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Letter and map regarding a visit of the Members of the Council of the Zoological Society of London to inspect Whipsnade Farm on the Ashbridge Estate

London Zoo opened in April 1828 as the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London, in the first instance only to fellows of the society. It opened to the general public in 1847, in an effort to boost funds for the Zoo.

3 visitor books spanning the following years: 1913-1925, 1947 and 1925-1936, 1944-1957. These books don't have any indictation of where exactly they were kept, although the main office or Zoo reception seems likely.

Papers relating to a visit by the Duke and Duchess of Kent to Whipsnade Zoo to celebrate its diamond jubilee

Papers relating to a visit by the Emperor of Japan to the Zoological Society of London

Letter from Sir Arthur Pendarves Vivian to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the opening of the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London on a Sunday

Correspondence between Vought, Fullbrook and Co and George Soper Cansdale regarding the offer of a Rhinoceros to the Zoological Society of London