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

Letters from Herbrand Arthur Russell to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the purchase of animals, his election as member of the council of the Zoological Society, his attendance at meetings and the appointment of a veterinary surgeon at the Zoological Society

Correspondence between Keith Caldwell and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the sale and transport of animals to and from the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence between Geoffrey Marr Vevers and animal dealers such as the Snake King, the Earl of Yarborough, G C Sauvage and John Alabi & Company regarding animals for the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence regarding stocks of animals and birds for sale to the Zoological Society of London

Letter regarding an order of 4 Pythons, 6 Bengal Monitors and 50 Rhesus Monkeys by the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence between Jean Delacour and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the acquisition and transport of Pere David's Deer from the Duke of Bedford for New York Zoological Society, and also the the transport of snakes

Correspondence between Carr Hartley and George Soper Cansdale regarding the collecting and sale of animals from Kenya

Correspondence between the Variety of Birds Emporium and George Soper Cansdale regarding the sale of animals to the Zoological Society of London and a pair of Blue Ring-necked Parrakeets collected through the Zoological Society of London for the Duke of Bedford

Correspondence between Otto Wollenweber and George Soper Cansdale regarding the sale of animals to the Zoological Society of London