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Paper describing the history and design of the Mappin Terraces at ZSL London Zoo

Correspondence, reports and photographs regarding an accident at the Mappin Terraces when a child fell 25 feet

Folder 1: Tender for the Restoration and Waterproofing of the Mappin Terraces - Conditions of Contract, Specifications and Bill of Quantities. Includes 4 drawings: 4105/1 - Goat Enclosures 'A' and 'B', Plans and Elevations; 4105/2 - Bear Enclosures '2'

A supplemental report to a City of Westminster Planning application on the Mappin Terraces and the Aquarium redevelopment at London Zoo

Letter from Mrs E E Mappin regarding the estate of John Newton Mappin and authorising the payment for completing the work on the Mappin Terraces at the Zoological Gardens

Estimate for the Formation of the Proposed Aquarium under the Mappin Terraces, 1922; Building Contract between ZSL and J Jarvis & Sons, 1922; notes on progress, 1923; details of costs, 1924; plan of new flue pipe in the Aquarium, undated.

Proposal for a cinema as an important agency of a broad educational policy as well as a source of revenue. When the Mappin Terraces were first constructed in 1913, it was originally proposed to build a cinema in the space below them. However the Aquarium was substituted

Licences and plans of proposed London Zoo buildings, many of which were temporary structures, or not eventually built. Includes: large map of London Zoo in 1911 with position of proposed shelter marked, and plans of shelter, 1914; plans of proposed new aviary, 1906; plan of temporary shelters for HM The King's Indian Collection, 1912; plan of Proposed Wood & Iron Addition to the Prosector's Building, 1904; layout of Poultry Culture Exhibition, 1917; fire certificate Tea Pavilion Mappin Terraces, 1914; fire certificate Main Offices, 1910; temporary buildings extension, 1934.