Files relating to a trip Thompson took to Calcutta to bring back animals. Includes finances, bills and a brief diary.

Correspondence with Rear-Admiral Christopher Bonham-Carter animals to be collected from India, Pakistan, Nepal and Iran, a request for otters and admission prices for students

Correspondence regarding the shipment of two Shetland Ponies from the Zoological Society of London to the Tel-Aviv Zoological Garden Society, a shipment of animals from the Zoological Society of Philadelphia, and the transport of a pair of Wallabies

Letters from Frederic Brine to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the living conditions of a gorilla, a sacred white elephant which was said to have been in Siam but which he refuted, and the height and weight of Jumbo and Jenny

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

Correspondence with the Maharajah of Baroda regarding a collection of animals to be given to the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence with Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the exchange of animals between Calcutta Zoo and the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence between S Cotterill and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding a quotation for animals being shipped from Singapore to the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence between Bombay Natural History Society and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the import of animals to the Zoological Society of Great Britain, including a Sloth Bear Cubs and Snakes

Correspondence between Lieutenant Binfield and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding a Royal Bengal Tiger offered to the Zoological Society of London