Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton), 1841-1904. Across Africa and the rescue and retreat of Emin Pasha, with edits
Object Details
- General note
- Large type. A slightly edited version of M184g, but contains an extra 10 pages at end. Part of a collection of one manuscript and eleven privately printed lectures and addresses by Stanley, some with annotations, together with other material all formerly in the possession of Lady Dorothy Stanley. M184i is the accession number in the Russell E. Train inventory list of the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History. Biographical note (applying to all items in M184): Although "never published" it would seem that Stanley had his lectures printed for three reasons, ease of delivery, to register copyright (some of the above are "Entered at Stationers' Hall"), and to enable him to present a copy to hosts. However, the number that were printed must have been very small and they are excessively rare. There are ten printed lectures listed in the British Library Catalogue but only four of those appear to correspond to the above group (M184d, M184f, M184h, & M184l). No copies of any of the items in this group (M184a-l) are listed in the library catalogue of the Royal Geographical Society. These lectures are referred to by Lady Stanley in the Autobiography (p. ix), "The material includes, next, a number of lectures, upon his various explorations these he prepared with great care, but were never published. They were written after he had published the books covering the same travels and in the lectures we have the story told in a more condensed and colloquial way. "
- Collection Creator
- Train, Russell E., 1920-2012
- Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian. Libraries)
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- Russell E. Train Africana collection
- Russell E. Train Africana collection / Series 5: Manuscripts
- Extent
- 1 Item (Lectures, 8.5 x 13 in. (document), 9.5 x 14.5 x 4.25 in. (box))
- Date
- 1890
- Container
- Item M184i
- Archival Repository
- Smithsonian Libraries
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Rights
- The collection is housed in the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History, which is open to researchers Monday through Friday in the afternoons, from 1:30 to 5:00 p.m.; morning visits are by appointment only. Please call (202) 633-1184 or email AskaLibrarian@si.edu for an appointment.
- Scope and Contents note
- The text of the addendum commences, "Ladies and Gentlemen. It is with the deepest regret that I have to refer, before closing this lecture, to the disasters of the rear column, and to the great disappointment I felt at the conduct of those officers attached to it ..." Thence follows an attack on the behavior of the relatives of Barttelot and Jameson and that of Messrs. Troup and Ward following his censure of their conduct on the expedition.
- Record ID
- ebl-1503510890585-1503510890729-1
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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