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Livingstone, David, (1813-1873), explorer and missionary

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Surname: Livingstone
Forenames: David
Gender: Male
Date: 1813-1873
History: Missionary and explorer
Biography: ODNB link for Livingstone, David (1813-1873), explorer and missionary
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P276176 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P130397 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for David Livingstone
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
letters and notebooks
Livingstone Museum
See Clendennen & Cunningham, David Livingstone: a catalogue of documents, 1979
2
1841-87: corresp and papers
London University: School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)
CWM.Africa.Odds.Livingstone
NRA 17234 World Mission
3
1849-71: letters and MSS
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
MS.10701-10703
4
1852-1902: corresp with HM Stanley
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
MS.10704-10706
5
1825-1874: misc papers incl misc corresp, diaries, notebooks, maps, journals and manuscripts
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
MS.10701-10780
6
1840-73: corresp, diaries and papers
National Archives of Zimbabwe
LI1-2
See Guide to historical MSS in National Archives of Rhodesia
7
1850-73: corresp and papers
Royal Geographical Society
DL
See HMC Private papers of British diplomats 1782-1900, 1985
8
1846-73: letters and notebooks
David Livingstone Centre
See M Cox, Exploring Scottish History (2nd edition, 1999)
9
1844-72: letters to his wife, daughter and others
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MS 50184
10
misc MSS
Strathclyde University Archives
See ASLIB Directory of Literary and Historical Collections 1993
11
1854-55: letters (21) to Edmund Gabriel
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MS 37410
12
1858-69: letters to Sir John Kirk
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
Acc.9942
13
1857-65: letters
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MSS Wilberforce; Don e 164-65
NRA 7132 Wilberforce