Letter from the Secretary to E Paice regarding a complaint about the noise of the animals in the Zoological Gardens

Letter to Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding enclosures for animals at Whipsnade Zoo

Correspondence between Jack Lester and George Soper Cansdale regarding collecting animals in Njala

Contains a mention of David Attenborough's Zoo Quest to Madagascar

Letter from W B Legros to David William Mitchell regarding a present sent by the Zoological Society to Colonel Bonford and an assurance that Colonel Bonford has in his care the animals gifted by the late Viceroy of Egypt to the Zoological Society of London. Also thanks from Mr Murray for a copy of 'Views'

A ledger containing listings of animals at Belle Vue Zoo, giving date of arrival, supplier, price, species, sex, condition, and disposal (sale/exchange/died/gift/loan). New animals added from 1960-1971, but animals that arrived earlier and were still living in the zoo are listed too, going back to 1938

Letters from Henry Lawson to Philip Lutley Sclater requesting a list of the animals at the gardens of the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence between G Lawson and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the transit of living specimens from India

Letter regarding a request for animals from Dunkwa for the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence regarding the offer of a Cheetah to the Zoological Society of London