Baldry, Francis Edward
Introduction
Francis (Frank) Edward Baldry
Arrangement

Catalogue
1. Official Papers
(a) Darfur, 1941 - 1943
(b) Upper Nile Province, 1949-1950
2. Articles
Reference code: GB-0033-SAD
Title: Baldry, Francis Edward
Dates of creation: 1941-1964
Extent: 1 file
Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections: Sudan Archive
Created by: Baldry, Francis Edward
Language: English

Francis (Frank) Edward Baldry

(1903 - 1966)

Public Works Department, 1927-1953

1927 Khartoum
1928 Khartoum and Northern Province
1929 Northern Province
1930 Northern Province, Khartoum and White Nile Province
1931-1938 Kassala Province
1939-1940 Khartoum
1941-1946 Superintendent/Clerk of Works, El Fasher, Darfur
1947-1948 Inspector of Works (Training) and A/District Engineer, El Fasher, Darfur
1948-1949 Inspector of Works (Training) and A/District Engineer, Malakal, Upper Nile Province
1950-1953 District Engineer, Malakal, Upper Nile Province


Arrangement

1. Official Papers
(a) Darfur
(b) Upper Nile Province
2. Articles

Accession details

Presented by Dr J.F.E. Bloss, 1978

Catalogue
1. Official Papers
(a) Darfur, 1941 - 1943
SAD.646/8/166-194
1941-1943
Copies of P.W.D. annual reports for Darfur Province:
SAD.646/8/166-173
1941
Index terms
Annual reports
SAD.646/8/174-184
1942
Index terms
Annual reports
SAD.646/8/185-194
1943
Index terms
Annual reports
(b) Upper Nile Province, 1949-1950
SAD.646/8/195-213
1949-1950
Copies of P.W.D. annual reports for Upper Nile Province:
SAD.646/8/195-200
1949
Index terms
Annual reports
SAD.646/8/201-213
1950
Index terms
Annual reports
2. Articles
SAD.646/8/1-234
1941-1953
Series of articles on life in the Sudan, chiefly by Baldry but including other authors:
SAD.646/8/3-41
1945 Oct 11
“Travels in the Sudan and East Africa”
SAD.646/8/42-55
1945 Sep 17
“A trek around Darfur Province in the Sudan” by L.A.C.F. Burns, including sketch plan of the route followed
SAD.646/8/56-61
1945 Sep 18
“Memories of the Montcalm”, extract from the Sudan Daily Herald
SAD.646/8/62-65
1946 Jan 28
“Some more notes on Sudan rain-makers”, from an account by Matthew Wordsworth
SAD.646/8/66-70
1946 Jan
“A Darfur tribal gathering”
SAD.646/8/71-92
1946 Feb
“The trans-African air route (Darfur Province section)”, an account of Baldry's work with the Public Works Department in building and maintaining the aerodromes at El Fasher, Geneina and Nyala during the war years
SAD.646/8/93-99
1946 Jun
“A trek over Gebel Marra (Darfur Province)”
SAD.646/8/100-102
[n.d.]
“The story of the Bordein” from The Sudan Star
SAD.646/8/103-108
1947 Sep
“The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan”, a talk given to Hartlepool Independent Church
SAD.646/8/109-113
1947 Oct 18
“An air journey, London to El Fasher”
SAD.646/8/114-118
1947 Sep
“Flight to altar” and “El Fasher wedding” from The Sudan Star
SAD.646/8/119-129
1949 Apr
“The Sudan”
SAD.646/8/130-134
“The Nilotics of the Southern Sudan” by J.F.E. Bloss, Province Medical Inspector, Upper Nile Province (originally broadcast by the BBC)
SAD.646/8/135-142
“An account of a trip to East Africa” by Rev. Matt Gilliland of the American Mission
SAD.646/8/143-145
1952 Jan
“A trek to Western Nuer District”
SAD.646/8/146-149
1951 Feb
“To Nasir with Dr Grice”
SAD.646/8/150-152
1950 Dec
“The Malakal children's Christmas party”
SAD.646/8/153-156
1951 Dec
“Christmas, 1951 - Malakal”
SAD.646/8/157-163
1953
“Our last Sudan trek (1953)”, up the River Zeraf
SAD.646/8/164-213
1941-1953
“Some accounts of work with the Public Works Department”, including annual reports for Darfur Province, 1941-1943 and Upper Nile Province 1949-1950
SAD.646/8/214-221
1953 Oct
“A Sudan Government official's appreciation”, originally published in the American women's missionary magazine, Missionary Horizons
SAD.646/8/222-229
1948-1950
“Christmas letters”, sent 1948-1950 to ex-servicemen who had been stationed in El Fasher during the war
SAD.646/8/230-234
1964 Mar 24
“Which? The failure of a Mission? The end of a Mission? The trials of a Mission? Which?” - an account of the work of the Christian mission in Southern Sudan