Reference code: GB-0033-SAD
Title: Souper, James Lorimer
Dates of creation: [c. 1921-1941]
Extent: 1 box
Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections
Created by: Souper, James Lorimer
Language:
English
(1892 - 1962)
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| 1921-1923 | Lecturer, Gordon College, Khartoum |
| 1924-1927 | Assistant District Engineer, Public Works Department, Wad Medani |
| 1927 | Assistant District Engineer, Public Works Department, Khartoum |
| 1928 | Divisional Engineer, Public Works Department, Khartoum |
| 1929-1936 | Lecturer, Gordon College, Khartoum |
| 1937-1941 | Principal, School of Engineering, Khartoum |
1. Photographic Material
(i) Albums
(ii) Loose Photographs
Presented by Mrs. D.K. Souper, 1986
Catalogue
1. Photographic Material
SAD.868/1/1-96
[c. 1921-1941]
Album of photographs, principally of Khartoum and environs. Most are unlabelled, but a few have detailed captions on the back, not visible in the album, which are repeated verbatim below within quotation marks:
SAD.868/1/1
All Saints' Cathedral, Khartoum, before the construction of the bell tower
SAD.868/1/2
Gordon College quadrangle
SAD.868/1/3
The ‘Yellow Peril’. “Senior government officials' bachelor quarters. I still keep my rooms in here though they are stacked with Addison's furniture. The lumps on the top contain the
stairways to the roof. The trees on the footpath are lebbak”
SAD.868/1/4
Tennis court at government official's house
SAD.868/1/7-8
Interior views of All Saints' Cathedral, Khartoum
SAD.868/1/10,13,22,25
The Gordon statue at sunset
SAD.868/1/11
“In the Sudan Club gardens: the trench on the right hand lower corner to the right of the walk is for irrigation. Every third day water is pumped from the Nile into these channels which are dammed at certain desired
points till the water flows over the top and spreads over the grass and flower beds. The flowers round the foot of the date palm are petunias”
SAD.868/1/14-15,17-18,20,27-28
Views of the Nile at Khartoum at sunset
SAD.868/1/16
Khartoum skyline at sunset showing minarets of mosques
SAD.868/1/21,23
Governor-General's palace, Khartoum
SAD.868/1/24
Tebeldi tree and date palm
SAD.868/1/26
The Kitchener statue at sunset
SAD.868/1/32
Inspection of guard of honour, probably at the palace
SAD.868/1/33-34
Kitchener School of Medicine
SAD.868/1/36
Government official's house and garden
SAD.868/1/41,46,48
Columns at Massawarat es Sufra
SAD.868/1/45
Egypto-Roman kiosk at Naqa
SAD.868/1/49-50
Items excavated, possibly at Meroë
SAD.868/1/53
S.G.R. engine and carriages at station
SAD.868/1/55
Ferry approaching landing point
SAD.868/1/56
Tram engine and open carriages at station
SAD.868/1/57
Fortifications at Omdurman
SAD.868/1/58
Ruins of the Mahdi's tomb
SAD.868/1/59
Tram passing along river bank
SAD.868/1/61,63
Archway and flags, with crowds possibly celebrating the `Id
SAD.868/1/65
Ruins of Khartoum military hospital after the 1924 mutiny
SAD.868/1/69
Excavation of irrigation channel
SAD.868/1/70-72
Filled irrigation channel
SAD.868/1/74
Feluccas at the river's edge
SAD.868/1/80
Camels watering from irrigation channel
SAD.868/1/89
“My garden: the greenest in Khartoum. Marigolds in the four plots. The surrounds of ‘Sudanese box’ are all new since my return. Zinnias in long border west of tennis court. Other border
just resown in 3 kinds of cosmea”
SAD.868/1/92
Group of British officials
SAD.868/1/93-96
British official, possibly J.L. Souper
SAD.868/2/1-96
[c. 1921 - 1941]
Album of photographs of north and south Sudan, taken during J.L. Souper's service and including Khartoum, Sennar Dam and antiquities in Northern Province. Many are unidentified.
SAD.868/2/1-8
Aerial views of Khartoum, including the palace and Blue Nile bridge
SAD.868/2/9-12
Unidentified buildings, probably Khartoum
SAD.868/2/13
Brick building with lean-to
SAD.868/2/16
Encampment of tents at foot of hill
SAD.868/2/17-44
Construction of Sennar Dam
SAD.868/2/47
Sheep grazing (Karakashian Bros.)
SAD.868/2/52
British man and woman sitting in front of
tukl, possibly rest house
SAD.868/2/57-58
Camels laden with firewood and fodder
SAD.868/2/60
Herds of goats and camels
SAD.868/2/61
Animals in a
zariba outside village of
tukls
SAD.868/2/69,71
Police camel being ferried over the Nile
SAD.868/2/73
Remains of the Meroitic temple at Naqa
SAD.868/2/74-75
Large stone statues lying on the ground, Argo Island
SAD.868/2/76
Large carved tableau erected outside Gordon College
SAD.868/2/78
“View of the pass from Gebel es Sitt. This is only about 2¼ miles from Erkowit”
SAD.868/2/80
View from the hut verandah northwards, euphorbia in foreground
SAD.868/2/84
“Hut occupied by T.A. and myself at Erkowit”
SAD.868/2/85-94
Unidentified antiquities, probably Egypt
SAD.868/2/93
Colossi of Memnon at Thebes
SAD.868/2/95
“Typical native village on the Nile, built of mud. Lines and proportions beautiful. Trees are date palms. Boats are
feluccas. Desert immediately behind”.
SAD.868/2/96
Sabaloka gorge, south entrance (early morning)
SAD.868/3/1-3
1931 Aug 24
Aerial photographs of the
dayms flooded area of Khartoum, taken by the R.A.F at 1,000 feet
SAD.868/3/5
Saqiyah on the Nile, driven by bullocks
SAD.868/3/6
Shaduf (similar to SAD.868/1/76 above)
SAD.868/3/8
Loading camel on to
felucca (similar to SAD.868/2/69 above)
SAD.868/3/9
Cattle watering in main Nile
SAD.868/3/10
Using oxen to dredge out earth tank to hold rain water, west of Beila
SAD.868/3/15
Postcard of Shilluk warriors, Upper Nile (G.N. Morhig no. 193)
