A. Cameron
Introduction
Angus Cameron
Arrangement

Catalogue
1. Photographic Material
2. Museum Objects
3. Printed material
Reference code: GB-0033-SAD
Title: A. Cameron
Dates of creation: ca.1899-1921
Extent: 1.5 boxes
Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections
Created by: A. Cameron
Language: English

Angus Cameron

(1871-1961)

1892Commission in the Cameron Highlanders
1899-1921Egyptian Army service
1905Seconded from the Egyptian Army to the Sudan Government
1906-1907Governor Mongalla
1908-1913Governor Kassala Province
1913-1921Governor Sennar (later Fung Province)
1921Retired from Sudan service


Arrangement

1. Photographic Material
2. Museum Objects
3. Printed Material

Accession details

Presented by Mrs F.M. Cameron, 1966 & R.E.H. Baily, 1967

Catalogue
1. Photographic Material
SAD.621/5/1-14
1900
Photographs of Kassala and Eritrea, taken by the Italian photographer Alessandro Comini who was based in Asmara, Eritrea in the 1900s and 1910s, working as the official photographer of the colony.:
SAD.621/5/1
1900
View of Kassala town, with Jabal Kassala in the distance
SAD.621/5/2
1900
Kassala fort
SAD.621/5/3
1900
Four Banu 'Amir men dressed in white robes
SAD.621/5/4
1900
Soldiers of the Camel Corps crossing the River Atbara
SAD.621/5/5-6
1900
View of the River Atbara
SAD.621/5/7
1900
Panoramic view of Keren, with hills in the background
SAD.621/5/8-9
1900
Panoramic view of Asmara, showing crowds of people and animals, possibly at a suq
SAD.621/5/10
1900
Confluence of the River Setit
SAD.621/5/11
1900
Boys standing on large rocks in a gorge
SAD.621/5/12
1900
Palm trees and long grass by the side of the River Gash
SAD.621/5/13
1900
Young men in a forest of palm trees near the River Gash
SAD.621/5/14
1900
Landscape, with Agordat in the distance
SAD.621/6/1-8
1899 Nov
Photographs taken at the battlefield at Umm Dibeikarat and showing the return of the IXth Sudanese to Omdurman:
SAD.621/6/1
1899 Nov 24
Mahdist amir Yunus wad al-Diqaym, who was discovered unhurt amongst the bodies of the Khalifa 'Abdallahi and his bodyguards lying on the battlefield of Umm Debeikerat
SAD.621/6/2
1899 Nov 24
Bodies of the Khalifa 'Abdallahi (left) and the Amir Ahmad Fadil lying on the battlefield of Umm Debeikerat
SAD.621/6/3
1899 Nov 24
Body of a shaykh of the Kenana lying on the battlefield of Umm Debeikerat (possibly Amir Bashir Ajab al-Fayah)
SAD.621/6/4
1899 Nov 24
Bodies of the Khalifa 'Abdallahi and the Amir 'Ali wad Helu lying on the battlefield of Umm Debeikerat, next to a box of ammunition
SAD.621/6/5
1899 Nov 24
Body of the Khalifa 'Abdallahi lying on the battlefield of Umm Debeikerat
SAD.621/6/6
1899 Nov 30
Soldiers of the 9th Sudanese Battalion returning from the battle at Umm Debeikerat with Mahdist prisoners, on board the gunboat Nasr
SAD.621/6/7
1899 Nov 30
Soldiers of the 9th Sudanese Battalion disembarking from the gunboat 'Nasr' at Omdurman, on return from the battle at Umm Debeikerat with Mahdist prisoners
SAD.621/6/8
1899 Nov 30
Mahdist prisoners, captured after the battle at Umm Debeikerat, disembarking from a boat
SAD.622/1/1-43
1899-1900
Album of photographs taken in Northern Sudan and Egypt, and including the Khalifah's house at Omdurman, Dongola, Halfa and Kassala, and the XIth and XIIth Sudanese:
SAD.622/1/1
1899
Men drawing water from a well in the courtyard of the house at Omdurman occupied by A. Cameron and A. Stirling
SAD.622/1/2
1899
Rear of the Khalifa's house at Omdurman, showing the rafters of the verandah constructed from old telegraph poles
SAD.622/1/3-4
1899
Mudiriyah and governor's residence at Dongola
SAD.622/1/5-6
1899
N.C.O.'s of No. 7 Company, 12th Sudanese Battalion, during the festival of 'Id, possibly Omdurman
SAD.622/1/7-8
1899
School boys, sons of soldiers of the 12th Sudanese Battalion, racing during celebrations for Bairam at Dongola
SAD.622/1/9
1900 Dec
Guard of honour preparing to receive H. H. Kitchener and Lord Cromer at Dongola
SAD.622/1/10
1899-1900
Interior of A. Cameron's room at Dongola, showing deck chairs, table, bed and chest of drawers
SAD.622/1/11
1900 Dec
H. H. Kitchener and Lord Cromer preparing to leave Dongola on a steamer
SAD.622/1/12
1899-1900
Ruins at Karnak
SAD.622/1/13-14
1899-1900
View of Cataracts from a railway train, forty miles south of Wadi Halfa
SAD.622/1/15
1899-1900
Colonel E. A. Dickinson on horseback, possibly Dongola
SAD.622/1/17
1899-1900
Temple at Philae
SAD.622/1/18
1899-1900
Sacred lake at Luxor
SAD.622/1/19
1899-1900
Temple and ruins at Karnak
SAD.622/1/20
1899-1900
Temple of Dakka, on a bank of the Nile between Aswan and Wadi Halfa
SAD.622/1/21
1899-1900
Portal of Euergetes I at Karnak
SAD.622/1/22
1899-1900
1st class passenger and livestock carriages of a Sudan Military Railway train at Kerma
SAD.622/1/23
1899-1900
Suq at Dongola
SAD.622/1/24
1899-1900
Mosque at Dongola
SAD.622/1/25
1899-1900
Garden with vines and palm trees at Dongola
SAD.622/1/26
1899-1900
Deele, an explorer, preparing to leave Dongola on camelback after a journey through Africa from the Cape
SAD.622/1/27
1899-1900
Deele, an explorer, leaving Dongola on camelback after a journey through Africa from the Cape
SAD.622/1/28
1889-1900
View of Kosha, with the remains of a fort built in 1885 on the left
SAD.622/1/29
1899-1900
Soldiers, possibly Arab Battalion, firing guns
SAD.622/1/30
1899-1900
Soldiers of the 11th Sudanese Battalion on parade, possibly Northern Province
SAD.622/1/31
1899-1900
Men unloading stores of grain and flour transported by camel convoy at Kassala
SAD.622/1/32
1899-1900
Baggage camel with young, newly arrived at Kassala from Berber
SAD.622/1/33
1899-1900
Khatmiya mosque, at the foot of Jabal Kassala
SAD.622/1/34
1899-1900
Interior of the Khatmiya mosque, destroyed by Mahdist supporters of 'Uthman ibn abu Bakr Diqnah
SAD.622/1/35
1899-1900
Soldiers leading camels laden with baggage across the River Gash, at the start of Palmer's journey home on leave
SAD.622/1/36-37
1899-1900
Rows of tukls in an Arab Battalion camp at the foot of Jabal Kassala
SAD.622/1/38
1899-1900
Camp of a detachment of the Egyptian Army, at the foot of a dry waterfall at Sabdarat
SAD.622/1/39
1899-1900
Dry waterfall at Sabdarat
SAD.622/1/40
1899-1900
Players gathered before a football match between Sudanese soldiers and Egyptian and Sudanese officers, Kassala Province, with Hobbs on the right
SAD.622/1/41
1899-1900
Entrance to the fort at Kassala, showing a plaque (right) erected by Italian troops in memory of men who died during the Italian occupation of Kassala
SAD.622/1/42
1899-1900
Mud-brick house with a thatched roof, occupied by A. Cameron and B. B. Connolly, possibly Kassala
SAD.622/1/43
1904
Men, possibly carrying the flags of the Khatmiya tariqa, marching in procession at the foot of Jabal Kassala, on the eve of Ramadan
SAD.622/2/1-45
[ca. 1901-1902]
Album of photographs covering the Nile in Egypt, Wadi Halfa, the battlefield at Atbara, Gallabat and Gedaref, and fellow officers:
SAD.622/2/1
1901-1902
View of Philae from the Nile
SAD.622/2/2
1901-1902
Cataract Hotel at Aswan
SAD.622/2/3-4
1901-1902
Views of the Aswan Dam from the west and east
SAD.622/2/5-6
1901-1902
Feluccas travelling through a lock on the canal at the west end of the Aswan Dam
SAD.622/2/7
1901-1902
Houses and villagers on a bank of the Nile at Korosko
SAD.622/2/8
1901-1902
Palm trees on a bank of the Nile, between Shellal and Wadi Halfa
SAD.622/2/9
1901-1902
Ruins of a village, possibly Roman, between Shellal and Halfa
SAD.622/2/10
1901-1902
Coal barge with three large sails, on the Nile between Shellal and Halfa
SAD.622/2/11
1901-1902
Captain W. Hayes-Sadler, 21st Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers, supervising the excavation of a temple on the west bank of the Nile, south of Wadi Halfa
SAD.622/2/12
1901-1902
Illustrations on the wall of a temple on the west bank of the Nile, south of Wadi Halfa
SAD.622/2/13
1901-1902
Servant preparing A. Cameron's breakfast in a clearing near to the Atbara battlefield
SAD.622/2/14
1901-1902
Trenches of the Mahdist amir Mahmud Ahmad's zariba, showing the area stormed by British forces during the battle of the Atbara
SAD.622/2/15-17
1901-1902
Grave of Lt. P. A. Gore, Seaforth Highlanders, who died during the battle of the Atbara, 8 April 1898
SAD.622/2/18
1901-1902
Department for the Repression of the Slave Trade rest house at Adarama, on a bank of the River Atbara
SAD.622/2/19
1901-1902
Small hill at Goz Regeb
SAD.622/2/20-21
1901-1902
Mounted Arab Battalion leaving Kassala fort on patrol
SAD.622/2/22
1901-1902
Old factory built in Kassala fort by Isma'il Pasha, used as a store and mess
SAD.622/2/23
1901-1902
A. Cameron's quarters at Kassala fort, with Jabal Kassala in the background
SAD.622/2/24
1901-1902
Syce holding the reins of A. Cameron's horse
SAD.622/2/25
1901-1902
B. B. Connolly and F. M. B. Hobbs
SAD.622/2/26
1901-1902
F. M. B. Hobbs bidding farewell to officers of the 11th Sudanese Battalion at Kassala, with B. B. Connolly on horseback in the background
SAD.622/2/27
1901-1902
View of the River Atbara
SAD.622/2/28
1901-1902
A. Cameron on camelback at El Fasher
SAD.622/2/29
1901-1902
B. B. Connolly on horsebackKassala Province
SAD.622/2/31
1901-1902
Tukls at Gallabat fort, with the Ethiopian hills in the distance
SAD.622/2/32
1901-1902
Group of school boys, sons of soldiers of the 11th Sudanese Battalion, with their imam, probably Kassala Province
SAD.622/2/33
1901-1902
Villagers and houses on a bank of the Nile at Korosko
SAD.622/2/34
1901-1902
Head of a kudu, shot by J. H. Rivers at Gallabat
SAD.622/2/35
1901-1902
Young giraffe held in captivity at Gedaref
SAD.622/2/36
1901-1902
Old rest house at Gallabat fort
SAD.622/2/37
1901-1902
People drawing water from a well at Shasheina
SAD.622/2/38
1901-1902
Camel caravan, possibly Hadanduwah, carrying dhurah between Gedaref and Mogatta
SAD.622/2/39
1901-1902
Landscape at Gedaref
SAD.622/2/40
1901-1902
Camel convoy travelling through bush land, between Gedaref and the River Atbara
SAD.622/2/41
1901-1902
A. Cameron sitting on a camel, with the River Atbara in the distance
SAD.622/2/42
1901-1902
Young giraffe held in captivity at El Fasher
SAD.622/2/43
1901-1902
Display of the first fish caught by A. Cameron whilst flyfishing in the River Atbara
SAD.622/2/44
1901-1902
Young boy displaying the head of a tetel hartebeeste, shot by J. H. Rivers, Kassala Province
SAD.622/2/45
1901-1902
Man displaying the head of a kudu, shot by J. H. Rivers
SAD.622/3/1-36
1901-1904
Album of photographs covering Kassala Province and Italian Eritrea, including Kassala, Agordat, Keren, Asmara, Massawa and Gallabat:
SAD.622/3/1
1901-1904
Habub building up over Kassala fort
SAD.622/3/2,4
1904
Arab Battalion soldiers engaged in musketry practice, Kassala Province
SAD.622/3/3
1904 Nov 7
Men, possibly carrying the flags of the Khatmiya tariqa, marching in procession at the foot of Jabal Kassala, on the eve of Ramadan
SAD.622/3/5
1901-1904
Tabaldi tree on the road between Kassala and Agordat
SAD.622/3/6
1901-1904
Arab Battalion soldiers unloading baggage from a camel, at a resting place on the road between Kassala and Agordat
SAD.622/3/7
1901-1904
Palm trees on the side of the road, near Agordat
SAD.622/3/8
1901-1904
View of Agordat fort from the village
SAD.622/3/9
1901-1904
Suq at Agordat
SAD.622/3/10
1901-1904
Arab Battalion soldiers travelling down Bisha Pass in Eritrea on horseback
SAD.622/3/11
1901-1904
Gorge on the road leading up to Keren
SAD.622/3/12
1901-1904
Landscape on the road to Keren
SAD.622/3/13
1901-1904
View of Keren fort and officers' quarters
SAD.622/3/14
1901-1904
View of Keren
SAD.622/3/15
1901-1904
View of Keren fort
SAD.622/3/16-17
1901-1904
Governor's carriage, a horse-drawn vehicle, crossing Khor Anseba, between Keren and Asmara
SAD.622/3/18
1901-1904
Landscape showing the view across the hills between Keren and Asmara
SAD.622/3/19
1901-1904
Landscape on the road between Keren and Asmara
SAD.622/3/20
1901-1904
Landscape at the highest point on the road between Keren and Asmara, at about 8000 ft
SAD.622/3/21
1901-1904
Governor's carriage, a horse-drawn vehicle, on the road between Keren and Asmara
SAD.622/3/22
1901-1904
View of Asmara fort
SAD.622/3/23
1901-1904
View of Massawa from the mouth of the harbour
SAD.622/3/24
1901-1904
Italian gunboats, including the Voltumo, in Massawa harbour
SAD.622/3/25
1901-1904
Italian mail steamer, near Suez
SAD.622/3/26
1901-1904
View of Suez from the Red Sea
SAD.622/3/27
1901-1904
Horse and carriage travelling past Opera Square
SAD.622/3/28
1901-1904
Men displaying the head of a kudu, shot near Gallabat
SAD.622/3/29
1901-1904
Mule zariba
SAD.622/3/30
1903
Soldiers firing the Bairam salute at Kassala
SAD.622/3/31-32
1901-1904
View of the Nile
SAD.622/3/33
1901-1904
Unidentified group of people, possibly including A. Cameron
SAD.622/4/1-8
[ca. 1909-1921]
Photographs of Kassala, Goz Regeb and the Gash (1909-1910) and of the Sennar Dam, Singa and Teirab, Cameron's chauffeur (1915-1921):
SAD.622/4/1
1909
A. Cameron's caravan at a rest house at Goz Regeb, with the Egyptian and British flags, carried by an escort, visible in the distance
SAD.622/4/2
1910
Mudiriyah at Kassala
SAD.622/4/3
1910
Group of soldiers carrying A. Cameron across the River Gash, on the way to Kassala
SAD.622/4/4
1915
Site of the Sennar Dam
SAD.622/4/5
1918
Teirab (left), one of the first Sudanese men to be trained as a chauffeur and mechanic, standing with a policeman who was trained by Teirab as an assistant chauffeur. Both men are standing in front of a Sudan Government Railways wagon and a motor car nicknamed the ‘Tin Lizzy’ .
SAD.622/4/6
1918
Teirab (behind car), one of the first Sudanese men to be trained as a chauffeur and mechanic, standing with a policeman (right) who was trained by Teirab as an assistant chauffeur, and the shawish of police (centre). The men are standing by a Sudan Government Railways wagon and a motor car nicknamed the 'Tin Lizzy'
SAD.622/4/7
1915
Mudiriyah at Singa, government headquarters for Sennar Province
SAD.622/4/8
1920
Interior of the Governor's house, Sennar Province
SAD.622/5/1-9
1921 Jan - Apr
Photographs of the construction of the Sennar Dam:
SAD.622/5/1
1921 Jan 18
Timber to be used during the construction of the Sennar Dam
SAD.622/5/2
1921 Jan 18
Labourers sawing timber to be used during the construction of the Sennar Dam
SAD.622/5/3
1921 Mar 10
Excavation machinery digging a canal, during the construction of the Sennar Dam
SAD.622/5/4
1921 Mar 30
Cranes and masonry, during the construction of the Sennar Dam
SAD.622/5/5,8
1921 Apr 4-15
Labourers at work during the construction of the Sennar Dam
SAD.622/5/6-7
1921 Apr 7-15
Excavation work, during the construction of the Sennar Dam
SAD.622/5/9
1921 Apr 15
Construction of the railway over the Sennar Dam
2. Museum Objects
SAD.623/1
[ca. 1890s]
Jibbah of a Dervish infantry soldier, cream background with navy blue patches
Size: 112 x 137 cm
3. Printed material
SAD.622/6/1-9
[1899]
Cameron, A., In pursuit of the Khalifa, comprising letters home to his family during the campaign against the Khalifah, 13 Oct - 25 Nov 1899. Second copy in Library.