Reference code: GB-0033-SAD
Title: Howie, Mrs Alice and John
Dates of creation: 1940-[early 21st century]
Extent: 330 digital photographs
Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections
Created by: Howie, Mrs Alice and John
Language:
English
(1918 - 2020)
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| 1936-1942 | Irish Inland Revenue; Nursing, Ireland |
| 1942-1947 | Nursing, Manchester, London, Brighton, Croydon and Plymouth, UK |
| 1947 | Nursing Sister, Omdurman Civil Hospital, Sudan Medical Service |
| 1948 | Nursing Sister then Charge Sister, Port Sudan, Kassala Northern Area |
(1925 - 1999)
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| 1943 | Cable & Wireless (Eastern Telegraph Company), seconded to Royal Signals / Telcom |
| 1945 | Cable & Wireless, Gibraltar |
| 1946-1950 | Engineer, Cable & Wireless, Khartoum and Kassala, Sudan |
| 1950-1953 | Cable & Wireless, Kingston Jamaica |
| 1954-1958 | Cable & Wireless, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| 1958-1961 | Cable & Wireless, Vigo, Spain |
| 1962-1965 | Cable & Wireless, Montevideo, Uruguay |
| 1965-1970 | Cable & Wireless, Mendoza, Argentina |
| 1970-1976 | Head office, Cable & Wireless, London, UK |
| 1976 | Cable & Wireless, La Paz, Bolivia |
1. Photographs
Presented by Patrick Howie, 22 October 2020
Catalogue
1. Photographs
1. (i) Photograph albums1940-1959
SAD.D60/1/1-120
1940-1959
Album of scenes in England, Malta, Spain and Sudan, including hospitals and nursing staff and Eastern Telegraph Co. offices in Sudan
Half-leather binding with blue and white relief-patterned boards, with brown cord tie
SAD.D60/1/1
1947
“Omdurman, 5.30 p.m.”. Sketch by “MAC” of a
felucca sailing with cargo on board
SAD.D60/1/2-33
1940-1959
Howie and Coburn families and friends photographs: scenes in UK and Ireland, including: parents, Brendan, Alice and James Coburn; nursing colleagues at the Royal Sussex Hospital Brighton; February 1947 snow scenes at Nottingham and Matlock;
Singapore; troopship S.S.
Chitral and Grand Harbour Malta.
Album has been re-used: captions and mounts from former arrangement remain
SAD.D60/1/34
1947
South Block, Khartoum Hospital
SAD.D60/1/35
1947
Five Sudanese children seated by a temporary shelter, at a [Hadendowa] camp (see SAD.D60/1/119)
SAD.D60/1/36
1947
Five Sudanese nurses, and child, seated and standing outside a columned [hospital] building, [Omdurman]
SAD.D60/1/37
1947
Mahdi's tomb, Omdurman
SAD.D60/1/38
1948
Six male nurses and one female Sudanese nurse, standing beside a [hospital] building, [Omdurman]
SAD.D60/1/39
1948
Alice Coburn and another woman, in swimsuits, at the Sudan Club swimming pool, Khartoum
SAD.D60/1/40
1948
Six Sudanese nurses standing beside a [hospital] building, [Omdurman]
SAD.D60/1/41
1948
View of the nurses' mess at [Omdurman hospital]
SAD.D60/1/42
[1948]
European woman seated on a sitting camel with Hadendowa camel handler and child
SAD.D60/1/43
[1948]
Alice Coburn with two European women seated in a garden [at a club]
SAD.D60/1/44
[1948]
Colonnaded building, [?Kassala]
SAD.D60/1/45
[1948]
European and Sudanese children and [teacher outside a school], [Kassala Province]
SAD.D60/1/46, 48-49
1947-1948
Alice Coburn and Sudanese nurses with a European lady and her newly-born child, Omdurman
SAD.D60/1/47
1947-1948
Alice Coburn in a group dressed for a fancy dress party, Omdurman
SAD.D60/1/50
1947
Alice Coburn in Sudanese dress and necklace, with two Sudanese nursing staff, Omdurman
SAD.D60/1/51
1947
Alice Coburn in nursing uniform standing in hospital collonade, Omdurman
SAD.D60/1/52
1947
Alice Coburn in nursing uniform holding a newly-born infant, Omdurman
SAD.D60/1/53
1947
Alice Coburn with three Sudanese nurses, in uniform, Omdurman
SAD.D60/1/54-57, 59
1947 Oct
Alice Coburn with two female friends and a man on the motorboat
Gertrude on Jebel Aulia reservoir
SAD.D60/1/58
1947 Oct
[?Jebel Aulia dam], viewed from the reservoir
SAD.D60/1/60
[1947]
“Pelicans at Port Sudan”
SAD.D60/1/61
[1947]
Alice Coburn rowing a boat, with Sudanese oarsman in background, Port Sudan
SAD.D60/1/62-64
1948 Dec
Interior and exterior views of the Roman Catholic Church, Port Sudan, where the Alice Coburn and John Howie were married
SAD.D60/1/65
1948 Apr
Dog sitting in verandah at the Eastern Telegraph Co. mess, Omdurman: “Rt Hon. Benjamin Crump Snr. Res. [senior resident] E.T.C. mess (while recuperating from a car accident)”
SAD.D60/1/66-67
[1948]
Eastern Telegraph Co. office, [Khartoum], showing workbenches and electrical equipment
SAD.D60/1/68
1947
Alice Coburn in nursing uniform, seated in the garden
SAD.D60/1/69-70
1947
Alice Coburn at [club], and with three Sudanese attendants wearing white
jellabiyas
SAD.D60/1/71
1947
Alice Coburn at a tea party with the Shelley family
SAD.D60/1/72-79, 83, 86, 110
1948
“Camels ... and how to ride them”: scenes of camels (town in distance), some loaded with wood; Alice Coburn and Margaret, with Sudanese attendants
SAD.D60/1/80
[1948]
Camel, led by a Hadendowa man, with small settlement and hills in the background
SAD.D60/1/81-82
[1948 x 1950]
Sudanese man holding the reins of a camel: “Our cook”
SAD.D60/1/84
1948 Apr
Alice Coburn seated on the battlements of a building at Suakin
SAD.D60/1/85
1948
“Two little girls are we... Daphne & self”: Alice Coburn seated at the tiller of a sailing boat, [Port Sudan]
SAD.D60/1/87, 89
[1948]
Port Sudan Club exterior with club sign, and European group on verandah in background; and interior
SAD.D60/1/88
[1948]
H.M.S.
Cardigan Bay, moored at [Port Sudan] quay
SAD.D60/1/90
[1948]
Port Sudan Civil Hospital, captioned “Torture House” and “Gaol”
SAD.D60/1/91
[1948 x 1950]
“Pub”: Port Sudan Hotel
SAD.D60/1/92
[1948 x 1950]
Mudiriyah, Port Sudan
SAD.D60/1/93
[1948 x 1950]
Eastern Telegraph Co. office building, Port Sudan
SAD.D60/1/94
[1948 x 1950]
Mosque, Port Sudan
SAD.D60/1/95
[1948 x 1950]
Margaret playing with dog Tinker
SAD.D60/1/96
[1948 x 1950]
“Hutchfield's 21st”, party group, including Alice Coburn
SAD.D60/1/97
[1948 x 1950]
“Way out ...”: Alice Coburn riding a camel
SAD.D60/1/98
[1948 x 1950]
“Two bundles of bones”: European figure crouching over the dessicated carcass of an antelope
SAD.D60/1/99
1947
Alice Coburn crouched at the bow of a sailing dinghy, [Port Sudan]
SAD.D60/1/100-102
[1948 x 1950]
Scenes at a local football match, including crowd at touchlines and players in action, and Alice Coburn with two European friends
SAD.D60/1/103
[1948 x 1950]
Hawkers beside a crowded train at a railway station
SAD.D60/1/104-107
[1948 x 1950]
“Some local colour”: Hadendowa men armed with swords and shields, and children
SAD.D60/1/108
1947
“Alice and cooks”, in yard with chickens
SAD.D60/1/109
1947
Two [pet] gazelles, one wearing a collar
SAD.D60/1/111
[1948 x 1950]
“Native houses”: Sudanese mud brick domestic compound beside unsurfaced road, with palm trees
SAD.D60/1/112
[1948 Apr]
“Rest house”, Suakin, view of arched stairway with small canon [at the
Muhafaza (Governor's Palace)]
SAD.D60/1/113
[1948 Apr]
Rear of a large building at Suakin
SAD.D60/1/114-115
[1948 x 1950]
“Dhows at Flamingo Bay”: moored and beached Sudanese sailing craft at Flamingo Bay, near Port Sudan
SAD.D60/1/116
1947
View from Jebel el Sela, [Erkowit]
SAD.D60/1/119
1947
Kitty's Leap, Erkowit
SAD.D60/1/120
1947
Hadendowa camp, [Erkowit]
SAD.D60/2/1-81
[1948 x 1950]
Album commemorating the wedding of John Howie to Alice Coburn at the Roman Catholic Church, Port Sudan on 23 December 1948, and the reception at the Red Sea Hotel; including the wedding invitation (SAD.D60/2/2), Red Sea Hotel menu
(SAD.D60/2/27-28), departure by car and train (SAD.D60/2/36-44), honeymoon at Gebeit and Suakin (SAD.D60/2/45-59), and newspaper cuttings reporting the wedding (SAD.D60/2/81-83)
Leather binding stamped with coloured scenes and hieroglyphs, 8 in Ancient Egyptian style and central scene of River Nile, palms and pyramids; with leather tie
SAD.D60/2/60
[1948 x 1950]
Alice Howie in nursing uniform
SAD.D60/2/61
[1948 x 1950]
Alice Howie holding infant, with two Sudanese nurses
SAD.D60/2/62
[1948 x 1950]
Two camels grazing bushes, [Eastern Sudan]
SAD.D60/2/63
[1948 x 1950]
Old camp or settlement site, small stones demarcating living areas, [Eastern Sudan]
SAD.D60/2/64
[1948 x 1950]
Mountainous landscape with road, [Eastern Sudan]
SAD.D60/2/65-66, 68-69
[1948 x 1950]
Landscapes, [Eastern Sudan]
SAD.D60/2/67
[1948 x 1950]
Alice Howie sat beside unmetalled road, [Eastern Sudan]
SAD.D60/2/70-73, 76-77
[1948 x 1950]
Alice Howie in sailing craft, [Port Sudan]
SAD.D60/2/74
[1948 x 1950]
Alice Howie leaning on a fence outside a single-story house
SAD.D60/2/75
[1948 x 1950]
Young gazelle
SAD.D60/2/78
[1948 Apr]
Alice Howie at the Customs gateway, Suakin
SAD.D60/2/79
[1948 x 1950]
John Howie, Alice Howie and another man on a tennis court
SAD.D60/2/80
[1948 x 1950]
John Howie, standing on steps leading into a garden
1. (ii) Loose photographs[1943-early 21st century]
SAD.D60/3/1-3
1948 [Dec]
Wedding at Port Sudan
SAD.D60/3/1
1948 [Dec]
Alice Coburn in white dress, standing with sun hat
SAD.D60/3/2
1948 Dec 23
Scene at the departure car after the wedding of John and Alice Howie, Port Sudan
SAD/D60/3/3
1948 Dec 23
John and Alice Howie, posed with wedding bouquet, Port Sudan
SAD.D60/4/1-2
[1946 x 1950]
Photographs of Eastern Telegraph Co. staff, Sudan
SAD.D60/4/1
[1946 x 1950]
Group photograph of the Eastern Telegraph Co. staff, male and female, European and Sudanese, with dog Rt Hon. Benjamin Crump Snr. (see SAD.D60/1/65): John Howie stands fifth from right behind the Director
SAD.D60/4/2
[1946 x 1950]
Group photograph of the Eastern Telegraph Co. staff, male and female, European, with dog Rt Hon. Benjamin Crump Snr. (see SAD.D60/1/65): John Howie stands second from left
SAD.D60/4/3
[1947 x 1950]
Group photograph of hospital staff, [?Port Sudan], mounted in frame: Alice Coburn seated second row, fourth from left
SAD.D60/5/1-42
[1943 x 1950]
Photographs of John Howie with colleagues and friends, in Gibraltar, Giza, Suakin, including:
SAD.D60/5/1
[1943 x 1950]
John Howie posed in front of conical lighthouse structure
SAD.D60/5/2
[1946 x 1950]
John Howie posed beside standing male [wooden] statue
SAD.D60/5/3-4, 9, 12, 34
[1943 x 1946]
John Howie in Royal Signals uniform, including at Gibraltar “Stalag V”
SAD.D60/5/10
[1946 x 1950]
John Howie, with Eastern Telegraph Co. office dog Rt Hon. Benjamin Crump Snr. (see SAD.D60/1/65)
SAD.D60/6/1-25
[1948 x 1950]
Photographs of Alice Howie (née Coburn), in Sudan
SAD.D60/6/2
[1948 Apr]
Alice Howie at the south gate of the
muhafaza, Suakin
SAD.D60/6/18, 20
[1948 x 1950]
Alice Howie playing golf in [Eastern] Sudan
SAD.D60/6/21
[1948 Apr]
Alice Howie standing on the roof of the
muhafaza with the Hanafi mosque in the background, Suakin
SAD.D60/7/1-56
1948-[early 21st century]
Photographs of various subjects, including
SAD.D60/7/7
[1948 Apr]
Sign at Suakin railway station
SAD.D60/7/16
[1948 x 1950]
Sudanese football match
SAD.D60/7/17
[1948 x 1950]
Branded cow
SAD.D60/7/20
[1948 x 1950]
BOAC Douglas DC-3 aircraft (registration G-AGKH) on runway, with fuel drums and steps in foreground
SAD.D60/7/21
[1948 x 1950]
Erba railway station, with female statue in foreground
SAD.D60/7/22
[1948 Apr]
Facade of ruined building with verandah, [Suakin]
SAD.D60/7/30
[1948 x 1950]
Suez control station with mast at entrance to Suez canal
SAD.D60/7/31-32
[1948 x 1950]
War cemetery, [?Suez]
SAD.D60/7/33
[1948 x 1950]
Child navigating a canoe in a riverway
SAD.D60/7/44
[1948 x 1950]
John Howie in convertable car daubed in painted slogans “Roving reporter”, “P.S.W.N.”, “News”, “All the dirt for
[illegible]”
SAD.D60/7/53
[early 21st century]
Roman Catholic cathedral, Port Sudan
SAD.D60/7/54
1948 Dec 22
Marriage certificate (non-Mohammedan Marriage Ordinance, 1926) recording the marriage of Alice Coburn and John Howie at Port Sudan, 23 December 1948; stamped by Argentinian authorities, 29 October 1964
