Reference code: GB-0033-SAD
Title: Brownell, Clarence Melville
Dates of creation: 1862
Extent: 2 files
Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections: Sudan Archive
Created by: Brownell, Clarence Melville
Language:
English
(1828 - 1862)
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| 1828 | Born East Hartford, Connecticut |
| | American doctor and explorer |
| 1861 | Arrived in Cairo, Egypt |
| | via Korosko and the Nubian Desert to Khartoum |
| | expedition to head waters of White Nile |
| 1862 | Died of fever while on this expedition |
1. Memoirs
Presented by R.L. Hill, 1960 & M.W. Daly, 1980
Catalogue
1. Memoirs
SAD.721/1/4-108
1862
Memoirs of Brownell entitled
“Last Journal of Clarence Melville Brownell”, Jan 2 - May 13 1862. Includes details of Brownell's trek through Egypt and the Sudan (SAD.721/1/4-44) describing country, climate, wildlife and tribes; account of
Brownell's trek through Sudan via the Nubian Desert, describing country, climate and settlements (SAD.721/1/44-61). On entering Khartoum, Brownell stayed with the British Consul, J. Petherick, with whom he prepared an expedition to the Upper White
Nile (SAD.721/1/57). Account of the area surrounding Khartoum, including Omdurman (SAD.721/1/55-56) and a hospital (SAD.721/1/61); Brownell's account of trek by boat up the Upper White Nile, with detailed reference to settlements, tribes,
vegetation, climate, fauna and flora (SAD.721/1/62- 108). Last entry Tuesday 13 May 1862 (SAD.721/1/108) (Ts copy)
SAD.424/9/1-80
1862
Second ts. copy of Brownell's journal (first half only)
