Day by day account of work in the ZSL Museum. Divided into Accessions, Anatomy, Preserving Department, Museum, Stores. Written by the Superintendent of the Museum, William Martin. Occasional entries by John Gilbert. Also mentions the work of Alexander Chambers, John Gould and Richard Owen.
Lists specimens in the Museum, with an arrival date, whether stuffed or in spirit, country, how obtained, and occasionally who deposited them. Arrival dates are from 1827-1840. Split into three groups of animals. Some specimens are from Sir Stamford Raffles' Sumatran collection.
Plans and estimates for a new Library catalogue, along with schemes of classification for a card index of a zoological library
Library memos covering subjects such as requests for equipment, an attempted theft of a volume and redecoration of the Library
Proposal for a Library project to assess the feasibility of using material from the Zoological Society's Library to generate revenue
An appeal for funds to preserve intact the unique collection of zoological material housed in the Library of the Zoological Society of London, and through the establishment of an endowment fund, to maintain the services needed to support the Library
Papers relating to launches for books about London Zoo
Lists of duties of members of the Library staff during the employment of G B Stratton as Librarian
Papers and correspondence regarding thefts of books from the Library of the Zoological Society of London