Inventory of the Stanley Archives

FIELD NOTEBOOK ( 21 August 11 November 1887 ) , red leather, pencil , 115 pp. , a few leaves half torn out, a few loose , oblong 8vo

Daily record of the starvation march of the Advance Column along the Aruwimi River

FIELD NOTEBOOK labelled "from Nov 12. 1887 to April 7th 1888" ( 12 November 1887 7 April 1888 ) , red leather, pencil , 115 pp. , a few leaves half torn out, others detached, some excised , oblong 8vo

Journal of the Advance Column, continued; including 15 rough pencilled maps of the Ituri River and a few sketches

FIELD NOTEBOOK ( 8 April 8 July 1888 ) , red leather, pencil , 115 pp. , a few leaves half torn out, others detached, some excised, many lightly scored through , oblong 8vo

Journal of the Advance Column, continued, including an account of Stanley's rendezvous with Emin Pasha and long entries recording their subsequent conversations; containing also muster rolls and lists, itineraries and 10 rough pencilled maps and sketches

FIELD NOTEBOOK labelled "Officers Field Notes and Sketch Book" ( 8 April - September 1888 ) , black leather, ink, back cover detached , 180 pp. , oblong 8vo

Journal of the Advance Column, revised and expanded from the former notebook, and continued from June till September 1888. Containing accounts of Stanley's return march to the Rear Column and his efforts to piece together their history, including a draft headed "Barttelot and Jamieson [Jameson]" and other character analyses, also a few rough maps and sketches

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

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

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'

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

SURVEYING NOTEBOOK ( 8 December 1888 25 October 1889 ) , black cloth, worn, pencil and ink , 165 pp. , 4to

Calculations, including 9 pp. of comparative African vocabulary, "Ruwenzori 1st sketch view from Kavalli", and sketches for tents; also a quire of Through the Dark Continent (Comparative Table of African Languages)

"PERSONAL JOURNAL of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition" , two volumes A and B ( December 1886 9 April 1890 ) , half calf, ink , 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

POCKET NOTEBOOK in Collin's Pocket Diary 1894 ( 1894 ) , 16mo, black leather, ink and pencil , 30 pp. , one leaf detached, some excised

Drafts assessing the officers Edmund M. Barttelot (4 pp.), Arthur J. Mounteney-Jephson (2 pp.), William Bonny (3 pp.), William G. Stairs (4 pp.), together with a few miscellaneous notes and records of Stanley's weight (May 1896 - 13 February 1897)