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Includes:

Instructions, 1877, by the Reverend Dr James Stewart

Letters, 1913-1924, from missionaries

paper, 1919, by the Reverend Dr George Brewster on German East Africa.

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Concerning teaching and writers` workshops in East Africa.

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Concern climbing in the Alps, East Africa and Canada.

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Some concern Africa where Sir John Kirk was an associate of Livingstone.

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The sketch has been annotated by David Livingstone.

The illustration was included in the "Narrative of an expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries" under the caption, "The grave of Mrs. Livingstone under the Baobab-tree, near to Shupanga House".

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Legal agreements, 1901-1912, relating to the Alexander Low Bruce Trust, and disposal and legal status of his African Estates.

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Concerns Bruce`s possible travels in Africa and Arabia.

Scope and Contents Letter, 1846, of Mary Moffat to her brother`s widow. The letter was written in Kuruman, Africa, where Mary Moffat was stationed with her husband Robert Moffat, missionary. The Moffats` eldest daughter, Mary, had married David Livingstone at Kuruman in 1845, and this letter refers to the birth of David and Mary Livingstone`s son, their first child, six months earlier, and notes the new station Livingstone is establishing. Brief reference is made to Mary Moffat`s feelings about her...

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The letters concern mostly the preparation for publication of Livingstone`s `Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa`.

Scope and Contents Most of the letters concern the preparation for publication of Livingstone`s “Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi and its Tributaries”. Also included : (1) a letter of Reginald Poole to ?John Murray III concerning a quotation in Livingstone`s “Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi and its Tributaries”;(2) letters of Robert Cooke to John Murray III concerning the return of Henry Stanley to Europe after he had "found" Livingstone at...

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The title on the spine of the volume is "The Bechuana language".

Folio i is a note (watermark 1857) by Livingstone concerning the title page for the publication of the manuscript : "Under the title say. Written at Kuruman in November 1852 and printed for private use among all the members of the Livingstone expedition".

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Livingstone first visited Lake Nyasa on 17 September 1859, claiming its discovery. It is likely, however, that this folio, with its sketch of a fish described by Livingstone as a "sanjika", dates from his last journeys when he skirted the southern edge of the lake on his way to Lake Tanganyika.

Scope and Contents Papers, 1936-1958, of William Oliver Petrie, missionary doctor and superintendent of hospitals, Malawi.William Oliver Petrie (1913-1998) was born at East Manse, Loanhead, Midlothian, the son of Rev. James Petrie and Mrs Cecilia Petrie. Rev. Petrie was the minister of the United Free Church at Loanhead. William was educated at Loanhead Primary School and George Watson’s College, Edinburgh. He graduated in medicine from Edinburgh University in 1936, and worked for a time at...

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Papers of Mary Slessor, missionary, including her court record book, 1905-1906, compiled during her vice-presidency over the Ikot Obong native court, a copy of a letter, 1914, and a small number of photographs, undated.

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Two women, one carrying an infant on her back in a sling, stand pounding food in a mortar. Two children sit nearby holding large round shallow receptacles for winnowing, while a third child sits behind the mortar. The image is repeated on the print.

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Used on a journey by Michael Strachan and J Enoch Powell between Algiers and Cairo in 1943, many containing notes by the Strachan on their progress.

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Folios 1-6 : incomplete post-script to the preface ; and,

folio 7 : footnote to page 600.