1926 May 6-1948 Oct 25
Hill's personal papers relating to employment, chiefly concerning his time in the Sudan Government, including applications for employment, employment references, leave requests, contract extensions, promotions, pension papers, and travelling allowances, as well as his application for military service in the Sudan Defence Force during the Second World War

1927 Sep 29-30
MS extract [in Hill's hand?] from the minutes of a meeting of the Sudan Railways Advisory Board concerning the training of students for the Sudan Government Railways

1927 Oct 3
Letter from A.C. Parker, General Manager, concerning Hill's interest in a post in the Sudan Government Railways

1927 Nov 15
Letter from E.E. Midwinter to Hill outlining the training programme on the Great Western Railway. Enclosure:

n.d. [1927]
Traffic Department training timetable for Hill

1928 Jun 18
Extract from a report addressing the problem of British civil servants investing in private ventures, with covering letters from H.A. MacMichael, Civil Secretary, to all Governors and Heads of Departments, and T.E. Dunn to [H.J. Davidson?]

1929 Feb 1-1930 Jul 18
Correspondence relating to Hill's role as Assistant to the General Manager, Sudan Railways, including letter from M.W. Parr, Private Secretary to the Governor-General, to MacMichael, and MacMichael to all Governors, relating to the correct forms of address to be employed by different ranking officials (SAD.969/13/17); A.C. Parker, General Manager, to Hill concerning a departmental Board of Discipline meeting to discuss the trial of Antoun Eff. Shukri (SAD.969/13/18); Hill to J.L. Willoughby concerning his inspection of the equipment of the Gebeit Rifle Club (SAD.969/13/27); Hill to Willoughby, and L.B. Bayley to H.E. Dumbell, Controller of Stores, concerning the publication of a revised General Rule Book (SAD.969/13/28-30); Midwinter to Hill concerning the effect of the situation in Egypt on Hill's return journey to the Sudan (SAD.969/13/31). Enclosures:

1929 Nov 17
District Traffic Order from Hill with instructions for guards on the workings of the vacuum break

1929 Nov 24
Handing-over notes from J.L. Willoughby, District Traffic Manager of the Gebeit District, to L.B. Bayley, Superintendent of the Line, including reports from the following stations and districts: Musmar Station, Shediyeb, Binna, Gebeit, Tehamiyam, Kamob Sanha, Port Sudan, Suakin; as well as Traffic Control, weather patrols on the Suakin line, safety working in the Gebeit District, the Housing Accommodation Building Programme, and other miscellaneous notes

1930 May 15
Summons to witness for Hill to a District Court Martial

1931 Nov 18-1932 Feb 28
Correspondence relating to Hill's role as Assistant to Superintendent of the Line, including Bayley to P.D. Mulholland, Controller of River Transport, telegram from Mulholland to Hill, with reply from Hill, relating to the possible transfer of Hill to Khartoum to replace M.P.M. Greany, Assistant to Controller of River Transport. Enclosure:

1931 Jun 3
Draft note on the conduct of E. Spittle, Quays Superintendent in Mogren

1932 Mar 2-1935 Dec 14
Correspondence concerning Hill's role as District Traffic Manager, Khartoum Central, including letters from E.C. Chandler, Acting Deputy Manager, to W. Tomlin, Chandler to Hill and Hill to A.C. Parker, General Manager, concerning an accident to Salam Farag Sa'id (SAD.969/14/1-3); Hill to L.B. Bayley, Traffic Manager, concerning the conduct of the crew on the Juba Mail Service (SAD.969/14/4-5); [Hill?] to G. Bramall, Acting Traffic Manager, concerning the mode of training for future Sudan Government officials on English railways (SAD.969/14/6-7); Hill to Bayley concerning the early expediting of a forces train to Khartoum North (SAD.69/14/8); circular letter from H.E. Fass, Financial Secretary, concerning the need to reduce expenditure in Sudan Government departments, with covering letter from G. Barmall to Hill outlining methods of achieving this for the Sudan Railways (SAD.969/14/9-10); Hunter to F.H.G. Haldwell, Superintendent of the Line, re the differences between Northern and Southern Sudan in attracting travellers and tourists (SAD.969/14/11); A.J. Matthew, Assistant General Manager, to F.H.J. Haldwell giving his opinion on Hill's brochure on the White Nile, with covering letter from Haldwell to Hill (SAD.969/14/12-13); Haldwell, and R.J. Jacobs to Bramall relating to concerns over his replacement by Hill (SAD.969/14/17-19); C.L.S. Dibben to Hill, with reply, re the possible appointment of Hill to succeed E.G. Evans as Superintendent of Stores (SAD.969/14/29-31); Haldwell, Operations Superintendent, to Hill, and [Bowen?] to Haldwell, concerning criticism over Hill's handling of the Tulba Osman Nagud case (SAD.969/14/32-36); Haldwell to Hill concerning Tulba Osman Nagud, the need to follow ‘local’ instructions, criticism of an accident report compiled by Hill, and urging him to improve communications with R.M. Cummins, Assistant Operations Superintendent (SAD.969/14/37-38); telegrams from Hill to C.J.H. Hunter, Deputy General Manager, and Cummins, with reply from Hunter, relating to the progress of floods at Atbara (SAD.969/14/41-42); Cummins to Hill concerning discussions over the additional section of the Gambeila Railway (SAD.969/14/49-50); Hill to R.C. Chandler, Commercial Superintendent, with reply, offering his views on the potential for tourism in Suakin (SAD.969/14/51-54,69); Hill to Bramall, Traffic Manager, concerning arrangements following reopening of the Jabal Auliya Dam (SAD.969/14/55). Enclosures:

1932 Sep 28
MS note by Hill concerning the application of the “movement and exploitation” system of organisation to the Sudan Railways

n.d. [1933]
Memorandum from the Governor-General, Sir J. Maffey, to all staff, forbidding the taking part in pleasure flights

n.d. [1933]
Standing Order no. 1077 from A.C. Parker regarding the abatement of officials' salaries

1933
Annual report of the Steamers: Southern Reaches Department

1933
Annual report of the Khartoum District (Railway Section)

1933 Nov 27
Accident inquiry report for Lord Francis Scott, with supporting correspondence from various officials

1933 Dec 15
Petition against the application of a flat rate for gum and its effect on the gum trade

1934
Note by the Traffic Department concerning proposals for steamer renewals

1935 Jan
Extract from the monthly report, Steamers Section, relating to competition with Imperial Airways

1935 Jul 8
Handing-over notes from Hill to J.L. Willoughby, covering: (a) Steamers: emergency arrangements following the closure of the Jabal Auliya Dam, export of Southern cattle, proposed Juba express service, new rules and regulations, and Jur River services. (b) Railways: suspension of Gordon's Tree local service, addition of a pedestrian crossing at Khartoum Central, rules relating to unauthorised posters, civil aerodromes, cattle exports to Eritrea, personnel changes, and a new transhipping platform

1935 Nov 3-5
Extract from Hill's work diary with brief descriptions of his day

1936 Aug 19
MS letter from Hill to C.A. Milward, Assistant Port Superintendent, regarding tourage charges for aircraft refuelling tank launches on the Nile

1937 Jan 24
Sudan Railways headquarters notice from H.B. Emley, General Manager, concerning the administration of staff welfare and Hill's appointment as Personnel and Welfare Officer

1937 Mar 15
Circular letter from R.G. Dingwall, Deputy Assistant Civil Secretary, concerning regulations relating to British officials on leave, with covering letter from Dingwall to all governors and heads of departments

1937 Apr 3-1944 Dec 27
Correspondence relating to Hill's role as Assistant Establishment Officer, including Dingwall to Hill, Sudan Government London Office to the Civil Secretary and J.C. Penney to A.B.B. Howell concerning arrangements for a British and Sudanese delegation (to include Hill) to travel to England for the coronation of King George VI, and concerns expressed by Sayyid `Ali al-Mirghani about the predominance of Mahdist elements in the delegation (SAD.969/15/2-7); C.E. Fouracre to Hill concerning the position of Foreman of Works and the illegality of Hill's preference for a Greek or Maltese employee in preference to an Egyptian or Sudanese employee (SAD.969/15/20-21); Hill to C.J.H. Hunter, with reply, regarding a scheme for the improvement of the education of Sudanese officials in the Sudan Government (SAD.969/15/23-24); statement by Atta al-Manna Faragalla al-Gamal to the Superintendent Engineer, concerning a physical assault made upon him by a Sudanese woman (SAD.969/15/26); Hill to N. Gibbons and C. Dewdney, with reply from Dewdney, concerning the possibility of allowing Sudanese and Egyptian officials into British clubs in Atbara (SAD.969/15/29,31-34; E.J.N. Wallis, Assistant Civil Secretary, to Hill, with reply, concerning Hill's nomination as a member and councillor of the Sudan Cultural Centre (SAD.969/15/39-40); F.S. Lees-Spalding, General Manager, to. W. Platt, Commanding Officer of the Sudan Defence Force, with reply, on Hill's role on the Resources Board and Transport Committee (SAD.969/15/41-42); Hill to Dibben re the question of military transport in the Sudan (SAD.969/15/45); [D. Cartley?], General Manager of the Eritrean Railways and Ropeway, to the Traffic Manager, concerning work to be carried out by Hill (SAD.969/15/59); circular letter from G. Foley, Chairman of the Sudan British Union concerning the education of the children of British officials in the Sudan (SAD.969/15/60); Hill to C.R. Williams concerning a proposal for an Atbara branch of the Sudan Cultural Centre (SAD.969/15/63-65); Hill to J.B. Bennet re the management of clubs by British officials (SAD.969/15/66-67); R.V.H. Roseveare to Hill and G.C. Scott to Hill, with Hill's reply concerning Hill becoming a secretary of the Sudan Cultural Centre (SAD.969/15/76-77,81-85); Hill to A.B. Theobald on preparations for his new role as lecturer at Gordon College (SAD.969/15/80); Hill to R.J. Darvall, Chief Accountant, with reply, re the use of words offensive to Muslims in the Sudan Railway Telegraphic Code Book (SAD.969/15/86-87). Enclosures:

1938 Jan 3
Report of the Welfare Fund for 1937, with account statements

1938 Nov 27
Translation of article from El Nil regarding the retirement of H.B. Emley, General Manager of the Sudan Railways

1938 Dec 12
Report of the Welfare Fund for 1938, with account statements

1939 Jan 15
Note by Hill regarding regulations for the wearing of uniforms in the Traffic, Engineering and Mechanical Departments of the Sudan Railways

1939 Feb 7-1939 Sep 10
Papers concerning the Air Raid Precautions organisation, including:

1939 Jun 6
Translation of a petition by Ibrahim Medani concerning an alleged assault of a policeman

n.d. [1940]
Note by Hill on the work of the Movement Control Organisation

n.d. [1940]
Note outlining uniform and equipment requirements for officers commissioned in the Sudan Defence Force

n.d. [1940s]
Note entitled “Government of Amhara: Instructions for the organization and functioning of municipal studies in residencies and vice-residencies”

n.d. [1940s]
Note entitled “Administration of justice in Italian East Africa”

n.d. [1940s]
Note on the organisation of Italian Empire of East Africa

1940
List of members of the Sudan Cultural Centre

1941 Mar 28
Note by Captain [?] outlining the procedure for receiving and forwarding goods from the Sudan Railways

1942 Jan 12
Handing-over notes from Hill to E.L.W. Sykes in his role as Railway Liaison Officer, mostly administrative procedures to be followed

1942 May 14-Dec 2
Series of progress reports from Hill working on the Eritrean Railways and Ropeways, including (1) requirement for the adoption of standard rules and regulations, traffic delays in the delivery of aeroplane parts, train delays caused by wagon weighing, the conduct of D.T.M. Massawa, traffic delays caused by derailments and quay track awaiting completion, checking of locomotive performance, bad stowage at Massawa, and road tractor substitute for a shunting engine; (2) proposal to transfer perishable traffic between Keren-Asmara to a railway system; (3) conditions of carriage and tariff of charges by rail; (4) proposal to improve ropeway skins; (5) the basis of rates for the Asmara-Massawa ropeway; (6) report on the losses to railway property; (7 & 8) progress report on a ropeway skip job

1942 Oct 5
Note by Hill relating to the participation of Sudanese officials in the social activities of the Sudan Railways

1942 Dec 2
Note by Hill on broadcasting techniques

1943 Feb 2
Note by C.R. Williams on the shortage of foodstuffs and other items and its impact on employees of the Sudan Government

1943 Jul 16
Report by Hill on the illness of a passenger on a train

1943 Sep 7
Note by Hill on Welfare Councils

1944 Jan 23
Handing-over notes from Hill's role as Assistant Establishment Officer, covering the welfare fund, use of Railway Bulletins for reference purposes, the circulation library, cinema van, education, the role of disseminating information, and the distributing of prizes

1944
Extract from the Report of the Sudan Cultural Centre, 1943-1944

1944 Jan 15
Printed notification of a referendum on the Sudan Club constitution

1945 Nov 25-1948 Apr 21
Correspondence relating to Hill's role as lecturer at Gordon College, including Hill to C.W. Williams, Director of Education,with reply, C.W. Williams to J.D. Tothill, Principal of Gordon College, Hill to Tothill, C.W. Williams to J.W. Roberston, E.J.N. Wallis to Williams, with reply concerning Hill's resignation as Hon. Secretary of the Cultural Centre and the appointment of his successor (SAD.970/2/1-6,13-17); circular letter from J.W. Robertson on Sudanisation (SAD.970/2/7); circular letter from Hill to members of the Sudan Cultural Centre on the admission of women into the organisation (SAD.970/2/9); A. Hamdi to Hill, requesting permission for members of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood to lecture in the Sudan, with a reply from Hill rejecting this request (SAD.970/2/10-11); Tothill to Hill on the role of politics in Gordon College SAD.970/2/12); G.C. Wood, Dean of the School of Science at Gordon College, to Tothill re the admission of non-Sudanese students into the College (SAD.970/2/19); Hill to the Secretary of the Academic Board concerning the formation of the Research and Publications Committee (SAD.970/2/20-21)

1945 Oct 14
Note by Hill concerning his current research interests

1945 Dec 1
Minutes of an informal meeting of the College Board to discuss research in Gordon College

1946
List of members of the Sudan Cultural Centre

1946 Jun
Manifesto from the Republican Party, outlining plans for the creation of an Islamic Republic

1946 Oct 31
Statement by Sir H. Huddleston, Governor-General, on the future of the Sudan

1947 Feb 8
Note by Hill on the need to improve the standard of English taught at Gordon College

1947 Oct
Minutes of the first meeting of the Projects Sub-Committee

1948 Feb 16
Statement by I. Ahmed, Vice-Principal of Gordon College, concerning the problem of over-crowding in the College

1948 Apr 16
Printed notice to members of the Sudan Club concerning the resolutions to be put to the annual general meeting

1945 Oct 3
Expense certificate from Juliana

1946
Extract from report and accounts of Gordon College to 31st December 1945, including J.M.S. Hill's report on Gordon College Library

1946 Mar 15
Letter from J.M.S. Hill to the Principal of Gordon College concerning payment of her salary

1946 Jun 6
Letter from A.R.C. Bolton to the Principal concerning Juliana's allowances

1946 Jun 9
Identity certificate for Juliana

1946 Jun 10
Handing-over notes by Juliana on leaving her role as Librarian

[1947?] Jan 1
J.M.S. Hill: “Annual Report of the Gordon Memorial College Library for 1946”

1948 Nov 23-1969 Jan 24
Hill's personal papers relating to his post-Sudan employment as a university lecturer, mostly employment applications, employment contracts, contract extensions, and letters of resignation

1950 May 10-1966 Jun 28
Correspondence relating to Hill's role as lecturer in the University of Durham, including Hill to Mr Kurkjian, E.M. Bettenson to Hill, Hill to al-Sayyid Sir `Abd al-Rahman Pasha al-Mahdi and Hill to the Registrar concerning the recommendation and offer of honorary degrees to al-Sayyid `Abd al-Rahman al-Mahdi and Ibrahim Abboud, President of the Republic of the Sudan (SAD.970/4/28,33-34,40-41); G. Polvani and Yusuf Fadl Hasan to Hill, Hill to D. Christopherson (Warden), with reply, J.A. Haywood to Hill, with reply and Hill to Yusuf Fadl Hasan on collaboration with other universities, including the University of Milan and the University of Khartoum (SAD.970/4/32,50-56,60)

1950 Dec 12
Tutor's mid-session report by Hill for the Director of Extra-Mural Studies, 1950-1951

1956 May 23
Letter of introduction from H. Waller, Lord Mayor of Newcastle, to the Governor of the Municipality of Cairo, to enable Hill to carry out research in Cairo

1965 Jan
Report by Hill of a research trip to the Sudan, December 1964-January 1965

1966 Feb 18
Handing-over notes by Hill regarding the Sudan Archive

1966 Apr 28
Letter from Hill to T. Naff concerning a possible lecture programme at the American University of Cairo

1966 Jun 3
Letter from R.O. Collins to Hill providing information in preparation for Hill's arrival at the University of California, Santa Barbara

1966 Jul 9
Letter from Hill to T.W. Thacker, with reply, regarding a dispute with Sir Ronald Wingate over custodianship of the Wingate Papers

1968 Mar 3
Letter from Hill to R. Day, with reply memo, concerning the method of teaching history at Simon Fraser University

1968 Mar 20
Simon Fraser University Faculty Association Newsletter

n.d. [1968]
“That was the week that was”: SDU Information Bulletin

1920 Aug 18-1922 Dec 26
Hill's personal papers relating to his time at St Augustine's College, Canterbury, mostly correspondence of a private or trivial nature, including T. Tallow to Hill on the latter's membership of the Student Christian Movement (SAD.970/5/20), and J. Hennessy to Hill and the Secretary to Hill re Hill's successful election to the New Reform Club (SAD.970/5/66)

1923 Jan 9-1925 Dec 27
Hill's personal papers from his time at Oxford University, mostly correspondence of a private or trivial nature concerning university life, including D.H. Holland to Hill, and R.M. Makin to Hill regarding Hill's election to the Oxford Carlton Club (SAD.970/6/46,48); T. Hamlyn to Hill describing a social event with A. Chamberlain and Winston Churchill in attendance (SAD.970/6/75) ;and H. Grenfell to Hill concerning the admission of women to the Oxford Union Conservative Association (SAD.970/6/90)

1925-1926
Scrapbook containing letters, press cuttings and leaflets collected during Hill's time at Clifton College and Oxford University. They are mostly concerned with politics at the national and university level, with particular emphasis on Conservative issues. Also contains letters and press cuttings (some by Hill) on student debates and the Oxford Union Society; as well as leaflets relating to various organisations

1926-1928
Scrapbook containing letters, press cuttings and leaflets collected during Hill's time at Oxford University. They are mostly concerned with politics at the national and university level, with particular emphasis on Conservative issues. Also contains letters and press cuttings (some by Hill) on student debates and the Oxford Union Society; as well as leaflets relating to various organisations

1926 Jan 10-31 Dec
Hill's personal papers from his time at Oxford University, mostly correspondence of a private or trivial nature and chiefly concerning university life and his attempts to obtain employment, but also including [Ella?], and [Betty] to Hill, on his failure to be elected President of the Oxford Union Society (SAD.971/2/12,14); D. Lane Poole to Hill commenting on the general strike and the conduct of the Oxford University Labour Club (SAD.971/2/36); [Olive] to Hill describing her stay in Trinidad SAD.971/41-44)

1927 Jan 5-Dec 16
Hill's personal papers, mostly correspondence from friends and family of a private or trivial nature, as well as papers relating to Hill's attempts to obtain suitable employment, including J.G. Chamberlain to Hill and [Lilian?], concerning his appointment in the Sudan Railways (SAD.971/3/44,46)

1928 Jan 12-Dec 30
Hill's personal papers, mostly correspondence to Hill of a private or trivial nature from friends and family, including K.J. Cotfield concerning Hill's career prospects in the Sudan Government (SAD.971/4/34); and H. Tempest, Lilian and J.H. Bankes, congratulating Hill on the publication of Toryism and the People (SAD.971/4/61-64)

1929 Jan 3-1930 Dec 21
Hill's personal papers, mostly correspondence to Hill of a private or trivial nature from friends and family, as well as George Kitson-Clark wishing to meet up with Hill to discuss the themes of Toryism and the People (SAD.971/5/43-45)

1931 Jan 13-Nov 25
Hill's personal papers, mostly correspondence to Hill of a private or trivial nature from friends and family, as well as A. Winter Gray concerning Hill's acceptance into the Institute of Transport (SAD.971/6/5-6); J.L. Willoughby, Sudan Traffic Department concerning the publication of a rule book for the Railway Department (SAD.971/6/10-11); D. Sandes and R. Service concerning criticism of Toryism and the People, and missionary work in Northern Rhodesia (SAD.971/6/19-23)

1932 Jul 11-1937 Dec 30
Hill's personal papers, mostly correspondence to Hill of a private or trivial nature from friends and family, as well as C.E. Pugh concerning Hill's missionary work for the Baptist Missionary Society in Angola (SAD.972/1/68-69); A. Winter Gray, (24 Sep 1935), with reply from Hill, awarding Hill the Institute of Transport student medal for his article on “Problems of passenger transport on the Nile and Congo” (SAD.972/1/78-79); P.R. Broadbent to Hill concerning his election to the membership of the Sudan Notes and Records committee (SAD.972/1/83); certificate awarding Hill the King George VI Coronation Medal (SAD.972/1/95); Phelps & Lawrence (18 Jun 1937) re Hill's marriage to Juliana Cotton (SAD.972/1/100)

1938 Jan 7-1945 Dec 9
Hill's personal papers, mostly correspondence to Hill, including F. Wardrop concerning Hill's resignation from the Royal African Society (SAD.972/2/5); A. Winter Gray re Hill's application for corporate membership of the Institute of Transport (SAD.972/2/6,10); J.A. Gillan, Civil Secretary, Sir Stewart Symes, Governor-General, with replies from Hill, congratulating the latter on the publication of A biographical dictionary of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (SAD.972/2/17-20); correspondence to and from J.M.S. Hill concerning information on two of her Italian cousins (SAD.972/2/39-59); Royal Geographical Society concerning admission for Hill into the Society (SAD.972/2/82); Hill to W. Churchill re an Arabic translation of Churchill's The River War (SAD.972/2/92)

1946 Jan 10-1947 Dec 30
Hill's personal papers, mostly correspondence of a private or trivial nature with some research enquiries, as well as R.H. Robertson concerning Hill's eligibility for a Campaign Star and an African Star medal (SAD.972/3/4); H. [Crole?] regarding the problems of training too many Sudanese effendis at Gordon College, and commenting on the question of self-government for the Sudan (SAD.972/3/7-8); G.A.C. Forder relating to a war gratuity for Hill's Sudan Defence Force work (SAD.972/3/18); Hill to Prof. K. Feiling and A.B. Emden, with replies, concerning Hill's desire to retire from the Sudan Civil Service and seek an academic post (SAD.972/3/37-39,41)

1948-1952 Dec 29
Hill's personal papers, mostly correspondence including a draft letter from Hill to the press on the Palestine war (SAD.972/4/1); K.D.D. Henderson to Hill re the Civil Secretary's admiration for Hill's biographical dictionary of the Sudan (SAD.972/4/2); Hill to A. Emden, Prof. Feiling and Miss Perham, on his retirement from the Sudan Civil Service and future plans (SAD.972/4/3-5); Jamal Muhammad Ahmad to Hill, thanking him for his work in the Sudan Cultural Centre (SAD.972/4/12); telegrams from Sir James Robertson and Govenor-General Howe wishing Hill well in his future endeavours (SAD.972/4/19-21); E.J. Blattner, Editor of Who's Who, to Hill concerning his contribution to the latest volume of that publication (SAD.972/4/25); certificate from the Oxford Union Society on Hill's life membership (SAD.972/4/43); C.R. Oldham to Hill concerning recent improvements at Gordon College (SAD.972/4/57); Hill to the Institute of Transport concerning his resignation from membership of the organisation (SAD.972/4/58); Jannat Amin to Hill, with reply from Juliana, with advice for living in the Sudan (SAD.972/4/65-66,70-74); R.S. Hogg to Hill on his resignation from the Sudan Government, and the effects of railway strikes in the Sudan (SAD.972/4/84-85)

1953 Feb 10-1959 Oct 26
Hill's personal papers, mostly correspondence of a private or trivial nature, but also including Sudan Defence Force HQ concerning Hill's entitlement to war medals (SAD.972/5/1); J.R.S. Duncan on his appointment to the position of District Commissioner of Omdurman, as well as his views on Sudanisation (SAD.972/5/5-6). Also includes a collection of typescript copies from newspaper reviews of Hill's Egypt in the Sudan: 1830-1881 (SAD.972/5/87-91).

1955 Jan-1994 Dec
Notices and minutes of the Sudan Government British Pensioners' Association

1960 Mar 29-1982 Nov 9
Hill's personal papers, mostly correspondence of a private or trivial nature, but also including T. Whitworth, E. Russell-Smith and T.W. Thacker concerning Hill's retirement from the University of Durham (SAD.972/7/29,33,37); and copy of a telephone message relating to the birth of Hill's grandson, Richard James (SAD.972/5/43)

1983 Jan 12-1990 Dec 29
Hill's personal papers, mostly correspondence of a trivial nature, but also including R.O. Collins to Hill concerning his new publication, Shadows in the Grass, and current economic problems in the Sudan (SAD.972/8/5); R. Hodgkin to Hill on the commemoration of the centenary of General Gordon's death (SAD.972/8/31); letter to the press concerning this commemoration (SAD.972/8/33); G.N. Sanderson to Hill concerning the latter's attendance at a meeting to be formally presented with a volume of Modernization in the Sudan: essays in honor of Richard Hill (SAD.972/8/47); J. Garvey to Hill concerning the latter's golden wedding anniversary celebrations (SAD.972/8/55); Hill to family members Kenneth and Yvonne with a report of his visit to Khartoum (SAD.972/8/59-64); Hill to various Sudanese officials, including the Speaker of the Sudan National Assembly and the Prime Minister of the Republic of Sudan, expressing support for the peace agreement signed by the Democratic Unionist Party and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SAD.972/8/66); and Hill to members of his family, concerning a report on his visit to Mexico (SAD.972/8/69-82). Enclosure:

1991 Jan 7-Dec 15
Hill's personal papers, mostly correspondence relating to Hill's 90th birthday

1992 Jan 10-1996 Mar 29
Hill's personal papers, mostly correspondence relating to Hill's honorary degree from the University of Durham, but also including the Order of Service for Hill's requiem mass (SAD.972/10/52-53)

1917-1923
Personal diary of Hill, mostly comprising notes and drafts for school and university essays, as well as the substance of speeches given to St Augustine's College and the Oxford Union

1919 Jul 10-1920 Jun 16
Personal diary of Hill, comprising notes and drafts for school essays, with some diary entries describing his employment as a greaser in the New Zealand Shipping Company

1920 Mar 23-Jun 16
Word processed transcript of above diary entries by Hill's daughter Margaret McManus regarding Hill's employment as a greaser in the New Zealand Shipping Company

1922 Jun 10-Sep 10
Loose extracts of diary entries during the period of Hill's residence at St. Augustine's College

1927 Nov
MS volume entitled “Notes on railway operation (I)” comprising diary entries and notes of Hill's Sudan Government Railway training submitted to the General Manager of the Great Western Railway. The diary entries are brief and are primarily descriptions of the departments worked in, various tasks carried out, and notes on procedures. The volume also includes Great Western Railway forms used in the course of Hill's training (SAD.973/5/151-187).

1927-1932
Diary of Hill (written retrospectively) concerning his service in the Sudan, including his application to the Sudan Civil Service (SAD.973/6/2-3); railway training and descriptions of the staff (SAD.973/6/4-33); his thoughts on the system of railway organisation (SAD.973/6/14-15); the viva for his BLitt and publication of Toryism and the People (SAD.973/6/26,35,72-73); his decision to compile a bibliography of the Sudan (SAD.973/6/29); his journey to Atbara (SAD.973/6/38-42); description of his daily routine and opinions of his colleagues (SAD.973/6/43-47,62-63,85-87); his impression of the Sudan Railways (SAD.973/6/48-49); his opinion of R.V. Bardsley, Governor of the Blue Nile Province (SAD.973/6/53); description of an accident averted on the newly-laid el-Suki-Kassala railway, his conversation with B. Tracey, Assistant District Commissioner of Wad Medani, on the effect of the sugar trade on the town's prosperity, the Greek population, and the opinions of various officials on the problems of transport administration in the Blue Nile Province (SAD.973/6/55-60); criticism of the use of leisure time by British officials (SAD.973/6/62,77); description of Kosti and surrounding area (SAD.973/6/64,66-71); a dispute involving the destruction of internal documents by railway staff (SAD.973/6/72-73); his opinion of F.B. Nosworthy Pasha, second-in-command of the Sudan Defence Force (SAD.973/6/76); the death of Howard de Talleyrand-Perigord, Prince de Sagon (SAD.973/6/77-78); the threat of malaria in Sennar and Makwar (SAD.973/6/83); description of the Red Sea Hills and surrounding villages (SAD.973/6/84-85,88); the organisation of his department (SAD.973/6/89-90); the position of the Church of England in the Sudan (SAD.973/6/90-93); his work on a companion volume to the Sudan Railways general rule book (SAD.973/6/96-95); his thoughts on the concept of public access to Government officials in the Sudan and the possibility of the British leaving the Sudan (SAD.973/6/97-98); his tour of Juba and Nimule with G.M. Hancock, District Commissioner, including descriptions of the surrounding towns and villages (SAD.973/6/98-134) See SAD.973/8/1-97 for additional description of Hill's Juba trek

1927-1943 Nov 26
MS volume by Hill entitled “Diary of my service under the Sudan Government, 1927-1949”, including his B.Litt., attitude to teaching employment, and entry into the Sudan Government service (SAD.973/7/1); completion of his training with the Great Western Railway, and journeys to the Sudan and back (SAD.973/7/2); views on the lax attitude towards expenditure in the Sudan during the late 1920s, in particular the poor quality and overspending on the Kassala-Gedaref railway line, the amount spent by civil servants on alcohol, criticism of the Financial Secretary, A. Huddleston, and the importance of cotton to the prosperity of the Sudan economy (SAD.973/7/2-3); the unobtrusiveness of the Governor-General (SAD.973/7/3); the popularity of Sayyid Sir `Ali al-Mirghani and Sayyid Sir `Abd al-Rahman al-Mahdi (SAD.973/7/3); opinions on the wives of British officials (SAD.973/7/4); questioning the national prosperity of Britain and obsession with radios and motor cars (SAD.973/7/4); the poor quality of literature on the Sudan (SAD.973/7/7,22-23); the social divisions and conduct of British officials in the Sudan (SAD.973/7/9,39,93-96); description of his early life (SAD.973/7/6-11); the teaching of literacy in the Sudan (SAD.973/7/11); the relationship between the British and the Sudanese (SAD.973/7/11-13,22); criticism of the Scottish character (SAD.973/7/13); the conduct of J.D. Yorke, District Locomotive Superintendent (SAD.973/7/15); Hill's tour of Juba and Nimule and his pessimism at commercial prospects for the waterways of the Sudan (SAD.973/7/15-16); the character of J.B. Bayley, Traffic Manager (SAD.973/7/16); a note on the Cape-to-Cairo railway (SAD.973/7/16-19); the attitude of the Sudanese railwaymen towards H.B. Emley (SAD.973/7/37) and towards the Governor-General (SAD.973/7/20); further criticism of Huddleston following his retirement (SAD.973/7/22); the rejection of his article on the Cape-to-Cairo railway by Sudan Notes and Records and M. Parr's comments on it (SAD.973/7/25); a reconnaissance mission by the mechanical transport column to retrieve information on Italian aggression in the Sarra Triangle (SAD.973/7/25-27); Sir J. Maffey's replacement by Sir S. Symes as Governor-General (SAD.973/7/25); description of a bazaar held in the Palace gardens in aid of missionary work in Southern Sudan (SAD.973/7/27-28); his opinion of his role as Junior District Manager at Khartoum Central and a description of his journey through the Belgian Congo from March-June 1934 (SAD.973/7/29); reaction to the Italo-Abyssinian war in the Sudan (SAD.973/7/31); work on his bibliography of the Sudan (SAD.973/7/32-33); the reaction of Sudanese Christians to King Edward's desire to marry Miss Simpson (SAD.973/7/36); the Atbara Egyptian Club's celebration of the Anglo-Egyptian Treaty (SAD.973/7/36); his refusal to take the position of Assistant Controller of Personnel and his eventual appointment as Assistant Establishment Officer (SAD.973/7/37-39); the Coronation Party's visit to London (SAD.973/7/40-45); his marriage to Juliana Cotton (SAD.973/7/47-48); the danger of Mahdism (SAD.973/7/52); the birth of his twins, Juliana Leslie and Elizabeth Larsley (SAD.973/7/55); his appointment and duties during a brief period as Railway Liaison Officer, as well as the role of the Sudan Defence Force in the event of a war with Italy (SAD.973/7/55-57); the celebration of Armistice Day by British officials in Atbara (SAD.973/7/62); preparations for war with Italy (SAD.973/7/62-63); opinions of his Sudan Defence Force colleagues (SAD.973/7/65-66); the organisation of war transport and evacuations (SAD.973/7/66-73); temporary transfer to the Revenues Board in Khartoum and his work on the Transport Committee (SAD.973/7/76-77); temporary transfer to the Sudan Defence Force as Bimbashi (SAD.973/7/77); description of the work carried out at General Headquarters (SAD.973/7/77); the ignorance of public-school educated civil servants of the history of the Sudan and Egypt (SAD.973/7/77); description of an unofficial tour from Khartoum to Agordat to assess the transport problems facing the army, including a meeting with Le Cren, District Traffic Manager, and the R.J.O. Raff, his visit to Kassala and the importance of the railway station for army advances to Eritrea, brief descriptions of the principal villages and towns en route (Tesenei, Aicota, Barentu and Agordat) and the need for a railway to connect these towns (SAD.973/7/78-81); an analysis of the efficiency of the navy, RAF and army in the Sudan, and a description of the social hierarchy in the army (SAD.973/7/83-84); his opinion of Sir William Platt (SAD.973/7/84); the birth of his daughter, Margaret Sarah Steadman (SAD.973/7/86); his return to the Sudan Railways and an unsuccessful request for transfer to the Traffic Department (SAD.973/7/88-90); the decline in Church attendance by British officials and his opinions on the role of the Church in wartime (SAD.973/7/90-91); his opinions on the causes of the war (SAD.973/7/91-92); his work for the Eritrean Railway and Ropeways (SAD.973/7/92-93); temporary transfer to the post of Controller of Movement and Chief Statistician in the War Supply Department to replace J. Carmichael, the rejection of his application to obtain a permanent transfer, and his subsequent appeal against the decision (SAD.973/7/94-98); his dislike of personnel work (SAD.973/7/98); the impact of the rise of the cost of living in the Sudan on British junior officials and the possibility of strikes (SAD.973/7/99); his opinion of Bishop Gwynne (SAD.973/7/100); his holiday in Palestine and views on the Arab-Jewish question (SAD.973/7/103-104,155-160); possible formation of trade unions in the Sudan (SAD.973/7/105); the surrender of Italy (SAD.973/7/105-106); his opinion of the weakness of the Governor-General (SAD.973/7/106); his attempts to obtain a transfer to the Education Department (SAD.973/7/108-109,112); handing over the editorship of the Sudan Railways Bulletin to G. Power (SAD.973/7/110); the birth of his fourth child, Thirza Mary Salma (SAD.973/7/110-111); the financial difficulties of British officials in the Sudan (SAD.973/7/112); description of the Atbara Traffic district (SAD.973/7/114-115); temporary transfer to Wad Medani (SAD.973/7/115); description of a levée held by the Governor of Blue Nile Province (SAD.973/7/116-117); description of a Sudan Cultural Centre discussion on the Arab Union (SAD.973/7/119-120); his transfer to the position of lecturer at the Gordon College and appointment to the membership of the University College Board (SAD.973/7/120-121); description of a study camp consisting of British, Egyptian and Sudanese students (SAD.973/7/122-123); a speech at the Sudan Cultural Centre by G. Foley, Controller-General of War Supply, on plans to start an international sporting club in Khartoum (SAD.973/7/128-129); description of his study leave in Cairo to translate the Turkish archives of the Sudan into French (SAD.973/7/129-130); the relationship between students and staff at Gordon College (SAD.973/7/131); his thoughts on the changing nature of his political opinions (SAD.973/7/131); the absence of students in Gordon College owing to a political demonstration (SAD.973/7/136); his attempts to seek alternative employment in Britain (SAD.973/7/141-143); on receiving the Campaign Star and Africa Star for his services during the war (SAD.973/7/143); and an account of the British community in the Middle East (SAD.973/7/144-154) Entries for 1943, 1947-1948 can also be found at the end of the diary

1932 Feb 13-Mar 7
MS volume entitled “Notes on a voyage on the White Nile – from Khartoum to Juba and back to Khartoum. 13th February – 7th March 1932”, concerning Hill's tour to Juba and Nimule with G.M. Hancock, District Commissioner, with descriptions of the surrounding towns and villages, including Omdurman bridge, Ed Dueim, Kosti bridge, El Zalet, Er Renk, Malakal, Fangak, Shambe, Bor, Bahr al-Jabal, Juba, Aswa bridge, and Nimule (see previous volume for additional description). The volume also includes the following attached photographs:

1934 Apr
MS volume of a diary of a journey by Hill and C. Cooper through the Belgian Congo from Aba to Matadi to report on transport arrangements, mostly descriptions of the journey but also including a description of Juba and its importance (SAD.974/1/3-4); meetings with the Governor, Medical Inspector and District Commissioner (SAD.974/1/5); description of a motor convoy from Juba and Nimule and his opinion of the Aba road (SAD.974/1/7); a dinner with officials in Aba (SAD.974/1/8-9), the opinion of a missionary on the favour shown by the Belgian Congo government towards Catholic missions (SAD.974/1/9-10); description of the towns of Watsa and Wamba (SAD.974/1/15,19); a table showing the distance travelled from Juba to Stanleyville (SAD.974/1/23); work carried out in Stanleyville including meetings with various companies and inspection of the railway station (SAD.974/1/25-26); a conversation with a missionary on the limitations of SHUN transport (SAD.974/1/26-27); dinner party in the home of Mr Claey, local manager of INTERFINA, and Hill's observations on the difference between French and Belgian table manners (SAD.974/1/27-28); description of Stanleyville (SAD.974/1/29-30); a meeting with M. Groffe, Chef de Secteur de Coquilhatville (SAD.974/1/37); a visit to a Baptist Missionary Society station at Bolobo (SAD.974/1/40-42); a tour of the Kalina tugboat at Mampumo (SAD.974/1/45-46); description of Leopoldville (SAD.974/1/47-48); his meeting with M. Ghelain, General Manager of UNATRA and visit to the UNATRA quays (SAD.974/1/51-52,54-56); a discussion with the Acting Controller General on commercial interests in the Congo (SAD.974/1/51-52); tours of various places in Leopoldville including the dockyards of CHANIC (Chartiers Navals et Industriels du Congo), the Congo river rapids, a sleeping sickness camp, the UNATRA Headquarters, dockyards of HCB (Huilenes du Congo Belge), Braggaville, meeting with M. Doizelet, the railway station and depot of the CFC (Chemin de Fer du Congo), dockyard of CITAS, a dinner party at the house of M. Ghilain, a Baptist service (SAD.974/1/56-62,69-71); the story of the construction of the Congo-Ocean (SAD.974/1/63-68); the assimilation of the local Congolese population into European cultural habits (SAD.974/1/72-73); his opinions on the Congo including the role of European women, the influence of the practical nature of the Belgians on the colony, the Belgian colonial household, and colonial uniform (SAD.974/1/72-79); arrival in Matadi and inspection of the quays and railway depot (SAD.974/1/81-82); concluding thoughts on the journey, including the suitability of the Congo for river transport, the authoritarian nature of Belgian rule and the colony's commercialism (SAD.974/1/89-90)

1952 Jun 10-Sep 12
Diary of a research trip to Turkey, mostly descriptions and observations of the principal towns and villages visited and the people he encountered. The diary also describes research undertaken in various libraries and archives on the subject of Islamic municipalities.

1956 Jun 17-Aug
Diary of a research trip to Egypt (via Italy); mostly descriptions and observations of the principal towns visited and the people he encountered. The diary also describes research undertaken in various libraries and archives on the subject of Islamic municipalities.

1957 Mar 25-Jun 12
Diary of a research trip to the Middle East, including Iraq, Kuwait, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon, mostly descriptions and observations of the principal towns visited and the people he encountered. The diary also describes research undertaken in various libraries and archives.

1959 Aug 29-Sep 20
Diary of a research trip to Italy, mostly descriptions and observations of the principal towns visited and the people he encountered. The diary also describes research undertaken in various libraries and archives.

1961 Sep 13-23
Diary of a research trip to Vienna; mostly descriptions and observations of the principal towns visited and the people he encountered. The diary also describes research undertaken in various libraries and archives on R. von Slatin.

1962 Dec 11-1963 Feb 4
Diary of a research trip to the Sudan; mostly descriptions and observations of the principal towns visited and the people he encountered, including meeting former Sudanese colleagues of the Sudan Railways (SAD.974/7/9-11); a meeting with al-Sayyid Isma'il al-Azhari, first Prime Minister of the independent Sudan (SAD.974/7/11-12); a tour of Khartoum Central Station (SAD.974/7/13-14); a tea party in honour of Sir J. Robertson (SAD.974/7/18); his impressions of Atbara (SAD.974/7/28-31); a meeting with Bishop Baroni and their discussion on the religious problem in the Sudan (SAD.974/7/43-45); Independence Day celebrations [in Atbara?] (SAD.974/7/50-52); observations on expatriate communities in the Sudan (SAD.974/7/52-54); a tour of various places, including Gebeit, the Sudan Railways Technical School, Kassala, Faras, Khashm el Girba, Showak, Gedaref, Sennar, Ed Damazin, Makwar, and Babanusa (SAD.974/7/72-120). The diary also describes research undertaken in various libraries and archives for Sudan Transport.

1964 Jul 19-1966 Dec 14
Personal diary of Hill, concerning his daily life in Durham and, later, California

1964 Dec 10-1965 Jan 20
Diary of a visit by Hill and Juliana to the Sudan; mostly descriptions and observations on the principal towns visited and the people he encountered, including a conversation with Muhammad Tawfiq concerning a riot in Wadi Halfi and the labour shortage (SAD.974/9/8-9); his conversation with Dr Hasan al-Turabi on political movements in Egypt and the Sudan and women intellectuals (SAD.974/9/11-16); and the conduct of the British community in the Sudan (SAD.974/9/39-40)

1965 Jul 7-Aug 31
Diary of a research trip to the Sudan and Egypt; mostly descriptions and observations on the principal towns visited and the people he encountered. The diary also describes research undertaken in various libraries and archives.

1966 Dec 19-1967 Jun 24
Personal diary of Hill, describing his daily life, places visited and the people he encountered

1967 Jul 9-1968 Jun 17
Personal diary of Hill, describing his daily life, places visited and the people he encountered

1968 Jul 13-1969 Feb 25
Personal diary of Hill, describing his daily life, places visited and the people he encountered

1969 Feb 17-1970 May 27
Personal diary of Hill, describing his daily life, places visited and the people he encountered

1970 Jun 10-1971 Sep 20
Personal diary of Hill, describing his daily life, places visited and the people he encountered

1971 Sep 20-1974 Feb 14
Personal diary of Hill, describing his daily life, places visited and the people he encountered

1974 Sep
Personal diary of Hill describing a holiday in Italy, including places visited and the people he encountered

1975 Feb 15-Aug 22
Personal diary of Hill, describing his daily life, places visited and the people he encountered

1975 Sep 11-1978 Oct 23
Personal diary of Hill, describing his daily life, places visited and the people he encountered

1978 Oct 28-Nov 26
Personal diary of Hill describing a visit to Australia and New Zealand, including places visited and the people he encountered

1980 Jan 1-1981 Oct 5
Personal diary of Hill, describing his daily life, places visited and the people he encountered

1981 Oct 31-1983 Sep 16
Diary of a research trip to Mexico, Paris and Cairo, mostly descriptions and observations of the principal towns visited and the people he encountered. The diary also describes research undertaken in various libraries and archives for Black Corps d'Élite

1983 Feb 5-1985 Mar 31
Personal diary of Hill, describing his daily life, places visited and the people he encountered

1985 May 17-1987 May 7
Personal diary of Hill, describing his daily life, places visited and the people he encountered

1987 May 13-1989 Mar 27
Personal diary of Hill, describing his daily life, places visited and the people he encountered

1989 Mar 30-1990 Aug 15
Personal diary of Hill, describing his daily life, places visited and the people he encountered

1990 Sep 13-1992 Jul 26
Personal diary of Hill, describing his daily life, places visited and the people he encountered

1992 Jun 30-1994 Mar 30
Personal diary of Hill, describing his daily life, places visited and the people he encountered. Also includes a biographical list of works published.

1928 Jul 13-1929 Jun 17
File of correspondence, mostly between Hill and the publishers, Constable and Company, concerning the publication of Toryism and the People

[1800s]-1961
Photocopies of Italian source material relating to Captain Michele Amatore for a projected 3rd edition of A biographical dictionary of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, including:
Language: Italian

n.d. [1800s]
Photocopies of Italian source material, mostly correspondence between General Alfonso Lamormora and Captain Michele Amatore
Language: Italian

n.d. [1800s]
Photocopies of Italian source material, mostly correspondence between General Alfonso Lamormora and Captain Michele Amatore
Language: Italian

1936 Sep 26-1989 Mar 8
Papers concerning Hill's A bibliography of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan and A biographical dictionary of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, comprising correspondence, reviews and notes on the various editions, including research for a projected 3rd edition of the biographical dictionary

1957
Photocopy of a corrected text of the 2nd edition of the biographical dictionary

1833-1964
Source material for Hill's research on transport in the Sudan, including:

1896 May 5-1964 May 1
Source material for Hill's research on transport in the Sudan, mostly information from Sudan Government departments, including:

1962
Papers for the annual report of the Sudan Railways Department for 1961-1962, including:

1961 Jan 11-1963 Dec 23
Correspondence, chiefly with the Sudan Railways and other organisations, relating to Hill's research on transport in the Sudan and the publication of Sudan Transport

1964 Jan 3-Dec 6
Correspondence, chiefly with the Sudan Railways and other organisations, relating to Hill's research on transport in the Sudan and the publication of Sudan Transport

1965 Jan 11-1983 May 14
Correspondence, chiefly with the Sudan Railways and other organisations including the publishers, Oxford University Press, relating to Hill's research on transport in the Sudan and the publication of Sudan Transport. Some letters also refer to projected articles on locomotives and water transport in the Sudan for Sudan Notes and Records, with associated research enquiries.

1853-1951
Photocopies of source material for The Europeans in the Sudan, including:

1853 Sep 6-1945 Sep
Photocopies of source material for The Europeans in the Sudan, including:

1854-1963
Photocopies of source material for The Europeans in the Sudan, including:

1858
Photocopy of Tegetthoff's report, including route reports and maps
Language: German

1857-1878
Outsize photocopies and photographic prints of source material for The Europeans in the Sudan, including:

1979 Dec 4-1994 Nov 7
Correspondence to Hill from various academics concerning Ignaz Pallme, mostly for the publication of Europeans in the Sudan

[1800s]-1947
Photocopies of primary source material including:

1879 Apr 15-1883 Jan 15
Photocopies of primary source material, mostly letters from M.L. Hansal to the Consul-General, Egypt, concerning accounts of the campaign against the Mahdi and Giegler Pasha
Language: German with English translations

n.d. [1890s]
Photocopies of primary source material relating to Emin Pasha, including a photocopy of a Turkish article (with English translation) from Ebuzziya Tevfik, entitled “Doktor Sinicer Nam-i Deger Emin Pasha”, concerning Emin's theft of jewellery from his late benefactor's widow
Language: Ottoman Turkish, English

1904
German transcript of Giegler's memoirs
Language: German

1904
German transcript of Giegler's memoirs
Language: German

1904
German transcript of Giegler's memoirs
Language: German

1904
German transcript of Giegler's memoirs
Language: German

1974 Mar 12-1983 Dec 26
Correspondence between Hill and others, including the translator, T. Kupper, and the foreword writer, H. Groha, concerning The Sudan memoirs of Carl Christian Giegler Pasha, mostly requests for information, comments on drafts, and re the publication of the work

1984 Jan 3-1987 Sep 25
Correspondence between Hill and others, including the translator, T. Kupper, and the foreword writer, H. Groha, concerning The Sudan memoirs of Carl Christian Giegler Pasha, mostly concerning publication, reviews, and a possible German edition, but also correspondence with C. Wright and others, concerning the discovery of diaries from Giegler's post-Sudan career. Enclosure:

1866 Jul-1965
Photocopies of source material for A Black Corps d'Élite, including:

1868-1988 Dec
Photocopies of source material for A Black Corps d'Élite, including:

[1800s]-1937
Photocopies of source material for A Black Corps d'Élite, including:

[1800s-1993]
Photocopies of source material for A Black Corps d'Élite, including:

n.d. [1800s-1900s]
Photocopies of source material for A Black Corps d'Élite, mostly biographical entries from Danish printed sources on Soren Adolf Arendrup

ca. [1860s]
Source material for A Black Corps d'Élite, mostly photocopies of French and Austrian military personnel records and reports (with printed transcripts) concerning the Mexican campaign, as well as photocopies of extracts from the Austrian military newspaper, Der Kamerad (SAD.979/6/1-7)
Language: French, German

ca. [1860s]
Bound volume containing photocopies of extracts from various French medical journals (1863-1867)
Language: French

1973 Jun 27-1985 Nov 28
Correspondence between Hill and various academics, librarians and archivists relating to research enquiries for A Black Corps d'Élite

1986 Jan 6-1990 Dec 21
Correspondence between Hill and various academics, librarians and archivists relating to research enquiries for A Black Corps d'Élite, as well as correspondence concerning the publication of the work

1991 Jan 4-1994 Oct 15
Correspondence between Hill and various academics, librarians and archivists relating to research enquiries for A Black Corps d'Élite, as well as correspondence concerning the publication of the work

1936 Dec 15-1937 Jul 23
File of correspondence between Hill and various individuals concerning research for the preparation of the article

1937 Sep 10-1939 Aug 15
File of correspondence between Hill and various individuals concerning research for the preparation of the article

1949-1957
Source material for research for Hill's article 'Baladiyyah: the Arab East', published in the Encyclopedia of Islam (1959), mostly Arabic printed sources including:

1957 Mar 2-1961 Jun 29
Correspondence relating to research enquiries on municipalities in the Middle East for Hill's article

1966 Jan 4-Dec 6
Correspondence mostly concerning research and publication enquiries for the above articles

1967 Jan 15-1975 Jun 5
Correspondence mostly concerning research and publication enquiries for the above articles

1963 Jan 7-1965 Jul 8
Correspondence, mostly between Hill and various publishers, concerning short articles by Hill for various publications, including D.J. Gray to Hill, regarding a review for a number of books on the Sudan for publication in Victorian Studies (SAD.980/6/2); Hill and G.R. Collings, Overseas Editor of Oxford University Press, as well as Hill and al-Sayyid Mandour al-Mahdi, concerning comments on M. al-Mahdi, A Short History of the Sudan, (London, 1965) (SAD.980/6/3-5,7-9,16-18,26-27); C.F. Buckingham to Hill requesting a contribution by Hill for an article on Islam in the Sudan (SAD.980/6/6); Hill and P. Sutcliffe concerning comments on The memoirs of Yusuf Mikha'il (SAD.980/6/10-15,19); Hill and various people, including Fr. Toniolo, regarding the publication of Hill's “Government and Christian missions in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, 1899-1914” for Middle East Studies (SAD.980/6/20-22,25,28-29); R.O. Collins to Hill seeking Hill's opinion on a article on Britain in Egypt (SAD.980/6/23-24); J.D. Pearson to Hill concerning the possible publication of a description of the Sudan Archive by Oxford University Press (SAD.980/6/32)

1933 Dec 23-1934 Sep 13
Correspondence concerning research for R.L.H's article “Cape to Cairo”, withdrawn for publication by the African Society

1937 Sep-1939 Sep 26
Correspondence on a projected publication by Hill of a school book on the history of transport in Africa, as well as a printed synopsis of a proposal by the University Press, Oxford, entitled “History text-books for schools in British Tropical Africa”

ca. [1856-1924]
Source material for Hill's projected publication of a book on the history of steamers on the Nile, all concerning the finances of Thomas Cook and associated companies, including letters, statements of accounts and reports

[1890s]-1927 Nov 30
Source material for Hill's projected publication of a book on the history of steamers on the Nile, including:

n.d. [1960s-1970s]
Hill's research notes compiled in preparation for possible publication

1966 Jan 15-1975 Nov 18
Correspondence concerning the projected publication of a book on the history of steamers on the Nile and its impact on tourism, mostly research enquiries and correspondence with Thomas Cook, the sponsors of the project

[ca. 1830s]
Source material concerning Antoine Arago's expedition for minerals in the Levant during the 1830s, mostly letters from Arago to [Monsieur le Fressel], as well as an extract from Asad Rustum (ed.), al-Mahfuzat al-malikiya (1833?)
Language: French, Arabic

[ca. 1830s]
Source material: photocopy of [Antione Arago's?] journal entitled “Notes de voyage”, with ts copies of extracts from this journal
Language: French

ca. [1970s-1980s]
File of research notes compiled by Hill

1975 Jul 24-1985 Feb 13
Correspondence between Hill and various academics concerning information on Antoine Arago's expedition for minerals in the Levant during the 1830s

1938 Aug 5-1955 Jun 5
Papers, mostly correspondence between Hill and various academics, students, libraries and archives regarding research enquiries and projected publications on the Sudan in general

1956 Jan 11-1975 Sep 27
Papers, mostly correspondence between Hill and various academics, students, libraries and archives regarding research enquiries and projected publications on the Sudan in general

1976 Jan 17-1994 Aug 10
Papers, mostly correspondence between Hill and various academics, students, libraries and archives regarding research enquiries and projected publications on the Sudan in general

1843-1962 Apr 17
File of miscellaneous source material, including:

1877-1878
Bound xerox copy of a ms entitled “Wie impressioni si Viaggio: da Cairo & Khartoum & vice versa”
Language: Italian

1926
Map entitled “Map with Mission Spheres”, highlighting the spheres of influence of various religious organisations in the Sudan
1:300,000
Size: 26 x 14 cm

1951
Microfilm copy of extracts from [Canelleria] Aragonese, vols I, III, IV, V, VI and VII, and Calulogo [Foma] Aragonese, vol II (Archivo di Stato di Napoli)
Language: Italian

1838
Microfilm copy of extracts from Frenchman in Sinnar (1838)

n.d. [1900s]
Microfilm copy of a [book?] chapter by F. Roembeld entitled “Konstantin Reitz: ein vergessener Vorkampf fur abendlandlische Kultur in Afrika”
Language: German

n.d. [1800s?]
Microfilm copy of an unidentified printed source from the Bodleian Library, Oxford. Shelfmark: 203i 145A

ca. [1821-1849]
Microfilm copy of extracts from the Hekekyan Papers, Vols XIV (General Correspondence) and XIX (Egyptian State Papers). Originals located in the British Library. Shelfmark: ADD MSS 37461, 37463 and 37466

n.d. [1800s]
Microfilm copy of an unidentified source from the Bibliotecha Medicia Laurenziana. Shelfmark: Plut. 73.17

n.d. [1800s]
Microfilm copy of extracts from the correspondence files of [Massata?] held in the archives of Le Ministère des Affaires Étrangères

n.d. [1800s]
Microfilm copy of extracts from a printed work by [Ryme?] entitled Frontiers of Islam (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek)

n.d. [1800s]
Microfilm copy of extracts from an unidentified source held in the Bibliotecha Nazionale. Shelfmark: MS C1 VIII 1442

1884
Microfilm copy from the British Library of the journals of Major General Charles George Gordon during the siege of Khartoum in 1884

1884
Microfilm copy from the British Library of the journals of Major General Charles George Gordon during the siege of Khartoum in 1884

n.d. [1930s]
Draft article by Hill entitled “Toryism and the people: the early days of the Conservative Association”

1930/31
Draft article by Mrs C.J.H. Hunter, on the history of the Atbara Club

n.d. [1940s]
Draft article by Hill entitled “A tribute to telegraphs” [possibly for publication in the Sudan Daily Herald]

n.d. [1940s]
Draft article by Hill entitled “Musa buys a lorry” [possibly for publication in the Sudan Daily Herald]

n.d. [1940s]
Draft article [by Hill?] entitled “Cape Town Diocesan mission to Moslems”

n.d. [1940s]
Draft article [by Hill?] entitled “Railways”

n.d. [1940s?]
Draft article by Hill entitled “The Sudan and the Cape to Cairo Railway”

n.d. [1940s?]
Notes by Hill for an article on the literary contribution of the Sudan Government personnel, 1899-1956

n.d. [1940s]
Draft article by Hill entitled “The British community in the Middle East”

1942 Aug 17
Unpublished article by Hill entitled “The Eritrean Railway” (rejected for publication in The Railway Age

n.d. [1946?]
“The Story of Gira Post on the Setit River” given to Hill by J.A. de C. Hamilton in Cairo in 1946

n.d. [1950s?]
Draft article by F. Slezak entitled “Austrians in 19th Century Sudan” (intended for publication in Sudan Notes and Records)

n.d. [1950s]
Article by Hill entitled “Local and municipal government in modern Turkey”

n.d. [1960s]
Typescript copy of an article by G.W. Stevens entitled “Egypt in 1898”

1967
Typescript copy of an article by J. Pudney entitled “The golden age of steam”

1972
Annotated bibliography on travel literature in the Sudan by R.S. O'Fahey for Sudan Studies 1: bulletin de la sociéte de Géographie (Paris, 1972)

1974
Unpublished extract from the journal of J.A. Vayssière, translated by Hill, entitled “A voyage in the Red Sea with short journeys in the Yemen and the hinterland of Musawwa by T.J. Arnsud and J.A. Vayssiere in 1847-1848”

1978
Unpublished draft by Mario J. Gritsch entitled “A secret expedition along the African Red Sea coast in 1857”

n.d. [1980s?]
Chapter [by Hill?] entitled “Egypt - a brief introduction”, annotated “Revised chapter introdn to ‘Lizzy’ by E.F. Clark”

n.d. [1980s]
Draft article by J.O. Hunwick entitled “Military slavery in the Islamic world”

1981
Draft article by Hill entitled “Miscellaneous notes on military arms and formations in Egypt and the Sudan, 1820-85”

[1985?]
Unfinished draft by Hill entitled “Antoine Arago (1812-1879): A French officer in Muhammad Ali Pasha's quest for minerals in the Levant. Antoine Arago's journal of prospections in the Taurus Mountains and in Syria in 1836”

n.d. [1990s]
Research proposal by Hasan Shaikh Idris Ibrahim entitled “Government policy and agricultural sector performance in a dual economy, the case of the Sudan”

n.d. [1990s]
Draft article by Hill entitled “'As others see us': The Sudanese battalion in Mexico, 1863-1867. Impressions by travellers, allies and enemies”

1924 Nov 13
Transcript of speech by Hill concerning a motion on the victory of the Conservative Party in the 1924 General election, delivered to the Oxford Union Society

1926 Jan 24
Paper by Hill entitled “The suppression of morality” delivered to the Essay Society, Oxford University

1937 Jan 26
Summary of two lectures by Hill to the staff of [Bakht er Ruda?] concerning Sudan transport

1941 Jun 18
Lecture by Hill, entitled “The Literature of the Sudan”, delivered to the Sudan Cultural Centre, Khartoum

1942 Apr 2
Notes on a lecture by Hill, entitled “Arab influence on English life”, delivered to the Sudanese Club

1942 Nov 17
Transcript of a talk by Hill, entitled “The war economy of the Sudan Railways”, broadcast by the Omdurman Broadcasting Station

1943
Transcript of a radio broadcast of a conversation between Hill and Geoffrey Barter of the Finance Department, Sudan Government, concerning the new arrangements for leave entitlement for British officials in the Sudan

1943 Jan 21
Transcript of a talk by Hill, entitled “Americans and the Sudan”, broadcast by the Omdurman Broadcasting Station

1943 Dec 1
Lecture by Hill, entitled “The future of Sudanese culture”, delivered to the Sudan Cultural Centre, Khartoum

1945 Nov 22
Transcript of a talk by Hill, broadcast by the Omdurman Broadcasting Station, entitled “The Sudan Cultural Centre and what it stands for” (transcript published in the appendix to the Sudan Weekly Newsletter, no. 47/1945)

n.d. [1950s]
Paper by the Lord Mayor of Beirut concerning municipal organisation

n.d. [1970s]
Lecture [by Hill?] entitled “Mary in Islam: a postscript”

1985 Mar 31
Lecture by Cardinal Franziscus Koenig, entitled “The Monotheism in the contemporary world”, delivered at the University of Al-Azhar

1958
Papers by Hill entitled “The period of Egyptian occupation, 1880-1881”, “The place of transliteration in Sudanese historical studies”, and “Report to the conference on the Sudan Archive which the school of Oriental Studies in the University of Durham is building up” presented to the Conference on the Sudan in History

1959
Paper by Hill entitled “Historical writing on the Sudan since 1820”, presented to the conference on Historical writing on the Near & Middle East, University of London

1966 Oct 3-6
Paper by H.A.B. Rivlin, “The Dar al-Watha'iq in `Abdin Palace at Cairo”, (with appendix by Hill of a copy of the handlist of Arabic and Turkish MSS in the catalogue), a paper presented to the conference on the Beginning of modernisation in the Middle East in the nineteenth century, University of Chicago

1976 Apr
Research paper by V.L. Bosazza entitled “The Marobert 11, the river steamer that was never built”

1988 Dec
Typescript of a paper by J.O. Hunwick, “Black slaves in the Mediterranean world: introduction to a neglected aspect of the African diaspora” presented at the Conference on the Traans-Saharan and Black Sea slave trade in the 19th century, Bellagio (Rockefeller Conference Centre), 12-19 December 1988

1991
Paper byY. Kurita, “The role of the 'negroid but detribalized' people in the Sudanese society, 1920s-1940s”, presented at the Second International Sudan Studies Conference, University of Durham

1994 Apr 20-23
Papers by Y. Kurita, entitled “The Mahdist movement reconsidered”, and J.O. Udal entitled “John Petherick F.R.G.S., the first British resident”, presented to the Third International Meeting of Sudan Studies in Boston: The Sudan: history, polity and identity in a time of crisis, 20-23 April 1994

1994 Jul 12
Paper by Y. Kurita, “The Life of `Ali `Abd al-Latif and its significance for the understanding of the Sudanese society”, submitted to the Workshop on the ideologies of race, origins, and descent in the history of the Nile Valley and North East Africa, St. Antony's College, Oxford

1995
Paper by R.O. Collins entitled “Requiem for the Sudan, 1983-1993”, presented at the annual meeting of the Sudan Studies Association at Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania, 4-6 May 1995

1857-[1930s]
Photographic prints taken from original photographs of R. von Slatin, including:

[1890s]-1949
Photographic prints taken from original photographs of the Sudan Light Railway [some used as plates for Sudan Transport], including:

[1880s]-[1900s]
Photographic prints taken from original photographs of Sudan inland water transport [some used as plates for Sudan Transport], including:

[1900s]-1964
Photographic prints taken from original photographs of Sudan inland water transport [some used as plates for Sudan Transport], including:

[1800s]-1899
Photographic prints taken from original photographs, mostly of Sudan Railway trains and railways [some used as plates for Sudan Transport], including:

[1900s]-1906
Photographic prints taken from original photographs of Sudan Railway trains and railways [some used as plates for Sudan Transport], including:

1908-1959
Photographic prints taken from original photographs of Sudan Railway rolling stock and railways [some used as plates for Sudan Transport], including:

[1960s]-1964
Photographic prints taken from original photographs of Sudan Railways rolling stock and railways [some used as plates for Sudan Transport], including:

[1880s]-[1940s]
Photographic prints taken from original photographs and illustrations for use in a projected publication on the subject of tourism on the Nile, including:

[1860s]-[1900s]
Photographic prints taken from original photographs and illustrations relating to the Mexican campaign, rejected for use as plates in Hill's book, A Black Corps d'Élite, including:

1881-1882
Copies of photographs from an album taken in Khartoum by Louis Vossion (1847-1906), now owned by the Société de Géographie de Paris:

1926-[1980s]
Miscellaneous personal photographs, including:

[1800s-1900s]
35mm slides, mostly water and rail transport [possibly source material for Sudan Transport]

[1800s-1900s]
Glass negatives of copies of unidentified source material
Size: 84 x 109 mm

[1947]
[Plan of Khartoum City]. Pencil map showing buildings (numbered between 90 and 110 but without key). Endorsed: traced by Hill in 1947 from a map dated c.1884 in the Survey Dept. Khartoum.
scale:   Indeterminable
Size: 58 x 36 cm

[c.1956]
Map of the Suez Canal, printed in Cairo by Lehnert & Landrock. Pictorial map of the Suez Canal, with inset of profile, section and location. -- notes and statistics on back in English, French and German, including reference to nationalisation of Canal in 1956.
scale:   ca. 1:214,000
Size: 20 x 83 cm

n.d. [1870s]
Small metal bust of 'Umar Rushdi Pasha in Egyptian Army uniform, a Turkish-born Egyptian Army officer who was one of the few officers to distinguish themselves in S. A. Arendrup Bey's otherwise unsuccessful expedition to Abyssinia in 1875
Size: 14 x 6 cm

n.d. [1900s]
Decorated wooden board with Arabic writing
Language: Arabic

[1927-1945]
Brass Sudan Railways headdress badge

[1940-1942]
Brass Sudan Auxiliary Defence Force headdress badge

1924 Mar-1941 Dec 7
Press cuttings from various newspapers on a range of topics, including from New Zealand papers (including the New Zealand Herald) concerning Auckland Grammar School (SAD.983/1/1,12-14,19,44,51-52,57-66); Oxford University (SAD.983/1/3,6-9,17,43,67); The Times relating to the activities of the Teachers' Labour League (SAD.983/1/4-5); Oxford University Gazette concerning the announcement of a formal examination of Hill's [BLitt?] thesis (SAD.983/1/11); photograph of a crowd of students (including Hill] greeting Stanley Baldwin at Central Station, Glasgow (SAD.983/1/26); the awarding of a Doctor of Literature by the University of New Zealand to Mrs N. MacDiarmid for her work on the Nuba language in the Sudan (SAD.983/1/28); prospectus for Hill's book Toryism and the People (London, 1929) (SAD.983/1/30); the Waitemafa Harbour Bridge project in New Zealand (SAD.983/1/37); New Zealand missionaries in the Sudan (SAD.983/1/41); Financial Times concerning the future administration of the Sudan (SAD.983/1/53); Sunday Observer concerning a review of Hill's book Toryism and the People (SAD.983/1/55); reprint from Sudan Daily Herald concerning the Sudan Automobile Association (SAD.983/1/68); The Times concerning irrigation plans for the Nile basin (SAD.983/1/71); obituaries from The Morning Post, for Lord Methuen and T.E. Lawrence (SAD.983/1/74,79-82); extract from a Sudanese newspaper, Theatis, of an interview with Hill (SAD.983/1/76);Hadarat al-Sudan relating to the marriage of Hill and Juliana Cotton (SAD.983/1/84); Railway Magazine concerning Hill's appeal for information on the old Sudan railway (SAD.983/1/85); Railway Magazine concerning the central role of Atbara in the Sudan Railways Department (SAD.983/1/86); Railway Gazette and Railway Magazine re a review of a reprint from Sudan Notes and Records of Hill's article “The Suakin-Berber Railway, 1885” (SAD.983/1/87,89); Egypt Today concerning the Jabal Aulia Dam (SAD.983/1/88); Egyptian Gazette reviewing Hill's A bibliography of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (SAD.983/1/90); collection of photograph cuttings of Egyptian ministers, mostly from [Egypt Today?]; Sudan Daily Herald re a talk by Hill on “The Literature of the Sudan” for the Sudan Cultural Centre (SAD.983/1/120); and article by Hill for inclusion in the Sudan Daily Herald, on the film Juraz (SAD.983/1/121)

1942 May 9-1943 Dec 23
Press cuttings of articles written by R.L.H, including the Sudan Daily Herald and the Sudan Star concerning the link between America and the Sudan (SAD.983/2/1-2,4-6); the Sudan Star concerning Sudanese explorers abroad (SAD.983/2/9-10); the medical profession in the Sudan (SAD.983/2/11-14), the wives of British officials in the Sudan (SAD.983/2/15-16), the use of Napoloeon's veterans to train the Sudanese army in the early 19th century (SAD.983/2/17-18), the conduct of journalists reporting on the Sudan in the 19th century (SAD.983/2/19), the future of culture in the Sudan (SAD.983/2/20-21), and plans for the construction of a railway between Suakin and Berber during the late 19th century (SAD.983/2/23-24); articles in Arabic written for the Sawt es Sudan (SAD.983/2/22,25-26). Also includes an article from another contributor in the Sudan Star on the death of General Gordon (SAD.983/2/3); and an article by J. Hill (Hill's daughter) in the Sudan Star relating to her experiences on holiday in Palestine with her parents (SAD.983/2/7-8).
Language: English Arabic

1944 Oct 1-1952 Dec
Press cuttings of articles written by Hill for various newspapers, chiefly the Sudan Star, concerning engineers in the old Sudan (SAD.983/3/1-2), the writing of “fake” histories (SAD.983/3/3-4), travel in the old Sudan (SAD.983/3/5), the relationship between the French and the Nile (SAD.983/3/6-7), the negative effect of nursery rhymes on small children, and a competition to write the best nursery rhymes (SAD.983/3/8-15), eccentrics in the old Sudan (SAD.983/3/16), the 70th anniversary of the Sudan Railways (SAD.983/3/17-18), the Edwardians and the Sudan (SAD.983/3/19-20), the influence of Ahmad Hasan Mumtaz Pasha on the cotton trade (SAD.983/3/21-22), review of A.H. Morrice, The chasm: the protest of an engineer (London, 1945) (SAD.983/3/23), the future of the Sudanese novel (SAD.983/3/24-25), the destruction of archives in the Sudan (SAD.983/3/26-27), the relationship between soldiers and the Sudan Government (SAD.983/3/28), the lighter side of General Gordon (SAD.983/3/29), the Governors-General of the Sudan (SAD.983/3/30-31), book review of `Abd al-Rahman, Alam al-Jaish Wa al-Rahriya fi Masr (Cairo, 1947) (SAD.983/3/32); African Affairs concerning a book review of S. Santandrea (ed), Bibliografia di Studi Africani della Missione deli Africa Centrale (Verona, 1948) (SAD.983/3/33); Middle East Journal concerning a book review of J. Spencer Trimmingham, Islam in the Sudan (Oxford, 1949) (SAD.983/3/34); Holy Cross Church, Ramsbury Parish Magazine, Christmas, vol. 14, no. 4 (December, 1952) relating to a review of L. Hill, The Eastern Churches in Turkey (SAD.983/3/35)

1944 Feb 14-1952 Nov 2
Press cuttings from various newspapers on a range of topics, including Sudan Star with an obituary of Captain E.E. Bond (SAD.983/4/1); Railway Bulletin regarding Hill's secondment to the Education Department (SAD.983/4/2); cuttings from various newspapers on Gordon College (SAD.983/4/3-4,8,13,46); Sudan Star on the establishment of an International Club in Khartoum (SAD.983/4/5); Sudan Star re the first history of the Sudan written by a Sudanese author - Mekki Shibeika's The Sudan between Badei and the Mahdi (SAD.983/4/6); Sudan Herald, and Sudan Star, on the activities of the Sudan Cultural Centre (SAD.983/4/10-12); Sudan Star on the views of the Sudanese towards the Condominium (SAD.983/4/14); The Times concerning the death of Colonel R.J. Done (SAD.983/4/15,19), a budget surplus in the Sudan (SAD.983/4/16), strikes in Khartoum (SAD.983/4/17), an obituary for General Sir Robert Whigham (SAD.983/4/20), the nationalisation of the Gezira scheme (SAD.983/4/21-22), and the Legislative Assembly in the Sudan (SAD.983/4/23); Sudan Diocesan Review re religious services at Wau (SAD.983/4/24); The Times regarding a report on the future of education in the Sudan (SAD.983/4/25), migrant labour for the Gezira cotton harvest (SAD.983/4/26) and the erection of the statue of General Gordon in Westminster (SAD.983/4/27,34); a report of a lecture by Hill on “Islamic Architecture” delivered to the Architectural and Archaeological Society of Durham and Northumberland (SAD.983/4/28); The Times concerning irrigation schemes on the Nile (SAD.983/4/29) and the formal inauguration of the University College of Khartoum (SAD.983/4/30); The Times and the Manchester Guardian on the constitution of an independent Sudan (SAD.983/4/33,35,38-41); and the Manchester Guardian concerning the future of the Sudan as a food exporter (SAD.983/4/42)

1953 Jan 29-1992 Jul
Press cuttings from various newspapers on a range of topics, including The Times concerning obituaries for General Sir Reginald Wingate (SAD.983/5/1) and Sir J.E. Shuckburgh (SAD.983/5/2); The Times and Journal and North Mail on the future government of the Sudan (SAD.983/5/3,5); The Times regarding elections in the Sudan (SAD.983/5/4,6), an obituaries of Major C.S. Jarvis (SAD.983/5/7) and E.C. Reed (SAD.983/5/9); reviews of books on General Gordon and General Sir Reginald Wingate (SAD.983/5/10-11); The Times re C.W. Williams (SAD.983/5/12), the Sudan-Egypt frontier (SAD.983/5/14-17), the leadership of the Sudan (SAD.983/5/18), the problem of the Southern Sudan (SAD.983/5/19) and the engagement of Mr H. St. G. Stordy and Miss E.A.L. Hill (SAD.983/5/20); Africana Newsletter (Hoover Institute) regarding the Sudan Archive in the University of Durham (SAD.983/5/21); The Times obituaries for A.J.T. Fleming-Sandes (SAD.983/5/22,35), E.N. Corbyn (SAD.983/5/23), Ali `Abd-allah `Abu Sinn (SAD.983/5/24), Col. H.M. Farmer (SAD.983/5/25), Brigadier-General G.E.C.G. Charlton (SAD.983/5/27), Sir Arthur Oliver (SAD.983/5/28), Sayyid Siddiq al-Mahdi, the Imam of the Ansar (SAD.983/5/29-31), Prof. Julian Taylor (SAD.983/5/33-34,38) and Edith Baring-Gould (SAD.983/5/37); The Times on Sir Thomas Creed (SAD.983/5/26); Catholic Herald, The Times, Church Times, Daily Mail and Die Welt, concerning the North-South conflict in the Sudan (SAD.983/5/32,39-40,45,48-60,62-64); floods at Wadi Halfa (SAD.983/5/41); The Times, regarding the preservation of records documenting the British Empire (SAD.983/5/42-43), the formation of a new government in the Sudan (SAD.983/5/44) and the history of Thomas Cook (SAD.983/5/67); The Sunday Telegraph concerning the centenary of the death of General Gordon (SAD.983/5/68-69) and an obituary of P.P. Howell (SAD.983/5/70); The Sunderland Echo concerning Hill's honorary degree from the University of Durham (SAD.983/5/73)

1933
Subscription form for contributions to the Church of St. Philip the Deacon, Atbara building fund

1934 Nov 30
Dinner menu for the Khartoum Caledonian Society

1946 Apr 19
Programme for a passion play held at All Saints Cathedral, Khartoum

1959
Winter programme, 1959-1960, for the Sunderland and District Branch Workers' Education Association

1985 Jan 27
Order of service at St Paul's Cathedral for a service to mark the centenary of the death of Major General C.G. Gordon

1980
Diploma awarded to Hill to mark the first jubilee of the Central Records Office, Khartoum

1864
Bound photocopy of article [book?] by [R.?], “Apuntes para la historia de la civilizacion Francesca dedicados a la brigade de Sotavento del estado de Veracruz” (Oxaco, 1864)
Language: Spanish

1930
Microfilm prints of E.C. Binder (ed), Reisen und Erlebnisse eines Siebenburger Sachsen um die Mitte des vorigen Jahrhunders im Orient und in Afrika. Das Lebenswerk (Hermanschmidt) [1930], with draft index by Hill
Language: German

1931 May 1
Sudan Government Railways: general rule book, (Sudan Railways, Atbara, 1931), with annotations, inserts and additions by Hill

1935 Nov
Cutting of Bindley, H.D., “Sudan Railways, 1925-1935”, Journal of the Institute of Civil Engineers, no. 1, (November 1935)

1941
Series of typescript proclamations, some with Italian translations, from British commanders in Eritrea and Ethiopia
Language: Italian

1941
Draft typescripts of newsletters entitled Avviso, nos. 3-6, issued by the British to Italians in East Africa (with corrections)
Language: Italian

1941
R.E. Cheesman, G.H.Q., Notes on vegetable cultivation in Ethiopia (Khartoum, 1941)

1941 Jan 27-Feb 23
Bollettino di notzie dall'Italia e dall'Estero, nos.5-9, (Cairo, 1941)
Language: Italian

n.d. [1941]
La potenza navale in Europa (1941?)
Language: Italian

1941 Jan 26
Fatti ai quali coviene pensare, no. 1 (1941)
Language: Italian

1941 Feb
G.H.Q. Middle East, Facts worth thinking about (1941)

n.d. [1941]
“Dante”, Ahi Serva Italia (Perugia, 1941?]
Language: Italian

1941 Jun 4-Nov 14
Corriere d'Italia, nos. 67, 125, 137, 205
Language: Italian

1941 Feb
Series of printed British propaganda flyers, [published by G.H.Q. Middle East?], issued to Italians in Eritrea
Language: Italian

1941 Feb 9-Mar 17
Two printed proclamations, the first issued by William Platt, for Ethiopians
Language: Italian

1941
Printed propaganda, possibly concerning the liberation of Ethiopia by the British and the return of Haile Selassie
Language: Amharic

1941
Intelligence Office, Khartoum, Geneaology of His Imperial Majesty Haila Sillase I. Emperor of Ethiopia

n.d. [1970s]
Article (book chapter?) by P.L. Bano, entitled “Mons. Daniele Comboni e un matrimonio romantico”
Language: Italian

1970 & 1972
Offprint of article by Hill entitled “A register of named power-driven river and marine harbour craft commissioned in the Sudan 1856-1964” reprinted from Sudan Notes and Records, pt. 1, vol. II & pt. 2, vol III (1970 & 1972), with annotations by Hill

1973
Photocopy of article by P.A.L. Vine, “By train to war in Abyssinia”, published in The Railway Magazine, (February, 1973)

n.d. [1980s]
Photocopy of article by D. J. Pring, “General Gordon and Fullands School” in Somerset & Dorset notes & queries

1986
Photocopy of “De l'Aventurier au fonctionnaire: l'Européen au Soudan Oriental (1841-1885)” from Université de Provence, Minoritiés et sociétes coloniales XIXe-XXe siècles, Séminaire de Recherche Ihpom, Riasem (Sophia Antipolis, 1986)
Language: French

1988
Offprint of article by P.M. Holt, “Mansfield Parkyn's manuscript of the Funj Chronicle”, published in Die Welt des Islams, XXVIII (1988)

1989
Photocopy of G.R. Warburg, “Some social and economic aspects of Turko-Egyptian rule in the Sudan” from Belleten, Cilt LIII, Sa. 207-208 (1989)

1991
Photocopy of a book chapter by A. Bjørkelo, “On the origin and structure of private legal documents in the Sudan and their value as historical sources” in R. Skarstein, E. Kleppe and R. Bjerre Finnestad (eds), Understanding and History in Arts and Sciences, Acta Humaniora Universitatis Bergensis, vol. 1. (Oslo, 1991)

1928
The Coningsby Club. Rules and list of members, 1928

[1955]
Rebecchini, Salvatore, The actual and legal status of capital cities, an address by Salvatore Rebecchini, Mayor of Rome and President of the National Association of Italian Communes (ANCI), Rome [1955]

1984
Scham, Alan M., “Emile Zola and French anti-Semitism”, reprint from Midstream, December 1984

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