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Creator:

Train, Russell E., 1920-2012  Search this

Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian. Libraries)  Search this

Names:

Emin Pasha Relief Expedition (1887-1889)  Search this

Akeley, Carl Ethan, 1864-1926  Search this

Baines, Thomas, 1820-1875  Search this

Baker, Samuel White, Sir, 1821-1893  Search this

Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890  Search this

Du Chaillu, Paul B. (Paul Belloni), 1835-1903  Search this

Dugmore, A. Radclyffe (Arthur Radclyffe), 1870-1955  Search this

Glave, E. J. (Edward James)  Search this

Heller, Edmund, 1875-1939  Search this

Livingstone, David, 1813-1873.  Search this

Nelson, Robert Henry, 1853-1892  Search this

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919  Search this

Selous, Frederick Courteney, 1851-1917  Search this

Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton), 1841-1904.  Search this

Train, Russell E., 1920-2012  Search this

Windsor, Edward, Duke of, 1894-1972  Search this

Extent:

6,500 Items (estimated)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Place:

Africa -- Maps

Africa -- description and travel

Africa -- Discovery and exploration

Africa -- In art

Date:

1663-2004

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.

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:

Zoological specimens -- Collection and preservation -- Africa  Search this

Wildlife conservation -- Africa  Search this

Natural history -- Technique  Search this

Natural history -- Africa  Search this

Hunting -- Africa  Search this

Explorers -- Africa  Search this

Identifier:

SIL-CL.XXXX-0014

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Russell E. Train Africana collection

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Libraries

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sc2dbdcfacc-0c10-4faa-80a5-7fdcab16da9c

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-sil-cl-xxxx-0014