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ZSL Whipsnade Zoo, formerly known as Whipsnade Wild Animal Park, is a zoo and safari park located at Whipsnade, near Dunstable in Bedfordshire, England. It is one of two zoos (the other being ZSL London Zoo in Regent's Park, London) that are owned by the Zoological Society of London. A disastrous fire in Whipsnade's Administration block in 1962 destroyed most of the archives held at Whipsnade (except for the Whipsnade Daily Occurrences). The files listed here were the ones kept in the Offices at Regent's Park, and were therefore not lost in the fire.

Letters and papers relating to the position of President at Zoological Society of London

It was proposed in the setting up of ZSL that there would be a museum for zoological specimens, and items began being collected c.1827 including a collection of Sumatran specimens donated by Lady Sophia Raffles, widow of ZSL founder Sir Stamford Raffles. The museum was housed firstly within our office building at 33 Bruton Street in central London, and charged entry for people to visit. Many specimens were donated by fellows, John Gould donated his collection of Himalayan birds in 1831 to the museum, for example. The museum proved very popular, and grew at such a rate that it was one of the reasons for moving office to Leicester square. It was decided that the Society either needed to purchase a dedicated building for it - or to disperse the collection. ZSL Council chose the latter, and by 1855 the collection had been dispersed to various other collections including the British Museum (Natural History) and Norwich Museum.

Minutes, memos, and correspondence planning new buildings at London Zoo.

General Meetings, Special General Meetings, and Annual General Meetings of the Fellowship. Fellows can put questions and make suggestions to the Council. Originally held every two months, the last General Meeting was 16 Jan 1963.

Council is the governing body of the Zoological Society of London. It is made up of three elected Officers - the President, Secretary and Treasurer – and twelve elected members. Council members are the Trustees

The official published annual reports of ZSL. Also known as 'Reports of the Council and Auditors of the Zoological Society of London'. From 2001 called 'Annual Review'.

Working Party advising on the Snowdon Aviary.

Drawings showing the design, layout and details of several buildings built 1957-1961 at the entrance to Whipsnade Zoo (16 items). Map and plan of Whipsnade, 1996 (2 items).