Letters from Thomas George Baring to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the Zoological Gardens at Calcutta

Letters from Grindlay and Co to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the transport of animals and birds from Calcutta

Correspondence between the Zoological Garden in Alipore and the Zoological Society of London regarding a collection for the Society being shipped from Colombo to Calcutta by Mr Osman Hill

Paper published in the Calcutta Journal of Natural History (quarterly)

Bills and receipts received by James Thompson in relation to his mission to Calcutta

Correspondence with Professor K Lorenz regarding a grey lag, a jackdaw and a mallard to be taken to Lime Grove, a paper on the ethology of the European Bullfinch by Dr Jurgen Nicolai, and a request for bullfinches from Calcutta

Files relating to a trip Thompson took to Calcutta to bring back animals. Includes finances, bills and a brief diary.

Correspondence between Ellerman & Bucknall Steamship Co. Ltd and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding a shipment of birds, leopards and sundries from Calcutta to Colombo

Correspondence between the Zoological Garden in Alipore and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding specimens collected by Mr Frost, and a request for Chimpanzees and a Pigmy Hippopotamus

Letter regarding a Bill of Lading for the wild animals shipped to the Zoological Society of London per S.S. City of Calcutta