157 x 115 mm. A view showing three men and a woman standing on the front steps of a house, possibly in Uganda. Cuthbert Christy is at the left of the group, other figures are unidentified. Photographer unknown.

169 x 118 mm. A portrait showing a group of Africans, two of whom stand beside decorated drums. Photograph probably by Cuthbert Christy.

73 x 94 mm. A view showing the top of a four year old sapling with the fifth year growth developing.

97 x 74 mm. A view showing a wooden lattice-work trap made by marginal forest inhabitants for capturing wild pig and other animals.

77 x 97 mm. A view showing an African making vertical tapping cuts on a tree with a pruning knife attached to a bamboo pole.

79 x 103 mm. A view showing an African making vertical tapping cuts on a tree with a pruning knife attached to a bamboo pole.

Incomplete diary (circa twenty leaves) of a canoe journey from an unspecified point of origin (possibly Edinburgh), taking in Linlithgow, Falkirk, Dumbarton, and Balloch among other places. The final entry describes a visit to Arrochar. The diary contains some ornithological observations.

73 x 96 mm. A view showing saphrophytes and moss growing on the trunk of a rubber tree.

Diaries written by Christy during his medical work and travels in India.

The diary (59 leaves) describes Christy's travels in India after he resigned his civil medical appointment at Satara on 26 June, and while he was seeking other work. He visited Bombay, Agra, Simla, Lahore and Quetta. It also includes 11 pages of clinical notes.

The volume contains an account (twenty pages) of a journey from Lahore to Srinagar, and into Kashmir, and notes (circa 80 pages) on medical lectures Christy attended.

168 x 118 mm. A view looking along the aisle of a church with the congregation listening to an African preacher. A European woman is seated behind a piano or organ at the front of the church. Photograph possibly by Cuthbert Christy.

Papers written and collected by Christy during his tenure as Chairman of the Commission set up by the League of Nations. The other members of the Commission were Dr Charles Spurgeon Johnson, representing the United States, and the Hon. Arthur Barclay, a former President of Liberia.

102 x 81 mm. A view showing one of Christy's camps in the Congo. In the foreground one of his servants holds a large elephant tusk towards the camera.

102 x 81 mm. A view showing one of Christy's camps in the Congo. In the foreground one of his servants holds a large elephant tusk towards the camera.

102 x 81 mm. A view showing one of Christy's camps in the Congo. In the foreground one of his servants holds a large elephant tusk towards the camera.

100 x 75 mm. A view showing two Africans clearing jungle under the supervision of a European. Photographer unknown, possibly Christy.

100 x 75 mm. A view showing two Africans clearing jungle under the supervision of a European. Photographer unknown, possibly Christy.

Diaries and notes written by Christy during his leadership of the British Museum exploring and zoological expedition to Lakes Tanganyika and Nyasa.

96 x 73 mm. A photograph taken by Christy in the year of his graduation from Edinburgh University. The photograph was taken at f8 with an exposure of 1 second.

76 x 98 mm. A studio photograph showing various parts of Funtumia Africana trees grown in Benin City, Southern Nigeria, including leaves, flowers, fruit, galls and empty pods.

59 x 42 mm. A view showing Africans gathered round the corpse of a leopard waving spears at the body: 'The villagers are dancing and vilifying him and all his relations'.

150 x 110 mm. A view showing a sleeping, emaciated man in the terminal stage of sleeping sickness. Christy (1903) describes how this man was carried from his hut without awakening and how all the other members of his family were in a similar condition.

Diary (circa 60 pages) recording the progress of the expedition, which includes medical notes.

Diary (circa 25 pages) recording the progress of the expedition, which includes medical notes.