1924 May 15
Letter from F.B. Hardinge containing reassurances about I.W. Douglas's job security

1937 Jul 28
Letter of thanks for receipt of a copy of accounting regulations

1940 Apr 27
Notice announcing suspension of leave in Europe

1951 May 17
Sudan Government identity certificate for I.W. Douglas.

1922 Jul 22 - Aug 18
Letters from F.B. Hardinge to I.W. Douglas concerning a vacancy for an Audit Inspector in the Sudan

1922 Aug 7 - Oct 13
Letters home from I.W. Douglas concerning his appointment as Audit Inspector, with details of travelling arrangements and journey to the Sudan and first impressions of Khartoum. Includes also a letter to I.W. Douglas from F.B. Hardinge with advice on what to expect in the Sudan (SAD.707/6/19)

1922 Nov 3 - 1923 Mar 2
Letters home from I.W. Douglas describing his life in the Sudan, both at work and socially, and including descriptions of his colleagues in the Audit Department (SAD.707/7/6-7), his messing arrangements (SAD.707/7/14,19-22) and a race meeting (SAD.707/7/26)

1923 May - Dec
Continuation of letters home, including accounts of a six week tour of White Nile Province visiting Dueim, Kawa, Kosti, Tendelti and Jebelein (SAD.707/8/1-12) and a further three week tour of White Nile province visiting Kosti and Tendelti (SAD.707/8/24-26); and references to the state of the economy (SAD.707/8/13-14), hearing appeals against traders' tax (SAD.707/8/18-19), a visit to Nuri to investigate a case of embezzlement (SAD.707/8/28-32) and Christmas celebrations (SAD.707/8/34)

1924 Jan 9 - 1925 Jun 16
Continuation of letters home including descriptions of a race meeting (SAD.707/9/3); discussions on the future of the Audit Department (SAD.707/9/3-4); personnel in the department (SAD.707/9/4-5); murder of the Governor-General in Cairo (SAD.707/9/12-13); mutiny in Khartoum (SAD.707/9/13-14); Arabic exam (SAD.707/9/17-18); settling into a new house (SAD.707/9/22-24,26-27); visit to Shambat (SAD.707/9/25); thoughts on Egypt (SAD.707/9/38-39); trip to Shellal to exchange worn-out coins (SAD.707/9/40-41); resthouse at Atbara (SAD.707/9/43-44)

1926 Jan 13 - [Dec]
Continuation of letters home including accounts of the arrival of visitors for the opening of Jabal Auliya dam (SAD.707/10/2); Christmas festivities (SAD.707/10/15-19); farewell party for Schuster (SAD.707/10/16); and checking silver reserves in the Central Treasury (SAD.707/10/19)

1939 Dec 10
Letter from William Platt containing an invitation to an old Marlburian's dinner

Christmas cards from the Sir Robert and Lady Howe, the Sudan Ambassador and Madame Jamal and the Sudan Ambassador and Madame Husain

Guide for the Khalifah's House Museum, Omdurman

Envelope with National Bank of Egypt seals

[c. 1950]
Photographs of I.W. Douglas in levée kit (for collar and cuffs of this uniform, see Museum Objects section below)

Photographs of Khartoum:

Photographs of the Mahdi's tomb at Omdurman

Photographs of Nile scenes:

Photographs of the Auditor General's car in rural areas:

Photographs of Jabal Auliya dam

Photographs of Kassala Province:

Photographs of railways:

Photographs of Camel Corps at a station and on the march

Miscellaneous photographs:

1938-1939
Photographs taken by I.W. Douglas's sister, Miss J.M. Douglas, during a visit to the Sudan in the winter of 1938/39. The photographs were taken on a trip north-east from Khartoum to view the ruins at Antigna, as described in an accompanying letter:

Postcard of the Cathedral Church of All Saints, Khartoum

1921 Dec
Map of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, compiled in the Geographical Section, General Staff, 1914, revised 1921
scale:   1 inch to 47.35 miles
Size: (39 x 29.5 ins)

1930 Oct
Handkerchief map: Africa series, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan sheet 66-G, Kurmuk
Survey Office, Khartoum
scale:   1 to 250,000
Size: (31 x 22 ins)

Collar and cuffs for levée uniform

1894 Nov 17
Plans for the Aswan dam, Irish Times, quoted in the Drogheda Conservative

1895 Mar 5
“The temples at Philae”, from the Irish Times

1895 Nov 15
“Geological survey of Egypt”, from the Irish Times

1899 Jun 24
“The future of the Soudan”, from the Daily Graphic

Printed material deposited with collection; now integrated into the library's printed collections and catalogued on the Open Public Access Catalogue


Hillelson, S., Sudan Arabic: English - Arabic vocabulary (Sudan Government, London, 1925)