Correspondence between James Thompson, Head Keeper at London Zoo, and David William Mitchell regarding the expense to carry out the experiment of rearing mammals and birds in the Hill Country for transmission to Enland, and the transmission of a collection of Himalayan pheasants to the Zoological Society of London

Letters from Henry Walter Bates to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding his research and animals collected by Paul Du Chaillu

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

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

Correspondence between D Stimson and George Soper Cansdale regarding animals offered to the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence between K Umiker and George Soper Cansdale regarding shipments of animals for the Zoological Society of London, including a large Python

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

Letters from Edward Smith Stanley regarding matters concerning the government, problems of the Zoological Society of London, supply and exchange of animals, discussion of descriptions and well-being of animals and the hatching of eggs

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Notes and letters about animals which have escaped, either from London Zoo, or elsewhere where ZSL staff have been asked to help. Includes memos 'Action in the event of an emergency' and 'The press and a Zoo emergency'.