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Correspondence between Burnet, Tait and Lorne and Julian Sorell Huxley regarding proposed new elephant and rhinoceros houses and paddocks at the Zoological Society of London, and the proposed Tusker Elephant House at Whipsnade Zoo. Also minutes of the Whipsnade Committee 9th December 1936, and an extract from a memo on accommodation for catering staff at Whipsnade (known then as the House of Pleasant Bread)

Letters from John Thomas Barber Beaumont, County Fire Officer, discussing the effectiveness of heating in the Elephant House

Agreement to erect and complete a new Elephant and Rhinoceros house. Includes letter from Architect and Schedule of Conditions of Building Contract

Architecture award from The Royal Institute of British Architects London Region for the Elephant and Rhinoceros Pavilion. Designed by Casson, Conder and Partners for ZSL