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Letters from Gambier Bolton to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding alterations and additions to the gardens of the Zoological Society of London due to the decline in visitors

Letters from Decimus Burton to Edward Turner Bennett regarding his brother's giraffe, the location of the parrot cage, drawings of the museum, the risk of fires, and the meeting of the creditors of the Colosseum

Paper relating to the Carnivore Complex at ZSL London Zoo, including correspondence, estimates and meeting minutes

Correspondence and estimates regarding the Casson Footbridge

Papers and plans relating to the development of the central area at ZSL London Zoo, including pavilion and shop

Schedules of works, contract, specifications and plans

Contract documents, specifications and plans for the Tropical Bird House, ZSL London Zoo

Correspondence with the Architect's Department regarding Zoo buildings

Includes: memos from the Layout Committee; letters from Lubetkin to Huxley; costings; Contract with Tecton; copy of 'The Architect and Building News', June 1944; handwritten notes; specifications. Includes correspondence with Burnet, Tait and Lorne; and with Tecton. Also mentions other abandoned schemes by Tecton for Gibbon House, Children's Zoo, South Gate. Includes correspondence between Huxley and the Maharajah of Bhavnagar and J Ellerman about funding; with Sir Harry Boyd of the Home Office concerning Royal patronage. Correspondence with Zoo Directors in Chicago, Dresden, Stellingen about their elephant houses.