Files relating to a trip Thompson took to Calcutta to bring back animals. Includes finances, bills and a brief diary.
Bound volume contains payments by the Zoological Society of London to James Thompson for disbursement of cash in connection with his mission to India, with a bundle of receipts
Personal and professional letters to Joan Procter. Many of the letters have their original envelopes. There are a few replies. Includes pressed flowers from R Pascoli; and a photograph of Franz Werner. Some letters are signed only with first names
Letter from George Albert Boulenger congratulating Joan Procter on her appointment at London Zoo
Letters from Edward George Boulenger to Joan Procter regarding Salamander larvae, attendance at Zoological Society of London Scientific Meetings, the purchase of alligators, the transformation of axolotl, snakes for sale, a reference to a crab-eating frog, her exhibition of the batrachia in the public galleries, and the death of reptiles deposited by Joan Procter
Letters from William Bateson of the John Innes Horticultural Institution regarding frogs and further research