Memorandum by the Secretary on Reptile House and Aquarium admissions

Draft notes by Julian Huxley on visits to the Zoological Gardens at New York (Bronx Park), Philadelphia, Washington DC, Paris (Vincennes), Hamburg, Berlin, Munich (Hellabrunn) and Frankfort, also the Aquarium at Chicago

Letters from William Saville Kent of the Museum and Institute of Pisciculture Society Limited, to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the establishment of a marine observatory and laboratory in connection with the Brighton Aquarium, his appointment as Inspector of Fisheries to the Government of Tasmania, his application to become a Fellow of the Zoological Society of London, his inspection of the fish house, enquiries about the vacant post of Prosector, and a proposed British Zoological Station for the study of marine animals and plats with relation to the advancement of the sciences of biology and economic pisciculture

Letter from the Zoological Society of London to Mr Ward regarding his son Douglas and his offer to act as the Society's agent in Whitstable to procure living specimens for the Society's Aquarium

Minutes of the second meeting of the selection committee considering applicants for the post of Curator of the Aquarium and Director's Assistant, with details of applicants

Correspondence between K F Moorhouse Ltd and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the introduction of a Monkey House into the Aquarium at Brighton Aquarium

David William Mitchell was a zoologist and illustrator. He was responsible for the construction of the fish house - the first public aquarium - in 1853. He was ZSL Secretary from 1847-1859.

Plan, section and elevation drawings and blueprints relating to the construction of the Aquarium, London Zoo, dated July 1922 to August 1923. Also included are typewritten notes on the tank specifications; one sheet giving details for doors of the tea pavillion on the Mappin Terrace, dated February 1926. Some hand annotations and watercolour details added. Architect/engin

Plan, section and elevation drawings relating to the construction of the Aquarium, London Zoo, dated May 1922 to March 1923, and the remodelling, dated April to May 1956. Also included is a section blueprint of the proposed aquarium planned with the construction of the Mappin Terrace, dated April 1913. Some hand annotations and watercolour details added. Architect/engin eer/designer: Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners, Engineers; Belcher & Joass, Architects; CA & AW Haward Ltd, Engineers; ZSL Architects' Department.