Correspondence between Julian Sorell Huxley and Achille Urbain of the Parc Zoologique de Vincennes in Paris, regarding the construction of the new Elephant House at London Zoo
Memorandum on staff arrangements for the new quarantine station
Diaries kept by staff that record events, visitors, health of animals etc., in the Reptile House at London Zoo
Plan, section and elevation drawings relating to the construction of the ZSL Main Offices (and Library) at Regent's Park, dated January 1909 to March 1910. Included are details of elements reused from Hanover Square. Alterations to Library, 1964-1967. Some hand annotations and doodles. Architect/engineer/designer: J Belcher, Architect; Werner, Pfleiderer & Perkins Ltd, Engineers; J Jeffreys & Co, Heating and Ventilation Engineers; A Smith & Stevens, Lift Engineers.
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
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.
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.
Report of guide to indicative cost for the refurbishment of the Aquarium building at London Zoo for Zoo Operations Limited by Gardiner & Theobald
Plan, section and elevation drawings relating to the construction of the Regent Building restaurant, dated September 1927-February 1929. Some hand annotations and watercolour detail.