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Invitations to events run by the Zoological Society of London and invitations to members of Zoological Society of London by external organisations

Document listing major events at the Zoological Society of London between 1957 and 1968

Files concerning ZSL and film and television. Includes letters from Huxley about a proposed cinema; correspondence about programmes such as "Zoo Time" with Desmond Morris; letters between Zuckerman and Bernstein and Forman of Granada TV

General Meetings, Special General Meetings, and Annual General Meetings of the Fellowship. Fellows can put questions and make suggestions to the Council. Originally held every two months, the last General Meeting was 16 Jan 1963.

Minutes, memos, and correspondence planning new buildings at London Zoo.

List of specimens held

It was proposed in the setting up of ZSL that there would be a museum for zoological specimens, and items began being collected c.1827 including a collection of Sumatran specimens donated by Lady Sophia Raffles, widow of ZSL founder Sir Stamford Raffles. The museum was housed firstly within our office building at 33 Bruton Street in central London, and charged entry for people to visit. Many specimens were donated by fellows, John Gould donated his collection of Himalayan birds in 1831 to the museum, for example. The museum proved very popular, and grew at such a rate that it was one of the reasons for moving office to Leicester square. It was decided that the Society either needed to purchase a dedicated building for it - or to disperse the collection. ZSL Council chose the latter, and by 1855 the collection had been dispersed to various other collections including the British Museum (Natural History) and Norwich Museum.