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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

Copies of letters regarding the drainage system of the gardens of the Zoological Society into Regent's Canal, with accompanying map

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 Julian Sorell Huxley and Tecton Group regarding the construction of the new Elephant House

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

Letters from Gambier Bolton to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding alterations and additions to the gardens of the Zoological Society of London due to the decline in visitors

Correspondence between Julian Sorell Huxley and Stanley Reed regarding The Maharajah of Bhavnagar, plans for a new Elephant House at the London Zoological Gardens and a a request for a financial contribution from The Maharajah

Letter from the building contractors Rice and Son, to Julian Sorell Huxley regarding the construction of the new Elephant House

Correspondence between the Royal Institute of British Architects and Julian Sorell Huxley regarding a list of Rice contracts

Letters from David Seth-Smith to Julian Sorell Huxley regarding plans for the proposed new Elephant House and meetings of the Elephant House Committee