Letters from Osbert Salvin to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the purchase of animals for the Zoological Society of London and meetings of the Council

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

Letter from Arthur Loveridge of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University, to Joan Procter regarding a shipment of reptiles for London Zoo

Letters from D F Kerr of Trinidad Leaseholds Ltd offering to collection animals from Trinidad for London Zoo

Correspondence between C S Webb, Alfred Ezra and L K Acooli regarding the supply of animals to London Zoo, including Pheasants, Pandas, Partridges and Crane

Correspondence regarding the importation of wild animals and birds from Abyssinia including Gelada Baboons and Royal Starlings

Correspondence with Dierenpark Wassenaar regarding formula used for hummingbirds and the exchange of animals

Reports by the Superintendent of Whipsnade Zoo