Reference code: GB-0033-SAD
Title: Penn, Albert Eric Dunston
Dates of creation: 1932-1983
Extent: 0.5 box
Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections: Sudan Archive
Created by: Penn, Albert Eric Dunston
Language:
English
(1903 - 1988)
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| 1926-1929 | A.D.C. Nahud and Abu Zabad, Western District, Kordofan |
| 1929-1933 | A.D.C. Khartoum North, Khartoum Province |
| 1933-1935 | A.D.C. Sennar District and Northern Fung, Blue Nile Province |
| 1935-1937 | D.C. Yirol, Upper Nile Province |
| 1937-1941 | D.C. Yirol and Rumbek, Equatorial Province/Equatoria |
| 1941-1946 | D.C. Bara, Kordofan |
| 1946-1951 | D.C. Wadi Halfa, Northern Province |
| 1951 | Retired |
1. Official Papers
2. Memoirs
3. Printed Material
Presented by Penn, 1982-1987
Catalogue
1. Official Papers
SAD.864/1/1-98
1932
“A note on the history of the Hamar tribe of Western Kordofan” by K.D.D. Henderson, based largely on information collected in Dar Hamar by R.C. Mayall and A.E.D. Penn, 1926-1930 and covering the origins and growth
of the tribe and its development since 1796, with appendices and maps
SAD.722/12/27-64
1946 Oct 17
Handing-over notes, Northern Kordofan District, by A.E.D. Penn for his successor J.V. Rowley, covering tribes, water supply, taxation, communications, education, trade, police and public security, agriculture and locust control
Digitised material for Handing-over notes, Northern Kordofan District, 1946 - SAD.722/12/27-64 SAD.722/11/1-20
1933
Handing-over notes, Khartoum North and Rural District, by A.E.D. Penn for his successors C.B. Tracey and J.E.C. Makrell, covering devolution, agricultural schemes, education, forestry, medicine, etc.
SAD.722/11/21-22
1934 Sep
Note on the future development of Fung District by the Acting Governor
SAD.722/11/23-51
1935
Handing-over notes, Northern Fung and Singa, by A.E.D. Penn for his successor G.M. Hancock, covering political devolution, communications, police and prisons, land, taxation, agriculture, medicine and education
SAD.722/11/52-81
1941
Handing-over notes, Lakes District, by A.E.D. Penn for his successor E.H. Nightingale, covering tribes, transport, surveys, police and prisons, buildings, education, agriculture and game, medicine, trade, taxation and roads
2. Memoirs
SAD.722/13/1-17
1983 Feb
Account of A.E.D. Penn's life in the Sudan Political Service 1926-1951, entitled
“Distant drums”
SAD.722/13/18-24
1982 Nov 27
Part copy of A.E.D. Penn's memoirs covering only the years spent in Kordofan, 1926-1929
3. Printed material
Separated printed material now in Durham University Library
Printed material deposited with collection; now integrated into the library's printed collections and catalogued on the Open Public Access Catalogue
Penn, A.E.D., “The ruins of Zankor”, reprinted from Sudan Notes and Records v 14 pt 2, 1931
Penn, A.E.D., “Traditional stories of the Abdullab tribe”, reprinted from Sudan Notes and Records v17 pt 2, 1934
