Plan, section and elevation drawings and blueprints relating to the construction of the Aquarium, London Zoo, dated July 1922 to August 1923. Also included are typewritten notes on the tank specifications; one sheet giving details for doors of the tea pavillion on the Mappin Terrace, dated February 1926. Some hand annotations and watercolour details added. Architect/engin
Plan, section and elevation drawings relating to the construction of the Aquarium, London Zoo, dated May 1922 to March 1923, and the remodelling, dated April to May 1956. Also included is a section blueprint of the proposed aquarium planned with the construction of the Mappin Terrace, dated April 1913. Some hand annotations and watercolour details added. Architect/engin eer/designer: Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners, Engineers; Belcher & Joass, Architects; CA & AW Haward Ltd, Engineers; ZSL Architects' Department.
Correspondence and memos on the Aquarium
Aquarium Overseer's Report on Collecting Trip in the Red Sea, by H Vinall of the Zoological Society of London
Estimate for the Formation of the Proposed Aquarium under the Mappin Terraces, 1922; Building Contract between ZSL and J Jarvis & Sons, 1922; notes on progress, 1923; details of costs, 1924; plan of new flue pipe in the Aquarium, undated.
Early papers regarding the Aquarium at London Zoo, including correspondence, price lists, reports on visits to Hamburg, Berlin, Brussels and Dresden
Minutes of the second meeting of the selection committee considering applicants for the post of Curator of the Aquarium and Director's Assistant, with details of applicants
Reports of the Curator of the Aquarium, Director, Prosector, Curator of Mammals, Curator of the Aquarium, Curator of Birds, Veterinary Officer, and Pathologist for the Animal Welfare and Husbandry Committee of the Zoological Society of London, with agendas and minutes. Also a disposal list of anatomical material from the Prosectorium and the minutes of the Aspergillus Sub-Committee
Reports by the Curator of Mammals, Curator of the Aquarium, Veterinary Officer, Director and Pathologist for the Animal Welfare and Husbandry Committee of the Zoological Society of London, with agendas and minutes. Also a paper on 'The First International Conference on Wildlife Disease' held at High View, New York
Reports by the Veterinary Officer, Pathologist, Curator of the Aquarium, Curator of Birds, Curator of Mammals and agendas and meeting minutes for the Animal Welfare and Husbandry Committee of the Zoological Society of London
agenda and meeting minutes