Object Details
- General note
- M077 is accession number in the Russell E. Train inventory list of the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History.
- Collection Creator
- Train, Russell E., 1920-2012
- Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian. Libraries)
- See more items in
- Russell E. Train Africana collection
- Russell E. Train Africana collection / Series 5: Manuscripts
- Extent
- 1 Item (Correspondence, 4 x 6 in.)
- Date
- 1865 April 7
- Container
- Item M077
- Archival Repository
- Smithsonian Libraries
- Type
- Archival materials
- 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.
- Scope and Contents note
- Mentions a botanical specimen brought by Dr. Livingstone. "We do not know the tree yielding it ... but it may exist in abundance in the highlands west of the great lake Nyassa which we discovered." Refers to the impending return to England of Dr. Livingstone and the latter's likely interest in the scientific nature of the specimen.
- Record ID
- ebl-1503510890585-1503510890703-4
