1948 - 1955
Official papers relating to Dening's career with the Sudan Political Service, including government circulars and correspondence concerning the terms of his employment and arrangements for the carriage of his baggage, employment contract, and correspondence re examinations in Arabic and law, increases in salary, plans for re-employment on termination of his contract and payment of entitlements

[c. 1948 - 1950]
English-Arabic vocabulary compiled by Dening while studying for the higher Arabic examination, with English-Nuer vocabulary (at back of book)
Language: English, Arabic, Nuer

1949 - 1956
Legal papers including examples of court forms (blank); notes on evidence; criminal and civil court circulars from W. O'B. Lindsay, the Chief Justice and W.C. McDowall, Judge of the High Court, Southern Circuit; law examination papers, 1947-1952; and correspondence between Dening and D. Lomax on specific legal points

1936
Notes on Nuer law written in a 1936 diary of Capt. H.A. Romilly (Upper Nile Province, 1929-1946)

1951
Journal containing a mixture of diary entries, trek notes and route reports, with checklists and lists of payments and goods. Most of the entries appear in the months Jan-Feb and Nov-Dec, but may not always relate to the date in the diary (an entry in Jan, for example, refers to an area being flooded in 1951). Brief diary entries record arrivals and departures and some social engagements. Lengthier entries include a route report for the Nasir-Akobo road, describing the state of the road, flooding, crops and other vegetation (SAD.889/2/4-6); description of the Ajungmir-Nasir road (SAD.889/2/9); note on the appeal court for the Garjak at Ajungmir (SAD.889/2/10); account of a trek to Jockau, visiting a Nuer cattle camp en route (SAD.889/2/18-20); route report on a trek to Akobo via Ajungmir, visiting a Nuer cattle camp en route (SAD.889/2/21-24); route report on a trek to Luaping, stopping at Kegh, Jogiel, Buth, back to Jogiel, Ditchin, Biel, Duma, Ying, Torbar and Nasir (SAD.889/2/63-71)

1953 Nov 30 - 1954 Jun 24
Work diary containing notes on legal cases examined and disputes settled; records of tribute collected, stores required and roadworks undertaken; note of cash payments to traders, district staff, etc. At the back of the diary is a record of the suspense account for 25 Nov 1953 to 27 Jan 1954.