Photocopies of letters and other documents of and concerning David Livingstone presented by various agents for inclusion in the ‘David Livingstone Documentation Project’ (1979)., [1834-1964.]
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows: (1) Argyll Estates, lnveraray (2 letters and telegram; 4 folios); (2) Reverend J A Fleetwood, Brentwood (3 letters; 10 folios); (3) J T Fletcher, King William's Town (1 letter; 4 folios); (4) R Fryde, Johannesburg (1 letter; 10 folios); (5) D Livingstone, Scarboro, Ontario (2 letters, receipt, and other material; 8 folios); (6) A McMillan, Paisley (1 letter; 2 folios); (7) L Middleton, London (1 letter; 2 folios); (8) Professor E S Munger, Pasadena (1 letter; 4 folios); (9) Dr P M Nottingham, Hamilton, New Zealand (3 letters and document; 14 folios); (10) Professor I Schapera, London (4 letters and other material, including copies from the Boletim Official de Angola and South African newspapers; 89 folios); (10aa) J D Steele, North Berwick (18 letters; 98 folios); (10a) Auckland Public Library (transcripts of 15 letters; 30 folios); (11) Berkeley, University of California Library (1 letter; 4 folios); (12) Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum (2 letters; 6 folios); (13) Dundee Public Library (2 letters; 9 folios); (14) Durban Museum and Art Gallery (1 letter; 4 folios); (14a) Durham University, Department of Palaeography (1 letter; 4 folios); (15) Fort Hare University Library (1 letter; 2 folios); (16) Glasgow, Mitchell Library (1 letter; 2 folios); (17) Glasgow Museums and Art Galleries (1 paper; 38 folios); (17a) Glasgow University Library (1 letter; 2 folios); (18) Graaff-Reinet Museum (1 letter; 8 folios); (19) Grahamstown, Cory Library for Historical Research (3 letters and document; 14 folios); (20) Livingstone, National Museum (1 letter and other items; 6 folios); (21 ) London, British Museum (Natural History) (1 letter; 6 folios); (22) London, lmperial College of Science and Technology, (1 letter; 4 folios); (22a) London, India Office Library and Records (4 letters; 17 folios); (22b) London, Library of the Religious Society of Friends (2 letters, 6 folios); (23) London, Ministry of Defence Naval Historical Library (62 letters and documents; 306 folios); (23a) Newfoundland, Memorial University Library, Centre for Newfoundland Studies (1 letter; 2 folios); (24) Ottawa, Public Archives of Canada (4 letters; 9 folios); (25) Paris, Service Protestant de Mission et de Relations Internationales (1 letter; 4 folios); (25a) Paris, Société de Géographie (1 letter; 2 folios); (26) Pretoria, Transvaal Archives (3 letters and extract of diary; 21 folios); (27) Salem, Essex Institute (1 letter; 10 folios); (28) Salem, Peabody Museum (2 letters, receipt, and other material; 7 folios); (29) Salisbury [now Harare], Zimbabwe, St Michael's Church (1 letter; 2 folios).
Dates
- Creation: [1834-1964.]
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
37 Volumes
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Various. The source of acquisition is recorded in the Scope and Contents note of the relevant description.
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Repository Details
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