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Plans for the modification of an enclosure to be filmed in a scene in the film Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone .

Three scrapbooks of newspaper cuttings: 1) Cairo to the Cape (about the flight taken by Peter Chalmers Mitchell), also Mount Everest expedition. 2) Cuttings about British Museum (Natural History) where Joan Procter volunteered. Includes letter from E G Boulenger to Joan Procter. 3) Joan Procter's appointment as Curator of Reptiles at London Zoo (1923). Includes photos and letters. 

The Northern Aviary at London Zoo, widely known as the Snowdon Aviary, was built between 1962-1964 and opened in 1965. Lord Snowdon was the designer of the Aviary.