Bosazza, V. L.

SSC/8/1 - Notes on the journal of Thomas Baines, April 3rd to September 17th 1858. (1970).

SSC/8/2 - Dr Livingstone's geological description omitted from the published version of Livingstone's African journals 1853-56 (annotated transcript prepared from the original held by the National Archives of Rhodesia, 1973).

SSC/8/3 - First drafts of chapters prepared for proposal book 'David Livingstone pilot and navigator: notes on Charles Livingstone, 1970; notes on the magnetic observations made by Charles Livingsone,1970; notes on Livingstone's steamboats, 1970; appendix F, compilation of papers, unpublished reports etc.

SSC/8/4 - Final draft of 'David Livingstone, pilot and navigator': 2 vols. fully annotated; maps, diagrams, photographs and bibliography, 1972.

SSC/8/5 - Discussion on 'David Livingstone: a mid-Victorian scientist, by D.J. Siddle'. 1974.

SSC/8/6 - David Livingstone and his modern critics, 1975. (Stenciled, includes maps, diagrams and photographs).

SSC/8/7 - The pioneer surveys in the Zambezi and Shire valleys and the mapping of Malawi, 1974.

SSC/8/8 - Annotated transcript of letter from David Livingstone to the Editor of the Athenaeum, 25th August 1856. (Original in RGS Archives, DL/2/12).

SSC/8/9 - The magnetic variation along the east coast of Africa, 1822 to 1969. (1972).

SSC/8/10 - Thomas Baines on the Zambezi. Photographs, photostat of maps and sketches. Copy no.1 of a limited number of copies prepared. (1976).

SSC/8/11 - Photostat of summary data from David Livingstone's notebook of astronomical observations 1872-73 (Original in document in RGS Archives, DL/4/19).

SSC/8/12 - Narrative of the proceedings of a small party... July 1823...to explore the course of the Zambezi... by Antonio Jozi: transcribed and annotated by Bosazza in October 1976 (Original in RGS Archives, LMS/J.13).

SSC/8/13 - Transcription of a letter from Thomas Maclear to Dr Livingstone, Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, July 11th 1865, with notes on the observations (Original in RGS Archives, DL/3/17/1), 1976.

SSC/8/14 - The Ma Robert II: the river that was never built, being an imaginative reconstruction of a river steamer which George Rae might have built. Typescript, illustrated with photographs.

SSC/8/15 - The Choo Choo train to Brits, 28th May 1977. Typescript, 10pp.

SSC/8/16 - Transcript of 'Memorandum respecting the models of Maldivian boats presented to the Bombay branch RGS by Captain Moresby, I.N.'; and discussion notes on this memo (Original in RGS Archives, JMS/18/6 [1835]). Illustrated with two photographs. Copy no.1 of a limited number of copies distributed, 1978.

SSC/8/17 - 'A visit to the original Magomero Mission site'. 2pp. dup., with two photographs by Mrs. A. Lachlan (d. of Bosazza) 1978.

SSC/8/18 - 'The end of the Lawhill'. 4pp. dup., and 4pp. with photographs, 1978.

SC/8/19 - 'A bow drill from a shipbuilder's yard at Bahrain'. 6pp. dup., photographs, 1978.

SSC/8/20 - 'A theory of the invention of the magnetic compass'. 29pp. dup., photographs, 1978.

SSC/8/21 - 'The Rev. Robert Moffat's sextant'. 11pp. dup., photographs, 1978.

SSC/8/22 - Report on the work done by the 19th Divisional Field Park Company South African Engineering Corps. at no 1 workshops (Special) Chevalier Island, Ismailia Egypt. Part 2 (On the construction of 'Z' craft in 1942). Dup. 11pp. and photocopies of scale drawings. Donated 1978.

SSC/8/23 - The grave of Herbert Rhodes on the Shire River, Malawi, 1978, pp nos. 1-3 and 3 unnumbered pp/photocopied. Illustrated.

SSC/8/24 - a - Analysis of a footnote in Dr. O. Ransford's 'David Livingstone: the Dark Interior'. 1979. Dup. pp 1-25and 9 pages of appendices. b- Copy no. 1 of 'Further comments on Dr O. Ransford (1978) David Livingstone, the Dark Interior' by Bosazza, 1979. 47pp. dup. with letter of 8th Feb. 1979.

SSC/8/25 - An account of the Divisional Field Park Company South African Engineering Corps. from its formation to Oremier Mine, its journey overland to Nairobi and its activities in the E. African Abyssinian Campaign to the departure of the main party for Egypt. Dup., 33pp. 1979.

SSC/8/26 - Alamein - the Mine Fields, August-November 1942. Dup., 5pp.

SSC/8/27 - The war in South Africa 1939-45: some personal experiences and comments. Dup. 32pp. 1979.

SSC/8/28 - An account of the operations of the Divisional Field Park Company South African Engineering Corps. with the 8th army in Egypt c.30pp. dup. Report written in 1943, deposited at RGS, 1980.

SSC/8/29 - Letters exchanged between Mrs. Dorothy Middleton and V.L. Bosazza, 1974-75 with covering letter from donor (D. Middleton) 10th February 1983.

SSC/8/30 - Photocopy of letter from G.W. Clendennen to V.L. Bosazza 16th January 1978 listing instruments purchased by Admiralty for Zambia Expedition under David Livingstone. Sent to RGS by A.McConnell of the Science Museum.

Papers and notes relating to his work as a geologist including the identification of Dake na Moio Island in the Shire River. Material on southern African and also papers relating to the activities of 19 Fd Pk Co SAEC in East and North African campaigns during WW2.

FRGS 1947-1980.