Edmonds, James Marmaduke
Introduction
James Marmaduke Edmonds
Arrangement

Catalogue
1. Official Papers (including geological specimens)
Geological specimens
2. Personal Papers
3. Diaries
4. Photographic Material
(a) Album sleeves
(b) Loose Photographs
5. Maps
6. Miscellanea
Reference code: GB-0033-SAD
Title: Edmonds, James Marmaduke
Dates of creation: [1925]-1963
Extent: 4 boxes
Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections
Created by: Edmonds, James Marmaduke
Language: English; Arabic

James Marmaduke Edmonds

(1909 - 1982)

1934-1939Geologist, Sudan Geological Survey


Arrangement

1. Official Papers (including geological specimens)
2. Personal Papers
3. Diaries
4. Photographic Material
(a) Album Sleeves
(b) Loose Photographs
5. Maps
6. Miscellanea

Accession details

Presented by J. Edmonds, 1984

Catalogue
1. Official Papers (including geological specimens)
SAD.325/1/1-87
[1930s]
Notebook with records of rock and mineral samples at specific locations in Northern Sudan
SAD.325/2/1-2
1934 Sep 6
Edmonds's Sudan Government employment contract
SAD.325/2/3-154
1936 Apr 16-1951 Mar 4
Papers, mostly correspondence with some memoranda and notes, concerning Edmonds's role in the Sudan Geological Survey, including notes by G.W. Bell on Mahdist rifles and firearms (SAD.325/2/3-5); note by C.W. Beer, Deputy Assistant Civil Secretary, on articles seized from a Fur ex-soldier in Kadugli District who used them in his role as a soothsayer, diviner and healer, with covering letter from Edmonds to P.B. Broadbent and reply (SAD.325/2/6-9); letters from G. Andrew to Edmonds concerning friction with the Geological Advisor and Assistant Conservator of Antiquities, G.W. Grabham (SAD.325/2/10,20-21,89-91); Andrew to Edmonds, and G.W. Grabham to Andrew concerning his proposed visit to the Sudan to survey the area containing gold mines (SAD.325/2/13-15); D.T.F. Munsey, Inspector of Surveys, to Edmonds with a description of a trek from El Fasher to Nyala and Kalokitting (SAD.325/2/16-19); G.W. Grabham, A.B.B. Howell, G. Andrew, and others, all concerning Edmonds' papers, maps and geological specimens for use in writing up his work during a 3 months' extension to his service (SAD.325/2/22-25,29-55,59,85,88,102-103,106,111-113,116,119-120,140-141); Munsey and R.C. Wakefield to Edmonds concerning Edmonds' departure from the Sudan on health grounds (SAD.325/2/26-28,51); A.J. Arkell to Edmonds concerning the discovery of an arrow head at Zankor (SAD.325/2/56-58); Andrew to Edmonds, enclosing a letter from W.N. Edwards to Edmonds, with reply concerning a report on the plants collected from Jebel Umm Muqeisim (SAD.325/2/107-110,114-115,129); Andrew and R.C. Mayall, Controller of the Sudan Government London Office, to Edmonds, with enclosures, on the Edmond's survey report on the Kordofan Sands and its publication (SAD.325/2/117-118,121-128,133-135,137-139); and Andrew to Edmonds, E.G. Jones, Director of Works, to Mayall, and others concerning the possibility of Edmonds returning to the Sudan to carry out geological work (SAD.325/2/142-148,153). Enclosures:
SAD.325/2/22-23,42-49
1938 Dec 20-1939 Apr 13
Lists of geological slides, with covering letters from Grabham to Edmonds SAD.325/2/23 has been used to describe the slides in SAD.330/1-330/2 below
SAD.325/2/60-74
1939 Apr 19
Bibliography compiled by G.W. Grabham of works on geology
SAD.325/2/75-82
1939 May 24
List of archaeological specimens collected by J. M. Edmonds, with covering letter and rough notes
SAD.325/2/97-98
1940 Mar 5
Sketch map showing Jebel Ed Deiqa
SAD.325/2/130-132
1941 May
Job specification for positions for 3 tutors in the Secondary School, Khartoum
SAD.325/2/149-152
1945 Feb 15
Short-term Sudan Government contract for J.M. Edmonds, with covering note from R.C. Mayall
SAD.325/3/1-113
1937-1938
Draft route reports, geological notes and other notes taken at locations throughout Northern Sudan, particularly Kordofan and Darfur. Enclosure:
SAD.325/3/39-42
[1930s]
Sections from 1:250,000 series maps of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, sheet 54-B, used to accompany a trek to Malha crater in 1938
SAD.325/4/1-92
1937
Route reports and geological and other notes, made during treks in Kordofan and Darfur
SAD.325/5/1-9
1937
Papers relating to a geological survey carried out on Dar Hawawir graves in N.E. Kordofan, including rough notes on data collected, and a draft report on the different types of graves in Dar Hawawir which includes the following photographs:
SAD.325/5/9a
1937 Apr 11
A. Circular mound, hillside near Bureiqa wells
SAD.325/5/9b
1937 May 9
B. Rectangular mound, west slope of Kerabat Abu `Ushar
SAD.325/5/9c
1937
Circular outlines, summit of plateau of Kerabat el Qumr
SAD.325/5/10-51
1937
Geological survey report (cover sheet missing), probably by Edmonds, of wells in Kordofan, including route reports, notes, letters, and articles
SAD.325/6/1-20
1937 Mar 24-May 30
Memorandum book containing barometric readings from various points on trek in Northern Province and Kordofan
SAD.325/7/1-69
1939
Report of the Sudan Geological Survey, 1931-1939, subdivided by year, with list of major reports for the same years
Geological specimens
SAD.330/1-330/2
[1935-1939]
Boxes of glass microscope slides of geological specimens, identifiable by descriptive list at SAD.325/2/23:
Size: 75 x 25 mm
Index terms
Microscope slide
SAD.330/1/1
[1935-1939]
6029e, no. 2, map ref: 54-L
Abu Managir Bore 72 Depth 228'-232'
Size: 75 x 25 mm
Index terms
Microscope slide
SAD.330/1/2
[1935-1939]
6029g, no. 3, map ref: 54-L
Abu Managir Bore 72 Depth 315'-317'
Size: 75 x 25 mm
Index terms
Microscope slide
SAD.330/1/3
[1935-1939]
6091, no. 26, map ref: 66-B
Abu Gereis. From 9ft. depth in well on site of Bore No.N.M.6
Schistose greenstone
Size: 75 x 25 mm
Index terms
Microscope slide
SAD.330/1/4
[1935-1939]
6096, no. 27, map ref: 66-B
Spoil from well at Terter (on Kh. Surrau) P.W.D. well.
Dark grey phyllite
Size: 75 x 25 mm
Index terms
Microscope slide
SAD.330/1/5
[1935-1939]
6097, no. 28, map ref: 66-B
Hill west of track 2.4 km. N. of Terter
Calc schist
Size: 75 x 25 mm
Index terms
Microscope slide
SAD.330/1/6
[1935-1939]
6144, no. 31, map ref: 55-M
Khor Khash Khash Bore No. N.M.10.
Hornblende Gneiss
Size: 75 x 25 mm
Index terms
Microscope slide
SAD.330/1/7
[1935-1939]
6151, no. 33, map ref: 55-I
19-20 m. depth new well at Gefil near Fula El [Gumeiza?].
Quartz-felspar pegmatite (white) with graphic structure
Size: 75 x 25 mm
Index terms
Microscope slide
SAD.330/1/8
[1935-1939]
6165, no. 34, map ref: 55-I
[Um Gerrin?] well attempt in village
Dolerite dyke
Size: 75 x 25 mm
Index terms
Microscope slide
SAD.330/1/9
[1935-1939]
6170, no. 35, map ref: 54-P
P.W.D. well at Sesabanat 110 ft. (bottom to date)
Grey felspathic gneiss
Size: 75 x 25 mm
Index terms
Microscope slide
SAD.330/1/10
[1935-1939]
6171, no. 36, map ref: 66-A
Low outcrops on track 3 mls. S. of J. Motgal
Mottled hornblende-felspar rock
Size: 75 x 25 mm
Index terms
Microscope slide
SAD.330/1/11
[1935-1939]
6202, no. 58, map ref: 55-M
Valley west of Sidra village E. side of J. Daier
Quartz syenite with hornblende lathe like crystals
Size: 75 x 25 mm
Index terms
Microscope slide
SAD.330/1/12
[1935-1939]
6204, no. 59, map ref: 55-M
Head of valley W. of Sidra (below J. Darfin). E. side J. Daier
Fine grained Aplite in dykes.
Size: 75 x 25 mm
Index terms
Microscope slide
SAD.330/1/13
[1935-1939]
6207, no. 60, map ref: 55-M
J. Komishitto. Interior (southern part) of J. Daier
Coarse grain hornblende granite
Size: 75 x 25 mm
Index terms
Microscope slide
SAD.330/1/14
[1935-1939]
6209, no. 61, map ref: 55-M
Jebel El Tibna
?? Altered granite or quartzo-felspathic rock. This speciman silicified and dark in colour.
Size: 75 x 25 mm
Index terms
Microscope slide
SAD.330/1/15
[1935-1939]
6210, no. 62, map ref: 55-M
Jebel El Tibna
?? Altered granite or quartzo-felspathic rock
Size: 75 x 25 mm
Index terms
Microscope slide
SAD.330/1/16
[1935-1939]
6212, no. 63, map ref: 55-M
Jebel El Tibna
Brecciated rock in silica groundmass
Size: 75 x 25 mm
Index terms
Microscope slide
SAD.330/1/17
[1935-1939]
6213, no. 64, map ref: 55-J
Debris from old Sawani W. side of J. Kon, said to reach 16R
Silicified fine grained igneous rock? Pegmatite.
Size: 75 x 25 mm
Index terms
Microscope slide
SAD.330/1/18
[1935-1939]
6218, no. 65, map ref: 66-B
Spur W. of track 3.3 km. NE of Khor Um Gereis
Calcareous epidiorite.
Size: 75 x 25 mm
Index terms
Microscope slide
SAD.330/1/19
[1935-1939]
6219? no. 66, map ref: 66-B
J. Abu Gereis
Epidotic schists with quartz veins
Size: 75 x 25 mm
Index terms
Microscope slide
SAD.330/1/20
[1935-1939]
6221, no. 67, map ref: 65-D
Ras El Fil
Coarse hornblende granite
Size: 75 x 25 mm
Index terms
Microscope slide
SAD.330/1/21
[1935-1939]
6222, no. 68, map ref: 65-D
Just W. of Kurgal wells (J. Ghulfan)
Grey gneiss
Size: 75 x 25 mm
Index terms
Microscope slide
SAD.330/1/22
[1935-1939]
6223, no. 69, map ref: 65-D
N. end of Keiga Tummero Hills on track
Pink biotite granite
Size: 75 x 25 mm
Index terms
Microscope slide
SAD.330/1/23
[1935-1939]
6224, no. 70, map ref: 65-D
S. side Keiga Tummero Hills
Light coloured biotite granite (with dark patches)
Size: 75 x 25 mm
Index terms
Microscope slide
SAD.330/1/24
[1935-1939]
6225, no. 71, map ref: 65-D
South side Keiga Hills
Biotite granite with dark patches
Size: 75 x 25 mm
Index terms
Microscope slide
SAD.330/1/25
[1935-1939]
6226, no. 72, map ref: 65-D
Slope of hill W. of Kadugli
Syenite impregnated with iron oxide
Size: 75 x 25 mm
Index terms
Microscope slide
SAD.330/2/1
[1935-1939]
6227, no. 73, map ref: 66-E
Base of J. Kororak
Quartz syenite
Size: 75 x 25 mm
Index terms
Microscope slide
SAD.330/2/2
[1935-1939]
6228, no. 74, map ref: 66-E
Boulders on road 200m. N. of J. Deleibaia
Fine grained granite
Size: 75 x 25 mm
Index terms
Microscope slide
SAD.330/2/3
[1935-1939]
6229, no. 75, map ref: 66-E
Hogback on Kadugli road about 1 mile NW J. Talodi
Acid biotite gneiss
Size: 75 x 25 mm
Index terms
Microscope slide
SAD.330/2/4
[1935-1939]
6230, no. 76, map ref: 66-E
Base of hill at N. end of Talodi
Syenite
Size: 75 x 25 mm
Index terms
Microscope slide
SAD.330/2/5
[1935-1939]
6231, no. 77, map ref: 66-E
Outcrop on road about 200 yds SE J. Malful
Grey syenite (?Nepheline)
Size: 75 x 25 mm
Index terms
Microscope slide
SAD.330/2/6
[1935-1939]
6232, no. 78, map ref: 66-E
On Heiben - Talodi road. Tira Mandi.
Graphitic siliceous schist
Size: 75 x 25 mm
Index terms
Microscope slide
SAD.330/3/1-84
[1935-1939]
Box of 84 glass microscope slides of geological specimens. There are no identifying captions; simply the numbers 1-44 and 1-40 written on the bottom of each slide.
Size: 75 x 25 mm
Index terms
Microscope slide
2. Personal Papers
SAD.325/8/1-124
1934 Jul 27-1939 Sep 13
Letters to Edmonds from G.W. Grabham, working alongside Edmonds as Geological Advisor and Assistant Conservator of Antiquities for the Geological Survey. The letters are written in a personal style but mostly contain references to the day-to-day routine of official business, including Edmonds's recommendation and appointment as Geologist (SAD.325/8/1-5,8-10); customs arrangements for the export of antiquities from the Sudan (SAD.325/8/14); the transfer of the Geological Survey from the Education Department to the Public Works Department (SAD.325/8/28-30); an assessment of the level of iron oxide on the ground in Wau (SAD.325/8/39); description of the geological landscape of Kordofan and re his plans to put the Geological Survey under A.J. Arkell as Government Anthropologist (SAD.325/8/58-59); E.J. Wayland's visit to the Sudan to study pleistocene, with enclosed letter from Edmonds to Wayland describing the geological landscape of the Sudan (SAD.325/8/92-95); the possibility of Edmonds leaving the Sudan and a deterioration in relations between Edmonds and Grabham (SAD.325/8/107-108)
SAD.325/9/1-34
1935 Jan 18-1938 Mar 8
Letters from Edmonds to his family, mostly descriptions of his attendance at social functions, including a garden party at the Palace to celebrate King's Day (SAD.325/9/1); description of an aeroplane trip from Khartoum to Port Sudan (SAD.325/9/11-12) and a geological trek to Jebel Dud (SAD.325/9/17-18). Also includes a copy of a letter from Josephine Edmonds to her family (SAD.325/9/27-28). Enclosure:
SAD.325/9/26
1937 Nov
Photograph of Josephine Edmonds on horseback, with northern Sudanese women and children, taken at the outset of a trek to Jebel Moga, with a covering note describing this trek
SAD.325/10/1-46
1936 Apr 16-1963 Jan 17
Personal papers, mostly letters of a private nature to Edmonds from colleagues but some also referring to official matters, including G.W. Grabham to Edmonds concerning the latter's decision to resign from the Secretaryship of the Archaelogical and Museums Board (SAD.325/10/21). Also includes a copy extract from a letter written by Josephine Edmonds describing her experiences on a trek to Lagowa and Moga in 1937 (SAD.325/10/15-17), notes by Edmonds on an arrow head found at Zankor, with photograph and related letters (SAD.325/10/29-33), as well as two obituaries for G.W. Grabham (SAD.325/10/41-45)
3. Diaries
SAD.326/1/1-167
1935
Personal diary (Letts) of Edmonds, mostly very brief descriptions of daily activities, including a geological survey of wells in and around Balos (SAD.326/1/2), Um Derraga (SAD.326/1/4v), and Khor el `Atshan (SAD.326/1/5); description of a geological trek via El Qutein, Tendelti, Umm Ruwaba, Gerabiya, Jebel El Tibua, Er Rahad, and Gefeil (SAD.326/1/33-39)
Index terms
Diaries
SAD.326/2/1-78
1935 Nov 10-Dec 11
Notebook containing diary entries (mostly rough notes) of a trek in the Khor Shalango area, including El Obeid, Abu Zabad, Lagowa, Dar el Kebir, Abu Ganuk, Tota, Sinut, El Quleit, El Kulti, El Guf, Kosti, Dueim and the Bakht er Ruda wells
Index terms
Diaries
SAD.326/3/1-64
1936
Personal diary (Letts) of Edmonds, with very brief descriptions of daily activities
Index terms
Diaries
SAD.326/4/1-38
1936
Appointments diary of Edmonds, with very brief descriptions of daily activities
Index terms
Diaries
SAD.326/5/1-43
1936 Dec
Diary of a geological trek in and around the Kosti wells, mostly brief descriptions of the trek and data collected
Index terms
Diaries
SAD.326/6/1-127
1937
Personal diary (Letts) of Edmonds, with very brief descriptions of daily activities
Index terms
Diaries
SAD.326/7/1-25
1937
Appointments diary of Edmonds, with very brief entries
Index terms
Diaries
SAD.326/8/1-67
1937 Mar-Apr
Notebook containing diary entries of a geological trek including stops at Kareima, Merowe, Debba; mostly brief descriptions of the trek and data collected
Index terms
Diaries
SAD.326/9/1-155
1937 Apr-May
Diary of a geological trek, mostly in Kordofan and Darfur provinces, comprising route reports and brief descriptions of the data collected
Index terms
Diaries
SAD.326/10/1-16
1938
Personal diary of Edmonds, with very brief descriptions of daily activities
Index terms
Diaries
4. Photographic Material
(a) Album sleeves
SAD.998/8/1-96
1937
Photographs mounted on loose album sleeves and sheets of paper, mostly landscape shots of mountains and hills in the Sudan, probably taken during a geological trek in Kordofan and Darfur:
SAD.998/8/1
1937
Jabal Sagadi (?)
SAD.998/8/2-3,5-18
1937
Unidentified landscapes, many featuring rocky outcrops
SAD.998/8/4
1937
Sileitat quarry, looking west
SAD.998/8/19-21
1937
British official, possibly Edmonds, standing in front of rocky outcrop showing layers in the rock
SAD.998/8/22
1937
Sudanese man standing in front of pile of stones
SAD.998/8/23
1937
Landscape with river or wadi in the distance
SAD.998/8/24
1937
Circle of stones at unidentified archaeological site
SAD.998/8/25
1937
Pile of stone slabs, possibly entance to tomb
SAD.998/8/26
1937
Enclosure and mound at `Eilai Reproduced in J.M. Edmonds, “Some stone-walled enclosures in Dar Hawawir”, in Sudan Notes and Records, 23 pt 2 (1940), opp 298
SAD.998/8/27,29
1937
Walled hafir at Wadi el Milh SAD.998/8/27 is reproduced in J.M. Edmonds, “Some stone-walled enclosures in Dar Hawawir”, in Sudan Notes and Records, 23 pt 2 (1940), opp 300
SAD.998/8/28
1937
Drainage channel in walled hafir at Wadi el Milh Reproduced in J.M. Edmonds, “Some stone-walled enclosures in Dar Hawawir”, in Sudan Notes and Records, 23 pt 2 (1940), opp 300
SAD.998/8/30
1937
View of the Nile from the rest house at Debba
SAD.998/8/31
1937
Mosque at Old Merowe
SAD.998/8/32-33
1937
Panoramic view with ruin in the distance, Kufriyat el Atash in the Wadi el Qasr (just south of Debba) Reproduced in J.M. Edmonds, “A ruin in the Wadi El Qasr”, in Sudan Notes and Records, 23 pt 1 (1940), opp 161. Photo by R.C. Wakefield.
SAD.998/8/34-35
1937
Repairing a car on trek, probably Northern Province
SAD.998/8/36
1937
British official sitting in the shade under a fly sheet between two cars during a meal stop while on trek, probably Northern Province
SAD.998/8/37
1937
Sudanese men pushing a car in the desert
SAD.998/8/38-39
1937
Sudanese men drawing water from a well
SAD.998/8/40
1937
Sudanese man watering camels
SAD.998/8/41
1937
View of terrain with scrubby grass and low bushes
SAD.998/8/42
1937
View of river or wadi
SAD.998/8/43-44
1937
Desert area with low hill in background
SAD.998/8/45
1937
Panoramic view of enclosure at Kernak wells, Wadi Abu Hashim in Dar Hawawir Reproduced in J.M. Edmonds, “Some stone-walled enclosures in Dar Hawawir”, in Sudan Notes and Records, 23 pt 2 (1940), opp 296
SAD.998/8/46
1937
Bird's eye view of the remains of two walled enclosures at Mitint el Gawwala in Dar Hawawir Reproduced in J.M. Edmonds, “Some stone-walled enclosures in Dar Hawawir”, in Sudan Notes and Records, 23 pt 2 (1940), opp 296. Photo by R.C. Wakefield
SAD.998/8/47-49
1937
Remains of walled enclosure, Jebel el Hosh, Wadi Maqdam in Dar Hawawir Reproduced in J.M. Edmonds, “Some stone-walled enclosures in Dar Hawawir”, in Sudan Notes and Records, 23 pt 2 (1940), opp 298
SAD.998/8/50-55,57-58
1937
Archaeological sites at Nuri, including circle of pillars and pyramids
SAD.998/8/56
1937
Jabal near Nuri
SAD.998/8/59-60
1937
Eilai, looking north from Jebel El Shawwafa
SAD.998/8/61
1937
Cars crossing scrub plain
SAD.998/8/62,64
1937
Views of plains with jabals in the distance
SAD.998/8/63
1937
British official, possibly Edmonds, sitting on a rocky hillside
SAD.998/8/65
1937
Sudanese man being lowered into a large well
SAD.998/8/66
1937
Camels at watering hole
SAD.998/8/67,69,71
1937
Motor car stuck in mud on trek
SAD.998/8/68
1937
Camel train
SAD.998/8/70
1937
Tukls on the side of a hill
SAD.998/8/72
1937
Tree covered hillside
SAD.998/8/73,76
1937
Nuba huts at Kadugli
SAD.998/8/74
1937
Young Nuba woman climbing into the entrance of a hut at Kadugli
SAD.998/8/75,78
1937
Nuba women and children standing next to huts at Kadugli
SAD.998/8/77
1937
Grinding stones for pounding grain, Kadugli
SAD.998/8/79-84
1937
Views in the Nuba Mountains, including Nuba huts on hillside
SAD.998/8/85-89
1937
J.M. Edmonds with Sudanese escort on horseback during a trek
SAD.998/8/90-93
1937
Views of dry river bed
SAD.998/8/94-96
1937
Mountain views
SAD.998/9/1-127
[1935-1939]
Photographs mounted on loose album sleeves, mostly taken by J.M. Edmonds on trek, including:
SAD.998/9/1-3
[1935-1939]
Baqqarah dance and onlookers
SAD.998/9/4
[1935-1939]
Baqqarah men in white jallabiyahs at a dance
SAD.998/9/5-8
[1935-1939]
Baqqarah family constructing a tent from straw matting
SAD.998/9/9
1935 Nov
Baqqara mounted on bulls in preparation for a trek to Dar Mesiriya
SAD.998/9/10
1935 Nov
Bulls being loaded in preparation for a trek to Khor Shalango in Dar Mesiriya
SAD.998/9/11
1935 Nov
Two Baqqara women mounted on bulls (one holding J.M. Edmonds's deckchair), part of the hamla on a trek to Khor Shalango in Dar Mesiriya
SAD.998/9/12
1935 Nov
Sudanese man (Ahmad) mounted on a bull during a trek to Khor Shalango in Dar Messiria
SAD.998/9/13,16
1935 Nov
Cattle drinking at a pool in Khor Shalango SAD.998/9/13 is a duplicate of SAD.319/5/39
SAD.998/9/14
1935 Nov
Trek party reloading after climbing the steep side of Khor Shalango (Sheet 2)
SAD.998/9/15
1935 Nov
Sudanese man (Idris) loading a trek box onto a bull during a trek to Khor Shalango in Dar Mesiriya
SAD.998/9/17
1935 Nov
Hamla on bulls at Abu Ganuk during a trek to Khor Shalango in Dar Mesiriya Duplicate of SAD.319/5/35
SAD.998/9/18,25
1936 Mar
Houses and offices at Gebeit gold mine
SAD.998/9/19,24
1936 Mar
Cyanide plant and tailings heap with engineer's house in the background, Gebeit gold mine
SAD.998/9/20
1936 Mar
Offices and bachelor quarters with manager's house behind, Gebeit gold mine
SAD.998/9/21
1936 Mar
Main shaft and mine buildings, Gebeit gold mine
SAD.998/9/22
1936 Mar
View of Gebeit gold mine from “Dolomite hill” with main road to the north in the foreground
SAD.998/9/23
1936 Mar
Eastern side of Gebeit gold mine showing old workings and new exploration
SAD.998/9/26
1936 Mar
Two British officials standing next to a qubbah
SAD.998/9/27
1936 Mar
Wooden huts on the Red Sea coast
SAD.998/9/28
1936 Mar
Bija men, with wooden huts in the background
SAD.998/9/29
1936 Mar
Bija men standing next to rowing boats on the Red Sea coast
SAD.998/9/30
1936 Mar
Building, with truck and car in front [possibly Gebeit]
SAD.998/9/31
[ca. 1936]
Wells at No. 4 railway station, near Wadi Halfa
SAD.998/9/32
[ca. 1936]
Sudan Government Railways train at No 4 railway station
SAD.998/9/33
[ca. 1936]
Sudan Government Railways train at Halfa station
SAD.998/9/34
[ca. 1936]
Two British officials standing in front of Sudan Government Railways train
SAD.998/9/35
1935 Jun
Group of Sudanese volunteers lined up to be chosen as porters in preparation for a trek to Jabal Dair in Kordofan
SAD.998/9/36
1935 Jun
View eastwards down the valley from [Jabal Dair?]
SAD.998/9/37
1935 Jun
Jabal Dair
SAD.998/9/38
1935 Jun
Tukls at the base of Jabal Dair Photo by G.W. Grabham
SAD.998/9/39
1935 Jun
Undergrowth on Jabal Dair with tebeldi tree growing from a rock
SAD.998/9/40
1935 Jun
View from Jabal Dair of a storm approaching from the east
SAD.998/9/41
1935 Jun
Euphorbias on Jabal Dair
SAD.998/9/42
1935 Jun
View of hills forming Jabal Dair
SAD.998/9/43-51,54,57-58
[1935-1939]
Miscellaneous landscapes, probably taken on a trek in Kordofan
SAD.998/9/52
1935 Jun
J.M. Edmonds sheltering in his tent from the sun and bees during a midday halt on trek in the Nuba Mountains. J. Longe, ADC Umm Ruwaba is lying on his camp bed under a mosquito net. Duplicate of SAD.319/2/5
SAD.998/9/53
1935 Jun
J. Longe, ADC Umm Ruwaba and E.F. Aglen, ADC El Obeid, trekking in the undergrowth on Jabal Daier Duplicate at SAD.319/2/2
SAD.998/9/55-56
[1935-1939]
British man [possibly J.M. Edmonds) sitting and standing on a rock
SAD.998/9/59-64,66
[1935-1939]
Views taken on trek, probbaly in Kordofan
SAD.998/9/65
[1935-1939]
Sudan Government building, probably mudiriyah
SAD.998/9/67
[1935-1939]
Group of tukls, with hills in background
SAD.998/9/68-69
[1935-1939]
Sudanese men loading a truck (x2) (Sheet 10 - front)
SAD.998/9/70-71
[1935-1939]
Sudanese men pushing a lorry trapped in mud
SAD.998/9/72-74
[1935-1939]
Group of Sudanese workers clearing a road
SAD.998/9/75-79
[1935-1939]
J. M. Edmonds with Sudanese porters and policemen on trek
SAD.998/9/80
[1935-1939]
Three Sudanese boys in a canoe
SAD.998/9/81-84
[1935-1939]
Group of Sudanese on horseback headed by shaykh on decorated horse at a festival in northern Sudan
SAD.998/9/85,88
[1935-1939]
Northern Sudanese village with daum palms
SAD.998/9/86-87
[1935-1939]
Northern Sudanese musicians at a festival in northern Sudan
SAD.998/9/89
[1935-1939]
Women seated in front of line of clay pots, northern Sudan
SAD.998/9/90
[1935-1939]
Brick building with thatched roof
SAD.998/9/91-94,96-97
[1935-1939]
Crowd of Sudanese and their animals at a government water yard at Tendelti where water was pumped from 400-500 ft and sold at a fee per animal. On this occasion the water had failed so supplies had to be brought by rail from the White Nile. Duplicates at SAD.319/7/16-17
SAD.998/9/95,98
[1935-1939]
Rail tankers bringing fresh supplies of water to Tendelti from the White Nile following the failure of the water supply
SAD.998/9/99
1927
Christmas card produced by the Geological Survey showing the pits made by grinding meal on Jabal Silleitat
SAD.998/9/100
1935 Feb
Christmas card produced by the Geological Survey showing construction work on the foundations for Jabal Auliya dam on sandstone below the bed of the White Nile
SAD.998/9/101
[1935-1939]
Postcard entitled “General view of Khartoum” (Karakashian Bros No FO3)
SAD.998/9/102
[1935-1939]
Commercial photograph by Karakshian Bros of a street in Khartoum with tram car on the left
SAD.998/9/103-105
[1935-1939]
Views of Jabal Kassala
SAD.998/9/106-112
[1935-1939]
Camels with hawdajs decorated with cowrie shells and leather tassles, probably at a Kababish gathering
SAD.998/9/113
[1935-1939]
Panoramic view if a Sudanese village with jabal in the background, probably Kordofan
SAD.998/9/114-115
[1935-1939]
Crowd of cotton workers with bales of cotton
SAD.998/9/116-118,120
[1935-1939]
Wadi Oyo mine, showing officials' houses and winching gear
SAD.998/9/119,122
[1935-1939]
Bija man lopping branches from a tree
SAD.998/9/121
[1935-1939]
Sudanese men pushing a motor car
SAD.998/9/123-127
[1935-1939]
Temple at Philae at low water
(b) Loose Photographs
SAD.319/1/1-16
[1930s]
Picture postcards of the Sudan:
SAD.319/1/1
1934 Dec
“Abusir Rock, 2nd cateract of the Nile. Nubian sandstone resting on gneisses.” (Geological Survey of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan). Sent to Mr and Mrs C. Edmonds by G.W. Grabham.
Index terms
Postcards
SAD.319/1/2
1935 Dec
“Foundation for dam on sandstone below bed of White Nile at Jebel Auliya, Feb., 1935.” (Geological Survey of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan). Sent by G.W. Grabham to Mr and Mrs C. Edmonds
Index terms
Postcards
Duplicate of SAD.998/9/100
SAD.319/1/3
[1930s]
“Jebel Segadi. Quarrying granite for the Blue Nile Dam.”
Index terms
Postcards
SAD.319/1/4
[1930s]
“Fishing on the Nile, Sudan.” (Karakashian Bros, no. 221)
Index terms
Postcards
SAD.319/1/5
[1930s]
“Native children at Juba, Sudan.” (Karakashian Bros, no. 1047)
Index terms
Postcards
SAD.319/1/6
[1930s]
“Sudanese beauties, Kordofan Province.” (Karakashian Bros)
Index terms
Postcards
SAD.319/1/7
[1930s]
“A Nuba beauty, Kordofan Province.” (Karakashian Bros, no. D-24)
Index terms
Postcards
SAD.319/1/8
[1930s]
“Baggara girls at dance.” (G. N. Morhig, no. 59)
Index terms
Postcards
SAD.319/1/9
[1930s]
“Watering camels, Kordofan.” (G. N. Morhig, no. 296)
Index terms
Postcards
SAD.319/1/10
[1930s]
“The Arab of Kordofan.”: group of nomad horsemen with spears (G. N. Morhig, no. 435)
Index terms
Postcards
SAD.319/1/11
[1930s]
“A Hamar bride on a camel, Kordofan.” (G. N. Morhig, no. 284). On the verso is a list of Arabic words for the individual parts of the `utfah or hawdaj.
Language: Arabic
Index terms
Postcards
SAD.319/1/12
[1930s]
“Grinding durra for merrissa, Kordofan.” (G. N. Morhig, no. 138
Index terms
Postcards
SAD.319/1/13
[1930s]
“Native travelling in Kordofan”: nomad woman on the back of a bull (G. N. Morhig, no. 298)
Index terms
Postcards
SAD.319/1/14
[1930s]
“General view of Khartoum”, from the cathedral tower looking south (Karakashian Brothers, no. F03)
Index terms
Postcards
SAD.319/1/15
[1930s]
“Sand storm sweeping over Khartoum North, 6th June 1906” (G. N. Morhig, no. 155)
Index terms
Postcards
SAD.319/1/16
[1930s]
“Gebel Kassala.” (G. N. Morhig, no. 166)
Index terms
Postcards
SAD.319/2/1-24
1935 Jun
Photographs taken on a trek in the Nuba Mountains:
SAD.319/2/1
1935 Jun
J. Longe, ADC Umm Ruwaba, Kordofan seated on a rock on Jabal Dair
SAD.319/2/2
1935 Jun
J. Longe, ADC Umm Ruwaba and E.F. Aglen, ADC El Obeid, trekking in the undergrowth on Jabal Dair Duplicate at SAD.998/9/53
SAD.319/2/3
1935
British officials relaxing on a trek in the Nuba Mountains, with D. Newbold seated (centre)
SAD.319/2/4
1935 Jun
British officials relaxing on a trek in the Nuba Mountains, with Nuba men seated on rocks in the background
SAD.319/2/5
1935 Jun
J.M. Edmonds sheltering in his tent from the sun and bees during a midday halt on trek in the Nuba Mountains. J. Longe, ADC Umm Ruwaba is lying on his camp bed under a mosquito net. Duplicate at SAD.998/9/52
SAD.319/2/6
1935
Rest House at Rashad
SAD.319/2/7
1935 Jun 24
Trek party climbing Jabal Kon
SAD.319/2/8-9
1935
Trek party walking through a cotton/grain field in the Nuba Mountains
SAD.319/2/10
1935
Trek party in the Nuba Mountains
SAD.319/2/11-13
1935
Sudanese porters carrying supplies on a trek in the Nuba Mountains
SAD.319/2/14-16
1935
Nuba people
SAD.319/2/17
1935
Nuba women beating and winnowing grain
SAD.319/2/18
1935
Trek party with crowd of Nuba people in village
SAD.319/2/19
1935 Jun
Nuba village on Jabal Sabuni (?)
SAD.319/2/20-24
1935 Jun
Nuba Mountains landscapes
SAD.319/3/1-20
1936
Photographs taken on a aeroplane trip by Edmonds from Khartoum to Port Sudan, including views of the aeroplane in which he travelled (SAD.319/3/1-3); aerial views of Khartoum (SAD.319/3/4-8), Suakin (SAD.319/3/9-11), the Nile (SAD.319/3/12-13), the Red Sea coastline (SAD.319/3/14-17), the Red Sea Hills (SAD.319/3/18-19) and possibly Port Sudan (SAD.319/3/20)
SAD.319/4/1-28
1938
Photographs of the Bedeiriya tribe at a tribal gathering [possibly King's Day]:
SAD.319/4/1-3
1938
Bedeiriya tribesmen on camels at a tribal gathering [possibly King's Day]
SAD.319/4/4-11
1938
Bedeiriya tribesmen on horseback staging a mock battle in front of a grandstand
SAD.319/4/12-14
1938
Sudanese military or police band at a Bedeiriya tribal gathering [possibly King's Day]
SAD.319/4/15-17
1938
Crowds and horsemen at a Bedeiriya tribal gathering
SAD.319/4/18-21
1938
Bedeiriya crowd including women with camel and `utfah and British officials looking on [possibly King's Day]
SAD.319/4/22-24
1938
Bedeiriya women a tribal gathering [possibly King's Day]
SAD.319/4/25
1938
Bedeiriya woman on a decorated bull
SAD.319/4/26-28
1938
British officials watching a tribal gatherine from a grandstand[possibly King's Day]
SAD.319/5/1-60
[1935-1939]
Photographs taken on trek, including:
SAD.319/5/
1935
British official, probably J. M. Edmonds, with Sudanese trek party
SAD.319/5/2
1935 Jan
Loading camels, Khor el `Atshan
SAD.319/5/3
1935 Mar
The Waugh family preparing for a trek, with their possessions loaded onto a truck by Sudanese porters
SAD.319/5/4
1935 Mar
Fly sheet providing shade over a trek table and chairs
SAD.319/5/5
1935 Mar
Camp beds and deck chair at Rahad rest house
SAD.319/5/6
1935
A.E.D. Penn and G.W. Grabham talking to a group of northern Sudanese under the shade of a tree at Jabal Dud
SAD.319/5/7-9
1937
J. M. Edmonds surveying the destruction of Lagowa rest house by fire
SAD.319/5/10
1937
Crowd of Sudanese surveying the destruction of Lagowa rest house by fire
SAD.319/5/11
1937
Remains of Lagowa rest house, destroyed by fire
SAD.319/5/12
1937
Sudanese child standing in front of tukls, probably on a trip to Lagowa
SAD.319/5/13
1937
Sudanese women dressed in black tobes, probably taken on a trip to Lagowa
SAD.319/5/14
1937 Apr 11
Trek camp at Bureiqa
SAD.319/5/15
[1937-1938?]
British official and trek party, probably Lake Keilak
SAD.319/5/16
[1935-1939]
El Obeid rest house
SAD.319/5/17
[1935-1939]
Grass hut with piles of cotton (?) in the background
SAD.319/5/18-20
[1935-1939]
Crowd of Sudanese watching J. M. Edmonds carry out a geological survey of a well, Umm Rumeila
SAD.319/5/21
[1935-1939]
Sudanese man preparing camels during a trek to Umm Rumeila
SAD.319/5/22
[1935-1939]
British official surveying desolate landscape
SAD.319/5/23
[1935-1939]
British official [G.W. Grabham?] standing on the summit of a jabal
SAD.319/5/24
[1935-1939]
British official [G.W. Grabham?] and Sudanese man inspecting a tree
SAD.319/5/25
[1935-1939]
Trek camp
SAD.319/5/26
[1935-1939]
Sudanese man entering a tent in a trek camp
SAD.319/5/27
[1935-1939]
Sudanese man, probably part of a trek party, with truck in the background
SAD.319/5/28
[1935-1939]
Sudanese man standing next to motor car during a trek
SAD.319/5/29-30
[1935-1939]
Trek party camels at rest in village with two minarets in the background
SAD.319/5/31
[1935-1939]
Trek party stop for refreshments under grass shelter
SAD.319/5/32
[1935-1939]
British official with his trek party, including Sudanese men dressed in white jallabiyahs and turbans flanked by two policemen
SAD.319/5/33
[1935-1939]
Trek party surveying a hafir
SAD.319/5/34-35
[1935-1939]
Edmonds' hamla on trek SAD.319/5/35 is duplicate of SAD.998/9/17
SAD.319/5/36-38
[1935-1939]
Trek party resting
SAD.319/5/39
1935 Nov
Edmonds' trek bulls drinking at a pool in Khor Shalango Duplicate of SAD.998/9/13
SAD.319/5/40-45
[1935-1939]
Sudanese policemen in the undergrowth during a trek
SAD.319/5/46
[1935-1939]
Construction site
SAD.319/5/47
[1935-1939]
Trucks used on a trek
SAD.319/5/48-52
[1935-1939]
Motor cars on trek
SAD.319/5/53
[1935-1939]
Trek party on camelback on the Kassala road
SAD.319/5/54-55
[1935-1939]
Camels on camel trek
SAD.319/5/56
[1935-1939]
Camel with young
SAD.319/5/57
[1935-1939]
Watering camels at Umm Rumeila
SAD.319/5/58
[[1935-1939]
Sudanese man at the bottom of a well
SAD.319/5/59
[1935-1939]
Sudanese policeman (Salih) accompanying trek party, standing to attention with rifle
SAD.319/5/60
[1935-1939]
Trek tables set up under a tree, with washing on a line
SAD.319/6/1-17
[1935-1939]
Photographs taken on trek on the road to El Fasher, including the road itself, the surrounding landscapes and trek trucks
SAD.319/7/1-48
[1935-1939]
Photographs of Sudanese life, including
SAD.319/7/1-2
1937
Camel carrying supplies and wearing a decorated hawdaj, Ayal Bakhit
SAD.319/7/3-4
1937-1938
Sudanese men and children, [Lake Leilak?]
SAD.319/7/5-7
1938 Jan 5
Bani Umran tribal dance at Fangoga
SAD.319/7/8
[1935-1939]
Wives of a shaykh, Kordofan Province
SAD.319/7/9
[1935-1939]
Street scene in Omdurman
SAD.319/7/10-12
[1935-1939]
Sudanese women in a village, probably Kordofan
SAD.319/7/13
[1935-1939]
Sudanese crowd, northern Sudan
SAD.319/7/14
[1935-1939]
Two Sudanese men dressed in white jallabiyahs and turbans in a village in northern Sudan
SAD.319/7/15
[1935-1939]
Sudanese woman at a suq
SAD.319/7/16-17
[1935-1939]
Crowd of Sudanese at a water yard at Tendelti, concerned about the failure of the water supply
SAD.319/7/18-19
[1935-1939]
Watering animals at a hafir
SAD.319/7/20-21
[1935-1939]
Sudanese boys playing football in a village
SAD.319/7/22
[1935-1939]
Sudanese boy,with tukls in background
SAD.319/7/23
[1935-1939]
British woman with Sudanese women
SAD.319/7/24
[1935-1939]
British woman in Sudanese village with pet gazelle
SAD.319/7/25
[1935-1939]
Sudanese women dressed in tobes
SAD.319/7/26
[1935-1939]
Southern Sudanese men, two wearing body paint, clearing undergrowth
SAD.319/7/27-28
[1935-1939]
Sudanese group sheltering under a shade constructed from telegraph poles
SAD.319/7/29
[1935-1939]
Sudanese family
SAD.319/7/30-31
[1935-1939]
Sudanese men dressed in jallabiyahs and turbans
SAD.319/7/32
[1935-1939]
Sudanese man clearing undergrowth
SAD.319/7/33
[1935-1939]
Sudanese [merchants?] setting up their stalls for a market
SAD.319/7/34-36
[1935-1939]
Cattle
SAD.319/7/37-41
[1935-1939]
Bulls ploughing to loosen soil in a hafir
SAD.319/7/42
[1935-1939]
Camel caravan
SAD.319/7/43-44
[1935-1939]
Saqiyah
SAD.319/7/45
[1935-1939]
Sudanese men constructing a [tukl]
SAD.319/7/46
[1935-1939]
Southern Sudanese village with maize in the foreground
SAD.319/7/47
[1935-1939]
Group of tukls on hillside
SAD.319/7/48
[1935-1939]
Tukl
SAD.319/8/1-26
[1935-1939]
Photographs of J.M. Edmonds and colleagues/friends:
SAD.319/8/1
1935 Dec
J. M. Edmonds with Sudanese policemen in the background
SAD.319/8/2
[1935-1939]
J.M. Edmonds at swimming pool
SAD.319/8/3-4
[1935-1939]
J.M. Edmonds on camelback
SAD.319/8/5
1935 Mar
J.M. Edmonds relaxing under a shelter
SAD.319/8/6-7
1935 Nov
J.M. Edmonds in Dar Messiria
SAD.319/8/8-11
[1935-1939]
J.M. Edmonds on trek
SAD.319/8/12
[1935-1939]
J.M. Edmonds in motor car flanked by two Sudanese policemen
SAD.319/8/13
[1935-1939]
J.M. Edmonds and G.W. Grabham having breakfast on the verandah
SAD.319/8/14-15
1935 Mar
J.M. Edmonds and J. Longe having tea in Gefeil
SAD.319/8/16
[1935-1939]
J. M. Edmonds (left) seated with R.C. Wakefield (centre) and another British official under a shelter
SAD.319/8/17
[1935-1939]
R.C. Wakefield (left) and J.M. Edmonds having breakfast under a fly sheet between two motorcars
SAD.319/8/18
[1935-1939]
J.M. Edmonds (second from right) with group at Easter Monday picnic
SAD.319/8/19-20
[1935-1939]
Brisith officials and their wives at picnic
SAD.319/8/21
[1935-1939]
G.W. Grabham (left) and colleague standing by the bank of a river
SAD.319/8/22
[1937-1939]
Mrs Ruttledge (probably wife of W. Ruttledge, entomologist) sorting stores at Talodi, with Sudanese servant
SAD.319/8/23-24
[1935-1939]
Two British women swimming
SAD.319/8/25
[1935-1939]
British woman standing next to tukl
SAD.319/8/26
[1935-1939]
British woman standing next to young tebeldi tree
SAD.327/1/1-23
[1935-1939]
Photographs of British life in the Sudan, including:
SAD.327/1/1
[ca.1937]
Crowd of spectators, both British and Sudanese at a sports event, possibly a football final, with silver cup on table opposite Sir Stewart Symes, Governor-General, seated centre
SAD.327/1/2
1937
Guests and spectators at the Gordon College sports day, including (1) Governor-General Sir Stewart Symes, (2) R.K. Winter, former Director of Education, (3) C.W.M. Cox, current Director of Education, (4) F.D. Rugman (Financial Secretary) and his wife
SAD.327/1/3
[1935-1939]
Horse rider jumping over fence
SAD.327/1/4
[1935-1939]
Two riders on horseback
SAD.327/1/5-6
[1935-1939]
Horse race
SAD.327/1/7
[1935-1939]
Polo match
SAD.327/1/8
[1935-1939]
Football match
SAD.327/1/9-10
[1935-1939]
Rugby match, Khartoum
SAD.327/1/11
[1935-1939]
Rugby team, Khartoum, lined up under goal posts
SAD.327/1/12
[1935-1939]
Group of British officials spectating at a sports event, including Mrs Doughty, A.B. Theobold, W.F.M. Lang, T. Doughty and Cameron
SAD.327/1/13
[1935-1939]
Crowd of spectators at a sports event, including J.M. Edmonds (seated, front row, centre) with D.C. Cumming and G. Hawkesworth to his left
SAD.327/1/14
[1935-1939]
British congregation outside Khartoum Cathedral, including (marked 1 & 2) C.W. Williams, WArden of Gordon College, and his wife
SAD.327/1/15
[1935-1939] Dec 25
British congregation outside Khartoum Cathedral after Christmas morning service, including (1) wife of C.W. Williams (Warden of Gordon College), B.W. Lee of Gordon College and his wife, (4) Miss E.C.M. de Peyer of Unity High School, (5) Miss Hughes, daughter of B.A R. Hughes, Director of the Public Works Department
SAD.327/1/16
[1935-1939]
Swimming pool [probably in private garden]
SAD.327/1/17
[1935-1939]
Governor of Darfur's house at El Fasher, formerly `Ali Dinar's palace
SAD.327/1/18
[1935-1939]
Cage in the courtyard of 'Ali Dinar's former palace at El Fasher, later the Governor's house
SAD.327/1/19-20
[1935-1939]
Governor's house, location unspecified
SAD.327/1/21
[1935-1939]
View from the top of the Governor's house
SAD.327/1/22
[1935-1939]
Swimming baths at Khartoum Club, viewed from the club steps
SAD.327/1/23
[1935-1939]
W.A.D. Davey (engineer, Public Works Department) in his car, taken from the verandah of Edmonds' house looking towards the ‘Yellow Peril’, one of two government-owned blocks of bachelor quarters, situated on the south side of the Sudan Club garden
SAD.327/2/1-16
[1935-1939]
Photographs of trees, mostly tebeldi trees, but including also a monkey forest at Sennar, with index card description. SAD.327/2/9-15 were taken at the end of a trip in spring 1938. Note from Edmonds records that the accepted idea was that tebeldis woudl die out because goats would eat up the seedlings. They therefore took photos of vegetative reproduction, especially in areas without wells where there were no grazing flocks.
SAD.327/3/1-22
[1935-1939]
Photographs of landscapes in the Sudan:
SAD.327/3/1-5
1937 Mar
Jabal landscapes, probably taken on a trek with R.C. Wakefield
SAD.327/3/6
1937 Apr 15
East side of Karabat Abu `Ushar
SAD.327/3/7
1937 May 2
Jabal Humr from the south west
SAD.327/3/8
1937 May 8
Hosh at Wadi Abu Hashim
SAD.327/3/9
[1935-1939]
Nasib el Husan
SAD.327/3/10
[1935-1939]
Rashad scene
SAD.327/3/11
[1935-1939]
[Kod Verich?]
SAD.327/3/12
[1935-1939]
`Eilai, looking north from Jabal Shawwaf
SAD.327/3/13
[1935-1939]
Kagmar wells
SAD.327/3/14-22
[1935-1939]
Jabal landscapes, probably taken by G.W. Grabham
SAD.327/4/1-57
[1935-1939]
Miscellaneous unidentified photographs of mountains, roads and landscapes
SAD.327/5/1-42
[1925-1939]
Photographs of river scenes in the Sudan:
SAD.327/5/1-5
1935 Aug
River Nile at Khartoum showing the Blue Nile bridge between Khartoum and Khartoum North
SAD.327/5/6
[1935-1939]
View of the Nile at Khartoum from the south bank showing the ferry to Tuti Island
SAD.327/5/7
[1935-1939]
Aerial view of the White Nile bridge, spanning the Nile between Khartoum and Omdurman
SAD.327/5/8
[1925-1928]
Aerial view of the construction of the White Nile bridge between Khartoum and Omdurman
SAD.327/5/9
[1935-1939]
The White Nile bridge between Khartoum and Omdurman with section open to allow sailing boats through
SAD.327/5/10
1935 Aug 23-Oct 25
High Nile at Khartoum
SAD.327/5/11-23
[1935-1936]
Construction of Jabal Aulia dam
SAD.327/5/24
-1935-1939]
Sennar dam
SAD.327/5/25-26
[1935-1939]
Airmail seaplane
SAD.327/5/27
[1935-1939]
Sudanese men at Aqiq loading ships with grain to be taken to Eritrea
SAD.327/5/28
[1935-1939]
Felucca on the Nile
SAD.327/5/29-42
[1935-1939]
Unidentified river scenes
SAD.327/6/1-12
[1935-1939]
Miscellaneous photographs, including:
SAD.327/6/1
[1935-1939]
Aerial view of Suakin
SAD.327/6/2
[1935-1939]
View of `Aqiq
SAD.327/6/3
[1935-1939]
Khartoum street scene with tram in foreground (Karakashian Bros)
SAD.327/6/4-6
[1935-1939]
Ancient ruin
SAD.327/6/7
[1935-1939]
Motor car next to the memorial obelisk to the 21st Lancers killed at Karari, during the Battle of Omdurman
SAD.327/6/8
[1935-1939]
Railway station no. 4
SAD.327/6/9
[1935-1939]
House behind garden fence
SAD.327/6/10
[1935-1939]
Crowd of people waiting at the railway station
SAD.327/6/11
[1935-1939]
Shoebill stork
SAD.327/6/12
[1935-1939]
Goats
SAD.327/7
[1935-1939]
File of photographic negatives, mostly of loose photographs described above
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Negatives
5. Maps
SAD.326/11/1
[1930s]
Sketch map showing the route from Berber to Suakin, copied from a War Office map based on a survey by Messrs Courage, James & Sutton in 1879
Size: 13 x 20 cm
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Topographic maps
SAD.PF 27/8/1
1937
Sketch map of a route taken by J.M. Edmonds and Jaafar al-Hassan (28 Dec 1936-2 Feb 1937) in southern White Nile Province near El Jebelein
Size: 49 x 29cm
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Topographic maps

Digitised material for Sketch map of a route taken by J.M. Edmonds and Jaafar al-Hassan (28 Dec 1936-2 Feb 1937) in southern White Nile Province near El Jebelein
SAD.326/11/2
[1930s]
Preliminary soil map of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
1:8,000,000
Size: 36 x 28.5 cm
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Thematic maps
SAD.PF 27/6/9
1931
“International Map of the World”, series map (provisional edition), sheet N.D-36: Khartoum. Compiled, printed and drawn by the Sudan Survey Department, Khartoum.
1:1,000,000
Size: 60 x 82 cm
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Topographic maps
SAD.PF 27/6/10
1935
“International Map of the World”, series map (provisional edition), sheet N.D-35: El Fasher. Compiled, printed and drawn by the Sudan Survey Department, Khartoum.
1:1,000,000
Size: 60 x 82 cm
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Topographic maps
SAD.PF 27/6/11
1937
“International Map of the World”, series map (provisional edition), sheet N.C-35: Bahr El `Arab, . Compiled, printed and drawn by the Sudan Survey Department, Khartoum.
1:1,000,000
Size: 60 x 82 cm
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Topographic maps
SAD.PF 27/7/1
[1930s]
Geological map (3058) covering an area from northern Kordofan to lower Northern Province with additional notes [written by Edmonds]
Size: 144 x 54 cm
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Geological maps

Digitised material for Traced geological map covering an area from northern Kordofan to lower Northern Province - SAD/PF.27/7/1
SAD.PF 27/7/2
[1930s]
Photostat copy of geological map (3058) covering an area from northern Kordofan to lower Northern Province with extensive additional notes (not included in original copy) [written by Edmonds]
Size: 135 x 54 cm
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Geological maps

Digitised material for Copy of geological map (3058) covering an area from northern Kordofan to lower Northern Province - SAD/PF.27/7/2
SAD.PF 27/7/3
[1935]
Geological map of north-western Sudan and adjacent territories, produced to accompany a paper by K.S. Sandford Based on a map in the Quarterly Journal of the Geographical Society, 91 (May 1935)
1:4,000,000
Size: 41 x 67 cm
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Geological maps

Digitised material for Geological map of north-western Sudan and adjacent territories, produced to accompany a paper by K.S. Sandford - SAD/PF.27/7/3
SAD.PF 27/7/4
1947
Geological map of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (provisional edition), produced by the Sudan Survey Department
1:4,000,000
Size: 80 x 60 cm
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Geological maps
SAD.PF 27/6/12
1949
Geological map of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (second edition) compiled by the Sudan Survey Department
1:4,000,000
Size: 83 x 58 cm
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Geological maps
SAD.PF 27/7/5
1963
Geological map of Sudan (third edition)
1:4,000,000
Size: 89 x 60 cm
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Geological maps
SAD.PF 27/6/13
1952
Geological map of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (provisional edition), sheet 55: Khartoum, compiled by the Sudan Survey Department
1:1,000,000
Size: 59 x 86 cm
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Geological maps
SAD.PF 27/6/14
1952
Geological map of Eastern Khartoum Province (first edition) produced by Sudan Survey Department
1:250,000
Size: 86 x 58 cm
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Geological maps
Compiled from Africa 1:250,000 series
SAD.326/12/1-24
1932-1935
Africa 1:250,000 series maps of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (various editions), each sheet divided into 4 sections with the frame, including legend, cut off. Some contain handwritten annotations:
Size: 23 x 33 cm
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Topographic maps
SAD.326/12/1-4
1932 May
Sheet 45-E, Debba
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Topographic maps
SAD.326/12/5-8
1933 Dec
Sheet 45-F, Merowe
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Topographic maps
SAD.326/12/9-12
1935 Jun
Sheet 45-I, Soteir
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Topographic maps
SAD.326/12/13-16
1933 Mar
Sheet 45-J, Baiyuda
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Topographic maps
SAD.326/12/17-20
1935 Jun
Sheet 45-M, `Eilai
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Topographic maps
SAD.326/12/21-24
1933 Nov
Sheet 45-N, Sabaloka
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Topographic maps
SAD.326/13/1-25
1928-1934
Africa 1:250,000 series maps of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (various editions), each sheet divided into 4 sections with the frame, including legend, cut off. Some contain handwritten annotations:
Size: 23 x 33 cm
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Topographic maps
SAD.326/13/1-4
1934 Oct
Sheet 54-G, Umm Badr
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Topographic maps
SAD.326/13/5-8
1934 Dec
Sheet 54-H, Sodiri
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Topographic maps
SAD.326/13/9-12
1929 Nov
Sheet 54-I, El Fasher
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Topographic maps
SAD.326/13/13-16
1928 May
Sheet 54-K, Kaja Serug
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Topographic maps
SAD.326/13/17
1933 Dec
Sheet 54-L, El Quleit (4 sections have been reassembled into one map)
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Topographic maps
SAD.326/13/18-21
1931 Jul
Sheet 54-O, En Nahud
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Topographic maps
SAD.326/13/22-25
1932 Dec
Sheet 54-P, Abu Zabad
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Topographic maps
SAD.326/14/1-24
1929-1934
Africa 1:250,000 series maps of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (various editions), each sheet divided into 4 sections with the frame, including legend, cut off. Some contain handwritten annotations:
Size: 23 x 33 cm
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Topographic maps
SAD.326/14/1-4
1934 Dec
Sheet 55-A, Es Safiya
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Topographic maps
SAD.326/14/5-8
1933 Oct
Sheet 55-B, Khartoum
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Topographic maps
SAD.326/14/9-12
1929 Dec
Sheet 55-E, Kagmar
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Topographic maps
SAD.326/14/13-16
1933
Sheet 55-I, El Obeid
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Topographic maps
SAD.326/14/17-20
1932 Sep
Sheet 55-J, Aba Island
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Topographic maps
SAD.326/14/21-24
1931
Sheet 55-M, Jebel Ed Daier
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Topographic maps
SAD.326/15/1-16
1930-1936
Africa 1:250,000 series maps of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (various editions), each sheet divided into 4 sections with the frame, including legend, cut off. Some contain handwritten annotations:
Size: 23 x 33 cm
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Topographic maps
SAD.326/15/1-4
1931 Jul
Sheet 65-C, Muglad
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Topographic maps
SAD.326/15/5-8
1930 Dec
Sheet 65-D, Kadugli
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Topographic maps
SAD.326/15/9-12
1931 Jun
Sheet 65-G, Dar El Humr
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Topographic maps
SAD.326/15/13-16
1931 Sep
Sheet 65-H, Lake Keilak
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Topographic maps
SAD.326/16/1-8
1930-1933
Africa 1:250,000 series maps of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (various editions), each sheet divided into 4 sections with the frame, including legend, cut off. Some contain handwritten annotations:
Size: 23 x 33 cm
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Topographic maps
SAD.326/16/1-4
1930 Oct
Sheet 66-A, Jebel Rashad
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Topographic maps
SAD.326/16/5-8
1933 Dec
Sheet 66-E, Talodi
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Topographic maps
SAD.PF 27/6/15-22
1932-1937
Africa 1:250,000 series maps of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (various editions):
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Topographic maps
SAD.PF 27/6/15
1936 Nov
Sheet 54-F: Tagabo Hills (Darfur Province)
1:250,000
Size: 60 x 82 cm
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Topographic maps
Includes minor annotations [by Edmonds] showing geological features
SAD.PF 27/6/16
1934 Dec
Sheet 54-B: Meidob (Darfur Province)
1:250,000
Size: 60 x 82 cm
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Topographic maps
Includes minor annotations [by Edmonds] showing geological features
SAD.PF 27/6/17
1934 Dec
Sheet 54-H: Sodiri (Kordofan Province)
1:250,000
Size: 60 x 82 cm
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Topographic maps
Includes annotations [by Edmonds] showing various trek routes
SAD.PF 27/6/18
1937 May
Sheet 65-H: Lake Keilak
1:250,000
Size: 60 x 82 cm
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Topographic maps
Includes minor annotations [by Edmonds] showing geological features
SAD.PF 27/6/19
1936 Jun
Sheet 65-D: Kadugli (Kordofan Province)
1:250,000
Size: 60 x 82 cm
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Topographic maps
Includes minor annotations [by Edmonds] showing geological features
SAD.PF 27/6/20
1932 Dec
Sheet 65-B: Abu Gabra (Darfur Province)
1:250,000
Size: 60 x 82 cm
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Topographic maps
Includes annotations [by Edmonds] showing geological features
SAD.PF 27/6/21-22
1935 Nov
Sheet 54-L, El Quleit (Kordofan Province)
1:250,000
Size: 60 x 82 cm
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Topographic maps
2 copies, both with extensive annotations [by Edmonds] showing geological features and geographical corrections
6. Miscellanea
SAD.PF 27/6/1-7
[n.d. ca. 1930s]
Large colour cartoon images printed in Egypt depicting scenes from the Qu`ran. Includes:
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Prints
SAD.PF 27/6/1
Al Buraq, the creature on which the Islamic prophet Muhammad made his ascension to the “seven heavens”
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Prints
SAD.PF 27/6/2
The Queen of Sheba meeting King Sulayman
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Prints
SAD.PF 27/6/3
Yusuf in Egypt
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Prints
SAD.PF 27/6/4
Abdul-Qadir Gilani, Islamic preacher and figurehead of the Qadiri Sufi Order
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Prints
SAD.PF 27/6/5
King Sulayman and his army
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Prints
SAD.PF 27/6/6
David slaying Goliath
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Prints
SAD.PF 27/6/7

Adam and Eve eating from the forbidden tree
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Prints
SAD.PF 27/6/8
[ca. 1930s]
Large colour cartoon image depicting Ethiopian troops under the command of Emperor Haile Selassie firing at invading Italian bombers
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Prints