Inventory of the Stanley Archives (PDF - 1,9

17. FIELD NOTEBOOK (2 March - 12 August 1876), paper sides, back board
lacking, pencil and ink, 275 pp., oblong 8vo
Stanley’s voyage to Ujiji and on Lake Tanganyika. Daily notes concerning geography
and geology (many calculations), the slave trade, desertions and thefts, characters of the
chiefs Rumanika, Mtesa, Mirambo and others, drafts for despatches, etc.; also some
lists (“People who have had food for one month”, “Goods at Ujiji”) and covered
distances; including pencilled maps and landscapes (Akagera River, Lake Windermere,
Lake Tanganyika, Lukuga River, etc.)
18. FIELD NOTEBOOK labelled “Aug 21d 1876” (21 August 1876 - 3 March
1877), paper sides, spine partly detached, pencil and ink, 265 pp., oblong 8vo
Stanley’s voyage from Ujiji along the Lualaba and the Congo River to ‘Chumbiri’, his
meeting with Tippu Tip, their agreement, notes concerning trade in Africa,
geographical calculations, drafts (“An African Village”), etc.; also “List of Soldiers of
Anglo-American Expedition on setting out from Ujiji August 1/76”, “Men to carry
loads”, vocabulary (“Kiyanzi Words”), a draft poem and numerous pencilled maps of
the Lukuga, the Manyema, the Lualaba and the Congo Rivers, also many drawings of
hair styles, huts and objects
19. FIELD NOTEBOOK labelled “March 4th 1877” (4 March - 10 August 1877),
paper sides, pencil, 250 pp., some leaves excised, oblong 8vo
Last part of Stanley’s voyage along the Congo River, from ‘Chumbiri’ to Boma; with
lists of “People who carry ivory”, accounts of 96 men’s pay, “List of men, June 27th
1877”; glossaries of native words and drafts for despatches; also numerous pencilled
maps of the Congo River, drawings of landscapes and designs for a (western) house
20. POCKET NOTEBOOK (November - December 1877), green leather, pencil,
122 pp., a few excised, small oblong 8vo
Notes and drafts, undated but apparently a random record of sensations, recollections
and ideas written at the conclusion of the Anglo-American expedition; also pencilled
sketches of the Congo River (Kalulu Falls), of canoes, etc.
21. MUSTER AND PAY ROLL (November 1874 - [1877]), notebook, marbled
wrapper, ink, 21 pp., two loose leaves, 4to
Detailed muster roll of payments and penalties of 166 men, including lists of deaths, of
deserters and of men honourably discharged en route. Loose leaves: a list of wages and
a list “Contents of the case marked Bennett”
3.2. Surveying notebooks
22. SURVEYING CALCULATIONS and miscellaneous notes in Lett’s Diary 1874 (5
December 1874 - 28 July 1877), green cloth, spine detached, ink and pencil, 170
pp., some excised, folio
Including pencilled maps of the coastline of Lake Tanganyika
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