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Samuel White Baker autograph letter signed to Mr. Craik, from Camp Ghat Pisseria

Correspondent:
Baker, Samuel White Sir 1821-1893  Search this
Author:
Bonny, William -1899  Search this
Craik, Henry Sir 1846-1927  Search this
Stanley, Henry M (Henry Morton) 1841-1904  Search this
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Emin Pasha Relief Expedition (1887-1889)  Search this
Physical description:
1 item (4 pages) 5 x 8 in
Type:
Manuscripts
Correspondence
Place:
Africa
Date:
188u
Topic:
Natural history  Search this
Discoveries in geography  Search this
Discovery and exploration  Search this
Call number:
M006e
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1042951
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E. J. Glave original manuscript of his English translation from the testimony in Swahili of Stanley's "boy" Saleh Bin Osman. New York, 12 November 1890

Author:
Glave, E. J (Edward James)  Search this
Active 1890:
Saleh bin Osman  Search this
Author:
Barttelot, Edmund Musgrave 1859-1888  Search this
Glave, E. J (Edward James) Six years of adventure in Congo-land  Search this
Jameson, James S (James Sligo) 1856-1888  Search this
Ritchie, John B. active 1890  Search this
Stanley, Henry M (Henry Morton) 1841-1904  Search this
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Correspondent:
Pond, James B (James Burton) 1838-1903  Search this
Physical description:
1 item (32 pages) 5.5 x 9 in. (document), 9.5. x 6 in. (envelope)
Type:
Manuscripts
Manuscripts (document genre)
Place:
Africa
Date:
1890
Topic:
Natural history  Search this
Discoveries in geography  Search this
Discovery and exploration  Search this
Call number:
M055
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1043013
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Robert Henry Nelson autograph letter signed to Henry Morton Stanley, 31 July 1889

Author:
Nelson, Robert Henry 1853-1892  Search this
Author:
Stanley, Henry M (Henry Morton) 1841-1904  Search this
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Subject:
Nelson, Robert Henry 1853-1892 Travel  Search this
Physical description:
1 item (1 page) 8.25 x 10.25 in
Type:
Manuscripts
Correspondence
Place:
Africa
Date:
1889
Topic:
Travel  Search this
Call number:
NelUncat002
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1044905
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Robert Henry Nelson leather notebooks containing information on rosters and rations for the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition, with entries dating from 11 March 1887 to 7 November 1889

Author:
Nelson, Robert Henry 1853-1892  Search this
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Subject:
Nelson, Robert Henry 1853-1892 Travel  Search this
Emin Pasha Relief Expedition (1887-1889)  Search this
Physical description:
5 volumes ; 5 x 8 x 0.75 in. or smaller
Type:
Manuscripts
Manuscripts (document genre))
Place:
Africa
Date:
1887
1887-1889
[1887-1889]
Topic:
Discovery and exploration  Search this
Call number:
NelA007
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1044944
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Unidentified piece of metal formerly in the possession of Robert Henry Nelson, possibly dating from his time with the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition

Former owner:
Nelson, Robert Henry 1853-1892 DSI  Search this
Author:
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Emin Pasha Relief Expedition (1887-1889)  Search this
Physical description:
1 item 6.5 x 4 in
Type:
Three-dimensional objects
Artifacts (object genre)
Metal
Date:
18uu
Call number:
NelA009
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1044942
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Henry Morton Stanley and Emin Pasha pair of color trade cards

Author:
Stanley, Henry M (Henry Morton) 1841-1904  Search this
Emin Pasha 1840-1892  Search this
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Emin Pasha Relief Expedition (1887-1889)  Search this
Subject:
Stanley, Henry M (Henry Morton) 1841-1904  Search this
Emin Pasha 1840-1892  Search this
Physical description:
2 items ; 3.75 x 2.5 in
Type:
Manuscripts
Portraits
trade cards (advertising))
Date:
1889
1889-1889
[1889?]
Topic:
Advertising cards  Search this
Call number:
M187b
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1045120
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Ten letters from representatives of the Illustrated London news (the artist Joseph Bell in Cairo, and WIlliam Ingram in London) in correspondence with Robert Henry Nelson, William G. Stairs, Thomas Heazle Parke, and A.J. Mounteney Jephson in regard to payment for sketches and descriptions, together with seven sketches

Author:
Nelson, Robert Henry 1853-1892  Search this
Parke, Thomas Heazle 1857-1893  Search this
Jephson, A. J. Mounteney (Arthur Jermy Mounteney) 1858-1908  Search this
Stairs, William G  Search this
Ingram, William 1847-1924  Search this
Bell, Joseph active 1890  Search this
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Subject:
Nelson, Robert Henry 1853-1892  Search this
Emin Pasha Relief Expedition (1887-1889)  Search this
Physical description:
10 items (27 pages), 7 sketches ; 5 x 8 in. - 29.5 x 20 in
Type:
Nonprojected graphics
Correspondence
Place:
Africa
Date:
1890
1890-1890
1890 January - March
Topic:
Description and travel  Search this
Call number:
NelM005
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1045438
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Henry Morton Stanley autograph letters signed to Captain Robert Henry Nelson, relating to the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition

Author:
Stanley, Henry M (Henry Morton) 1841-1904  Search this
Mackinnon, William 1823-1893  Search this
Nelson, Robert Henry 1853-1892  Search this
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Subject:
Stanley, Henry M (Henry Morton) 1841-1904 Travel  Search this
Nelson, Robert Henry 1853-1892 Travel  Search this
Emin Pasha Relief Expedition (1887-1889)  Search this
Physical description:
4 items (18 pages) ; 4.5 x 7 in. - 8 x 13 in
Type:
Manuscripts
Correspondence
Place:
Africa
Date:
1887
1887-1891
[between 1887 November 17 and 1891 May 9]
Topic:
Discovery and exploration  Search this
Call number:
NelM006a-d
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1044936
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Henry Morton Stanley autograph note on the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition in Africa. Stoke's Village, Nsango, 2 October 1889

Correspondent:
Stanley, Henry M (Henry Morton) 1841-1904  Search this
Author:
Mackay, A. M (Alexander Murdoch) 1849-1890  Search this
Stairs, William G  Search this
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Subject:
Stanley, Henry M (Henry Morton) 1841-1904 Travel  Search this
Physical description:
1 item (2 pages) 4.25 x 7.75 in
Type:
Manuscripts
Manuscripts (document genre)
Place:
Uganda
Date:
1889
Topic:
Travel  Search this
Call number:
M166
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1045134
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Inventory of Edmund Musgrave Barttelot's effects and copies of documents in his possession at the time of his death in Yambuya, July 1888

Author:
Emin Pasha 1840-1892  Search this
Barttelot, Edmund Musgrave 1859-1888  Search this
Bonny, William -1899  Search this
Jameson, James S (James Sligo) 1856-1888  Search this
Jameson, James S. Mrs  Search this
Stanley, Henry M (Henry Morton) 1841-1904  Search this
Troup, John Rose -1919  Search this
Ward, Herbert 1863-1919  Search this
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Emin Pasha Relief Expedition (1887-1889)  Search this
Physical description:
1 item (107 pages) 6.5 x 7.75 x 0.5 in
Type:
Manuscripts
Inventories
Place:
Africa
Date:
1890
Topic:
Natural history  Search this
Discoveries in geography  Search this
Discovery and exploration  Search this
Call number:
M008
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1042959
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"With Stanley in Africa."

Author:
Hoffman, William 1867-1941  Search this
Stanley, Henry M (Henry Morton) 1841-1904  Search this
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Former owner:
Nelson, Robert Henry 1853-1892 DSI  Search this
Subject:
Hoffman, William 1867-1941 Travel  Search this
Stanley, Henry M (Henry Morton) 1841-1904 Travel  Search this
Physical description:
1 item 14.5 x 2.25 in
Type:
Manuscripts
Clippings (information artifacts)
Place:
Africa
Date:
1907
Topic:
Cannibalism  Search this
Travel  Search this
Call number:
NelUncat001
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1044906
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Robert Henry Nelson autograph letter signed to his father Henry Nelson, 18 May 1892, relating his confrontation and skirmishes with natives

Author:
Nelson, Robert Henry 1853-1892  Search this
Author:
Nelson, Henry active 1892  Search this
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Physical description:
1 item (6 pages) 8 x 9.5 in
Type:
Manuscripts
Correspondence
Date:
1892
Call number:
NelM015
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1044928
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Samuel White Baker autograph letter signed to Mr. Craik, 17 March 1891; from Singrampur, C.P

Correspondent:
Baker, Samuel White Sir 1821-1893  Search this
Author:
Craik, Henry Sir 1846-1927  Search this
Stanley, Henry M (Henry Morton) 1841-1904  Search this
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Physical description:
1 item (4 pages) 4.5 x 7 in
Type:
Manuscripts
Correspondence
Place:
Africa
Date:
1891
Topic:
Natural history  Search this
Discoveries in geography  Search this
Discovery and exploration  Search this
Call number:
M006d
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1042950
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Robert Henry Nelson obituary collection, including newspaper clippings from the Graphic and other publications reporting on his career and death

Author:
Nelson, Robert Henry 1853-1892  Search this
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Subject:
Nelson, Robert Henry 1853-1892  Search this
Emin Pasha Relief Expedition (1887-1889)  Search this
Physical description:
12 items ; 3.5 x 5 in. - 20.5 x 24 in
Type:
Biography
Clippings (information artifacts))
Place:
Africa
Date:
1893
1893-1893
[1893]
Topic:
Explorers  Search this
Call number:
NelN004
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1044914
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Herbert Ward autograph letter signed to Major J.B. Pond, written from "6 Carlton House Terrace, Pall Mall, London", 5 October 1890

Author:
Ward, Herbert 1863-1919,  Search this
Author:
Stanley, Henry M (Henry Morton) 1841-1904  Search this
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Subject:
Ward, Herbert 1863-1919 Travel  Search this
Physical description:
1 item (2 pages) 7.75 x 9.75 in
Type:
Manuscripts
Correspondence
Place:
Africa
Date:
1890
Topic:
Lectures and lecturing  Search this
Discoveries in geography  Search this
Travel  Search this
Discovery and exploration  Search this
Call number:
M197c
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1044953
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Herbert Ward autograph letter signed to Major J.B. Pond, written from the "Windsor Hotel", (N.Y.) 12 March 1890

Author:
Ward, Herbert 1863-1919,  Search this
Correspondent:
Pond, James B (James Burton) 1838-1903  Search this
Author:
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Subject:
Ward, Herbert 1863-1919 Travel  Search this
Physical description:
1 item (1 page) 7.75 x 9.75 in
Type:
Manuscripts
Correspondence
Place:
Africa
Date:
1890
Topic:
Discoveries in geography  Search this
Travel  Search this
Discovery and exploration  Search this
Call number:
M197a
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1044955
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Robert Henry Nelson, Arthur Jermy Mounteney Jephson, and William Grant Stairs group photograph

Author:
Jephson, A. J. Mounteney (Arthur Jermy Mounteney) 1858-1908  Search this
Nelson, Robert Henry 1853-1892  Search this
Stairs, William G  Search this
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Subject:
Jephson, A. J. Mounteney (Arthur Jermy Mounteney) 1858-1908  Search this
Nelson, Robert Henry 1853-1892  Search this
Stairs, William G  Search this
Physical description:
1 photograph 20.5 x 24 in
Type:
Pictorial works
Portraits
Black-and-white photographs
Place:
Africa
Date:
1890
Topic:
Explorers  Search this
Call number:
NelPh002
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1044912
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Thomas Fall photographs of memorial plaques to J.S. Jameson and Major E.M. Barttelot

Photographer:
Fall, Thomas 1833-1900  Search this
Author:
Barttelot, Edmund Musgrave 1859-1888  Search this
Jameson, James S (James Sligo) 1856-1888  Search this
Nelson, Robert Henry 1853-1892  Search this
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Subject:
Barttelot, Edmund Musgrave 1859-1888  Search this
Jameson, James S (James Sligo) 1856-1888  Search this
Emin Pasha Relief Expedition (1887-1889)  Search this
Physical description:
2 photographs ; 6.25 x 4.25 in
Type:
Pictorial works
Black-and-white photographs
Date:
1888
1888-1900
[between 1888 and 1900]
Topic:
Memorials  Search this
Call number:
NelPh006
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1044908
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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

Author:
Nelson, Robert Henry 1853-1892  Search this
Dufiefe, J. active 1890  Search this
Tyneside Geographical Society  Search this
Royal Scottish Geographical Society  Search this
Société belge de géographie (Brussels)  Search this
Société de géographie d'Anvers  Search this
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Subject:
Nelson, Robert Henry 1853-1892 Travel  Search this
Emin Pasha Relief Expedition (1887-1889)  Search this
Physical description:
6 items ; 13.5 x 11 in. or smaller
Type:
Manuscripts
Certificates
Place:
Africa
Date:
1890
1890-1890
Topic:
Discovery and exploration  Search this
Call number:
NelM010a-c
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1044932
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Robert Henry Nelson's inkwell (Ransome's patent, De La Rue & Co.), which possibly may have been used during the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition

Manufacturer:
Thomas De La Rue & Company  Search this
Former owner:
Nelson, Robert Henry 1853-1892 DSI  Search this
Author:
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Physical description:
1 item 1.25 x 1.50 x 0.50 in
Type:
Specimens
Artifacts (object genre)
Date:
18uu
Topic:
Inkwells  Search this
Call number:
NelA001
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1044950

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