| Letter to William F. Stearns | 19 February 1866 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | Stearns, William F., 1834-1874 | [Zanzibar] | 2 | | copies (derivative objects); letters; publications | Private owner | | New York Herald, 29 Aug. 1872. Norman R. Bennett, ed., "Livingstone's Letters to William F. Stearns," African Historical Studies 1, no. 2 (1968): 243-254. 248-249. | Letters, 1882 | liv_002480 |
(13.3 MB) | Letter to Horace Waller | 6 February 1866 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | Waller, Horace, 1833-1896 | [Zanzibar] | | | autographs (manuscripts); letters | David Livingstone Centre: 1417 | | | | liv_002646 |
(223.8 MB) | Notebook II | 1 June-12 July 1872 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Unyanyembe] | 80 | 221 x 171 | autographs (manuscripts); diaries; field notes | David Livingstone Centre: 1119 | MS. 10732 | | Field Diaries, 32 | liv_000021 |
| Letter to [Agnes Livingstone 3] | 13 March 1872 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | Livingstone, Agnes 3, 1847-1912 | [Unyanyembe] | 4 | 170 x 108 | autographs (manuscripts); letters | British Library: Add. MS. 50184, 184-185 | MS. 10780 | | Letters, 2004 | liv_002608 |
(31.7 MB) | Journal [Second Unyanyembe Journal] | 14-24 August 1872 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873; Stanley, Henry M., 1841-1904 | | [Unyanyembe] | 1 + many blank | 335 x 200 | autographs (manuscripts); diaries | David Livingstone Centre: 963 | | | | liv_000050 |
| Letter to Agnes Livingstone 3 | 15 August 1872 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | Livingstone, Agnes 3, 1847-1912 | [Unyanyembe?] | 1 | | copies (derivative objects); letters; publications | Private owner | | William Garden Blaikie, The Personal Life of David Livingstone (London: John Murray, 1880), 444, ex. | Letters, 2016 | liv_002621 |
(230.5 MB) | Notebook I | 20 March-31 May 1872 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Unyanyembe?] | 90 | 221 x 171 | autographs (manuscripts); diaries; field notes | David Livingstone Centre: 1118 | MS. 10731 | | Field Diaries, 31 | liv_000020 |
| Letter to [James Young] | [15 March-July 1872?] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | Young, James, 1811-1883 | [Unyanyembe?] | 2 | 333 x 206 | autographs (manuscripts); letters | Livingstone Museum: G17/IE26 | | | Letters, 2015 | liv_002620 |
| Letter to Thomas Maclear | [March 1872?] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | Maclear, Thomas, 1794-1879 | [Unyanyembe?] | 1 | | copies (derivative objects); letters; publications | Private owner | | Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of London (London), 17 (1872-73). 68, ex. | Letters, 2009 | liv_002613 |
| Letter to [Henry M. Stanley] | [March 1872-April 1873] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | Stanley, Henry M., 1841-1904 | [Unyanyembe or South Central Africa] | | | autographs (manuscripts); fragments (object portions); letters | Private owner | | William Garden Blaikie, The Personal Life of David Livingstone (London: John Murray, 1880), 425-426. | Letters and Letter Fragments, 22 | liv_002912 |
| Letter to [Agnes?] Livingstone 3 | 11 November 1871 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | Livingstone, Agnes 3, 1847-1912 | [Ujiji] | | | autographs (manuscripts); copies (derivative objects); letters | National Library of Scotland: Acc. 13333 | | | | liv_000091 |
(5.2 MB) | Signed Carte de Visit, Portrait of David Livingstone | Date Unknown (No Later than 1865), 7 February 1866 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873; London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company | Brebner, James | [Thule] | 2 | | autographs (manuscripts); photographs; signatures (names); visiting cards | EMMS International | | | | liv_003034 |
| Letter to Mrs. [Andrew?] Buchanan | 19 December 1858 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | Buchanan, Mrs. Andrew | [Tette] | 2 | | copies (derivative objects); letters; publications | Private owner | | William Monk, ed., Dr. Livingstone's Cambridge Lectures (etc.) (Cambridge, England: Deighton, Bell, and Co., and London: Bell and Daldy, Second Edition, 1860), 349-350. | Letters, 0856 | liv_001388 |
| Letter to Unknown | 28 November 1860 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | Unknown addressee | [Tette] | 3 | | copies (derivative objects); letters; publications | Private owner | | Journal of the Friends' Historical Society (London and Philadelphia), 14:1 (1917), 28. | Letters, 1055 | liv_001600 |
(8.4 MB) | Letter to Edmund Gabriel | [2 March-3 April 1856] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | Gabriel, Edmund, 1821-1862 | [Tette] | 4 | 250 x 197 | autographs (manuscripts); fragments (object portions); letters | Brenthurst Library: Book no. 6754 | MS. 10769 | Outward Bound (London), 3:27 (Dec. 1922), 191-196. Outward Bound (London), 3:28 (Jan. 1923), 289-290. Sotheby's Cat., 3 May 1971, lot 276. | Letters, 0409 | liv_000896 |
| Letter to W.K.R. von Haidinger | [21 February 1859] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | Haidinger, W.K.R. von, 1795-1871 | [Tette] | 12 | 179 x 118 | autographs (manuscripts); letters | University of the Witwatersrand. William Cullen Library: Hist. and Lit. Papers, A348 | MS. 10779 | Sotheby's Cat., 3 Dec. 1913, lot 299, item 7. | Letters, 0874 | liv_001406 |
| Letter to W.K.R. von Haidinger | [21 February 1859] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | Haidinger, W.K.R. von, 1795-1871 | [Tette] | 12 | 179 x 118 | autographs (manuscripts); copies (derivative objects); letters; photographs | University of the Witwatersrand. William Cullen Library: Hist. and Lit. Papers, A348/A6 | MS. 10779 | Sotheby's Cat., 3 Dec. 1913, lot 299, item 7. | Letters, 0874 | liv_003277 |
| Letter to James Young | [7 February 1860?] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | Young, James, 1811-1883 | [Tette] | 4 | 267 x 215 | autographs (manuscripts); fragments (object portions); letters | Livingstone Museum: G5 [not located] | | | Letters, 0994 | liv_001537 |
(3.1 MB) | Letter to Robert Moffat 1 | [2 March 1856?] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | Moffat, Robert 1, 1795-1883 | [Tete?] | 4 | 226 x 180 | autographs (manuscripts); fragments (object portions); letters | University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies: CWM/LMS/Africa/Odds - Livingstone, Box 4-39 | MS. 10780 | Isaac Schapera, ed., David Livingstone, Family Letters, 1841-1856, vol. 2 (London: Chatto & Windus, 1959), vol. 2, 276-278. | Letters, 0398 | liv_000882 |
| Letter to Messrs Coutts and Co. | 12 January 1872 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | Messrs Coutts and Co. | [Tanganyika] | 2 | | autographs (manuscripts); copies (derivative objects); letters | National Library of Scotland: Acc. 13333 | | | | liv_000090 |
(8.3 MB) | Letter to Joseph B. Braithwaite | 8 January 1872 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | Braithwaite, Joseph B., 1818-1905 | [Tanganyika] | 2 | 340 x 215 | autographs (manuscripts); letters | National Library of Scotland: MS. 10768, 82 | | The Times (London), 13 Aug. 1872, 9 c. 5. Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of London (London), 18 (1873-74), 279-280. | Letters, 1989 | liv_002593 |
(3.8 MB) | Arsenic as a Remedy for the Tsetse Bite | 22 March 1858 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Steamer "Pearl"] | | | copies (derivative objects); essays; publications | Private owner | | British Medical Journal, n.s., 70 (1 May 1858), 360-361. | | liv_002639 |
(2.2 MB) | Letter to Unknown | 1 May 1853 or 1863 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | Unknown addressee | [Southern Africa] | 1 | 181 x 128 | autographs (manuscripts); fragments (object portions); letters | Smithsonian Institution. Libraries. Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History: M091 | | | | liv_002699 |
| Journal | 10 May 1848-16 October 1849 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Southern Africa] | | 179 x 112 | autographs (manuscripts); copies (derivative objects); diaries | Zimbabwe. National Archives: LI 1/4/1, 316 ff. | | Isaac Schapera, ed., David Livingstone, Private Journals, 1851-1853 (London: Chatto & Windus, 1960), 297-307. | Journals, 01 | liv_002879 |
| Notebook | 10, 24, 28 July 1849 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Southern Africa] | | 325 x 202 | astronomical stations (coordinates); autographs (manuscripts); copies (derivative objects); research notes | National Library of South Africa: MSS. SA. Sect. A | MS. 10780 | | Notebooks, 01 | liv_002917 |
| Journal | 11 November 1853-26 May 1856 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Southern Africa] | 849 | 233 x 200 | autographs (manuscripts); diaries | H.F. Wilson Collection (St. Fillans, Scotland) | MS. 10775 | Isaac Schapera, ed., David Livingstone, African Journal, 1853-1856 (London: Chatto & Windus, 1963). | Journals, 04 | liv_002882 |
| On Portuguese Possessions in Eastern Africa | 17 March 1855 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Southern Africa] | 28 | 310 x 203 | autographs (manuscripts); essays | Zimbabwe. National Archives: LI 1/1/1, 114-141 | MS. 10780 | | Papers and Reports, 12 | liv_002941 |
| Notebook | 18 March 1850-24 April 1851, 7 November 1853-20 May 1854 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Southern Africa] | 83 + 192 (37 blank) | 123 x 70 | autographs (manuscripts); research notes; vocabulary | Private owner | MS. 10776 | | Notebooks, 02 | liv_002918 |
| Notebook | 18 October 1855-26 July 1856 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Southern Africa] | 96 + 136 (several blank) | 247 x 187 | autographs (manuscripts); research notes; vocabulary | National Library of South Africa: Grey Collection, 38b | MS. 10780 | | Notebooks, 08 | liv_002923 |
(1.7 MB) | Signed Copy of the Book of Psalms (Setswana) | 1841 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Southern Africa] | 1 | | autographs (manuscripts); books; publications; signatures (names) | University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies: CWML H261 | | | | liv_000150 |
(2.8 MB) | Mary Moffat's Wedding Ring | 1844 | Unknown creator | | [Southern Africa] | | | wedding rings | David Livingstone Centre: T0047 | | | | liv_012027 |
(259.6 MB) | Notebook with Draft of Analysis of the Language of the Bechuanas and Other Miscellaneous Items | 1850-1852 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Southern Africa] | 106 | 243 x 203 | autographs (manuscripts); copies (derivative objects); research notes | David Livingstone Centre: 1121 | MS. 10711 | Catholic Presbyterian (London), 1 (1879), 26-35. | Notebooks, 03 | liv_000026 |
(7.1 MB) | Map of Trans-African Journey | 1853-1856 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Southern Africa] | 1 | 642 x 961 | autographs (manuscripts); manuscript maps | National Library of Scotland: MS. 10737 | | | | liv_003004 |
| Astronomical Observations | 1853-1858 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873; Unknown creator | | [Southern Africa] | 125 | misc | astronomical stations (coordinates); autographs (manuscripts); copies (derivative objects) | Zimbabwe. National Archives: LI 1/3/1 | MS. 10780 | Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London (London), 25 (1855), 219. Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London (London), 26 (1856), 82-84. Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of London (London), 1 (1857), 268-269. | Astronomical Observations, 02 | liv_002728 |
| Journal | 24 April 1851-8 June 1853 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Southern Africa] | 355 | 179 x 112 | autographs (manuscripts); diaries | Zimbabwe. National Archives: LI 1/4/1 | MS. 10780 | Isaac Schapera, ed., David Livingstone, Private Journals, 1851-1853 (London: Chatto & Windus, 1960), 1-153, 297-310. | Journals, 02 | liv_002880 |
| Astronomical Observations and Explanatory Notes | 26 January-13 June 1853 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873; Maclear, Thomas, 1794-1879 | | [Southern Africa] | 16, 26 | folio, large folio | astronomical stations (coordinates); autographs (manuscripts); copies (derivative objects) | Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain): Archives, DL 2/4/3; University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies | | Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London (London), 24 (1854), 302-306. | Astronomical Observations, 01 | liv_002727 |
| Notebook | 8 June 1852-23 March 1853, June-July 1853 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Southern Africa] | 139 + 64 (2 blank) | 130 x 82-85 | autographs (manuscripts); research notes | Private owner | MS. 10776 | | Notebooks, 04 | liv_002919 |
| Journal | 9 June-10 November 1853 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Southern Africa] | 358 | 179 x 112 | autographs (manuscripts); diaries | Zimbabwe. National Archives: LI 1/4/2 | MS. 10780 | Isaac Schapera, ed., David Livingstone, Private Journals, 1851-1853 (London: Chatto & Windus, 1960), 153-296, 311-319. | Journals, 03 | liv_002881 |
| Signed Copy of the New Testament (Greek) | [1841-1856] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | Livingstone, David 2; Livingstone, Janet 2; Livingstone, Neil 3 | [Southern Africa] | 1 | | autographs (manuscripts); books; publications; signatures (names) | Livingstone Museum: On display [not located] | | | Autographs and Autograph Books, 29 | liv_002766 |
| Letter to Robert Moffat 1 | [1844-1853] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | Moffat, Robert 1, 1795-1883 | [Southern Africa] | 2 | 4to | autographs (manuscripts); fragments (object portions); letters | Private owner | | Sotheby's Cat., 23 Mar. 1936, lot 170. | Letters and Letter Fragments, 04 | liv_002892 |
| Letter to [Robert Moffat 1] | [1845-1847] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | Moffat, Robert 1, 1795-1883 | [Southern Africa] | 1 | 100 x 205 | autographs (manuscripts); fragments (object portions); letters | Private owner | MS. 20313 | | Letters and Letter Fragments, 03.1 | liv_002891 |
| Letter to [Robert Moffat 1?] | [1845-1852] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | Moffat, Robert 1, 1795-1883 | [Southern Africa] | 1 | oblong 12 mo. | autographs (manuscripts); fragments (object portions); letters | Private owner | | Rendell Cat., 23, no. 101. | Letters and Letter Fragments, 03 | liv_002890 |
| Letter to Robert Moffat 1 | [1847?] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | Moffat, Robert 1, 1795-1883 | [Southern Africa] | 2 | | autographs (manuscripts); fragments (object portions); letters | Private owner | | Ebay, 2016, link (accessed 21 Dec. 2016). | | liv_003118 |
| Letter to [Robert Moffat 1?] | [1848-1849] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | Moffat, Robert 1, 1795-1883 | [Southern Africa] | 2 | 4to | autographs (manuscripts); letters | Private owner | | Sotheby's Cat., 15 Nov. 1937, lot 195. | Letters and Letter Fragments, 23 | liv_002913 |
| Letter to James R. Bennett | [1848?] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | Bennett, James R., 1809-1891 | [Southern Africa] | 1 | | copies (derivative objects); letters | University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies: Print copy | | Australian Christian World, 7 Oct. 1932. | Letters, 0193 | liv_000662 |
| Letter to Robert Moffat 1 | [1848?] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | Moffat, Robert 1, 1795-1883 | [Southern Africa] | 4 | 181 x 113 | autographs (manuscripts); fragments (object portions); letters | Harold Strange Library of African Studies | MS. 10779 | | Letters, 0194 | liv_000663 |
(3.1 MB) | Letter to Robert Moffat 1 | [1848] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | Moffat, Robert 1, 1795-1883 | [Southern Africa] | 2 | 78 x 184 | autographs (manuscripts); fragments (object portions); letters | National Library of Scotland: MS. 10768, 84 | | | Letters, 0195 | liv_000664 |
(8.7 MB) | Map of Lake Ngami Area | [1849-1852] | Oswell, William C., 1818-1893 | | [Southern Africa] | 1 | 480 x 510 | autographs (manuscripts); manuscript maps | David Livingstone Centre: 151 | | | | liv_000040 |
| Notes on Missionaries and the Government of Cape Colony | [1850?] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Southern Africa] | 2 | 246 x 203 | autographs (manuscripts); essays; notes | Zimbabwe. National Archives: LI 1/1/1, 2343-2344 | MS. 10780 | | Papers and Reports, 03 | liv_002933 |
| Notes on the Affairs of the Cape Colony | [1850?] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Southern Africa] | 4 | 249 x 165 | autographs (manuscripts); essays; notes | Zimbabwe. National Archives: LI 1/1/1, 2345-2348 | MS. 10780 | | Papers and Reports, 04 | liv_002934 |
(6.8 MB) | Map of Barotseland | [1851] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Southern Africa] | 1 | 775 x 660 | autographs (manuscripts); manuscript maps | University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies: CWM Map E 1:5 (1A) (oversize item - solander box) | | Susannah Rayner, ed., The Life and Afterlife of David Livingstone (London: SOAS University of London, 2014), 29, 31 | | liv_000148 |
(6.8 MB) | Map of Barotseland | [1851] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Southern Africa] | 1 | 660 x 775 | autographs (manuscripts); manuscript maps | University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies: CWM Map E 1:5 (1A) (oversize item - solander box) | | Susannah Rayner, ed., The Life and Afterlife of David Livingstone (London: SOAS University of London, 2014), 29, 31. | | liv_002683 |
| On the Eighth Frontier War and the Xhosa Chief Sandile | [1852-1853?] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Southern Africa] | 78 | | autographs (manuscripts); essays | Zimbabwe. National Archives: LI 1/1/1, 6-50 | MS. 10780 | | Papers and Reports, 07 | liv_002937 |
| Map from Luanda as far as 18.5˚ East | [1852-1856?] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Southern Africa] | | | autographs (manuscripts); manuscript maps | Zimbabwe. National Archives | | | | liv_003303 |
| Letter to Unknown | [1853-1855] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | Unknown addressee | [Southern Africa] | | | autographs (manuscripts); fragments (object portions); letters | Private owner | | Adams[?], A Narrative of Dr. Livingstone's Discoveries in South-Central Africa from 1849-1856 (London: Routledge & Co., 1857), 34. | Letters and Letter Fragments, 05 | liv_002893 |
| Slavery among the Boers | [1853?] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Southern Africa] | | | copies (derivative objects); essays; publications | Private owner | | Cape Town Mail, 4 Jun. 1853, 2. | Papers and Reports, 10 | liv_002939 |
(18.6 MB) | Certain Observations for Geographical Position | [1853] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Southern Africa] | 19 | | astronomical stations (coordinates); autographs (manuscripts); copies (derivative objects) | University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies: CWM/LMS/Livingstone Wooden Box, item 80 | | | | liv_002677 |
(2.8 MB) | Map of Loanda | [1853] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Southern Africa] | 1 | | autographs (manuscripts); manuscript maps | University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies: CWM/LMS/Livingstone Wooden Box, item 83 | | | | liv_002678 |
| Notebook | [1854-1855?] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Southern Africa] | 23 + 13 + 11 blank | 250 x 203 | autographs (manuscripts); research notes; vocabulary | Livingstone Museum: Possibly on display [not confirmed] | | | Notebooks, 06 | liv_002921 |
(7.8 MB) | Original Map of Route from Sesheke to Loanda | [1854] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Southern Africa] | 1 | 73 x 47 | autographs (manuscripts); manuscript maps | Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain): Archives, CU18-AFC-AGO-A501 [mr Africa S/S.53] | | | | liv_003299 |
| Original Map of Route from Sesheke to Loanda, Copied from a Tracing Sent by Dr. Livingstone to Sir Roderick Murchison | [1854] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Southern Africa] | 1 | | autographs (manuscripts); copies (derivative objects); manuscript maps | Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain): Archives, CU18-AFC-AGO-A501 [mr Africa S/S.53] | | | | liv_003300 |
(4.0 MB) | Map of Central Africa from Kuanabare River, Angola to Tete, Mosambique | [1855-1856?] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Southern Africa] | 400 | 400 x 480 | autographs (manuscripts); manuscript maps | National Library of South Africa: Grey Collection, G.13.b.45(34) | | | | liv_000047 |
| Map of Barotseland, Including Victoria Falls | [1855-1856] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Southern Africa] | 1 | 413 x 335 | autographs (manuscripts); manuscript maps | Livingstone Museum: Acc. 2665, M32/5 | | | | liv_003251 |
| Two Sketch Maps, Including One of Victoria Falls, and One Sheet of Calculations | [1855-1856] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Southern Africa] | 2+1 | 126 x 205 (map), 250 x 409 (map), 200 x 255 (calculations) | autographs (manuscripts); calculations; manuscript maps | Livingstone Museum: [Acc. no. absent], M34/16 | | | | liv_003255 |
| Notebook | [1855?] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873; Moffat, Robert 1, 1795-1883 | | [Southern Africa] | 272 | 241 x 198 | autographs (manuscripts); research notes; vocabulary | National Library of South Africa: Grey Collection, 38b | MS. 10780 | | Notebooks, 07 | liv_002922 |
| Winds in Africa | [1856?] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Southern Africa] | 4 | 307 x 202 | autographs (manuscripts); essays | Zimbabwe. National Archives: LI 1/1/1, 2330-2333 | MS. 10780 | | Papers and Reports, 13 | liv_002942 |
| Map of Route Between R. Cuango and R. Kasai | [1856] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Southern Africa] | 1 | 23 x 36 | autographs (manuscripts); manuscript maps | Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain): Archives, CV18-AFC-AGO-S501 | | | | liv_003296 |
(7.1 MB) | Part of Livingstone's Route from Loanda to Quilimane, 1855-56, Showing His Discovery of the Victoria Falls | [1856] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Southern Africa] | 1 | 34 x 43 | autographs (manuscripts); manuscript maps | Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain): Archives, mr Zambia S/S.2 | | | | liv_003298 |
| Draft Review of John Philip, Letter to the Directors of the London Missionary Society, on the Present State of the Institutions in the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope (Cape Town, 1848) | [November 1850-January 1851] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Southern Africa] | 32 + 6 blank | 200 x 129 | autographs (manuscripts); copies (derivative objects); essays; reviews (document genre) | Zimbabwe. National Archives: LI 1/1/1, 2305-2329 | MS. 10780 | British Quarterly Review, 14 (Aug. 1851), 106-113. Isaac Schapera, ed., David Livingstone: South African Papers, 1849-1853 (Cape Town: Van Riebeck Society, 1974), 99-109. | Papers and Reports, 05 | liv_002935 |
(1.4 MB) | Letter to William Thompson | [November 1855-June 1856], 2 July [1856] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | Thompson, William, 1811-1889 | [Southern Africa] | 2 | | autographs (manuscripts); letters | University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies: CWM/LMS/Livingstone Wooden Box, item 90 | MS. 10778 | Isaac Schapera, ed., Livingstone's Missionary Correspondence, 1841-1856 (London: Chatto & Windus, 1961), 305. | Letters, 0422 | liv_000909 |
(0.7 MB) | Hippopotamus Amphibius (Hippopotamus, Part of Mandible), Collected by David Livingstone | [c.1858] | Unknown creator | | [Southern Africa] | 1 | | bone (material) | National Museums of Scotland: Z.1996.146 | | | | liv_003197 |
| The Peace Makers in the Interior of South Africa | [early 1849] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Southern Africa] | | | copies (derivative objects); essays; publications | Private owner | | British Banner, 4 Jul. and 14 Nov. 1849 Isaac Schapera, ed., David Livingstone: South African Papers, 1849-1853 (Cape Town: Van Riebeck Society, 1974), 6-20. | Papers and Reports, 02 | liv_002932 |
| Report to the Royal Geographical Society on His Explorations beyond Lake Ngami in 1851 | [early 1852] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873; Oswell, William C., 1818-1893 | | [Southern Africa] | 24 (ZNA copy), 17 (RGS copy) | c.200 x 125 (ZNA copy) | autographs (manuscripts); official reports | Zimbabwe. National Archives: LI 1/1/1, 55-77; Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain): Archives, DL 1/2/4 | MS. 10780 | Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London (London), 22 (1852), 163-173. "Notes of a Tour of the River Sesheke in the Region North of Lake Ngami," South African Commercial Advertiser, 7 Apr. 1852. Isaac Schapera, ed., David Livingstone: South African Papers, 1849-1853 (Cape Town: Van Riebeck Society, 1974), 114-116. | Papers and Reports, 06 | liv_002936 |
| The Transvaal Boers | [early 1853] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Southern Africa] | | | copies (derivative objects); essays; publications | Private owner | | Catholic Presbyterian (London), 2 (1879), 412-423. William Garden Blaikie, The Personal Life of David Livingstone (London: John Murray, Second Edition, 1881), 490-511. Isaac Schapera, ed., David Livingstone: South African Papers, 1849-1853 (Cape Town: Van Riebeck Society, 1974), 70-95. | Papers and Reports, 09 | liv_002938 |
(12.0 MB) | The Story of the Black Pot alias The Story of Selling the Gun | [mid 1852] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Southern Africa] | 16 | 180 x 111 | autographs (manuscripts); essays | University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies: CWM/LMS/Livingstone Wooden Box, item 69 | MS. 10778 | Cape Town Mail, 26 Apr. 1853. Isaac Schapera, ed., David Livingstone: South African Papers, 1849-1853 (Cape Town: Van Riebeck Society, 1974), 28-35. | Papers and Reports, 08 | liv_000080 |
(0.8 MB) | Net of the Bark of the Baobab Tree, Used for Catching Antelopes, Collected by David Livingstone | [mid-19th century] | Unknown creator | | [Southern Africa] | 1 | | nets (objects) | National Museums of Scotland: A.594 | | | | liv_003185 |
| Notebook | 20 September 1854-19 August 1856 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Southern Africa, Indian Ocean, Mauritius] | 79 + 145 + 87 | 100 x 63, 123 x 80, 125 x 74, 116 x 69 | autographs (manuscripts); research notes; vocabulary | Livingstone Museum: On display [not located] | MS. 10757 | | Notebooks, 05 | liv_002920 |
| Notebook | [1856-1860] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Southern Africa or South East Africa] | 44 | 226 x 187 | autographs (manuscripts); research notes; vocabulary | Zimbabwe. National Archives: LI 1/5/1 | MS. 10780 | | Notebooks, 09 | liv_002924 |
| List of Seeds with Notes | [1856-1857] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Southern Africa or Britain] | 4 | 317 x 195 | autographs (manuscripts); lists (document genres); notes | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Library: African Letters, 1844-1858, LIX, f. 190 | | | Documents, 08 | liv_002827 |
| Thomas Kelly, We've No Abiding City Here (Setswana) | [1856] | Kelly, Thomas, 1769-1854; Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Southern Africa or Britain] | | | autographs (manuscripts); copies (derivative objects); hymns (documents) | Private owner | | Sotheby's Cat., 15 Nov. 1937, lot 195. | Documents, 06 | liv_002825 |
| Note Explanatory of a Map Published by the Viscount de Sa da Bandiera & Sent to the Different European Governments as a "New Portuguese Map" | 1 December 1862 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [South East Africa] | 6 | 325 x 205 | autographs (manuscripts); notes | Livingstone Museum: On display | MS. 10779 | | Papers and Reports, 21b | liv_002947 |
| Astronomical Observations | 1 January-26 August 1859 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [South East Africa] | 190 | 315 x 200 | astronomical stations (coordinates); autographs (manuscripts); poems | National Library of Scotland: MS. 20316 | | | Astronomical Observations, 02.9 | liv_002730 |
| Letter to Charles Hardisty | 10 April 1862 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | Hardisty, Charles | [South East Africa] | 1 | | autographs (manuscripts); copies (derivative objects); letters | David Livingstone Centre: 890, 34 | MS. 10715 | | Letters, 1214 | liv_001765 |
| Report of Activities | 13 August 1858 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [South East Africa] | 4 | 322 x 203 | autographs (manuscripts); essays; official reports | David Livingstone Centre: 775 | MS. 10779 | | Papers and Reports, 15 | liv_002943 |
| Astronomical Observations | 15 December 1859-c.28 August 1860 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [South East Africa] | 42 | 325 x 202 | astronomical stations (coordinates); autographs (manuscripts); research notes | National Library of South Africa: MSS. SA. Sect. A | MS. 10780 | | Astronomical Observations, 03 | liv_002734 |
| Field Diary | 15 July-22 September 1863 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [South East Africa] | 138 | 146 x 85 | autographs (manuscripts); diaries; field notes | H.F. Wilson Collection (St. Fillans, Scotland) | MS. 10775 | | Field Diaries, 12 | liv_002872 |
| Letter to Christian Kirk and John Kirk 2 | 17 December 1863 - 15 November 1865 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | Kirk, Christian, 1803-1865; Kirk, John 2, 1832-1922 | [South East Africa] | 34 | 8vo sizes | autographs (manuscripts); letters | Private owner | | Christie's (New York), 26 Feb. 2004, link (accessed 13 Apr. 2015). | Letters, 1409, 1527, 1605, 1644, 1837, etc. | liv_002693 |
| Letter to James Young | 1860 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | Young, James, 1811-1883 | [South East Africa] | 7 | | autographs (manuscripts); letters | Livingstone Museum: G17/IE3 | | | | liv_003206 |
| Account Book | 1861 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [South East Africa] | 4 | 320 x 200 | account books; autographs (manuscripts) | Zimbabwe. National Archives: LI 1/1/1, 1337-1339 | MS. 10780 | | Accounts, 02 | liv_002722 |
| Account Book | 1862 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [South East Africa] | 4 | 320 x 200 | account books; autographs (manuscripts) | Zimbabwe. National Archives: LI 1/1/1, 1479-1481 | MS. 10780 | | Accounts, 03 | liv_002723 |
| Signed Copy of John Petherick, Egypt, The Soudan and Central Africa (1861) | 1862 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873; Petherick, John, 1813-1882 | | [South East Africa] | | | autographs (manuscripts); books; publications; signatures (names) | Private owner | | | Autographs and Autograph Books, 19.5 | liv_002755 |
| Account Book | 1863 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [South East Africa] | 4 | 325 x 200 | account books; autographs (manuscripts) | Zimbabwe. National Archives: LI 1/1/1, 1860-1861 | MS. 10780 | | Accounts, 06 | liv_002726 |
(3.3 MB) | Letter to Unknown | 1863 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | Unknown addressee | [South East Africa] | 2 | 230 x 169 | autographs (manuscripts); fragments (object portions); letters | Smithsonian Institution. Libraries. Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History: M088 | | | | liv_002706 |
| Latest Intelligence from Dr Livingstone and his Party in Central Africa | 22 April 1861 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [South East Africa] | | | copies (derivative objects); official reports; publications | Private owner | | Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of London (London), 5 (1861), 128-131. | Papers and Reports, 19 | liv_002945 |
(160.6 MB) | Field Diary | 23 August 1862-19 March 1863 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [South East Africa] | 108 | 82 x 267 | autographs (manuscripts); diaries; field notes | National Library of Scotland: MS. 20315, 1-54 | | George Shepperson, ed., David Livingstone and the Rovuma: A Notebook Edited, with Introduction and Related Documents (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1965) | Field Diaries, 10 | liv_003008 |
(132.3 MB) | Observations on River Shire & Lake Nyassa or Nyinyesi | 24 August-11 November 1861 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [South East Africa] | 94 | 181 x 110 | astronomical stations (coordinates); autographs (manuscripts) | David Livingstone Centre: 806 | MS. 10761 | | Astronomical Observations, 04 | liv_000029 |
(225.8 MB) | Field Diary V | 24 August-29 September 1860 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [South East Africa] | 37 | 140 x 70 | autographs (manuscripts); diaries; field notes | David Livingstone Centre: 829 | | | | liv_000028 |
| Exploration of the Niassa Lake | 24 November 1862 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [South East Africa] | | | copies (derivative objects); official reports; publications | Private owner | | Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of London (London), 7 (1863), 18-20. | Papers and Reports, 22 | liv_002948 |
| Notebook | 27 June 1860-31 October 1860 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [South East Africa] | 32 | 138 x 95 | autographs (manuscripts); research notes; vocabulary; watercolors (paintings) | Livingstone Museum: On display [not located] | MS. 10760 | Illustrated London News, 210 (1947), 360-361. | Notebooks, 14 | liv_002929 |
| Astronomical Observations | 27 September-13 October 1859 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [South East Africa] | 20 | 325 x 202 | astronomical stations (coordinates); autographs (manuscripts) | National Library of South Africa: MSS. SA. Sect. A | MS. 10780 | | Astronomical Observations, 03 | liv_002731 |