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Correspondence between Copenhagen Zoo and George Soper Cansdale regarding a request for a dozen Ruffs for the Zoological Society of London, the Zoo Directors' Congress, and a consignment of mammals, birds and reptiles from Australia

Letter from Edmund B d'Auvergne to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the feeding of live animals to snakes in the Reptile House

Letter from Georgiana Eckstein to Philip Lutley Sclater requesting tickets to witness the feeding of reptiles at the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence between the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the importation by air of consignments of reptiles and insects from East Africa

Diaries kept by staff that record events, visitors, health of animals etc., in the Reptile House at London Zoo

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. 

Correspondence with Joan Procter, Curator of Reptiles, regarding safety regulations in the Reptile House

Letters from Henry Scherren to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding corrections to the proof of 'Region' and the banning of members of the public during feeding time in the Reptile House

Letter from Alfred Thomas Williams to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the feeding of live animals to reptiles at the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London

Letter from Edgar Chatterton to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding no longer being able to view the animals behind the cages following reports in the newspapers about the way in which the reptiles were being fed in the reptile house