Newspaper cuttings about ZSL, London Zoo and Whipsnade collected by ZSL or collection agencies.

Correspondence with Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding articles on the pathological and veterinary side of the Zoo, an article of Pandas for publication in British Ally, photographs of lion cubs, photographs of a panda, bound copies of the Zoological Record, an article on the lion Rota, captions for The Sphere, the publication The Life Story of King Penguin, and an article on London Zoo for Trumpeter

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'.

Letter from William Pryor to Nicholas Aylward Vigors regarding a request to add labels to a great portion of the animals at the Zoological Society of London

Reports and correspondence relating to an epidemic of Psittacosis amongst the Parrots at London Zoo which resulted in the death of William J Sprunt

Correspondence with Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding general queries such as specimens of Hedgehogs, Birds of Prey, fencing for Bison, samples of bark, the flea Hectopsylla psittaci, insuring animals, big game hunters, a Llama cart, the well in the Zoological Gardens, cattle guards, the caring of monkeys as pets, a Tree Kangaroo named Minnie, the temperature in the Monkey House, bird life of the Cocos Islands, the bodies of Goldfish, measurements of the eyes of animals, photographs of the Penguin Pool and a broadcast on Children's Hour

Records date of death, name, sex, habitat, arrival at London Zoo, cause of death, and how disposed of.

Correspondence between Emil Reichelt and George Soper Cansdale regarding shipments of animals sent to the Zoological Society of London

Report by David Seth-Smith, the Curator of Mammals and Birds to the War Emergency Committee, regarding reducing the stock of animals

Report by Geoffrey Marr Vevers, Superintendent, to the War Emergency Committee regarding the evacuation and destruction of animals