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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 between L W Burdon and George Soper Cansdale regarding a possible Aquarium exhibit based on the carp pond which is used in Malaya for fish production

Correspondence between Sir Arthur Landsborough Thomson and L Harrison Matthews regarding the XI International Ornithological Congress, Scientific Meetings, the Medical Research Council's Radiobiological Research Unit, the International Congress of Zoology, Council Meetings, Goliath Herons, reports of the Prosectorial Sub-Committee, meetings of the Publication Committee, the British Ornithologists' Union, the proposed advertisement for the Curatorship of the Aquarium, Corresponding Membership, and meetings of the Selection Committee and Planning Committee

Correspondence between K F Moorhouse Ltd and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the introduction of a Monkey House into the Aquarium at Brighton Aquarium

Letters from William Saville Kent of the Museum and Institute of Pisciculture Society Limited, to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the establishment of a marine observatory and laboratory in connection with the Brighton Aquarium, his appointment as Inspector of Fisheries to the Government of Tasmania, his application to become a Fellow of the Zoological Society of London, his inspection of the fish house, enquiries about the vacant post of Prosector, and a proposed British Zoological Station for the study of marine animals and plats with relation to the advancement of the sciences of biology and economic pisciculture

Proposal for a new Aquarium and coral reef at London Zoo

Report on the structure of London Zoo Aquarium by Oscar Faber

Report by Oscar Faber on London Zoo Aquarium Services Building and Operational Services

Correspondence between Henry Gascoyne Maurice and the Zoological Society of London regarding the reopening of the Aquarium, visits to Whipsnade, the Civil Service Anglers' Association perch, his expenses account, perch from the Lee Conservancy Board, staff appointments, the draft Case for Opinion of Counsel, suggested amendments to the by-laws and the Secretary's memorandum to the Council regarding the suggested amendments