photographs taken by the husband of Cherry Kearton, and a donation of engravings from Lady Smith Woodward

Correspondence between John Spedan Lewis, of the John Lewis Partnership, and Julian Sorell Huxley regarding the design and construction of a new Elephant and Rhinoceros House at the Zoological Society of London

Letter from I G Laverick to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding elephants in China

Correspondence regarding an offer to supply Elephants and Rhinocersoses to the Zoological Society of London