Papers relating to members of the UK and foreign Royal, including visits to ZSL London and Whipsnade Zoos
Zoological Society of LondonBooks filled in daily, listing the arrivals and departures, births and deaths of animals at London Zoo and Whipsnade. Other details mentioned in some of the books are numbers of visitors and money taken, particular visitors, keepers absent, unwell animals, building works, temperatures in the animal houses, weather. Also referred to as 'day books'.
Zoological Society of LondonNon-ZSL collections with have been donated to ZSL Archive
Zoological Society of LondonLetters and papers relating to the position of Secretary at ZSL. In the past this position was responsible for the overall running of the Zoo(s), but in later years it has become an honorary position. The letters in particular show a breadth of correspondence between the society and people and organisations around the world.
Zoological Society of LondonZSL had an in-house architecture department for many years, which was responsible for building of many of the iconic buildings still extant onsite today.
Zoological Society of LondonReports both internal and externally published by the society.
Zoological Society of LondonZSL Whipsnade Zoo, formerly known as Whipsnade Wild Animal Park, is a zoo and safari park located at Whipsnade, near Dunstable in Bedfordshire, England. It is one of two zoos (the other being ZSL London Zoo in Regent's Park, London) that are owned by the Zoological Society of London. A disastrous fire in Whipsnade's Administration block in 1962 destroyed most of the archives held at Whipsnade (except for the Whipsnade Daily Occurrences). The files listed here were the ones kept in the Offices at Regent's Park, and were therefore not lost in the fire.
Zoological Society of LondonPapers relating to curators and keepers from ZSL's history.
Zoological Society of LondonStaff records of ZSL
Zoological Society of LondonLegal records of ZSL
Zoological Society of London