Correspondence with Leonard Harrison Matthews regarding meetings of the Zoological Society of London, animal accommodation, Scientific Fellows, the acquisition of animals, making Prince Philip a member of the Zoological Club, papers put forward to the Publications Committee, Giant Pandas in Peking, a possible presentation of animals to Delhi Zoo, Research Fellowships and Research Studentships, the Congress on Animal Reproduction, the sex ratio of mammalian births, and newsletters

Correspondence with Fairfield Osborne of the New York Zoological Society regarding the sale of a rhinoceros to Milwaukee Zoo and the International Zoo Yearbook

Correspondence with Rio Grande Park Zoo regarding the acquisition of rare animals, such as Asiatic Rhinos

Correspondence with the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals regarding statements on the capture and confinement of wild animals

Correspondence with Sir Malcolm Sargent, President of the Royal Society of the Prevention of Cruelty Against Animals, regarding a visit by an RSPCA Officer to the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London, and his service on the Council

Papers relating to the legal case between Sir Garrad Tyrwhitt Drake and the father of a girl who had her finger bitten by a monkey at his Zoo

Memorandum from the Gardens Executive Officer to the Director and Permanent Secretary of the Zoological Society of London regarding the adoption scheme, with a list of animals which may be adopted, with their weekly cost of keep

Paper by the Collections Policy Committee of the Zoological Society of London on the future policy on the acquisition of rare animals

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

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