includes information on the opening by the Queen
Papers regarding the new Lion Terraces at ZSL London Zoo, including memorandums, plans, estimates and correspondence
Press cuttings, plans and drawings regarding the new Lion Terraces at ZSL London Zoo
Correspondence to and about David William Mitchell regarding royal personages of the Zoological Society of London, shipments of birds, an arrangement with Mr Henry Beale for the conveyance and delivery of Greyhounds and Deerhounds, the Refreshment Rooms, a testimonial for Louis Fraser, the shipment of a Trigress and a Lion, bills of the Zoological Society of London, the estate of David William Mitchell, notes of a committee appointed to examine the state of the accounts between David William Mitchell and the Society, particulars of money due from the executors, and amount of claim against his estate
Correspondence and papers relating to the death of B J Radford, a keeper in the Lion House
Letter from Jerrard Tickell to Julian Sorell Huxley regarding a visit by a group of visitors to the Lion House
Paper by Oliver Graham-Jones on 'Clinical Observations on a Paralytic Disease of Young Lions' for the Animal Welfare and Husbandry Committee of the Zoological Society of London
Paper by R N T-W-Fiennes on 'Pathological Studies on a Paralytic Disease of Young Lions' for the Animal Welfare and Husbandry Committee of the Zoological Society of London
2 large prints of the survey of the old lion house, originally designed by Antony Salvin Jr (1875-7) which was replaced by the New Lion Terraces in 1976