Livingstone, David, explorer and missionary, 1813-1873
Person
Found in 68 Collections and/or Records:
Photocopy of letter of David Livingstone to Harriet G Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland.
Item
Identifier: Acc.10859
Dates:
? 1857.
Photocopy of letter of David Livingstone to John Murray, publisher.
Item
Identifier: Acc.11207
Dates:
? 1857.
Photocopy of letter of David Livingstone to Robert Moffat. (David Livingstone Catalogue of Documents, no 1027)
Item
Identifier: Acc.9150- now deaccessioned.
Dates:
1860.
Photocopy press cuttings, articles, and ephemera concerning David Livingstone. , 1974-1997
File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1711
Scope and Contents
File primarily contains photocopied articles and press cuttings concerning the life and career of Livingstone, and later commemorative events including exhibitions and publications. Also present is a copy of V.L. Bosazza's article 'David Livingstone and his Modern Critics' (1975), with plates, and accompanying letters from Bosazza to John Murray, publishers.
Dates:
1974-1997
Photograph of a map of David Livingstone.
Item
Identifier: Acc.9922
Scope and Contents
Details Livingstone`s explorations south and west of Lake Malawi, 1859-1863.
Dates:
circa 1859-1863.
Photographs of places and events concerning David Livingstone.
File
Identifier: Acc.9223
Scope and Contents
Used for an exhibition at the Commonwealth Institute, Edinburgh, in 1973.
Dates:
circa 1850-1870.
Printed material and newspaper cuttings., 1858-1922, 1929, 1932, 1959, 1973.
Series
Identifier: Acc.9942/51-54
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Papers of Sir John Kirk GCMG KCB (1832-1922), physician, administrator, naturalist, photographer, and Lady Kirk, née Helen Cooke (d.1914).John Kirk was born at Barry in Forfarshire in 1832. After qualifying as a doctor in 1854, he volunteered for medical service in the Crimea and subsequently became Dr. David Livingstone's chief assistant on his second Zambesi Expedition, 1858-1863. In 1866 Kirk was appointed Medical Officer and Vice-Consul of Zanzibar. He became Assistant...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1858-1922, 1929, 1932, 1959, 1973.
"P.S. to Preface" and "Footnote to page 600" : two manuscripts by David Livingstone : additions to the "Narrative of an expedition to the Zambezi and its tributaries", by David and Charles Livingstone., ? 1864-? 1865.
File
Identifier: MS.42437
Scope and Contents
Folios 1-6 : incomplete post-script to the preface ; and,
folio 7 : footnote to page 600.
Dates:
? 1864-? 1865.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts.
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Papers of and concerning David Livingstone.
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Manuscripts by David Livingstone in which are recorded his journeys and experiences in Africa; with related proofs, sketches, a photographic print and a printed portrait.
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Incomplete manuscript, "Narrative of an expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries", by David Livingstone; with related proofs and a watercolour sketch.
Seven letters, 1849-1865, two notebooks, 1859, and facsimiles of three letters, 1857-1872, of David Livingstone; photograph of a letter, 1873, of Jacob Wainwright; and, letter, 1930, of Matthew Wellington.
Series
Identifier: Dep.293- is now MSS.20314-20316.
Dates:
1849-1873, 1930.
Two letters of David Livingstone to Lovell James Procter
File
Identifier: Dep.161- is now Acc.5030.
Dates:
1862-1863.
Two letters of Jacob Wainwright written while in England after accompanying the body of David Livingstone from Africa, and giving an account of its preservation and transport, and also describing his own time in England.
File
Identifier: Acc.12444
Scope and Contents
Includes a carte de visite photograph of Wainwright.
Dates:
1874.
Two portraits from engravings after photographic portraits of David Livingstone., 1864, or after -1880.
File
Identifier: MS.42441
Scope and Contents
Folio 1 : portrait of Livingstone from an engraving, 1864 or after, by Josiah Whymper after a photograph, 1864, by Thomas Annan. The impression formed the frontispiece to a publication by or about Livingstone; and,folio 2 : portrait of Livingstone from an engraving, 1865-1880, by Joseph Brown, after a photograph, 1865, by John Jabez Edwin Mayall. The impression formed the frontispiece to a publication by or about Livingstone, published by John Murray in...
Dates:
1864, or after -1880.
Typescript copies of two letters of David Livingstone, one of which is to Lieutenant Daniel Brebner.
File
Identifier: Acc.11534
Dates:
1859-1866.
Typescript copy of letter, 1857, of David Livingstone.
Item
Identifier: Acc.11447
Scope and Contents
Livingstone thanks the unidentified recipient for her gifts for his work.
Dates:
1857.
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- Archival Object 25
- Subject
- Letters. Correspondence. 39
- Manuscripts. 14
- Photocopies. 13
- Africa. Continent. 11
- South Africa. Africa - South Africa. Nation. Longitude: 26.0000. Latitude: -30.0000. 8
- Photographs. 6
- Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 5
- Proofs. printed matter 5
- Drawings. Visual works. 4
- Copies. Derivative objects. 3
- Notes. 3
- Nyasa, Lake. Africa - Nyasa, Lake. Lake. Longitude: 34.5000. Latitude: -12.0000. 3
- Portraits 3
- Diaries. 2
- Fragments. 2
- Illustrations. Layout features. 2
- Interviews. 2
- Notebooks. 2
- Poetry. 2
- Sketches 2
- Typescripts. 2
- Zambezi. Africa - Zambezi. River. Longitude: 36.0667. Latitude: -18.9167. 2
- Articles. 1
- Books 1
- Botswana. Africa. Nation. Longitude: 24.0000. Latitude: -22.0000. 1
- Cartes-de-visite. Card photographs. 1
- Commissions. Permissions. 1
- Dedications. Documents. 1
- Drafts. Documents. 1
- England. Europe - United Kingdom. Country. Longitude: -2.0000. Latitude: 53.0000. 1
- Engravings. Prints. 1
- Facsimiles. Reproductions. 1
- Frontispieces. Illustrations. 1
- Logs. Records. 1
- Manuscript maps. Maps. 1
- Maps. Cartographic materials. 1
- Microfiche. 1
- Obituaries. 1
- Pamphlets. 1
- Picture postcards. 1
- Prefaces 1
- Prospectuses 1
- Scientific illustrations. 1
- Scotland. Europe - United Kingdom. Country. Longitude: -4.0000. Latitude: 57.0000. 1
- Signatures. Names 1
- Travel journals 1
- Zambia. Africa. Nation. Longitude: 30.0000. Latitude: -15.0000. 1 + ∧ less
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