Inventory of the Stanley Archives (PDF - 1,9

59. FIELD NOTEBOOK (9 July 1888 - 7 January 1889), black leather, disbound,
some leaves excised, back cover lacking, pencil, some in ink, 170 pp., oblong
8vo
Journal of the EPRE, continued, containing the daily notes of Stanley’s return march.
Many lists of loads and itineraries, muster rolls, numerous rough pencilled maps and
additional sketches in the text
60. FIELD NOTEBOOK labelled “Officers Field Notes and Sketch Book” (8
January - 22 June 1889), black leather, pencil and ink, 175 pp., oblong 8vo
Journal of the EPRE, continued, containing the first half of the march east to Zanzibar,
including numerous transcripts of letters between HMS, Emin Pasha and Arthur J.
Mounteney-Jephson; also a draft essay “View from Kavalli”, many muster rolls of
Stanley’s and Emin’s followers, lists of loads, a few rough pencilled maps of the
Ruwenzori, Lake Victoria, etc., and additional sketches in the text
61. FIELD NOTEBOOK (16 September - 4 October 1889), black cloth, pencil, 80
pp., some leaves loose, many excised, oblong 8vo
Journal of the EPRE, continued, containing notes and drafts of the latter part of
Stanley’s march to Zanzibar, including a few drafts, Stanley’s transcript of Jameson’s
journal (16 June - 31 December 1887), lists of porters and stores, itineraries and two
later drafts of his message to ‘Kaiser Wilhelm’
62. SURVEYING NOTEBOOK “Solar Observations & Notes taken on the Emin
Pasha Relief Journey 1887-88” (26 April 1887 - 9 December 1888), black cloth,
ink, 96 pp., 4to
Surveying calculations (68 pp.), altitudes (6 pp.), distances, “Duration of journeys”,
“Rains in 1887-88” (22 pp.), including some printed leaves describing e.g. a
hypsometer and the aneroid barometer
63. SURVEYING NOTEBOOK (8 December 1888 - 25 October 1889), 4to, black
cloth, worn, pencil and ink, 165 pp.
Calculations, including 9 pp. of comparative African vocabulary, “Ruwenzori 1 st sketch
view from Kavalli”, and sketches for tents; also a quire of Through the Dark Continent
(Comparative Table of African Languages)
64. “PERSONAL JOURNAL of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition” (December 1886
- 9 April 1890), half calf, ink, two volumes A and B, 1270 pp., 4to
Stanley’s narrative of the expedition from his return in England (24 December 1886)
till the end of his sojourn in Cairo (9 April 1890), including also a “Summary of the
Sequel” dated 1892-1893 (11 pp.), “Concluding remarks” (28 pp.) and “The Death Roll
of the principal persons mentioned in this Journal” (1p.); with maps and landscape
sketches. Based on Stanley’s field notebooks, but containing a much fuller account of
events. Date of composition is unclear. Extensive alphabetical index in each volume
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