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ARC/4/3 · File · 1922-1924
Part of Architecture and buildings

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.

Aquarium plans
ARC/4/1 · File · 1922-1926
Part of Architecture and buildings

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

Aquarium plans
ARC/4/2 · File · 1913, 1922-1923, 1956
Part of Architecture and buildings

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. 

Authorisation of Expenditure
FIN/4/6 · File · 1958-1968
Part of Finance

Instructions on the control of expenditure, notes on reserves and procedures for placing orders, paying bills and entering into agreements

Catering Department
SUP/5/1/3/11 · File · 1947
Part of Superintendents

Correspondence with Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding an investigation into an outbreak of food poisoning, a notice to members of the staff authorised to use the Fellows' restaurant, an investigation into the amount of money in the till in the cafeteria, the Term Licence in respect of the Restaurant of the Zoological Gardens, and Regent's Park Catering Department Monopoly Value 1948,

ROY/2 · File · 1952-1954
Part of Royalty

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

ROY/1 · File · 1936-1937
Part of Royalty

Papers relating to the Coronation celebrations at the Zoological Society of London for King George VI, including tickets for admission, menus for the coronation dinner, correspondence and invitations