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Archive of Garth ap Rees

Personal and organisational papers of Garth ap Rees (1934-2014), diplomat and Resident Representative for the United Nations Development Programme.
Extents: 2.3 linear metres (14 boxes)
Dates: 1962-1992
Collection

Archive of Sir Matthew Nathan

Papers corresponding to the career of Sir Matthew Nathan (1862-1939), soldier and civil servant
Extents: 67.1 linear metres (671 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: 1868-1939
Collection

Diaries of Humphrey Alan W. Morrice

Diaries relating to Morrice's service in the Sudan Irrigation Department (1936-1939, 1950-1954), and in the Royal Engineers and Sudan Defence Force (1940-1944), with trek notes, Sudan (1946-1948), and diaries of trips to India, USA, Africa, etc. (1950-1959).
Extents: 15 Volumes
Dates: 1936-1959
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Field diaries of H. J. Morris

Field diaries, Sudan Locust Survey, 1951-1955.
Extents: 5 Volumes
Dates: 1951-1955
Single Item

Journal of a Rhodesian Pioneer; papers of the Manson Family

Journal of an unnnamed British pioneer's experiences in Mashonaland, Rhodesia, 1st August-8th November 1891; sketch of a boy feeding a bird, by Henry Justice Ford; letters, mainly to Mrs. Manson from her three sons, Ken, Will and Jack, 1906-1914; Manson family photographs, c1900, with later pictures taken by Will Manson on the Nile.
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 2247
Extents: 3 folders
Dates: 1891-1914
Single Item

Letters home, in form of a travel journal, from Sir William Cecil Bottomley

Letters home, in the form of a travel journal, describing a journey to East Africa, up the Nile and through the Sudan to Khartoum. 1926-1927.
Shelfmark: MSS.Afr.s.1806
Extents: 69 ff.
Dates: 1926-1927
Single Item

Map showing the boundary between French Equatorial Africa and the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan as agreed on 10 Jan 1924

Map showing the boundary between French Equatorial Africa and the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan as agreed on 10 Jan 1924.
Shelfmark: [Maps] MS. E1:2 (16)
Extents: 1 box
Dates: c.1924
Collection

Maps of the Sudan, Africa

Maps of the Sudan, Africa, 1876-1926.
Extents: 1.65 linear metres (15 boxes)
Dates: 1876-1926
Single Item

Memoirs of Wilfred J. Plumbe

Typescript memoirs, c1985, entitled African Morning: Adventures in Nigeria & Sudan.
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 2275
Extents: 249 pp.
Dates: c1985
Collection

Papers of Christopher Swabey

Travel diaries, correspondence, drafts for a history of the Colonial Forestry Service, memoranda etc. relating to work in the Colonial Forestry Service, and as director of the Commonwealth Forestry Bureau, in Trinidad, British Guiana, Canada, Sudan, Australia, Jamaica, America, Fiji, Solomon Islands, North Borneo and the West Indies, with two memoirs on colonial service, 1928-1971.
Extents: 7 boxes
Dates: 1928-1971
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Papers of Gordon Memorial College in Khartoum, Sudan

Annual reports and accounts (1938-1950), and agenda, minutes of meetings, texts of speeches, etc. (1942-1948).
Extents: 209 ff.; 293 ff.
Dates: 1938-1950
Single Item

Papers of Helen L. Haylett

Papers, 20th century, comprising To Zanzibar and Back, a memoir by Helen L. Haylett of service in Zanzibar Protectorate, etc. from 1935 to 1961 (ref. MSS. Afr. s. 2223/1).
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 2223/1-2
Extents: 143 pages
Dates: 20th century
Collection

Papers of Henry S. Blunt

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, notes and statistics of production of timber and gum in the Sudan (1908-1931), relating to service in the Forestry Department, Sudan; correspondence and notes on forestry in England with texts of speeches (1919-1975).
Extents: 3 boxes
Dates: 1908-1975
Collection

Papers of John George Haggard

Papers concerning consular service in Kenya, Zanzibar, Madagascar, Brest, Trieste, Malaga and New Caledonia, 1883-1908 Correspondence, including typed transcripts, 1881-1907 Horoscopes and solicitors' bills for marriage settlement, 1883-1904 Passports, [c1880-1910?] Letters from Agnes Marion Haggard, his wife, 1885-1888 Journals of…
Extents: 2 boxes
Dates: 1837-1917
Collection

Papers of Major-General Stephen Seymour Butler

Typescript memoirs of service in the South African War, East Africa, Arabia, Egypt, North India, Sudan, etc., with photographs, sketches, postcards, letters, etc., 1899-1943.
Extents: 3 Volumes
Dates: 1899-1943
Collection

Papers of Percy Coriat

The collection contains: Diaries, letters from Coriat to his wife, memoranda, reports, etc., relating to his service in the Sudan (as District Commissioner), Libya and Oman, 1920-1960. With "Soldier in Oman" by Coriat, ca.1959, reminiscences by Mrs. Coriat, and notes by E. F. Aglen on the folklore, customs and history of Kordofan, Sudan, 1935 (reference: MSS.Afr.s.1684). 3 associated cinefilm…
Extents: 3 boxes; 3 reels
Dates: 1920-1960
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Records of the Africa Bureau and related organisations

General administrative papers, including minutes, reports, directors' papers, secretaries' papers, correspondence of the Executive Committee and honorary presidents, official correspondence and circulars, records relating to Africa councils, records relating to meetings and conferences, press releases, papers relating to other organisations, [1949-1981] Financial records, including papers relating…
Extents: 327 boxes
Dates: 1952-1978
Single Item

Reminiscences of Ina M. Beasley

"Before the wind changed: people and places in the Sudan", account by Beasley of her work as Controller of Girls' Education in the Anglo-Sudan, 1939-1950. Typescript.
Shelfmark: MSS.Afr.s.1673
Extents: 1 box
Dates: 1939-1950

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Indexed subjects
Sudan -- Description and travel 6
19th century 5
Sudan 4
Sudan -- Officials and employees 3
Civil service 2
Colonial administrators 2
Diaries 2
Nigeria -- Description and travel 2
Nile River -- Description and travel 2
Africa 1
Africa -- Description and travel 1
Africa -- History -- 19th century 1
Africa -- History -- 20th century 1
Africa, East -- Biography -- 20th century 1
America -- Description and travel 1
Arabian Peninsular -- Biography -- 20th century 1
Australia -- Description and travel 1
Botswana 1
Brest (France) -- History 1
British South Africa Company Pioneer Corps 1
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Cairo (Egypt) -- Description and travel 1
Canada -- Description and travel 1
Correspondence 1
Drainage 1
Education -- Khartoum (Sudan) 1
Egypt -- Army 1
Egypt -- Biography -- 20th century 1
Egypt -- Description and travel 1
Fiji 1
Fiji -- Description and travel 1
Forest productivity -- Sudan 1
Forestry -- History -- 20th century 1
Forests and forestry -- England 1
Forests and forestry -- Sudan 1
Geography 1
Girls -- Education -- Sudan 1
Great Britain -- Colonies -- Australia -- Administration -- 20th century 1
Great Britain -- Colonies -- Gold Coast -- Administration -- 20th century 1
Great Britain -- Colonies -- Hong Kong -- Administration -- 20th century 1
Great Britain -- Colonies -- Natal -- Administration -- 20th century 1
Great Britain -- Colonies -- Sierra Leone -- Administration -- 19th century 1
Great Britain -- Colonies -- Tanzania -- Administration 1
Great Britain -- Consulate 1
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 19th century 1
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 20th century 1
Great Britain. Army -- Egypt -- Military life 1
Gums and resins -- Sudan 1
Guyana -- Description and travel 1
India -- Description and travel 1
India, North -- Biography -- 20th century 1
Investments, foreign -- Namibia 1
Investments, foreign -- South Africa 1
Ireland -- History -- 1910-1921 1
Irrigation 1
Jamaica -- Description and travel 1
Kenya -- Description and travel 1
Kenya -- History 1
Khartoum Region (Sudan) -- Description and travel 1
Kordofan (Sudan) -- Social life and customs 1
Librarians -- Africa -- Biography 1
Libya -- Officials and employees 1
Locusts -- Research 1
Madagascar -- History 1
Maps -- 19th century 1
Maps -- 20th century 1
Maps -- Africa 1
Mauritania 1
Málaga (Spain) -- History 1
Namibia 1
New Caledonia -- History 1
Nigeria -- History -- 20th century 1
Ocean travel -- Personal narratives 1
Oman -- Officials and employees 1
Population transfers -- South Africa 1
Reminiscences 1
Sabah -- Description and travel 1
Solomon Islands -- Description and travel 1
South African War, 1899-1902 -- Biography 1
Sudan -- Biography -- 20th century 1
Sudan -- History -- 1821- 1
Sudan -- History -- 1881-1899 1
Sudan -- History -- 1899-1956 1
Sudan -- History -- 1956- 1
Tanzania -- Description and travel 1
Trieste (Italy) -- History 1
Trinidad and Tobago -- Description and travel 1
Uganda -- Description and travel 1
United Nations Development Programme 1
United States -- Description and travel 1
Universities and colleges -- Khartoum (Sudan) 1
West Indies -- Description and travel 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Biography 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Biography 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Sudan -- Personal narratives, British 1
Zanzibar -- Description and travel 1
Zanzibar -- History 1
Zimbabwe -- Description and travel 1
Zimbabwe -- History -- 19th century 1
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Indexed names
Africa Bureau | 1952 - 1978 1
Aglen | E F | fl 1935 1
Beasley | Ina | b 1898 | Sudan Education Service 1
Blunt | Henry S | fl 1908-1975 | member of the Forestry Department in Sudan 1
Bottomley | William Cecil | 1878-1954 | Sir | Knight Colonial Administrator 1
Butler | Stephen Seymour | 1880-1964 | Major-General 1
City of Westminster Health Society 1
Colonial Forest Service 1
Commonwealth Forestry Bureau 1
Coriat | - | fl 1920-1960 | wife of Percy Coriat, Colonial administrator 1
Coriat | Percy | fl 1920-1960 | Colonial administrator 1
Doveton | Ella Haggard | fl 1837-1866 | nee Doveton 1
Gordon Memorial College | Khartoum 1
Great Britain and Ireland | Army | Royal Engineers 1
Great Britain and Ireland | Board of Inland Revenue 1
Great Britain and Ireland | Civil Research Committee 1
Great Britain and Ireland | Colonial Defence Committee 1
Great Britain and Ireland | General Post Office 1
Great Britain and Ireland | Ministry of Pensions 1
Great Britain and Ireland | Oversea Settlement Committee 1