Inventory of the Stanley Archives

Letter from May L. French Sheldon to HMS , commenting about Stanley's ill health, on the eve of his departure for Spain , Paris , 13-11-[1882]

Letter from May L. French Sheldon to HMS , expressing her happiness after Stanley's return from Africa; on American poet and journalist Edward King; telling him about the existence of a secret mistress; news from Kate Field, Emma Thursley and Anna Dickinson , London , 27-03-1884

Letter from May L. French Sheldon to HMS , begging of him to come to her in Paris , Paris , 01-08-1884

Letter from May L. French Sheldon to HMS , enclosing a scrap of a letter from Emma Thursley's sister Ina (“you are thought of and cherished by the Queen of Song”), explaining her idea about what love is , Paris , 24-08-1884

Letter from May L. French Sheldon to HMS , “I did not intend you should opinionate for me and scoff at the idea that love should be spontaneous (…)” , Paris , 27-08-1884

Letter from May L. French Sheldon [co-signed by George Shepard Page] to HMS , “I have missed you excessively”, introducing Mr. and Mrs. Page to him, Stanley , New Jersey , 19-10-[1884]

Letter from May L. French Sheldon to HMS , expressing her chagrin at not being with him, on her conversation with the Editor of the Philadelphia North American Clayton McMichael, and the latter's “great interest in the magnitude of your great mission”, comparison between Stanley's discoveries " , Washington DC , 25-10-1884

Letter from May L. French Sheldon to HMS , regretting her being deprived of Stanley's society “on the old basis of comradeship such as enjoyed before I set sail to U.S.A.”, regarding her translation of Flaubert's Salammbô (dedicated to Stanley) , London , 18-06-1885

Telegram from May L. French Sheldon and Henry S. Wellcome (?) to HMS , welcoming him home from the EPRE , London , 04-12-1889

Telegram from May L. French Sheldon to HMS , “Heaven bless and prosper you” , London , 12-07-1890

Telegram from May L. French Sheldon to HMS , “you must both spend a day (…) with us” , London , 28-07-1890

Letter from May L. French Sheldon to HMS , informing him of her coming departure for Africa , New York City , 13-01-1891

Two letters from May L. French Sheldon to HMS and Dorothy Tennant , On the death of her husband [Eli Lemon Sheldon], expressing her crossness to Stanley for not having paid a tribute at her husband’s funeral , London , 29-09-1892 , (2 pieces)

Letter from May L. French Sheldon to HMS , on her assuming the Editorship of a monthly review called Africa, her forthcoming lectures on William G. Stairs in Kingston, Canada , Africa Publishing And Printing Co., Chicago , 28-12-1894

Letter [draft] from HMS to May L. French Sheldon , “I do not think that I could have added anything to what I have already said in public and private concerning my high estimation of [William G.] Stairs”, expressing his fear that she will overwork herself, about her periodical Africa , London , 26-01-1895