Inventory of the Stanley Archives

FIELD NOTEBOOK in Lett's Diary n° 8. 1874 ( 9 March 1874 - 10 March 1875 ) , green cloth, some water damage, ink, some pages in pencil , 185 pp. , 8vo

Records of Stanley's courtship of Alice Pike (May 1874), his interview with James Gordon Bennett (8 July 1874), his arrival in Zanzibar, preparations for the Congo expedition, his exploratory survey of the Rufiji River and the daily notes of the Anglo-American expedition from 17 November 1874 till 10 March 1875. Also records of his itinerary and mileage, terrain, difficulties, illnesses, forfeits, accounts, etc.; including pencilled maps of the Rufiji and the Kikunia rivers

FIELD NOTEBOOK ( 15 August 1875 - 1 March 1876 ) , paper sides, pencil and ink, some leaves excised, two loose memos , 237 pp. , oblong 8vo

Daily notes on the Anglo-American expedition from 15 August 1875 till 1 March 1876, containing Stanley's relations with the Ugandan King Mtesa, extensive passages on the slave trade, Ugandan history, politics, economy, medicine, social life: "A bit of History of Uganda" (25 pp.), "On a Journey into Africa" (8 pp.), "A Peasant of Uganda" (2 pp.), "An African Forest" (2 pp.), etc.; also a vocabulary of "Kiganda" and "Kijiji" words, a "List of Goods to be conveyed from Dumo to the Albert Nyanza" and a "Money Acct of Soldiers of Expedition" (76 pp.; 152 names); including pencilled maps (Lake Victoria) and drawings of landscapes and canoes

JOURNAL in Lett's Perpetual Diary, labelled "Journal 1874.75.76", black cloth, ink ( 1-2 January 1873; 12 November 1874 - 11 September 1876 ) , 400 pp. , many , folio

Mainly transcriptions from the two foregoing journals. See on 11 May 1875: "Began to copy into this diary my notes yesterday"; including pencilled maps ('Kaguru' and 'Usukuma', LakeVictoria) and drawings: "Bridge Island", "Perspective view of King Mtesa's Council Chamber" and ethnographical details of "Ukerewe"

FIELD NOTEBOOK ( 2 March - 12 August 1876 ) , paper sides, back board lacking, pencil and ink , 275 pp. , oblong 8vo

Stanley's voyage to Ujiji and on Lake Tanganyika. Daily notes concerning geography and geology (many calculations), the slave trade, desertions and thefts, characters of the chiefs Rumanika, Mtesa, Mirambo and others, drafts for despatches, etc.; also some lists ("People who have had food for one month", "Goods at Ujiji") and covered distances; including pencilled maps and landscapes (Akagera River, Lake Windermere, Lake Tanganyika, Lukuga River, etc.)

FIELD NOTEBOOK labelled "Aug 21d 1876" ( 21 August 1876 - 3 March 1877 ) , paper sides, spine partly detached, pencil and ink , 265 pp. , oblong 8vo

Stanley's voyage from Ujiji along the Lualaba and the Congo River to 'Chumbiri', his meeting with Tippu Tip, their agreement, notes concerning trade in Africa, geographical calculations, drafts ("An African Village"), etc.; also "List of Soldiers of Anglo-American Expedition on setting out from Ujiji August 1/76", "Men to carry loads", vocabulary ("Kiyanzi Words"), a draft poem and numerous pencilled maps of the Lukuga, the Manyema, the Lualaba and the Congo Rivers, also many drawings of hair styles, huts and objects

FIELD NOTEBOOK labelled "March 4th 1877" ( 4 March - 10 August 1877 ) , paper sides, pencil , 250 pp. , some leaves excised , oblong 8vo

Last part of Stanley's voyage along the Congo River, from 'Chumbiri' to Boma; with lists of "People who carry ivory", accounts of 96 men's pay, "List of men, June 27th 1877"; glossaries of native words and drafts for despatches; also numerous pencilled maps of the Congo River, drawings of landscapes and designs for a (western) house

POCKET NOTEBOOK ( November - December 1877 ) , green leather, pencil , 122 pp. , a few excised , small oblong 8vo

Notes and drafts, undated but apparently a random record of sensations, recollections and ideas written at the conclusion of the Anglo-American expedition; also pencilled sketches of the Congo River (Kalulu Falls), of canoes, etc.

MUSTER AND PAY ROLL ( November 1874 - [1877] ) , notebook, marbled wrapper, ink , 21 pp. , two loose leaves , 4to

Detailed muster roll of payments and penalties of 166 men, including lists of deaths, of deserters and of men honourably discharged en route. Loose leaves: a list of wages and a list "Contents of the case marked Bennett"