1914 Jan 21-Nov 30
Series of letters from R.G.C. Brock, Inspector Meridi District, Bahr al-Ghazal, to R.M. Feilden, Governor, Bahr al-Ghazal concerning unrest amongst the Azande and reports by Brock detailing what he has heard about plans to drive the government out of Yambio. Also includes: letters from W.R.G. Bond, Inspector Yambio, Bahr al-Ghazal, concerning the uprising and the arrests of Sultans Basungada and Gungora; summary of the proceedings of the trial of Sultan Basungada, Sultan Gungora, and Shaykh Mopoi of the Avungara tribe in connection with their involvement in the Azande uprising (SAD.315/6/20-21); and a report by R.G.C. Brock, on the Azande chiefs located around Meridi district who held robes of honour (SAD.315/6/23-30). Also included is a cover note to Leitch from [R.G.C. Brock].

[1936]
Zande District Handbook [possibly a draft version]. Includes sections on: the physical geography of the district (SAD.315/1/4-6); history (SAD.315/2/7-8); frontiers and neighbouring administrations (SAD.315/2/9-10); administration (SAD.315/2/11-18); tribal life, society and structure (SAD.315/2/19-28,71-80); justice (SAD.315/2/29-43); medical (SAD.315/2/44-49); missions and education (SAD.315/2/50-52); communications (SAD.315/2/53-54); agriculture (SAD.315/2/55-56); forests (SAD.315/2/57-62); fauna (SAD.315/2/63-65); trade and economic development (SAD.315/2/66); and taxation (SAD.315/2/67).
Appendices include:; list of Zande clans (SAD.315/2/25-28); court rules and procedures (SAD.315/2/32-42); district road map; list of native names for unknown species (SAD.315/2/60-62); answers to tribal questionnaire (SAD.315/2/68-80); family tree of Avungara (SAD.315/2/81-84)

1946
Official papers concerning Azande resettlement. Includes: minutes of a meeting held at J.W.G. Wyld's house, Yambio, on 5 Jan 1946, concerning building programmes, the development of a research farm, area marked out as forest reserve, the development of an agricultural training centre, the Yambio water supply, the Lingassi area, staff, transport, and the programme for work 1946; memorandum by J.W.G. Wyld, District Commissioner Zande District, to B.V. Marwood, Governor Equatoria, concerning the resettlement of the Azande in organised villages and the definition of individual farms (SAD.315/2/98-99); memorandum by J.W.G. Wyld, District Commissioner Zande District, to the secretary of the Equatoria Projects Provisional Working Committee, concerning manufacture in the Zande scheme (SAD.315/2/100-101); list of Sub-Chiefs and Headmen under the Azande Chiefs Zungumbia, Basia and Uka, submitted by J.W.G. Wyld to A.G. McCall, Inspector of Agriculture Yambio (SAD.315/2/102-106)

1951
Synopsis of terebais (agricultural supervisors) medical records, Tembura sub-district, 1950-1951

[1952]
Ms draft of report on “Death of children among the Azande”, [by Leitch]. The report includes tables of statistics on Azande population and reproduction, 1949-1952, and a graph showing variations in new cases of sleeping sickness, 1918-1951.

1953
Interim report on the agriculture of Tembura district written by Leitch in his role as Inspector of Agriculture, Equatoria Projects Board. The report is divided into three sections.
The first section provides general information on the area and includes notes on: rivers and drainage; climate and rainfall; vegetation; soils; peoples; resettlement; staff; distribution of population; definition of various belts; chiefships; roads; trade; education; and stations. (SAD.314/12/30-48)
The second section covers agriculture and includes notes on: customary practice; crop rotations; husbandry; bush fires and erosion; tools; water supplies; the various crops grown in the district; livestock; fishing; and white ants. (SAD.314/12/49-77)
The third section comprises the appendices of the report and includes: tables giving road mileages between various towns and villages in the district; notes on flying ants; notes on fishing; and fairly extensive notes on the various tribes of the district. (SAD.314/12/78-132)
Also included with the report are:

1953 Jul
Inspection report on the Bat Guano Cave at Kasia, Tembura, by S.G. Willimott, Senior Chemist, Yambio

1954 Apr 1 - 1955 Mar 31
Annual report of the Equatoria Projects Board Agricultural Section, written by Leitch. The report includes: covering letter by Leitch (SAD.314/12/136); annual raingauge statistics (SAD.314/12/137); notes on cash crops, including cotton (SAD.314/12/138-142); notes on tree crops (SAD.314/12/143-144); notes on the growing of various other crops, including coffee (SAD.314/12/145-148); note on the Sakure Sugar Plantation (SAD.414/12/148); notes on livestock (SAD.314/12/149); notes on fish ponds (SAD.314/12/150); notes on vegetable gardens (SAD.314/12/150); notes on staff changes (SAD.314/12/151-152). Appendix includes tables of statistics on cotton production and sale.

[1954]
“A report on tobacco growing in the Zande districts of French Equatorial Africa”, written by Leitch for the Equatoria Projects Board. The report discusses the process of tobacco growing, giving a complete guide on nursery, plantation, harvesting, disease and fermentation. Also included is a copy of a different report, written in French, which overlaps the Leitch report somewhat (includes ms English translation) and a note on tribal population figures in various districts of [French Equatorial Africa]
Language: French

1955 Mar 1 - Jun 30
Interim report of the Equatoria Projects Board Agricultural Section, written by Leitch. The report includes: notes on staff (SAD.314/12/250); raingauge statistics for the period (SAD.314/12/250-251); notes on cotton and other crops (SAD.314/12/251-254); note on the Sakure Sugar Plantation (SAD.314/12/254); notes on livestock (SAD.314/12/254); note on fish farming (SAD.314/12/255). Appendix includes tables of statistics on cotton production (SAD.314/12/256-261.

[1955]
Interim report to the Equatoria Projects Board on labour incentive experiments and sales experiments, [written by Leitch]

[1950s]
Handing-over notes for Yubu and Chief Renzi's country, written by Leitch. Discusses various administrative and agricultural issues.

[1950s]
“A short note on the experimental and demonstration at the Kajansi swamp near Kampal, Uganda”, report to the Equatoria Projects Board on a visit to Kajansi fish farm and Gulu Dam, Uganda, by Leitch

[1950s]
Note by Leitch entitled “On the use of an improved pattern of earthenware beehive, by natives of the Sudan”

[1950s]
Statistics on cultivators in [Equatoria]. Numbers of cultivators are given under [Azande] chief, then sub-chief, and headman

[1950s]
Rough ms notes and ts notes mainly on the Zande District and tribes of the Zande District. Includes: genealogical charts of various [Dinka] clans and chiefs (SAD.315/1/1-7); note on hides in the Zande District (SAD.315/1/12); notes on various crops (SAD.315/1/14-16); notes on chiefs of various Azande clans (SAD.315/1/19-20); indigenous names of various insects and animals prepared for an essay entitled “Dependence on animal and insect life” (SAD.315/1/25-38); notes on fish and fishing (SAD.315/1/39-41,63-68); notes on various crops and foodstuffs and their substitutes in times of shortage (SAD.315/1/42-50); notes on the production of honey and beeswax (SAD.315/1/51-55); quotes taken from a book by R. G. Anderson on tribal customs involving medical procedure, including mutilation as punishment (SAD.315/1/56-59); notes on domestic animals (SAD.315/1/60-62); notes on articles in Sudan Notes and Records on the Zande Scheme (SAD.315/1/69-74,81-84); list of the indigenous names of various ingredients used in traditional Azande medical treatments (with decriptions in English) (SAD.315/1/75-80); notes on the history of the Avungara (SAD.315/1/87-87a,177-179); list of edible funghi of the Zande District (SAD.315/1/88); lists of Azande words and their meanings (including foods and body parts) (SAD.315/1/89-96); notes on the introduced fruits of the Zande District (SAD.315/1/97-102); note on the soils and minerals of Tembura (SAD.315/1/103-104); notes and statistics on the export of honey and beeswax (SAD.315/1/105-107); notes on flying ants (SAD.315/1/108-118); note on the story of the sons of the Zande prince Mabenge (SAD.315/1/119-121); notes on the tribes and clans of the Tembura sub-district (SAD.315/1/122-130); notes on Zande foods, animals, and trees (SAD.315/1/131-138); notes on various fishing techniques used by the Azande, including pond emptying, poison fishing (with notes on the types of poisons used), and fish traps (SAD.315/1/139-147); list of Azande words and phrases used in connection with fishing (SAD.315/1/148); list of fish identified from streams and rivers in Zande district (SAD.315/1/149); list of fish with their Zande and Bari names along with additional descriptive notes (SAD.315/1/150-153); guide notes on collecting snake specimens (SAD.315/1/154); notes on exports of chillies (SAD.315/1/158-159); genealogical chart showing the descendants of Ezo (SAD.315/1/164); notes on Chief Madi and Chief Dika (SAD.315/1/165-173); notes on Yambio's sons (SAD.315/1/171-173); a note on the rules of a gambling game (SAD.315/1/174); notes on various Zande tribes (SAD.135/1/175-180,203-206); ts copy of the recollections of an Azande man on the history of the Azande, written in the first person, entitled “Tombris Story” (SAD.315/1/181-187); list of Azande names for birds, with English translations (SAD.315/1/188-189);“Un-corrected list of Zande - Bukuru - English words, phrases and a native's idea of verb declension” (SAD.315/1/190-202); notes in [Azande] (SAD.315/1/207-208,233-234); ts notes on the Azande Bili society (SAD.315/1/209); notes on the legend of the formation of the Zande tribe in Southern Sudan (SAD.315/1/210-214)
Language: English, Zande

[1950s]
Notes written in an Arabic notebook entitled “Customs and habits of Zande”. Notebook contains ms notes on topics related to the Azande including marriage, the history of the Azande, hunting, rainmaking, hunting by burning grass, fishing, cultivation, laws and punishments, and termites. Most of the notes are written in English, some are written in [Azande].
Language: English and Zande

1949 - [1955]
Small collection of correspondence consisting of letters to Leitch from H. Lyon of the Ministry of Agriculture concerning a camera and photography equipment (SAD.315/3/1-2); Leitch to Prof. McArthur concerning a soil sample (SAD.315/3/3); Leitch to Professor D. Forde concerning a manuscript by [P.T.W. Baxter] on Zande agriculture (SAD.315/3/4); H. de Laszlo, Controlled Fertility Research Centre, to Leitch concerning a reference to Zande abortifacients (SAD.315/3/5); Leitch to the General Manager, Nzara, concerning a visit to tobacco farms in Uganda and Leitch's report on tobacco growing in French Equatorial Africa (SAD.315/3/6-7); Leitch to M. Spaey concerning the insurance policy on his car (SAD.315/3/8); Father Angelo to Leitch concerning a list of Zande words, his attendance at a mission retreat and conditions at Kwajok (SAD.315/3/9)
Language: English, Zande

1950 Jun 13-1954 Jul 19
Collection of game licences issued to Leitch. Also includes published Notes on the game ordinance and regulations issued by the Sudan Government, [1950s]

1951
“Background to the development of a Central African tribe”, lecture on the Azande by J.W.G. Wyld, given to the Institute in London, 7 Februay 1951

1952
“A flora of Zande district”, by J.W.G. Wyld. A bound ts list of plants collected by Wyld during his term as District Commissioner of the Zande District. Includes the Azande name and the botanical name for each plant along with reference numbers to the Zande Herbareum and Flora of the Sudan, (Broun and Massey). The list is alphabetised by Azande name and botanical name. Also includes:
Language: English, Zande

[1952]
Series of elementary lectures presented [by Leitch] to the Young Farmers Club Bakht er Ruda. Includes lectures on: mother earth; soil; seeds and plants; air, light and water; cultivation and soil erosion; plant health; food crops to grow; crop rotation; manuring the soil; crop improvement; cash crops; bees and bush fires; poultry keeping; and marketing. Also included is a copy of the constitution and rules of the Young Farmers Club Bakht er Ruda, written by Sirr al-Khatim al-Khalifa, Province Education Officer, Juba

[1954]
“Essential requirements for ramie cultivation”, article by S.G. Willimott (Miscellaneous Paper No 65)

[1950s]
“Parente et alliance chez les Bandas de l'Oubangui-Chari”, paper by E. Leynaurd on the Banda tribe of the Oubangui-Chari province of French Equatorial Africa
Language: French

1955 Jul 13-Oct 11
Diary of a trip around Uganda, Belgian Congo, French Equatorial Africa, Cameroon and Nigeria, with visits to places including: Kampala (Uganda); Mbarara (Uganda); Bukavu (Belgian Congo); Goma (Belgian Congo); Paulis (Belgian Congo); Bondo (Belgian Congo); Bangassou (French Equatorial Africa); Bouar (French Equatorial Africa); Yaounde (Cameroon); and Calabar (Nigeria). Leitch mainly comments on his travel arrangements and day to day activities. Enclosures include:

1955 Jul 29
Page from The Times featuring an article, “Four killed in Sudan riots”, concerning riots in Nzara, Zandeland

1956 May 14
Article by Leitch on “What future for Zande”, from New Commonwealth

1939
Communications map of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, produced by the Geographical Section, War Office, 1914 (fourth edition)
1:3,000,000
102 cm x 73 cm

1941 Mar
Map of French Equatorial Africa showing principal roads, sheet 6, produced by the Institut Géographique National
1:2,500,000
106 cm x 74 cm
Language: French

[1949 Jan]
Map of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan showing boundaries, rivers and larger towns, produced by the Sudan Survey Department, Khartoum
1:8,000,000
49 cm x 34 cm
Digitised material for Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (map 1949) - SAD/PF.26/6/14

1949 Mar
Map of Southern Sudan showing boundaries and towns and villages, produced by Sudan Survey Department, Khartoum 1946, corrected March 1949
1:2,000,000
70 cm x 35 cm

[1950s]
Route map of the Uganda Protectorate
2.5in : 40 miles
73 cm x 73 cm

[1950s]
Survey map of the area east of Yambio, “prepared by Mr Ferguson”. Includes information on roads, streams, soil types and quality, and vegetation types and quality
28 x 21 cm
Digitised material for Map east of Yambio - SAD/PF.26/6/13

[1950s]
Photographs of Dinka people:

[1950s]
Photographs of Azande people:

[1950s]
Photographs of Bari people:

[1951]
Photographs of Murle people:

[1950s]
Photographs of Mandari people:

[1950s]
Photographs of unidentified southern Sudanese people and communities:

[1950s]
Photographs relating to agricultural work:

[1950s]
Photographs of friends, family and colleagues:

[1950s]
Photographs of animals and wildlife

[1930s-1950s]
Aerial photographs taken around Nzara, Li Rangu and Yambio in the far south of Equatoria:

[1950s]
Photographs of buildings

[1950s]
Selection of photographs showing various unidentified landscape views

[1950s]
Non-Sudan photographs:

[1950s]
Miscellaneous photographs:

[1930s]
Spear-head [probably Azande], shaped from a single piece of iron. Narrow blade with triangular body and long, solid tang with four bevelled edges. Spear possibly used as bride wealth.
Size: 68cm long x 6 cm wide (at widest point) Iron severely rusted at blade

[1930s]
Azande kpinga throwing knife, shaped from a single piece of iron. Knife has a straight central blade from which three cutting blades stem. The first cutting blade is straight and projects at an acute angle from just above the handle, with a spur at the very bottom of the blade. The second has a slight curve and stems (in the opposite direction to the first) at a right angle from the top of the central blade. The third blade is crescent in shape and continues up from the end of the central blade at the very top of the knife. The handle of the knife is made from plant fibre woven in a zigzag pattern
Size: 45cm long x 33cm wide
Digitised material for Throwing knife, c.1930s - SAD.G//S 1310/2 Iron rusted all over and handle worn through in parts

[1951-1955]
Route reports compiled by the Royal East African Automobile Association giving details of routes around the French Congo and the Belgian Congo and from Nairobi to Yola in Northern Nigeria. Includes photostats of route maps and correspondence.

1955
Leitch's membership card for the Expatriate Civil Servants' Association of the Sudan

1955-1956
International customs permit book issued by the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile and recording Leitch's passings through customs during a trip around Central Africa

[1950s]
Selection of children's essays written in romanized [Azande]
Language: Zande