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Russell E. Train Africana collection

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

Object Details

Creator
Train, Russell E., 1920-2012
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian. Libraries)
Names
Emin Pasha Relief Expedition (1887-1889)
Akeley, Carl Ethan, 1864-1926
Baines, Thomas, 1820-1875
Baker, Samuel White, Sir, 1821-1893
Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890
Du Chaillu, Paul B. (Paul Belloni), 1835-1903
Dugmore, A. Radclyffe (Arthur Radclyffe), 1870-1955
Glave, E. J. (Edward James)
Heller, Edmund, 1875-1939
Livingstone, David, 1813-1873.
Nelson, Robert Henry, 1853-1892
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Selous, Frederick Courteney, 1851-1917
Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton), 1841-1904.
Train, Russell E., 1920-2012
Windsor, Edward, Duke of, 1894-1972
Place
Africa -- Maps
Africa -- description and travel
Africa -- Discovery and exploration
Africa -- In art
Topic
Zoological specimens -- Collection and preservation -- Africa
Wildlife conservation -- Africa
Natural history -- Technique
Natural history -- Africa
Hunting -- Africa
Explorers -- Africa
Provenance
Originally assembled by the Honorable Russell E. Train, a former judge, top administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and a past president of the World Wildlife Fund, this collection was acquired by the Smithsonian Institution Libraries in 2004.
Creator
Train, Russell E., 1920-2012
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian. Libraries)
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Russell E. Train Africana collection
Summary
Manuscript and printed textual material, photographic prints and negatives, slides, audio tapes, film, original and reproduction artwork, maps, scrapbooks, and historical and natural artifacts related to the history of African exploration and natural history, dating primarily from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Includes correspondence, drafts of publications, diaries, account books, ephemera, posters, newsclippings, biographies, memoirs, portraits, and the former personal property of selected explorers, big game hunters, missionaries, pioneers, and naturalists in Africa.
Extent
6,500 Items (estimated)
Date
1663-2004
Archival Repository
Smithsonian Libraries
Identifier
SIL-CL.XXXX-0014
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Arrangement note
Organized into ten series, primarily based on format or creator: I. Artifacts, 1663-1999; II. Works of Art, 1663-1999; III. Books, 1900-1986; IV. Edmund Heller personal papers, 1875-1939; V. Manuscripts, 1663-1992; VI. Maps, 1878; VII. Newspapers, 1888-1987; VIII. Robert Henry Nelson personal papers, 1795-1912; VIII. Photographs, 1874-1963; IX. Posters and broadsides, 1814-1955; X. Russell E. Train personal papers, 1956-2004.
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.
Other Finding Aids note
A print copy of the original inventory is available in the Cullman Library.
Scope and Contents note
Manuscript and printed textual material, photographic prints and negatives, slides, audio tapes, film, original and reproduction artwork, maps, scrapbooks, and historical and natural artifacts related to the history of African exploration and natural history, dating primarily from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Includes correspondence, drafts of publications, diaries, account books, ephemera, posters, newsclippings, biographies, memoirs, portraits, and the former personal property of selected explorers, big game hunters, missionaries, pioneers, and naturalists in Africa. The Train Collection is particularly strong in archival materials on the following topics: the search for the source of the Nile and the progress of other exploring expeditions in Africa; the collecting of specimens of African animals, plants, and ethnological materials for zoos and museums (including a significant body of correspondence and photographs from the Smithsonian African Expedition in 1909-1910, led by President Theodore Roosevelt); and the growth of the African wildlife conservation movement. Besides Roosevelt, the major persons represented in the Collection include the journalist and explorer Henry Morton Stanley and members of his Emin Pasha Relief Expedition (Thomas Heazle Parke, Robert H. Nelson, James S. Jameson, John Rose Troup, William Bonny, William G. Stairs, Edmund Barttelot, and Arthur J. M. Jephson); the medical missionary Dr. David Livingstone and his father-in-law Robert Moffat; taxidermist Carl Akeley; zoologist Edmund Heller; hunter Frederick Courtenay Selous; artist and adventure writer A. Radclyffe Dugmore; explorers Samuel White Baker, Thomas Baines, Richard Francis Burton and E.J. Glave; anthropologist Paul Belloni du Chaillu; and royal traveler Edward VIII (later Duke of Windsor). Consult the finding aid for more specific information on materials relating to these persons and other people and organizations represented in the Collection.
Separated Materials note
In addition to these archival and non-book materials, the Smithsonian Institution Libraries acquired more than 1500 printed books as part of the Russell E. Train Collection; these books are listed individually in the SIRIS (Smithsonian Institution Research Information System) online catalog.
Related link
Record ID
ebl-1503510890585-1503510890660-0
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sc2dbdcfacc-0c10-4faa-80a5-7fdcab16da9c

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  • Dugmore, A. Radclyffe (Arthur Radclyffe), 1870-1955. Typescript of Martin Colby and Quills. A story of Canada and of a man who was brutalized by his experience in the War

  • Edward, Duke of Windsor collection of safari photographs, including photos of the Prince and others, possibly including Karen Blixen

  • Savage Club (London, England) menu and table plan for a Dinner of Welcome to Henry Morton Stanley

  • Smit, J., artist. Original watercolor of 3 zebra

  • Printed certificates presented to Captain Robert Henry Nelson, marking his part in the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition, received from the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, the Société de géographie d'Anvers, and the Société belge de géographie, together with related items

  • Bruce, Agnes Livingstone, 1847-1912. Autograph diary

  • Extensive group of newspaper cuttings and special supplements reporting the arrival of Henry Morton Stanley and his party back to Britain, together with accounts of the adventures of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition and copies of letters debating the various points of controversy, as published in the "Graphic", in "The Times", and "The Yorkshire Post"

  • Sloane, A. D., Major. Typed document, "The Elephant Hunt"

  • Schindler, Fritz, -1914, photographer. Album of personal photos taken on safari

  • Russell E. Train personal papers

  • Heller, Edmund, 1875-1939. Miscellaneous letters on various matters, such as lost luggage

  • Books of Rhodesia (Firm) Newspaper clipping announcing the Rhodesian reprint of Frederick Courteney Selous' last book, Travel and adventure in south-east Africa

  • Waller, A. Sydney (Arthur Sydney), 1882-1952, compiler. Scrapbook of photographs of the Waller family and friends in Southern Rhodesia

  • Scenes in hot latitudes and travels in search of the Wishi Washi to its junction with the Puddi Muddi

  • Savage Club (London, England) menu and table plan for a Dinner of Welcome to Henry Morton Stanley, 7 June 1890

  • Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Autograph letter signed to Akeley, from Meru Boma

  • Nelson, Robert Henry, 1853-1892. Autograph letter signed to his father Henry Nelson, 3 November 1892, wishing all a Merry Christmas, relating experiences with natives and referring to his proposed marriage

  • Oswell, William Edward. Collection of about 50 letters written during a fourteen year period to Mr. William Morris Colles, his agent

  • Livingstone, David, 1813-1873. Autograph letter signed to Arthur Mills. 8 Dover Street, Piccadilly

  • Sepia-toned print captioned "Livingstone weak from fever escorted to Shinte's town"

  • Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton), 1841-1904. Lecture, "The founding of the Congo state"

  • Nelson, Robert Henry, 1853-1892. Autograph letter signed, from Robert H. Nelson to his father, from the S.S. Ethiopia, 24 February 1892, en route to East Africa, together with a telegram stating that "He has a very good state-room"

  • Selous, Frederick Courteney, 1851-1917. Autograph letter signed to Sir Walter Besant, from Alpine Lodge, Surrey, 12 July

  • Bell, Walter Dalrymple Maitland, 1880-1951. Manuscript journal of his safari in French Somaliland

  • Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931. Letters of introduction for Edmund Heller

  • Photographs

  • Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Telegrams to Akeley, received in Africa

  • Selous, Frederick Courteney, 1851-1917. Autograph title page for African nature notes and reminiscences, bearing Selous' signature, together with a typescript of the Preface

  • Baker, Samuel White, Sir, 1821-1893. Letter to Mr. Walter

  • Parker, Henry Perrott, 1852-1888. Autograph letter signed to Rosie (a niece), from Taveta, Chagga, East Africa

  • Dugmore, A. Radclyffe (Arthur Radclyffe), 1870-1955. Autobiography

  • Churchill, Randolph Henry Spencer, Lord, 1849-1895. Autograph letters signed, written to Mr. Fleetwood Wilson, from 2 Connaught Place, W. (London)

  • Heller, Edmund, 1875-1939. Draft article on the Milwaukee Zoo and its history

  • Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936. Draft of poem, "The Power of the Dog"

  • Forfeitt, William L., 1861-1939, photographer. Collection of old Congo photos

  • Millais, John Guille, 1865-1931, artist. Drawing, "Leopard pouncing on Nyala"

  • Pound, Daniel J., David Livingstone, esquire, L.L.D., H.M. consul at Quillimane, East Africa, engraved by D.J. Pound, from a photograph by Mayall

  • Holder, Edward Henry, 1847-1922, artist. Oil painting, "Kudus at Victoria Falls"

  • Robert Henry Nelson, Arthur Jermy Mounteney Jephson, and William Grant Stairs group photograph

  • Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Theodore Roosevelt autograph letter signed to Akeley, from Meru

  • Review of Mary S. Lovell's biography of Beryl Markham, Straight on till morning, from the London Times

  • Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton), 1841-1904. Untitled speech on slavery

  • Hollis and Sons. Ten-bore half stocked percussion shot and ball gun, made for the African trade, with the stock extended and native repairs with shrunken leather, and native brass wire

  • Documents relating to the founding of the Nyasaland Protectorate

  • Somerset, Charles H., 1767-1831. Proclamation

  • Parker, Henry Perrott, 1852-1888. Autograph letter to his mother, "Bishop's Tent" (?), East Africa

  • Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton), 1841-1904. Autograph remarks, unsigned, addressed to "Ladies & Gentlemen of the Ancient & Honourable Company of Turners"

  • Six chronological prints of African antelope

  • Pitman, C. R. S. (Charles Robert Senhouse), 1890-. Autograph letter signed to Kenneth Carr, Kampala, The Game Warden, Entebbe, Uganda

  • Fall, Thomas, 1833-1900, photographer. Photographs of memorial plaques to J.S. Jameson and Major E.M. Barttelot

  • Thomas De La Rue & Company, manufacturer. Robert Henry Nelson's inkwell (Ransome's patent), which possibly may have been used during the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition

  • Thomas, Lowell, 1892-1981. Typed letter signed to James Burton "Bim" Pond, (New York)

  • Dugmore, A. Radclyffe (Arthur Radclyffe), 1870-1955, artist. Drawing, "Her trunk was directly over my head and her mighty ears flapping gently fanning me & I needed fanning for the sweat of fear was thickly down my neck"

  • Livingstone, David, 1813-1873. Autograph letter signed (fragment) to an unidentified recipient

  • Brooke, John Weston, 1880-1908. Typescript copy of 15 original unpublished letters written during his involvement with the East African Syndicate

  • Dalrymple-White, Henry Arthur, 1917-2006. Henry Arthur Dalrymple-White manuscript history of Kenya

  • Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton), 1841-1904. Memorandum, on a printed form, of a telegram received at the end of the expedition from "H.M. Santley (sic)" by Blandy's Telegram Agency, Madeira, addressed to the Daily telegraph, London

  • American Tobacco Company. Hassan Cigarettes trade card depicting Henry Morton Stanley

  • Heller, Edmund, 1875-1939. Corrected draft article on elephants, from text printed in volume 4, number 1 of the Bulletin of the Washington Park Zoological Society of Milwaukee (May, 1933)

  • Livingstone, David, 1813-1873. Autograph letters signed, to John Kirk and to Arthur Mills

  • Robert Henry Nelson list of travel expenses

  • Richard Francis Burton photographic portrait

  • Meinertzhagen, Richard, 1878-1967. Typed letter signed to an unknown recipient, from 17, Kensington Gardens, London

  • Glave, E. J. (Edward James). Autograph letter signed to Stanley, New York

  • Wilkie, E. H., active 1871. Livingstone and Stanley (all round the world) :nineteenth century manuscript notes for a lecture to be illustrated with slides

  • Nelson, Robert Henry, 1853-1892. Contract of engagement for the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition

  • Kirk, John, Sir, 1832-1922. Handwritten bill of exchange for "Four Hundred and seventy nine pounds nine shillings and four pence being the full amount of expenses incurred on behalf of Dr. Livingstone's expedition up to this date 10th of June, 1870"

  • Selous, Frederick Courteney, 1851-1917. Christmas in an African desert. Clipping of a newspaper article from Wide world magazine

  • Heller, Edmund, 1875-1939. Black and white photograph of porters carrying an elephant skull, intact with large tusks

  • Akeley, Carl Ethan, 1864-1926. A collection of signed autograph letters to either Akeley or his wife Mary, from numerous public figures

  • Dugmore, A. Radclyffe (Arthur Radclyffe), 1870-1955, artist. Poster for a lecture on the Sudan & the big game of East Africa

  • New, Charles, 1840-1875. Engraving, "The summit of Kilima-njaro, a snow-clad mountain in Central Africa from a sketch by the Rev. Charles New, of the Livingstone Relief Expedition"

  • Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton), 1841-1904. Autograph letter signed to Agnes Livingstone, from 5 Duchess Street, Portland Place

  • Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). Four printed sketch maps of the route of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition, produced for the Stanley Reception Meeting, Albert Hall

  • Christy, Cuthbert, 1863-1932. Autograph letter signed written on board S.S. Thysville, nearing Loboto, to Sir Thomas Heath

  • Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton), 1841-1904. Across Africa and the rescue and retreat of Emin Pasha, with edits

  • Heller, Edmund, 1875-1939. Letter to Kermit Roosevelt

  • Giles, G. D. (Godfrey Douglas), 1857-1941, artist. Two signed etchings depicting African hunting scenes

  • Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton), 1841-1904. Autograph letters signed to Captain Robert Henry Nelson, relating to the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition

  • Livingstone, David, 1813-1873. 7 autograph letters including an Autograph letter signed to "My dear brother in the Lord" Mr. John Naismith Sr. of Hamilton, Lanarkshire

  • Heller, Edmund, 1875-1939. Narrative annual report on the Milwaukee Zoo

  • Waller, A. Sydney (Arthur Sydney), 1882-1952, compiler. Scrapbook of newspaper clippings, articles, and photos of Rhodesian "Liondogs" (Ridgebacks)

  • Flute

  • Speke, John Hanning, 1827-1864. Autograph letter signed to John Blackwood of Blackwood's Magazine, from Jordans

  • Henry Morton Stanley portrait engraving by Maull & Co.

  • Livingstone, David, 1813-1873. Autograph letter signed to Robert Moffat, from "Near Victoria Falls--Zambezi"

  • Church of England. Province of Canterbury. Archbishop (1883-1896 : Benson). Certified copy of Henry Perrott Parker's consecration as Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa by the Archbishop of Canterbury

  • Norton, Larry, 1963-. Watercolor of Russell E. Train bookplate

  • Dugmore, A. Radclyffe (Arthur Radclyffe), 1870-1955, photographer. Collection of approximately 124 photographs of Corsica, including the originals used in his book, "Corsica the beautiful"

  • Roosevelt, Kermit, 1889-1943. Letter to Edmund Heller

  • Maull & Fox, photographer. Carte de visite of Verney Lovett Cameron

  • Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Typed letter signed to Akeley

  • Burger, John F., 1888-. Typed manuscript with author's corrections

  • Glave, E. J. (Edward James). Autograph letter signed to Stanley, New York

  • Captain Elton's original map of route from north of Lake to Ujiji Round

  • Pearson, Pete, active 1925, photographer. Captain Roy John Dugdale "Samaki" Salmon portrait in safari dress in Uganda, when with H.R.H. the Duke and Duchess of York (later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth) in 1925, entitled: "Samaki"

  • Milwaukee County Zoological Gardens (Wis.). Further financial report on the Milwaukee Zoo

  • Figge, Charles, photographer. Tippu Tip photographic portrait

  • Delamere, Hugh Cholmondeley, Baron, 1870-1931, compiler. 3rd Baron Delamere album containing 6 photographs taken on a hunting safari in British East Africa

  • Heller, Edmund, 1875-1939. Article concerning the American pronghorn antelope

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