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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Topic:
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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"
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Extent:
1 Item (Drawings (visual works); Works of art, 8.25 x 11 in.)
Container:
Item Art025
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1870 - 1955
Scope and Contents note:
Depicts the artist Dugmore lying on the ground in front of his camera, with an elephant towering above him, with two smaller elephants visible in the background. This illustration was reproduced in an article on elephant hunting and depicts an incident that was one of the author's favorite stories during his lectures.
General note:
Grisaille drawing on paper. Signed by the artist in the bottom left hand corner and inscribed on the back.
Collection Rights:
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Extent:
6 Items (Works of art, 10 x 13.5 in.)
Container:
Item Art064
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
circa 1914
Scope and Contents note:
Grisaille study of beavers. Probably executed by Dugmore for his work, The romance of the beaver, but unused. Included are five negatives of artwork.
General note:
Art064 is the accession number in the Russell E. Train inventory list of the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History. Title from verso. Approximately 10 x 13 in. and signed by the artist.
Collection Rights:
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Extent:
1 Item (Works of art, 10 x 13.5 in.)
Container:
Item Art065
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
circa 1914
Scope and Contents note:
Grisaille study of beavers. Probably executed by Dugmore for his work, The romance of the beaver, but unused.
General note:
Supplied title, from verso. Approximately 10 x 13 in. and signed by the artist. Art065 is the accession number in the Russell E. Train inventory list of the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History.
Collection Rights:
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Extent:
1 Item (Works of art, 10 x 13.5 in.)
Container:
Item Art066
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
circa 1914
Scope and Contents note:
Grisaille study of beavers. Probably executed by Dugmore for his work, The romance of the beaver, but unused.
General note:
Supplied title, from verso. Art066 is the accession number in the Russell E. Train inventory list of the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History. Approximately 10 x 13 in. and signed by the artist.
Collection Rights:
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Extent:
3 Items (Works of art, 13 x 9 in. or smaller.)
Container:
Item Art067
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1937
General note:
Art067 is the accession number in the Russell E. Train inventory list of the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History. On three sheets, one inscribed, signed by Dugmore, and dated 1937.
Collection Rights:
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Dugmore, A. Radclyffe (Arthur Radclyffe), 1870-1955. Typescript of At close quarters with wild animals, being an account of unusual and exciting experiences when hunting with the camera in Africa, Canada and Newfoundland, illustrated by the author
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Extent:
1 Item (Manuscripts (document genre), 8.75 x 11.25 x 1.5 in. (box))
Container:
Item M041
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
circa 1919
Scope and Contents note:
"While mention of the various stories has been made in many of my previous books, apparently I did not tell them full enough, for I have been asked on many occasions to relate them again, and in this book I have tried to go into fuller detail ..."--Foreword.
General note:
Author's original corrected typescript. In paper wrappers. Possibly unpublished. The work is divided into 12 chapters, 7 of which refer to Africa. It is accompanied by a criticism by R. H. Ambrose, signed but undated, in which he concludes: " It is my opinion that if the work were revised, cut by about 5,000 words it might be acceptable as a 'Book for Boys. '"
Collection Rights:
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Extent:
1 Volume (Manuscripts (document genre), 9.5 x 14.5 x 1.5 in. (box))
Container:
Item M042
Type:
Archival materials
Volumes
Date:
circa 1929
Scope and Contents note:
This appears to be the original draft for Dugmore's autobiography, entitled Autobiography of a wanderer, and published in 1930. It covers the whole of the author's life and includes reminiscences of Roosevelt in Africa.
General note:
Author's holograph manuscript, with a few pages of typescript. The manuscript starts at page 49 and ends at page 215, but is accompanied by several pages of revised (or earlier) drafts.
Collection Rights:
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Dugmore, A. Radclyffe (Arthur Radclyffe), 1870-1955. Typescript of Eyes in the dark, being a strange story of adventure among the yellow devils in a wild part of Africa
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Extent:
1 Item (Manuscripts (document genre), 9 x 12. x 1.25 in. (box))
Container:
Item M043
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
circa 1932
Scope and Contents note:
Ambrose in his accompanying criticism states "On reading the commencing pages of the manuscript I felt that here, indeed, was good material. The first 10 pages are excellent, well phrased and promising a book of quite exceptional merit. Thereafter, however, I grew more and more disappointed as the book proceeded, for although some of the situations are very well thought out and the author's knowledge of the terrain is never in doubt, the improbability of the whole set-up renders the story incredible and I fear not attractive to the modern reader."
General note:
Author's corrected typescript, with manuscript revisions and manuscript map. In wrappers. Possibly unpublished.
Collection Rights:
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Extent:
1 Item (Manuscripts (document genre), 9.5 x 14.5 x 1.5 in. (box))
Container:
Item M044
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
circa 1935
Scope and Contents note:
This novel appears to be based on Dugmore's own experiences and the success of his earlier published work, Two boys in beaver land (1920).
General note:
Author's original mixed manuscript and typescript, with manuscript revisions. Possibly unpublished.
Collection Rights:
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Dugmore, A. Radclyffe (Arthur Radclyffe), 1870-1955. Typescript of Looking over my shoulder, by Major A. Radclyffe Dugmore, in collaboration with Reginald H. Ambrose
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Extent:
1 Item (Manuscripts (document genre), 9.25 x 11 x 1.25 in. (box))
Container:
Item M045
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
circa 1940
Scope and Contents note:
"I feel constrained, as I sit before a blazing turf fire in my favorite Eire and think on the past, with all the hazards, dangers and hair-breadth escapes which have come my way, to set on paper some of the adventures and exploits which, willy nilly, as a photographer of wild game, a kindly fate has decreed that I should experience - and yet escape with a whole hide! "--Foreword.
General note:
Illustrated by the author. Author's revised typescript. In paper boards. Possibly unpublished. Accompanied by a typed criticism by R. H. Ambrose of, probably, an earlier draft, as Dugmore has acted on some of Ambrose's points, including dedicating the work to his wife, and adding Ambrose's name as a collaborator. Five of the 12 chapters are devoted to experiences in Kenya.
Collection Rights:
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Extent:
32 Items (11 x 14.5 x 3 in.)
Container:
Item M047
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1893 - 1954
Scope and Contents note:
An extensive collection of over 30 items, plus duplicates, of ephemeral items relating to Dugmore and his work. Included are announcements of lectures and programs, certificates of membership in various societies, agreements with publishers, catalogs of exhibitions, newspaper articles, photographs and menus of dinners (some signed).
Collection Rights:
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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
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Extent:
1 Item (Manuscripts (document genre), 8.75 x 13 x 1.75 in. (box))
Container:
Item M048
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
circa 1920
Scope and Contents note:
This novel is based on Dugmore's experiences in Canada and partially in the First World War. It is accompanied by a brief criticism by R.H. Ambrose who writes: "This is a story which, shorn of all reference to the 1914/18 War (which cancels out the first 42 pages), possesses both beauty and drama. If the phraseology is at times unversed and at others crude, it nevertheless reveals that picturesque imagination which is the birthright of the writer of fiction. Scenes ring true and characters live; moreover, combined, as the story is, with interesting and informative matter about the habits and activities of that wonderful creature the beaver, the whole presents a very lively and pleasing book." Dugmore's re-write appears to have acted on Ambrose's advice, as follows: "It is emphasized that all reference to the War should be excluded, and here, no doubt, the Author, in his so obviously fertile imagination, can provide a new background for his commencing chapters. I think it would be preferable to introduce the dog earlier in the script and to re-title the story 'Quills '."
General note:
Author's revised typescript, with manuscript alterations. In wrappers. Accompanied by re-write in Dugmore's hand consisting of 100 pages (folio).
Collection Rights:
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Dugmore, A. Radclyffe (Arthur Radclyffe), 1870-1955. Typescript of Bestowed a kingdom and denied him bread: The true story of the prince of adventurers Theodore von Neuhoff, the self-appointed and only king of Corsica
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Extent:
1 Item (Manuscripts (document genre), 9.75 x 13 x 2.75 in. (box))
Container:
Item M049
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
circa 1935
Scope and Contents note:
An unpublished account of King Theodore based on the work of Ferdinand Gregorovius.
General note:
Author's original typescript.
Collection Rights:
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Extent:
1 Item (Manuscripts (document genre), 9 x 11.25 x 2 in. (box))
Container:
Item M050
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
circa 1925
Scope and Contents note:
A draft of a novel about the war-time romance and marriage of a British soldier with artistic talent.This novel was previously entitled "His Friend Peter" and it is under this title that the accompanying criticism by R.H. Ambrose deals with the work. "This is a remarkably good attempt at fiction. Indeed, I am of the opinion that the author has a definite flair for work of this kind. The construction of the story is good, the unraveling of the 'plot' very well achieved and the reader's attention held to the end, all good features. Unfortunately much of the work is now out of date and although quite an amount of the script could be retained (subject to revision of unnecessarily prolonged scenes), the story would have to be brought up to date before submission to publishers. This would entail modernizing and re-writing at least 50% of the manuscript. I hope the author will undertake this, for there is undoubted talent in the script."
General note:
Author's original corrected typescript, with manuscript revisions.
Collection Rights:
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Dugmore, A. Radclyffe (Arthur Radclyffe), 1870-1955, photographer. Collection of 190 photographs depicting caribou, other wildlife, scenery, Indians and other scenes
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Extent:
190 Photographs (Black-and-white photographs, 9 x 13 x 3.5 in. (box), 4 x 5 in. (photographs))
Container:
Item Ph044
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Date:
1900 - 1955
General note:
The photographs are various sizes and some are inscribed by Dugmore on verso. Ph044 is the accession number in the Russell E. Train inventory list of the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History.
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.
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Extent:
5 Motion picture films (Black-and-white film; rolls, 16mm)
Container:
Item Ph046
Type:
Archival materials
Motion picture films
Date:
circa 1929
Scope and Contents note:
A group of 4 x 100 ft. 16mm black and white films, and one smaller color film showing North American scenes including wildlife, and scenes of London.
General note:
Ph046 is the accession number in the Russell E. Train inventory list of the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History.
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.
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"
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Extent:
124 Photographs (Black-and-white photographs, 8.5 x 6.5 in. or smaller.)
Container:
Item Ph047
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Date:
circa 1920 - 1929
General note:
Ph047 is the accession number in the Russell E. Train inventory list of the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History. The photographs are various sizes, with many inscribed on verso by Dugmore.
Collection Rights:
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Dugmore, A. Radclyffe (Arthur Radclyffe), 1870-1955, photographer. Collection of photographs of Belgium during the war, showing tanks and ships. Together with items of an ephemeral nature, including announcement of Dugmore's lectures
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Extent:
44 Photographs (Black-and-white photographs; Printed ephemera, 8.5 x 6.5 in. or smaller.)
Container:
Item Ph048
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Date:
1914 - 1955
General note:
Ph048 is the accession number in the Russell E. Train inventory list of the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History.
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.
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Extent:
1 Item (Posters, 10 x 16.75 in.)
Container:
Item Po001
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
circa 1924
Scope and Contents note:
A pen, ink, and watercolor poster by Dugmore advertising a lecture at Myrtle Hall, with an amusing watercolor study at the top depicting Dugmore being chased by a white rhinoceros, initialed by the artist.
General note:
Po001 is the accession number in the Russell E. Train inventory list of the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History.
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.
