A published edition of this report can be found in the Library at SudA.PK1528.2

1954 Oct 18-Dec 28
Terms of reference and introductory chapter by Sir Charles Morris, Vice Chancellor, University of Leeds

1954 Dec 4-1955 Feb
Notes from outside contributors, including:

1955 Jan 28
Note by L.E. Charlesworth on the findings of the Commission up to the present time

[1955 Jan 28]
Note on the evidence presented by various officers of the Education Department to the Commission, including Mr. Lang, Nasr al-Hag Ali, Deputy Director, J.A. Haywood, Controller of Examinations, `Abd al-Magid Ahmad, Chairman Public Service Commission and Mirghani Hamza

1955 Jan 29
Summary of a meeting, and note, concerning a discussion on the Report of the Education Department for 1953/54, with covering letter from K.G. Saiyidain to the Committee members

1955 Jan 29-31
Notes by W. Abbott on the various aspects of technical education in the Sudan, with covering letters from Abbott to the committee members

1955 Feb 5
Summary by K.G. Saiyidain, Chairman, of his findings, with the following enclosures:

1955 Feb 8
Letter from M. Joliffe, Librarian, Newbold Library, Gordon Memorial College, to the Chairman of the Commission requesting that the Commission consider the contribution that a school library can make to secondary education

1955 Feb 9
Final draft report for the Commission by Dr. W. Abbott on technical education (with earlier draft)

1955 Feb 13
Note by Dr. W. Abbott of the conclusions of a report on education in Afghanistan commissioned by UNESCO

1955 Feb 11
Notes by K.G. Saiyidain, Chairman, on visits to Ahfad and Hantoub secondary schools and on the reports of subject panels

1955 Feb 15
Letter from K.G. Saiyidain to Dr. `Abd al-Aziz, Director General Primary Education, Cairo, concerning the reconstruction of the school syllabi

1955 Feb 15
Note of impressions of a visit to the South by L.E. Charlesworth, Headmistress of Sutton High School for Girls

1955 Feb 18
Papers by Sir Charles Morris on:
1. The problem of meeting the country's needs of educated men
2. Can the schools achieve what is required?
3. How many secondary schools?
4. The present pattern of school education and its implications

1955 Feb 18
Note on financial considerations by Sir Charles Morris

1955 Feb 19
Note by L.C. Wilcher, Principal, University College of Khartoum on the prospects for employment of men and women who have been educated at secondary level

1955 Feb 19
Notes on the medium of instruction and text books, by Ustaz Muhammad Farid Abu Hadid, Educational Adviser to the Ministry of Education, Cairo, and Dr `Abd al-Aziz

1955
Notes on matters apart from internal secondary affairs to which the Commission gave its attention:

1955
Report on the improvement of teaching methods and standards (2 drafts)

1955
Paper on “the need for establishing a teachers' college in the Sudan” by Dr. `Abd al-Aziz

1955
Report on the curriculum in secondary schools by Dr. `Abd al-Aziz

1955
Note on the place of the Arabic language in the proposed 1956-1961 educational plan for the southern provinces

1955
Note on the education of girls (2 drafts)

1955
Note on technical intermediate education

1955
Note on private schools in the Sudan

1955
Note on examinations

1955
Paper on the education of teachers

1955
Timetables and subject syllabi for technical intermediate schools and secondary technical schools

1955
Subject curriculi and statistics for intermediate schools

1955
Statistics of Cambridge School Certificate results, 1946 - 1953

1955
Report on the duties of the English Department, the history of English teaching in the Sudan, English in the I.T.T.C. and English in the Intermediate School

1955
Summary of notes prepared by the Chairman and other members of the Commission

1954-1955
Assorted notes with covering memorandum by K.G. Saiyidain, including Saiyidain on the intermediate system, Dr `Abd al-Aziz on secondary education in the south and note on things apart from internal secondary affairs to which the Commission should give attention

1955
Note by Ustaz Farid Abu Hadid, entitled “Some impressions from Wadi Seidna”

1955
Report on “Intermediate Education in Northern Sudan”

1955
Note on the history of the University of Khartoum

1955
Note on the history of Omdurman Girls' Secondary School

1955
Note on the history of Khartoum Technical Institute

1955
Report on “Secondary education in the Sudan”

1955
Note by Mr Lang, entitled 'Estimated cost of 100% elementary education for boys in the Sudan

1955
Report on Southern Sudan education

1955
Memorandum by Dr. `Abd al Aziz al-Sayyid submitted to the Commission on the problem of the medium of instruction in secondary schools

1954-1955
Timetables and subject syllabi for National Secondary Schools:

1954
Papers concerning teaching at Rumbek Secondary School including brief history and description of the school by W.M. Crichton, headmaster, report to the International Commission for Secondary Schools on the teaching of scripture and of the Christian faith, and school syllabus

1954-1955
Papers concerning teaching at Wadi Seidna school, including table of distribution of periods, time tables and subject syllabi

1954-1955
Papers concerning teaching at Hantub Secondary School, Wad Medani, including prospectus, timetable, note of duties of Form Master and Duty Master and school syllabus

1954-1955
Syllabus for Khor Taqqat Secondary School

1954-1955
Note on the syllabus of Wad Medani Intermediate School

1955
Table of allocation of periods and subject syllabi for Omdurman Girls' Secondary School

1955 Feb 15
Notes on girls' schools visited: Girls' Secondary School, Omdurman, American Girls' Mission School, Khartoum North and Kerreri Girls' Intermediate School

1954-1957
Tables showing the distribution of schools in Blue Nile, Darfur, Kassala, Khartoum, Kordofan and Northern Provinces

1957
Letter from Shendi Ahlia School
Language: Arabic

1958
Report by W.E. Styler, UNESCO expert on Workers' Education, concerning the progress of the Workers' Education Association in the Sudan

1958
Note by Passmore on the types of secondary education available for girls in the Sudan

1958
Letter of appeal from Passmore to various British and Sudanese officials and companies concerning the purchase of a tropicalised piano for Khatoum Girls' Secondary School

1959 May 5
Letter from H. Parry to Passmore concerning the history of various missionary girls' schools in the southern Sudan

1959 Jul
Annual report, probably for Khartoum Girls' Secondary School
Language: Arabic

1959 Nov 1
Letter from Father A. Baroni to Passmore, enclosing a note on the historic role played by the Catholic Church in girls' education in the Sudan

1959 Nov 25
Letter from Muhammad Ali Haj Yusif to Passmore recommending the dismissal of another Sudanese teacher for anti-Islamic views

1959
Annual report for Khartoum Girls' Secondary School

1960 Jan 18
Letter from Passmore to `Abd al-Halim `Ali Taha, Director of Education concerning the proposed parent's day at Khartoum Girls' Secondary School

1960 Jan 28
Programme for a concert organised by Khartoum Girls' Secondary School

1960 Dec
Programme for the prize-giving ceremony at the Unity High School

1960
Annual report for Khartoum Girls' Secondary School, 1959-1960

1961 Mar 20
Letter from Dr. C. Sandys to Sanderson concerning her difficulty in finding further work in the Sudan Government and her article on Pharonic circumcision

1961 Sep 11
Report by Sanderson on the strike at Khartoum Girls' Secondary School

1961 Dec 18
Letter from Prof. Muhammad Omar Bashir to Sanderson on his wish to find a research job

1961
Annual report for Khartoum Girls' School, 1960-1961

1962 Jul 28
Letter from Ahmad B. al-Abbadi, Director of Education, concerning Sanderson's resignation from the Ministry of Education

1962
Annual report of Khartoum Girls' Secondary School, 1961-1962

1962 Dec
Report by B.B. Briant, Warden and Adviser to Women Students, University of Khartoum, entitled “A critical appraisal of the journey of the University women to Wadi Halfa (Luxor)”

1963 Sep 16-19
List of participants at the Conference of Heads of African Universities to be held in Khartoum

1963 Sep 18
List of graduands to receive the Bachelor and Masters degrees of Science in Agriculture at the University of Khartoum graduation ceremony

[1930s]-1963
Sudan Government papers, principally relating to education in southern Sudan, probably used by Passmore / Sanderson as source material for her book Education in the Southern Sudan: the impact of government-missionary-Southern Sudanese relationships upon the development of education during the Condominium period, 1898-1956 (London, 1966). These include:

1804-1988
Photocopies of extracts from printed source material relating to Sanderson's research on female circumcision, including:

1945 Nov-1959
Papers relating to girls' schools in the Sudan, probably used by Passmore / Sanderson as source material for her thesis on “A history of education in the Sudan with special reference to the development of girls' schools”, including:

1960-1963
Papers relating to girls' schools in the Sudan, probably used by Sanderson as source material for her thesis on 'A history of education in the Sudan with special reference to the development of girls' schools', including:

1963
Completed questionnaires with personal details of women students enrolled at the University of Khartoum

1959 Dec 11-1964 Oct 13
Personal papers (File 1), mostly correspondence relating to Passmore / Sanderson's research, including requests sent to Province Education Officers and girls' schools in the Sudan, wuth replies containing educational data for her thesis on “A history of education in the Sudan with special reference to the development of girls' schools”.

1964 Aug 5-1972 Nov 22
Personal papers (File 1), mostly letters to Sanderson, chiefly relating to research enquiries, publication of articles, and her role in campaigning against female circumcision, including V.L. Griffiths, Dr. R.L. Plancke, and E. Jansen-Smith, concerning Sanderson's thesis (SAD.60/9/1-2,5,17); [Gill?] with news of Khartoum Girls' Secondary School and developments in the south(SAD.60/9/6-13); the publication of an article by Sanderson entitled “The Development of Girls' Education in the Sudan, 1898-1960” for Paedagogica Historica (SAD.60/9/16,25,29,35); L.E. Ball, Registrar of the University of London, informing Sanderson of the award of her doctorate (SAD.60/9/21); Nasir Suliman of he Public Works Department, Khartoum concerning the suppression of Al-Hadi al-Mahdi's revolt in the Sudan (SAD.60/9/59-74); P. Montgomery, Secretary of the Anti-Slavery Society, to Sanderson concerning the need to enlist the support of the Sudanese Ambassador, Sayyid `Abdin Ismail, for the anti-circumcision movement, with enclosed letter from Montgomery to Sayyid Abdin Ismail on this subject, and concerning the possible development of an international movement against female circumcision (SAD.60/9/75-76,86); Mrs Thompson relating to the deterioration of women's rights in the Sudan following independence (SAD.60/9/87-92); and Mashassin al-Safi concerning the changing attitudes in the Sudan towards female circumcision (SAD.60/9/94-95)

1973 Jan 24-1978 Jul 18
Personal papers (File 1), mostly letters to Sanderson, chiefly relating to research enquiries, publication of articles, and particularly her role in campaigning against female circumcision, including Fran P. Hosken, Editor for the Women's International Network News, requesting assistance in researching, organising and publicising anti-circumcision educational programmes (SAD.61/1/43-46); and the publication of Sanderson's article entitled “The Sudan interior and the Condominium Sudan, 1937-55” in the Journal of Religion in Africa (SAD.61/1/63-65)

1979 Feb 7-Dec 29
Personal papers (File 2), mostly letters to Sanderson, chiefly relating to research enquiries, publication of articles, and particularly her role in campaigning against female circumcision, including a list of ex-Sudan Civil Servants and others with an interest in the campaign to abolish female circumcision (SAD.61/2/1-3)

1980 Jan 6-May 22
Personal papers (File 2), mostly letters to Sanderson, chiefly relating to research enquiries, publication of articles, and particularly her role in campaigning against female circumcision. Enclosures:

1980 Jun 1-Dec 28
Personal papers (File 3), chiefly letters to and from various women's organisations relating to her research enquiries into female circumcision and her role in the campaign for its abolition

1981 Jan 7-Mar 30
Personal papers (File 4), mostly correspondence between Sanderson and others, chiefly relating to her role in campaigning against female circumcision, including Yusif Bedri to Sanderson's husband commending Sanderson and her role in the Babiker Bedri Scientific Association for Women's Studies workshops (SAD.61/5/13); Linnander to Sanderson, with reply, concerning the success of the workshops and the most effective medium to promote the abolition movement (SAD.61/5/17-19,23); and Sanderson to Asda `Abd al-Moneim of the Khartoum Girls' Secondary School concerning the possibility of persuading the pupils in the school to sign a petition against female circumcision in the Sudan (SAD.61/5/36)

1981 Apr 5-Jun 30
Personal papers (File 4), mostly correspondence between Sanderson and others, chiefly relating to her role in publicising the campaign against female circumcision, including Sanderson to various newspapers, including The Times, the Guardian, the New Internationalist, the People and the Lancet promoting the campaign (SAD.61/6/14,20,33,39,46,55); project plan entitled “Children's health through mothers' education” (SAD.61/6/58-61)

1981 Jul 1-Sep 21
Personal papers (File 4), mostly correspondence between Sanderson and others, chiefly relating to her role in publicising the campaign against female circumcision and, particularly, correspondence with publishers concerning the publication of her book Against the mutilation of women: the struggle to end unnecessary suffering (London, 1981) and its various translations, as well as D. Lavin and L. Forbes to Sanderson regarding her paper on Sudan education for the Durham Sudan Historical Records Conference (SAD.61/7/85)

1981 Oct 3-Dec 28
Personal papers (File 4), mostly correspondence between Sanderson and others, chiefly relating to her role in publicising the campaign against female circumcision, as well as A. Theobold to Sanderson regarding her paper on “Sudan education” for the Durham Sudan Historical Records Conference (SAD.61/8/1-3,9); Sanderson to D. Lavin on the need for a Sudanese woman to assist in the campaign (SAD.61/8/21); and a progress report on the campaign against circumcision by the Babiker Bedri Scientific Association for Women's Studies (SAD.61/8/31-36)

1982 Jan 6-Jun 30
Personal papers (File 5), mostly correspondence between Sanderson and others, chiefly relating to her role in publicising the campaign against female circumcision, including D. Lavin to Sanderson regarding her paper on “Sudan education” for the Durham Sudan Historical Records Conference (SAD.61/9/11); Sanderson to Yusif and Amna Bedri concerning her participation in the Durham Sudan Historical Records Conference, the design of a school health education syllabus in the Sudan to teach children about the dangers of circumcision, and the popular assumption that female circumcision is an Islamic practice (SAD.61/9/12); report on work done by W.A.G.F.E.I. (Women's Action Group On Female Excision And Infibulation), July 1981-March 1982 (SAD.61/9/16-21); Sanderson to Asma `Abd al-Rahim al-Dareer on the lack of publicity in Sudanese journals for the 1981 Babikr conference (SAD.61/9/42); and Linnander to Sanderson on the progress of work of the Anti-Slavery Society in publicising the anti-circumcision campaign (SAD.61/9/53-54)

1982 Jul 5-Dec
Personal papers (File 5), mostly correspondence between Sanderson and others, chiefly relating to her role in publicising the campaign against female circumcision, including correspondence between Linnander and Sanderson, as well as Sanderson and Asma al-Dareer, on the publication of Asma's book, Woman, why do you weep? Circumcision and its consequences (London, 1982) (SAD.61/10/8,10-11,14); and Sanderson to Lord Winstanley, V. Wise to Sanderson, Roy Jenkins M.P. to J. Bradley, regarding the abolition of female circumcision in Britain (SAD.61/10/31,40,53). Enclosures:

1983 Jan 7-Mar 30
Personal papers (File 6), mostly correspondence between Sanderson and others, chiefly relating to her role in publicising the campaign against female circumcision, mostly between Sanderson and the Anti-Slavery Society on the campaign to support Lord Kennett's bill to outlaw female circumcision in Britain. Enclosure:

1983 Apr 4-Dec
Personal papers (File 6), correspondence between Sanderson and others, chiefly relating to her role in publicising the campaign against female circumcision, mostly between Sanderson, the Anti-Slavery Society, various M.P.s, and medical professionals, on the campaign to support Lord Kennett's bill to outlaw female circumcision in Britain, or Sanderson to the Anti-Slavery Society on the publication of a bibliography of works relating to female circumcision

1984 Jan 12-Mar 30
Personal papers (Files 6-7), correspondence between Sanderson and others, chiefly relating to her role in publicising the campaign against female circumcision, mostly between Sanderson, the Anti-Slavery Society, various M.P.s, and medical professionals, on the campaign to support Lord Kennett's bill to outlaw female circumcision in Britain, as well as Sanderson to the Anti-Slavery Society on the publication of a bibliography of works relating to female circumcision. Enclosure:

1984 Apr 2-Jul 19
Personal papers (File 7), correspondence between Sanderson and others, chiefly relating to her role in publicising the campaign against female circumcision, mostly between Sanderson and various M.P.'s, on the campaign to support Lord Kennett's bill to outlaw female circumcision in Britain, as well as Sanderson to the Anti-Slavery Society on the publication of a bibliography of works relating to female circumcision

1984 Aug 5-Dec 18
Personal papers (Files 8-9), mostly correspondence between Sanderson and others, chiefly relating to her role in publicising the campaign against female circumcision and the African Women Speak workshops, organised by the Babiker Badri Scientific Association for Women's Studies

1985 Jan 3-Jun 27
Personal papers (File 10), mostly correspondence between Sanderson and others, chiefly relating to her role in publicising the campaign against female circumcision, between Sanderson, various M.P.s and others, on the campaign to support Lord Kennett's bill to outlaw female circumcision in Britain, as well as the Non-Government Organisations Forum, World Meeting for Women in Nairobi

1985 Jul 1-Dec 29
Personal papers (File 10), mostly correspondence between Sanderson and others, chiefly relating to her role in publicising the campaign against female circumcision

1986 Jan 8-Dec 31
Personal papers (File 10), mostly correspondence between Sanderson and others, chiefly relating to her role in publicising the campaign against female circumcision, mostly correspondence between Sanderson, the Anti-Slavery Society and other organisations concerning the publication of her bibliography of works on female circumcision

1987 Jan 6-Dec 24
Personal papers (File 11), mostly correspondence between Sanderson and others, chiefly relating to her role in publicising the campaign against female circumcision, and including invitations to lecture and attend various meetings and conferences, as well as Sanderson to Dr. Muhammad A.S. Khalifa and to Linnander concerning the declaration of the Prime Minister of Sudan, Sayyid Sadiq al-Mahdi, against female circumcision in the Sudan (SAD.62/7/10,13)

1988 Feb-1989 Dec 4
Personal papers (File 12), mostly correspondence between Sanderson and others, chiefly relating to her role in publicising the campaign against female circumcision, and including invitations to lecture and attend various meeting and conferences. Enclosure:

1990 Jan 19-1991 Dec
Personal papers (File 12), mostly correspondence between Sanderson and others, chiefly relating to her role in publicising the campaign against female circumcision, the publication of articles and attendance at meeting and conferences. Enclosure:

1992 Jan 21-Dec 25
Personal papers (File 12), mostly correspondence between Sanderson and others, chiefly relating to her role in publicising the campaign against female circumcision, the publication of various articles and attendance at meetings and conferences. Enclosure:

1993 Jan 28-1996 Aug 22
Personal papers (Files 13-14), mostly correspondence between Sanderson and others, chiefly relating her role in publicising the campaign against female circumcision, the publication of various articles and attendance at meetings and conferences

1960-1994 Apr 15
Papers relating to conferences, seminars and meetings, including:

1979 Feb 23-Mar 1
Papers presented to the Symposium on the Changing Status of Sudanese Women, held at the Ahfad University College for Women, including:

1979 Dec 12-15
Papers relating to the African Symposium on the World of Work and the Protection of the Child', International Institute for Labour Studies, Yaound??, 12-15 December 1979, including:

1980 Jan-1981 Mar 10
Papers presented at the Babiker Bedri Scientific Association for Women's Studies workshops, Khartoum, Mar 1981, mostly Arabic material

1981 Mar 8-10
Two cassette tape recordings of lectures and seminars at the Babiker Bedri Scientific Association for Women's Studies workshops
Language: Arabic and English The sound quality is very poor. The voices of the speakers are muffled and often inaudible.

1981 Mar 8-10
Two tape recordings of the proceedings of “Workshops for the abolition of female circumcision” held at Omdurman
Language: Arabic and English

1981 Mar 12-Apr 14
Reports on the Babiker Bedri Scientific Association for Women's Studies workshops, Khartoum, March 1981, including:

1984 Aug 4
Papers from the “One day hearing on the health of women and children in Africa” seminar, mostly publicity leaflets, list of participants, and a report on the proceedings

1984 Oct 21-25
Papers relating to the African Women Speak workshops, organised by the Babiker Bedri Scientific Association for Women's Studies, including:

1985 Jul 15-Aug
Papers relating to 'Forum '85 ??? The 1985 non-governmental world meeting for women', Nairobi, Kenya, including:

1985 Jul
Report by Sanderson, entitled “Report on workshops organised by the Non-Governmental Organisations Inter-African Committee, Geneva, on traditional practices affecting the health of women and children in Africa, (Female genital excision and infibulation ??? ‘Female Circumcision’)”, for the United Nations Decade for Women, 1976-1985: Equality, Development and Peace, World Conference, Nairobi, Kenya, 15-26 July 1985 and Non-Government Organisations Forum, World Meeting for Women, Nairobi, Kenya, 10-19 July 1985

1986 Nov-1987 Apr 10
Papers concerning the “Traditional practices affecting the health of women and children in Africa”, Inter-African Committee Regional Seminar, Addis Ababa, 6-10 April 1987, including:

1986 Dec
Draft paper by Muhammad `Abdalla Sayyid Khalifa, entitled “Pharaonic female circumcision in Sudan”, presented at conferences in Kuala Lumpur and Cairo

1994 Jul 1
Information pack from the “Change without denigration” conference organised by the London Black Women's Health Action Project on female circumcision and child abuse, mostly programmes, publicity leaflets, and recommendations as well as a progress report by the Sudan National Committee between January and June 1994

1958
Note by Passmore as a contribution to UNESCO, World Survey of Education, 3rd vol, (Paris, 1958), on the history of secondary education in the Sudan

1958
Draft article by Passmore entitled “Post secondary and adult education for women in the Sudan”

[1960s]
Draft article by Muhammad Al-Nowaihi, Professor of Arabic Literature at the American University, Cairo, entitled “Problems of women's progress in Arab and Muslim society”

[1960s]
Draft article by Suliman Modawi, Consultant Gynaecologist at Khartoum Civil Hospital, on the role of the midwife

[1960s]
Appendix entitled “An experiment in social training (labour work in Kashmir schools)”, taken from an article by K.G. Saiyidain entitled “Problems of educational reconstruction”

[1960s]
Draft article by L.P. Sanderson, entitled “The development of teacher training in the Northern Sudan”

1960
Draft article (later published in The Bulletin of the International Association of Universities, vol. 3, no. 4, 1960) by M.O. Bashir, Academic Secretary of the University of Khartoum, entitled “Co-operation between Khartoum and Northwestern University”y

1960
Draft article by Dr. Kamil al-Baghir, Director of the Religious Affairs Department, entitled “Religious education: present and future development”

1963 Feb
Draft article on “Secondary education for girls in the Sudan - expansion since independence”, by Sanderson, later published in African World

1963
Article by Sanderson on “Women's education in the Sudan with special reference to the social role it can play in community development”. Typescript copy from the Journal of the Philosophical Society of the Sudan, 1963

1963 Mar
Draft article by Sanderson, entitled “Educational conference in the Sudan”, for African World

1970
Draft review by Sanderson of O. Albino, The Sudan: a Southern viewpoint (Oxford, 1970)

1975
Report by H. Harris and C. Bond, edited by Sanderson, entitled “Female circumcision: a report of information available”, with earlier synopses

1975
Bibliography of works on female circumcision, probably used as part of H. Harris and C. Bond's report above

1979
Dissertation by Salwa `Abd al-Haddi `Abd al-Magid, entitled “Female circumcision in Sudan”, presented as part of a Diploma in Psychology and Pre-School Education, Ahfad University

1979 Nov 8
Draft article by Hagga Kashif Badri for the National Commission for UNESCO, on female circumcision in the Sudan

[1980s]
Draft article by I. Beasley, entitled “By what measure?”

[1980s]
Draft article by Sanderson, entitled “Conditions when surgical clitorectomy and other female genital surgery is considered necessary”

[1980s]
Draft article by Sanderson, entitled “The Sudan: new developments in the work for the abolition of all forms of female genital mutilation”

1980 Mar
Report by Asma al-Dareer, Department of Community Medicine, Universtiy of Khartoum, to the World Health Organisation on the study of epidemiology of female circumcision in the Sudan

1980 May
Draft report entitled “UNICEF Cooperation in eliminating female circumcision”

1980 May 23
Draft article by Sanderson, entitled “Doctors ??? the ‘salt of the earth’, or ‘flies in the qintment’” , to be published in World Medicine

1980 Jul 5
Four draft articles by E. Hills-Young, entitled “Women in Council ??? Autumn 1967”; “A day's inspection within 25 miles of Khartoum, 6th May 1942”; “Child welfare in the Sudan”; and “Midwives Training School, Omdurman, 1941”

1981
Draft review of by D.H. Johnson of L.M. Passmore Sanderson & G.N. Sanderson, Education, religion & politics in Southern Sudan 1899-1964 (London, 1981), printed in Southern Sudan Magazine

1981 Jul-Aug
Report by Asma `Abd al-Rahim al-Dareer (edited by Sanderson), entitled “An epidemiological study of female genital excision and infibulation ( ‘circumcision’) in the Sudan”

1981 Dec 18
Unpublished report by I. T??voedjr??, Co-ordinator for the Working Group on female excision, concerning her trip to West Africa to establish contacts for the eradication of female circumcision

1982 Apr
Reports of the Anti-Slavery Society on visits by B. Ras-Work and M. Linnander to Dakar, Sierra Leone, and Conakry, Guinea

1982 Jun
Draft review by Sanderson of Dr Asma `Abd al-Rahim Dareer's M.A. thesis, “Epidemiological study of female genital excision and infibulation in the Sudan”, University of Khartoum (1981)

1983 Jan 25-26
Two draft reviews by Sanderson for Women Speaking of Asma al-Dareer, Woman, why do you weep? Circumcision and its consequences (London, 1982), and Raqiya Haji Dualah `Abdallah, Sisters in affliction: circumcision and infibulation of women in Africa (London, 1982)

1984 Aug
Report on research by Sanderson used to support Lord Kennet's Bill, entitled “Female genital surgery and the law to make female genital mutilation illegal in Britain”

1988 Apr-May 5
Human Sciences Long Essay by J. Hindley, entitled “‘Female circumcision’: a tradition in transition”, with covering letter from Hindley to Sanderson

1960 Dec 20
Speech by Sanderson given at the prize-giving ceremony, Unity High School

1962 Nov 15
Speech given at the official opening ceremony of the Khartoum Girls' Secondary School, with programme in Arabic

1963 Sep 18
Speech given by al-Nazeer Dafaalla, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Khartoum, at the University's graduation ceremony

[1980s]
Notes for a lecture by L.P. Sanderson, entitled “Female genital mutilation: the progress made to abolish all such practices”, delivered to the Muslim College

1980 Mar 30
Transcript of a radio broadcast on the African Service concerning female circumcision

[1950]
Staff of the Gordon Memorial College. Front row, left to right: `Abd al-Magid Abdin, Mather, G.N. Sanderson, E.J. Howell, A.L. Stuart, M.M. al-Nuwaihir, C.R. Oldham, Helen, J. Donaghy, Myers and Salter

[ca. 1954-1961]
Photographs of buildings in Omdurman

[ca. 1954-1961]
Photographs of Sudanese people and locations in Omdurman:

1957-1961
Photographs of girl guides at Khartoum and Omdurman

1961
Photographs of buildings and locations in Khartoum:

[ca. 1958-1961]
Photographs of Sudanese people in Khartoum:

[ca. 1958-1961]
Photographs of British officials at Khartoum:

[1955]-1962
Photographs of Omdurman and Khartoum schools and colleges, including pupils and staff:

1956 Oct
Photographs of a visit to Erkowit by Passmore/Sanderson, university staff, and an American researcher. The purpose of the visit was to carry out research on the measurements of the heads of the Hadanduwah tribe to assess their size in comparison to European heads. The photos include:

1957 Sep 16-1962 Apr 3
Photographs relating to universities in Khartoum:

1957 Dec 12-1962 May 13
Photographs of miscellaneous schools and events, including:

1958-1962
Personal photographs of Passmore / Sanderson:

1981 Mar-1986 May
Photographs taken at conferences / workshops:

1981 Mar
Colour photographs (outsize) from the Babiker Bedri Scientific Association for Women's Studies workshops, Khartoum:

[ca. 1953-1960]
Contact prints of people and schools encountered during Passmore / Sanderson's visits to missionary and government schools in the Nuba Mountains, including:

1958-1960
Contact prints of Khartoum Girls' Secondary School, including buildings, staff and pupils, an open day and drama production

1958
Contact prints of El Fasher, Darfur, during Passmore's visit to Darfur Girls' Intermediate School to invigilate the Girls' Secondary School entrance examinations, including Darfur Girls' Intermediate School, a suq at El Fasher, landscape of Darfur, Sudanese woman with child, British officials (including Passmore / Sanderson)

[1950s-1960s]
Negatives, mostly duplicates of loose photographs described in previous section

[1980s]
Colour negatives, possibly taken by Sanderson on a visit to Faras, mostly ruins, Christian frescos from Faras church, and landscape shots

[1980s]
Three large tourist posters for the Sudan

1981 Mar & 1984 Oct
Six large posters by the Babiker Bedri Scientific Association for Women's Studies [Arabic]. English translation as follows:

1958 Nov 26-1987 Feb 15
Cuttings from Arabic language newspaper

1960 Dec 6-1996 May 31
Press cuttings on a variety of subjects, including The Sudan Daily regarding a prize-giving ceremony for gifted students in Sudan (SAD.64/9/1); The Sudan Daily concerning training in Britain for a specialist Sudanese nursing officer (SAD.64/9/2-3); The Morning News, concerning a World Health Organisation seminar on nursing care (SAD.64/9/4); The Sudan Daily regarding air hostess training for African women (SAD.64/9/5-6); The Sudan Daily and The Morning News on sentences handed out to dissidents in Wau (SAD.64/9/7,9-10); The Sudan Daily and The Morning News concerning the expulsion of Christian missionaries in southern Sudan (SAD.64/9/8-27); the Guardian regarding Sadiq al-Mahdi's election as Prime Minister of Sudan (SAD.64/9/29); Spare Rib concerning women in Eritrea (SAD.64/9/30-32); The Times on a world conference in the UN Decade for Women (SAD.64/9/33); the Guardian concerning the economic crisis in Sudan (SAD.64/9/34); the Guardian regarding a strike among students of the Women's College of Omdurman Islamic University (SAD.64/9/35); the Observer concerning the report on the 1985 Nairobi Conference (SAD.64/9/36); [the Guardian?] regarding the lack of support for the UN Decade for Women (SAD.64/9/37); [The Times?] on the United Nations treatment of human rights issues (SAD.64/9/38-39); The Times on the death of `Ali Bedri (SAD.64/9/40); Progress Times on the baby boom in East Africa (SAD.64/9/41); The Times concerning Sudanese Christian slaves (SAD.64/9/42,44); and The Times concerning genocide of the Nuba people (SAD.64/9/43)

1977 Oct-1981 Oct 17
Cuttings from a variety of newspapers, including the Guardian, the Observer, Women Speaking, and Le Monde, relating to female circumcision

1982 Feb 26-Aug 30
Cuttings from a variety of newspapers, including The Times, San Francisco Examiner, West Africa, the Observer, the Guardian, and The Daily Telegraph, relating to female circumcision

[1980-1985]
Press releases from the Women's International Network News relating to female circumcision

1980
Central Records Office silver jubilee lecture programme

1980 Jan 6-9
Invitations for Sanderson during her visit to Sudan, including from Prof. Yusuf Fadl Hasan, Izzeldin Ramid, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Khartoum, and the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Khartoum

1992 Oct 11
VHS recording of The South Bank Show: profile of Alice Walker and her work entitled Possessing the secret of joy (New York, 1992)

1984 Oct 21-25
Sanderson's identity card for the African Women Speak workshops

1997 Apr 12
Invitation, order of service and address by G.N. Sanderson, for Sanderson's remembrance and thanksgiving service

1949 Apr
Photocopy of article by E. Hills-Young, “Female circumcision in the Sudan”, in Anti-Slavery Reporter & Aborigines Friend, Series 6, Vol. 5, no. 1 (Apr 1949)

1954
Wadi Seidna school prospectus 1950. Staff list for 1954 appended.

1963 Feb
African world, including “Girls' secondary education in the Sudan” by L.P. Sanderson

1963 Mar
African world, including “Education conference in the Sudan. Need for more technological training stressed”

1963 Jun
African women, 5 no 2 , including “Careers for women in the Sudan today” by L.P. Sanderson

1965
Photocopy of M.I. Forsberg, Dry season: today's Church crisis in the Sudan (Sudan Interior Mission, New York, 1965)

1979 Jul
Photocopy of a book review by Sanderson of F.P. Hosken, The Hosken Report: genital and sexual mutilation of females (Massachusetts, 1979), in Tropical Doctor (July 1979)

1980 Nov
The anti slavery reporter and aborigines' friend, series 6, 12 no. 7

1981
L.P. Sanderson, “Female genital mutilation: possible break-through for the ultimate abolition of the practice in the Sudan”, from Women speaking, (April-June 1981). Includes also a review by I.M. Beasley of Against the mutilation of women (1981) (see below)

1981
L.P. Sanderson, and N. Sanderson, Education, religion and politics in southern Sudan 1899-1964 (London and Khartoum, 1981)

1981 Apr
Offprint of article by M. Mahran, “Medical dangers of female circumcision”, IPPF Bulletin, vol. 15, no. 2 (April 1981)

1981 Oct
L.P. Sanderson, “Progress of work in the Sudan for abolition of ‘female circumcision’”, in Tropical Doctor (October 1981)

1983-1984
The Anti-Slavery society for the protection of human rights annual report for the year ended 31 March 1983 ... [and] .. 1984 (2 vols). Both include references to the campaign for the eradication of female circumcision.

1985
L.P. Sanderson, Report on workshops organised by the Non Government Organisations Inter African Committee, Geneva, on traditional practices affecting the health of women and children in Africa ... (1985)

1985 Oct
Photocopy of an article by Salah Abu Bakr, “Circumcision and infibulation”, in Postgraduate Doctor ??? Middle East, vol. 8, no. 10, (1985)

1991 Jan
List of publications by L.P. Sanderson