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

Correspondence between Lieutenant R M Batchellor and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding a young alligator in his possession which he would like to present to the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence between Basel Zoo and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding an exchange of Wallabies and Hamsters

Letters from Phineas Taylor Barnum to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the purchase and transfer of Alice the elephant. Also a letter regarding the purchase of specimens for Barnum's Zoological Museum

Letter from J Bartlett to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding animals in the Zoological Society collections

Letters from Baring Brothers and Co. to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the arrival of the ship Renshaw at St Katharine's Docks with the animals shipped by Mr Du Chaillu

Letters from Robert Ball, Secretary of the Royal Zoological Society of Ireland, to John Barlow regarding the exchange of animals with the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence with Lady Olive Bailie regarding her trip to London Zoo and a tour of the birds, and invitation to see her collection of birds, and an offer of Masked Lovebirds for Lady Bailie

Correspondence between Baghdad Zoo and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the proposed opening of a Zoological Garden in Baghdad

Letter from the Curator of The Auckland Zoological Park to George Soper Cansdale regarding an offer of a trio of Keas to the Zoological Society of London