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Correspondence between Geoffrey Marr Vevers and Cecil Stanley Webb regarding his expeditions to Madagascar and Kenya to collect animals for the Zoological Society of London

Letters from Charles Telfaire to Nicholas Aylward Vigors regarding his research on the Dodo, a tortoise from the Seychelles, tortoises of the Amirante Islands and Mombasa, and a Chamaeleon from the north of Madagascar to be presented to the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence between Captain A T Ritchie and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the return of Cecil Webb from Madagascar with an elephant that Mr Sharpe had for the Zoological Society of London at Ngobit, and any other animals available for shipment, also Webb's appointment as a whole-time salaried collection for the Society, with the title of Curator

Contains a mention of David Attenborough's Zoo Quest to Madagascar

Manuscript copy of a rare printed book by Dubois

Correspondence between Geoffrey Marr Vevers and Mr Hertel of the Jardin D'Acclimatation regarding a visit by his wife to the Zoological Society of London to discuss matters of mutual interest such as fauna of Madagascar

Correspondence between C Elford and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding his two Ring Tailed Lemurs in Madagascar

Correspondence between Sir Arthur Landsborough Thomson and L Harrison Matthews regarding Scientific Meetings, meetings of the Publications Committee, David Attenborough's talk again his Madagascar trip, draft minutes, and candidates for the Scientific Fellowship