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

Letter from Henry Francis Ainslie to Philip Lutley Sclater about plans for the erection by the Zoological Society of a new 'cats house or house for lions, tigers, and other large Felidae.'

Letter from Albert Bruce Joy to Philip Lutley Sclater about studying lions in the Zoological gardens

Letter from Philip Hermogenes Calderon to Philip Lutley Sclater requesting a card permitting his son, William Francis Calderon, to sketch lions and leopards at the Zoological Society of London

Letters from Herbert Thomas Dicksee to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding tickets for the gardens of the Zoological Society of London and his etched plates of lions and tigers, proofs of which he offered to the Society

Letters from Wilhelm Hagenbeck to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the Zoological Society of London's account, and a request to purchase some lions

Letters from Charles Jamrach to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding payments for animals including a bison and lions

Letters from William Jamrach to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the price of animals for sale, including lions