SANDARS, George Edward Russell
Introduction
George Edward Russell Sandars
Arrangement

Catalogue
1. Memoirs
2. Miscellanea
Reference code: GB-0033-SAD
Title: SANDARS, George Edward Russell
Dates of creation: 1982-1985
Extent: 1 file
Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections
Created by: material relating to service in the Sudan
Language: English

George Edward Russell Sandars

(1901-1985)

1924-1926 A.D.C. Um Ruwaba, Kordofan
1926 A.D.C. Gedaref, Kassala
1927-1928 Deputy Assistant Civil Secretary (Administration)
1929 A.D.C. Sinkat, Nomad (Beja) Administration
1930-1932 A.D.C. Sinkat, Kassala
1932-1933 D.C. Sinkat, Kassala
1933-1937 Private Secretary to the Governor-General
1937-1941 D.C. Wad Medani, Blue Nile Province
1941-1945 Sudan Agent, Cairo
1945-1946 Deputy Governor, Khartoum
1946-1948 Deputy Civil Secretary
1948-1951 Governor, Blue Nile Province
1951 Retired from Sudan service


Arrangement

1. Memoirs
2. Miscellanea

Catalogue
1. Memoirs
SAD.815/14/1-25
[c.1982]
Memoirs by G.E.R. Sandars of his service in the Sudan from 1924 to 1951. Subjects covered include: selection and travel to the Sudan against the background of the 1924 Mutiny (815/14/1-2); first posting to Kordofan: description of the district, its administrative structure, and his duties, including dealing with petitions, legal cases and taxation (815/14/2-4); brief posting to Kassala (815/14/4); Civil Secretariat: routine office work concerning the devolution of powers to the traditional authorities (815/14/4,9); Sinkat: description of the Nomad Administration (815/14/4-6); Wad Medani: the reconciliation of tribal administration with that of the Gezira Scheme (815/14/7-8); the impact of the Second World War (815/14/8-9); duties as the Private Secretary to the Governor-General against the background of Egypt-Sudan relations (815/14/9-12); Sudan Agent in Cairo during the war (815/14/12-14); Deputy Governor of Khartoum Province (815/14/14); Deputy Civil Secretary: negotiations with Egypt and Ethiopia (815/14/14-15); Governor of Blue Nile Province: Sudanisation, nationalisation of the Gezira Scheme, and the presence of eminent religious leaders (815/14/15-16); general comments on the Sudan Political Service and the wives of Political Officers (815/14/17-18); retirement and subsequent career (815/14/18). Enclosure:
SAD.815/14/19-25
[n.d.]
Two questionnaires with answers filled in by Sandars (the questions of the first are missing) concerning his service in the Sudan
2. Miscellanea
SAD.815/14/26
1964
Poem by Sandars entitled “Secretary's Ode to a Hop”
SAD.815/14/27
1985
Obituary of Sandars (from the Dogmersfield Parish Newsletter?)