Correspondence between G Agarwala and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the offer of an Indian Elephant to the Zoological Society of London
Letters from Phineas Taylor Barnum to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the purchase and transfer of Alice the elephant. Also a letter regarding the purchase of specimens for Barnum's Zoological Museum
Correspondence between W Batty of Astley's Amphitheatre, to David William Mitchell regarding the price for two elephants
Letters from John Thomas Barber Beaumont, County Fire Officer, discussing the effectiveness of heating in the Elephant House
Letters from Frank Evers Beddard to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the cause of death of a giraffe in the Zoo, his appointment as Vice-Secretary, meetings of the flower memorial committee, the death of a calf of Sanger's elephant, the death of the Nasalis larvatus, the purchase of a Langur, a collection of plants, and his position as Prosector
Letters from Frederic Brine to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the living conditions of a gorilla, a sacred white elephant which was said to have been in Siam but which he refuted, and the height and weight of Jumbo and Jenny
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 Ceylon Zoo and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding passage for Simon, an Elephant Keeper from Ceylon Zoo, and a shipment of two crates of Wallabies
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
Correspondence between Columbo Zoo and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the temporary deposit of a Leopard cub at Colombo Zoo before shipment to the Zoological Society of London, and the return of Simon, a Ceylon Zoo Elephant Keeper