Correspondence between John Houston, David William Mitchell and the South Australian Banking Company regarding the sale of birds and a request by Prince Albert to bring a Platypus, Lyre Tailed Pheasant and Black Mackaw to the Zoological Society of London
Correspondence between Edward Smith-Stanley, Earl of Derby, and David William Mitchell regarding a list of desirables from the sale catalogue of the aviary and menageries at Knowsley Hall
Letter from John D Hamlyn to Peter Chalmers Mitchell regarding a gorilla and a chimpanzee for sale
List of anatomical material for sale in the store in the Prosectorium of the Zoological Society of London
Includes the following printed circulars: PL Sclater to Fellows defending sale of Jumbo to Barnum; President's Address to General Meeting of Fellows; Circular from Fellows about changing by-laws; Motion by Henry Burdett to change by-laws; Fellows' proxy
A ledger containing listings of animals at Belle Vue Zoo, giving date of arrival, supplier, price, species, sex, condition, and disposal (sale/exchange/died/gift/loan). New animals added from 1960-1971, but animals that arrived earlier and were still living in the zoo are listed too, going back to 1938
Sans titreCorrespondence between Carr Hartley and George Soper Cansdale regarding the collecting and sale of animals from Kenya
Correspondence between Major H Hendy and George Soper Cansdale regarding the sale of animals from Swaziland to the Zoological Society of London
Correspondence between Terry Jones and George Soper Cansdale regarding prices for animals from Leckford Estate Limited in Stockbridge, Hampshire
Correspondence between Otto Wollenweber and George Soper Cansdale regarding the sale of animals to the Zoological Society of London