Livingstone's 1871 Field Diary

A Multispectral Critical Edition
Site Guide
This page provides a descriptive list of all the webpages and files available for download that collectively constitute Livingstone’s 1871 Field Diary: A Multispectral Critical Edition. This list does not include the contents of the Livingstone Spectral Image Archive or the Press Materials section.
Pages Available from Sidebar  [top]
Home Page Introduction to Livingstone’s 1871 Field Diary, an overview of
the Livingstone Spectral Imaging Project, and a brief discussion of the significance of this critical edition.
Site Guide The current page.
Manuscript Guide Lists of the folia and pages that collectively constitute the 1871 Field Diary.
Project Team List of all project team members, including honorary team members.
Acknowledgments
Livingstone & the Manuscript  [top]
Livingstone in 1871, pages 1 2 3 4 5 6 Overview of Livingstone’s final travels; a short history of the village of Nyangwe; a look at the relationship between the 1871 Field Diary, the 1872 Journal, and the 1874 published text; and a selective analysis of the text of the 1871 Field Diary.
The Manuscript, pages 1 2 3 4 Overview of the manuscript of the 1871 Field Diary, scope of the present critical edition, and a history of the manuscript from the nineteenth century to the present.
Bibliography Works cited and further reading.
The 1871 Field Diary  [top]
Images & Transcriptions Cropped processed spectral images (default processing type: spectral ratio) of each page of the 1871 Field Diary and XML-based transcriptions.
Color & Spectral Images Enables users to study natural light images of each folio of the 1871 Field Diary alongside all the processed images of each folio produced by the Livingstone project team.
Three Versions of the Text Comparative page that allows users to study the three versions of Livingstone’s text (1871 Field Diary, 1872 Journal, 1874 published text).
Third Massacre Narrative Livingstone’s third description of the Nyangwe massacre from a letter to Earl Granville (15 Nov. 1871).
Search the Diary Allows users to search the text of the 1871 Field Diary by key XML-tagged content.
Critical Notes  [top]
Terms, People, Places Brief descriptions or definitions of key terms, people, and places (including geographical entities) mentioned in the text of the 1871 Field Diary.
Manuscript Composition, pages 1 2 3 Discussion of Livingstone’s methods for composing the 1871 Field Diary (including paper and ink details) and a short overview of the issues surrounding Livingstone’s dates.
Manuscript Structure, pages 1 2 3 Analysis of the structure of the diary, including Livingstone’s numbering system, the distinction between journal entries and notes, Livingstone’s orthography, and other textual elements.
Livingstone-Stanley Meeting, pages 1 2 3 Discussion of the issues surrounding the dating of the celebrated meeting and the new evidence that the 1871 Field Diary provides for the critical debate.
Note on Spectral Images Technical definitions of the processed spectral images available in this critical edition.
XML Coding Practices Comprehensive summary with examples of the Livingstone team’s XML TEI P5 tagging practices.
Project History & Archive  [top]
Detailed project history and archive that chronicles the journey of Livingstone’s words from the "rediscovery" of the faded diary in 2009 to its publication in 2011. The project archive contains over 60 downloadable files produced in the course of the project that collectively provide an intimate and comprehensive look into the production of this critical edition.
Image Credits The sources of those images not provided by the project team or derived from the Livingstone Spectral Image Archive.
Contact Us
Spectral Image Archive Livingstone spectral image database that digitally preserves all the pages of Livingstone’s 1870 and 1871 Field Diaries as high-resolution spectral images with full metadata and XML transcriptions, and that allows direct access to all the primary Livingstone data on which this critical edition is based.
Press Materials Project materials provided for the press, including press releases, briefings, and images.
Pop Up Windows  [top]
Headers Allows comparative review of all the headers in the 1871 Field Diary from the folia with file prefixes DLC297c and DLC297b.
Last Journals Facsimile Short discussion of the facsimile of the 1871 Field Diary in the Last Journals (1874).
Texts Quick overview of the key texts under discussion and the referencing practices used in the current critical edition.
Terminology Definitions of three key terms used in the current critical edition: leaf, folio, and page.
Roman and Arabic Numerals Comparative chart of the Roman numerals used by Livingstone in the 1871 Field Diary and the Arabic numeral equivalents.
Acronyms Key institutional acronyms referenced in the current critical edition.
Images for Download  [top]
The following is a list of high-resolution TIFF images available for download in the current critical edition. These images are not part of the Livingstone Spectral Image Archive.
Facsimile of a Portion of Dr. Livingstone's Journal (TIFF) from David Livingstone, Last Journals (1874).
A Map of a Portion of Central Africa from David Livingstone, Last Journals (1874), vol. 1. Available as TIFF, version 1 (490MB), version 2 (164MB),
or JPEG, version 1 (111MB), version 2 (24MB).
A Map of the Forest Plateau of Africa from David Livingstone, Last Journals (1874), vol. 2. Available as TIFF, version 1 (20MB), version 2 (28MB),
or JPEG, version 1 (5.6MB), version 2 (2MB).
The Standard Reconstructed (JPEG) Front page of the 24 November 1869 issue of the Standard reconstructed from the folia of the 1871 Field Diary and showing Livingstone's overtext.
The Standard (London) (TIFFs) 24 November 1869 issue, clean copy without Livingstone's writing, pages 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8.
Ink Spectra PowerPoint Files for Download  [top]
The following is a list of the Ink Spectra PowerPoint files (in PDF format) available for download. Roger L. Easton, Jr. produced these PowerPoint files exclusively for this critical edition. The PowerPoints track the ink spectra in a selection of the DLC and NLS folia of the 1871 Field Diary.
DLC297c and DLC297b Ink Spectra
DLC297c and DLC297b Ink Spectra (Averages Only)
DLC1120b Ink Spectra
NLS10703 Ink Spectra
Documents for Download  [top]
The following 65 "working" documents and files were produced in the course of the project and collectively provide a comprehensive look into the production of the 1871 Field Diary critical edition and the David Livingstone Spectral Image Archive.
  1. Grant narrative: U.S. National Endowment for the Humanities Digital Humanities Start-Up Grant, submitted 6 October 2009
  2. David Livingstone Centre: card index entry, shelfmark 297b
  3. Scottish Conservation Studio Treatment Proposal, May 2010
  4. Scottish Conservation Studio Treatment Report, June 2010
  5. Livingstone Document Images Before-After Treatment
  6. Livingstone Diary Imaging Plan, Toth, March 2010
  7. Livingstone Diary Imaging Spreadsheet, Toth, March 2010
  8. Livingstone Imaging Options, Toth, April 2010
  9. Email: Toth to Jackson, 7 April 2010
  10. Email: Toth to Wisnicki, 20 May 2010
  11. Livingstone Imaging Draft Plan, Toth, May 2010
  12. Livingstone Project SOW, May 2010
  13. Livingstone Equipment Plan, Toth, June 2010
  14. Livingstone Equipment List for NLS, June 2010
  15. Email Toth to Christens-Barry and Easton, 11 June 2010
  16. Livingstone Laminate Comparative Analysis, France, January 2010
  17. DLC processed sample images, Easton, February 2010
  18. EurekaVision Imaging Systems Checklist
  19. Light Sources Spreadsheet, Christens-Barry
  20. Imaging Setup Diagram
  21. Raking Light Set Up, Toth, 28 June 2010
  22. List of Livingstone Folia for Imaging (Uncorrected), Wisnicki, June 2010
  23. Livingstone Spectral Imaging Log (Uncorrected), June-July 2010
  24. Program Management White Paper, Toth, July 2011
  25. Livingstone Processing Priority List, Wisnicki, July 2010
  26. Email: Knox-Easton-Wisnicki Processing Discussion, December 2010
  27. Processing Metadata Worksheet, Christens-Barry
  28. Processing Metadata Worksheet, Knox
  29. Processing Metadata Worksheet, Easton-Houston
  30. Equipoise Toolbox for ImageJ (zip, includes User Guide)
  31. Equipoise Toolbox Preliminary User Guide
  32. PCA-Pseudocolor Rendering (Interim Report), Easton, February 2011
  33. Conference Paper: "Recovery of handwritten text from the diaries and papers of David Livingstone," Knox et al, Jan 2011. Presented at the "Computer Vision and Image Analysis of Art II" conference, IS&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging Symposium, San Francisco, 23-27 January 2011.
  34. PowerPoint: "Recovery of handwritten text from the diaries and papers of David Livingstone," Knox et al, Jan 2011. Presented at the "Computer Vision and Image Analysis of Art II" conference, IS&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging Symposium, San Francisco, 23-27 January 2011.
  35. Email: Processing Summary, Knox, 27 August 2011
  36. Email: Evaluation of Data, Emery, 23 July 2010
  37. File and Folder Corrections Spreadsheet, Wisnicki, July 2010
  38. Summary of Livingstone Data Tasks, Emery, September 2010
  39. Internal: Data Management and Sharing Objectives, Livingstone Team, November 2010
  40. PowerPoint: Livingstone Image Data, Knox, December 2010
  41. PowerPoint: DLC297 Thumbnails, Knox, December 2010
  42. PowerPoint: NLS107nn Thumbnails, Knox, December 2010
  43. List of Corrected Raw Files, Knox, July 2011
  44. List of Knox Processed Images, Knox, July 2011
  45. Email: Livingstone Data Set Tasks, Emery, 4 June 2011
  46. Livingstone Document Metadata Summary, Wisnicki, June 2011
  47. Livingstone Data Set Tasks Update, Emery, 4 August 2011
  48. Metadata Sample Record: DLC297b ratio by 940
  49. Emery White Paper Input, October 2011
  50. Livingstone XML Template, McAulay, February 2011
  51. Livingstone XML Template, Wisnicki, March 2011
  52. XML TEI P5 Encoding Practices: Summary Document
  53. XML Element-Attribute-Value list
  54. Website Task List, Wisnicki with notes from McAulay, October 2011
  55. Diagram of Livingstone Website Architecture, McAulay, March 2012
  56. XSLT Rendering Notes, Wisnicki, Spring 2012
  57. Image Rendering Notes, Wisnicki and Schmitz, Spring 2012
  58. Diary Headers, Inks, Details (Spreadsheet), Wisnicki, July 2011
  59. Bibliographical Details (Spreadsheet)
  60. Letter from Bambarre, Press Pack, July 2010
  61. Letter from Bambarre, Academic Release, May 2011
  62. Livingstone Team Presentations on Project
  63. Slide Show: NEH Project Directors "Lightning Round" Presentation, Wisnicki, September 2010
  64. Press Coverage, May 2010 - March 2012
  65. 1871 Field Diary, Academic Release, April 2012
Manuscript Guide