Reference code: GB-0033-SAD
Title: Crompton, CWL
Dates of creation: ca.1900-1907
Extent: 2 files
Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections
Created by: material relating to service in the Sudan
Language:
English
(1860-1907)
| | |
| 1877 | Emigrated to Australia |
| 1885-1897 | Engaged in survey work for the Queensland Government. Surveyed the goldfields at Charters Towers and Normanby |
| Late 1890s | Surveying work at Sekondi, Gold Coast |
| 1902-1907 | Superintendent Gezira Surveys |
| 1907 | Died at Khartoum |
All the items in this collection are copies of originals held by the Crompton family in Australia
1. Personal Papers
2. Photographic Material
3. Printed Material
Catalogue
1. Personal Papers
SAD.880/12/1-14
1905 Jul 17 - [post Dec 1905]
Letters home from C.W.L.C. to his family from Ed Damer on the Gezira survey:
SAD.880/12/1-6
1905 Jul 17
To his sister-in-law Edith, wife of George Crompton concerning the physical hardships of survey work in the Gezira, his career prospects, the possibility of finding employment in the Sudan for his relatives, the native diet, and criticism of the British Government's treatment of General Gordon
SAD.880/12/7-10
[n.d.]
Part letter (commencing on p.2) re the feast of Bayram at Wad Medani
SAD.880/12/11-12
1905 Aug 25
Letter from C.W.L.C. at Ed Damer to his brother George Crompton in Mackay, Queensland re a two-week spell in Khartoum, difficulties of taking photographs, and family news
SAD.880/12/13-14
[n.d.]
Part letter from C.W.L.C. (commencing on p.4) chiefly concerning the survey work. He refers to the first survey peg which was placed on 10 Dec 1905 (for photograph see 877/10/1 below). He also refers to the widespread feelings of insecurity among the Sudanese
SAD.880/12/15-21
1907 Feb 16 - Apr 1
Letters from Hugh D. Pearson, Director of Surveys, to C.W.L.C.'s sister concerning the last stages of his illness and his death, the arrangements for his funeral and a proposed memorial, and the shipment home of his personal effects
SAD.880/12/22-23
1907 Jan 12 - Feb 19
Copy letters from Sir Reginald and Lady Wingate to C.W.L.C. during his last illness and to H.D. Pearson concerning his death
SAD.880/12/24-25
[n.d. c.Feb 1907]
Copy extract from a Queensland newspaper concerning C.W.L.C.'s death
SAD.880/12/26-27
1907 Feb 29 and n.d.
Letters to C.W.L.C.'s sister Essie from family members concerning their loss
SAD.880/12/28-40
Transcript of the letters above, with some explanatory notes, by K. Crompton, C.W.L.C.'s great-great-nephew
2. Photographic Material
Enlargements from original prints SAD.877/10/1
1905 Dec 10
Captain Hugh D. Pearson, R.E., Director of Surveys with C.W.L.C. at the first iron beacon placed in the Gezira survey, latitude 15° 10″N, longitude 33° 00″E
SAD.877/10/2
[post Sep 1906]
C.W.L.C. with young Sudanese boy wearing turban
SAD.877/10/3
[c.1906]
Camp at Wad Lumeid, Gezira
Copies scanned from original album SAD.877/10/4
Portrait of C.W.L.C. as a young man
SAD.877/10/5-25
[c.1902 - 1907]
Photographs taken during survey work in the Gezira:
SAD.877/10/5-6
Feluccas on the Nile
SAD.877/10/7
Fadl al-Zubayr, son of Zubayr Pasha, one of the Sudanese assistants on the survey work, on camelback next to tent
SAD.877/10/8
Baggage camel at rest, tukls in background
SAD.877/10/9
Camp alongside the Atbara bridge; Captain Pearson packing
SAD.877/10/10
Watering animals at well
SAD.877/10/11
Sudanese assistants with baggage animals in front of tent: Cali, Muhammad `Umar and Hasan Muhammad
SAD.877/10/12
Pyramids at Meroë
SAD.877/10/13
Survey official (C.W.L.C.?) with Sudanese assistant on camels, tent in background
SAD.877/10/14
C.W.L.C. on camel, taken shortly before his death, 1907
SAD.877/10/15
Garden of the Inspector's house, Kamlin
SAD.877/10/16,24
Arab chief with two sons and grandchild outside tukl
SAD.877/10/17
Arab family group outside mud house
SAD.877/10/18
Group of Arab men and boys, tukls in background
SAD.877/10/19
Arab chief on donkey beside group of children
SAD.877/10/20
Arab men surrounding felucca
SAD.877/10/21
Tent with palm trees in background
SAD.877/10/22
Group of Bija men
SAD.877/10/23
Two survey assistants at work in the Gezira, perhaps with the first survey peg
SAD.877/10/24
Five Gordon College boys, employed on survey work. Second from right is Fadl al-Zubayr. Caption states “Nos 1-4 have been returned as hopeless”
SAD.877/10/26-29
[n.d. c.1900]
Copies of commercial photographs of Egypt:
SAD.877/10/26
Felucca on the Nile at Aswan, west of Elephantine Island
SAD.877/10/27
Steam ship with rigging, on the Nile
SAD.877/10/28
The sphinx and pyramids, Cairo
SAD.877/10/29
Temple at Luxor
3. Printed Material
SAD.880/10/41-73
1907
Pearson, H.D., Crompton, W.L., Vines, S.M., Notes on the marking out of the Gezira in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan into minutes of latitude and longitude (London, 1907)
From a copy sent to C.W.L.C.'s sister by H.D. Pearson in Oct 1907. Two of the photographs included in this publication also appear in C.W.L.C.'s album. (For library copy, see SudA PK 1501.3 PEA)
