COLONIAL DISCOURSES
Series Two: Imperial Adventurers and Explorers

Part 2: Papers of James Augustus Grant (1827-1892) and John Hanning Speke (1827-1864) from the National Library of Scotland

REEL 1

Papers of James Augustus Grant (1827-92)

MS.17901-17903 - Family correspondence

REEL 2

MS.17904 - Family correspondence
MS.17905 - Grant: Letters to his wife

REEL 3

MS.17906-17907 - Letters of James Grant, junior.
MS.17908 - Family correspondence

REEL 4

MS.17909-17911 - Letters from fellow explorers

REEL 5

MS.17912-17916 - Grant’s Journals, 1846, 1848-49, 1852-54, 1858-63, 1864-76

REEL 6

MS.17917 - Grant’s Journals, 1877-91
MS.17918 - James Grant junior’s Journal, 1890—Thomson Expedition
MS.17919-17921 - Grant’s sketches, 1860 expedition
MS.17922 - Miscellanea
MS.17923 - Map of Tibet by Speke
MS.17924 - Map of Zanzibar by Speke
MS.17925 - Memoranda
MS.17926 - Press cuttings

REEL 7

MS.17927-17928 - Printed materials re Grant and exploration

REEL 8

MS.17929-17930 - Correspondence

REEL 9

MS.17931-17932 - African letters
MS.17933 - Miscellanea

REEL 10

MS.17934 - Proofs of A Walk Across Africa
MS.17935 - Reviews of A Walk Across Africa

REEL 11

MS.17936 - Notes taken during 1860 Speke Expedition

REEL 12

MS.17937 - Notes taken during 1860 Speke Expedition
MS.17938-17939 - Maps drawn during 1860 Speke Expedition                      
MS.17940 - Private copy of Memoranda

REEL 13 A

MS.17941-17943 - Miscellanea and correspondence

REEL 13 B

MS.17944-17948 - Miscellanea and correspondence

REEL 14

Papers of  John Hanning Speke (1827-64)

MS.4872 - Manuscript and proofs of
Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile

REEL 15

MS.4873 - Manuscript and proofs of
Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile

MS.4874 - Manuscript and proofs of
Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile