Photocopies of journals of Arthur Jermy Mounteney Jephson compiled during the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition led by Sir Henry Morton Stanley

Photocopies of journals, 1887-1889, of A J Mounteney Jephson, comprising Books One to Four, giving a detailed description of activities of H.M Stanley's expedition to relieve Emin Pasha, including the journey via Zanzibar, and the hardships faced. Book Three includes copies of some of Stanley's corr...

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Date(s) of creation: 20 Jan 1887 - Oct 1889
Level: Collection
Format: Archive           

Reference number: MS 275953
Summary: Photocopies of journals, 1887-1889, of A J Mounteney Jephson, comprising Books One to Four, giving a detailed description of activities of H.M Stanley's expedition to relieve Emin Pasha, including the journey via Zanzibar, and the hardships faced. Book Three includes copies of some of Stanley's correspondence. Book Four, covering April to [October] 1889, is less detailed than Books One to Three, and less accurately dated. With typescript transcriptions of the journals [1960s] for Dorothy Middleton's published edition.
Main author: Jephson; Arthur Jermy Mounteney (1858-1908); traveller in Africa
Extent: 1 box
Admin history: Arthur Jermy Mounteney Jephson: born in Brentwood, Essex, 1858; educated at Tonbridge School, 1869-1874; a cadet with the Merchant Navy, serving on HMS Worcester, 1874-1876; joined the Antrim regiment of the Royal Irish Rifles, 1880; resigned his commission, 1884; accompanied H M Stanley's expedition to relieve Emin Pasha in Central Africa, 1887-1889; Medallist, Royal Geographical Society and Royal Brussels Geographical Society, 1890; following his return from Africa, suffered ill health, and his attempts to return to Africa were frustrate ... View more
Custodial history: The journals were discovered in 1955 by a descendant of the author.
Acquisition: Donated in 1972.
Arrangement: The material comprises four files of photocopies and four files of transcriptions.
Access status: Open
Language: English
Originals: Privately owned.
Related material: The School of Oriental and African Studies also holds Jephson's letters to Sir William Mackinnon, 1890-1892 (Ref: PP MS 1). Nottingham University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections, hold A J M Jephson's letters to Lady Middleton, 1890-1904 (Ref: Mi). Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections, holds the Sudan Archive (Ref: SAD), including papers, 1888-1891, relating to A J M Jephson, comprising a microfilm copy of of letters from Stanley to troops under the command of Emin Pasha and from the ... View more
Publications: About two-thirds of the text was published as The diary of A J Mounteney Jephson: Emin Pasha Relief Expedition 1887-1889, ed Dorothy Middleton, with Maurice Denham Jephson (published by Cambridge University Press for the Hakluyt Society, Extra Series, no xl, 1969).
Format: Archive           
Subjects:
Access Points - Person, Corporate & Family Names:
Name Code Person, Corporate or Family Name Type of Entity
GB/NNAF/P140883 Jephson; Arthur Jermy Mounteney (1858-1908); traveller in Africa Person
GB/SOASNAF/P667 Middleton; Dorothy (1909-1999); historian Person
GB/SOASNAF/P656 Pasha; Mehmed Emin (1840-1892); physician, naturalist and colonial administrator Person
GB/NNAF/P151821 Stanley; Sir; Henry Morton (1841-1904); Knight; explorer and journalist Person
Access Points - Places:
Place Code Place Name
7729889 Eastern Africa
366755 Sudan