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Working Party advising on the Snowdon Aviary.

Papers relating to the 125th anniversary of the opening of London Zoo and the coronation celebrations for Queen Elizabeth II, including menus, brochures, memos, correspondence and meeting minutes

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

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. 

2 volumes denoting extraordinary expenditure at London and Whipsnade Zoos, between 1864 and 1939. They detail yearly spending on enclosures and buildings, some costs of animals.

Includes: Return of the number of Deaths and Resignations from 1840 to 1848; List of the Fellows who have become Defaulters (1840-1847), Return of the total number of Resignations in each year (1825-1849); Return of the number of Fellows elected after Dec 31 1832 and paying £3, 1849; Blank form letter to proposers of defaulters, undated; 1876 Comparative Statement of Elections, Deaths, Resignations and Removals during the past Ten years, annotated 1877; etc 

Includes: Report on the value of the Reserved Collection, 1851; Dr Crisp. Museum Stores; List of Animals Presented to the Norwich Collection; Catalogue of specimens of cruise, 1849; etc. Also includes printed extracts from the Annual Reports regarding the Museum, and a printed petition to the Chancellor of the Exchequer to buy the collection. The Dr Crisp item is a list of articles purchased by him from the Museum, including the skin of a giraffe. 

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)

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.