Correspondence between the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland and George Soper Cansdale regarding the exchange of animals between the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland and the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence between the Zoological Society of Glasgow and The West of Scotland and George Soper Cansdale regarding the exchange of animals between the Zoological Society of Glasgow and the West of Scotland, and the Zoological Society of London

Letter from William Dumbreck to David William Mitchell offering to dispose of a tiger from the Edinburgh collection

Letter from a Demonstrator at Royal Dick's Veterinary College in Edinburgh to Sir William Henry Flower regarding a book by Flower's called 'The Horse'

Letters from James Anderson regarding a proposed Zoological Garden in Edinburgh, with a reply from Philip Lutley Sclater

Letter from Glasgow Town Clerk's office to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding a proposal to establish a geological department in Glasgow

Letter from James Nisbet to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the proposal for Zoological Gardens of Glasgow

Letter from Archibald Shearer to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the closure of the Zoological Gardens in Edinburgh

Correspondence between J E Burns and Sheffield Airey Neave regarding Burns and his proposal to live on his ten ton cutter to fish and observe bird life on the West Coast of Scotland

Correspondence with the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland regarding anti-venine for the treatment of snake bites, hairy frogs, and the Aard Wolf