William Ogilby was a zoologist. He is perhaps best known for this work around the classification order of cheiropoda, linking mammals who had hands. He was ZSL Secretary from 1839-1847.

Letter from H C Fyfe of the Royal Institution, to Philip Lutley Sclater requesting the two bandoliers, and other objects, for Professor Lankester's lecture on 'The New Mammal from Central Africa'

Letter from The Graphic to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding a drawing by Sir Harry Johnston of his new mammal

Letters from Thomas de Grey to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding his expedition down the Rocky Mountains into New Mexico, skeletons of mammals for the Cambridge museum, and a paper on West Indian Microlepidoptera for the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Letters from Alfred Russel Wallace to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the purchase of a joint residential estate, extracts read at meetings of the Zoological Society of London, papers for the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London and Natural Science, his publication on 'Monkeys - their structure, affinities and distribution', a shipment of birds for the Society, improvements to the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London, notes on the Umbrella Bird, his election as a Fellow, papers on marine mammals, opinions on theories by Darwin, Birds of Paradise, and a list of butterflies of Costa Rica

Correspondence between the Ministry of Agriculture and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding licences for the movement of animals to the Sanatorium and Quarantine Stations in the Zoological Gardens, a Vicunuas infected with sarcoptic mange, the importation of dogs and cats, animals shipped by the SS Arakaka, the detention of foxes in the Mammal House, the purchase of African Weaver Finches and Leopard cubs on board the warship Victorious

Correspondence with Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding mammals presented to the Zoological Society of London by dealers

Reports by the Veterinary Officer, Pathologist, Curator of the Aquarium, Curator of Birds, Curator of Mammals and agendas and meeting minutes for the Animal Welfare and Husbandry Committee of the Zoological Society of London

agenda and meeting minutes

Papers relating to the construction of a Small Mammal House at ZSL London Zoo