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3 volumes of financial statements and accounts covering the period of 1825-1902. Two volumes belonged to John Henry Leigh, who was an accountant at ZSL, and have his name inscribed on the front and inside.

Correspondence with foreign royalty such as Prince Ranier of Monaco, Prince and Princess Hitachi of Japan, King Hussein of Jordan, King Peter II and Queen Salote of Tonga

Papers relating to visits by Queen Elizabeth II to Regent's Park

Minutes of the House and Library Committee, discussing matters relating to the Library and other staff in the main ZSL Office (in this period of time that would be Hanover Square, and then our current Regent's park office from 1910)

Minutes of the House and Library Committee, discussing matters relating to the Library and other staff in the main ZSL Office (in this period of time that would be Hanover Square, and then our current Regent's park office from 1910)

Lists specimens in the Museum, with an arrival date, whether stuffed or in spirit, country, how obtained, and occasionally who deposited them. Arrival dates are from 1827-1840. Split into three groups of animals. Some specimens are from Sir Stamford Raffles' Sumatran collection. 

Minutes of the Layout Committee

Licences and plans of proposed London Zoo buildings, many of which were temporary structures, or not eventually built. Includes: large map of London Zoo in 1911 with position of proposed shelter marked, and plans of shelter, 1914; plans of proposed new aviary, 1906; plan of temporary shelters for HM The King's Indian Collection, 1912; plan of Proposed Wood & Iron Addition to the Prosector's Building, 1904; layout of Poultry Culture Exhibition, 1917; fire certificate Tea Pavilion Mappin Terraces, 1914; fire certificate Main Offices, 1910; temporary buildings extension, 1934.