Vidler, Denis
Introduction
Denis Vidler
Arrangement

Catalogue
Papers of the Fallen Angels
Reference code: GB-0033-SAD
Title: Vidler, Denis
Dates of creation: 1959-1989
Extent: 1 box
Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections
Created by: Vidler, Denis
Language: English

Denis Vidler

(1914 - 1999)

1937 Civil Secretary's Office
1937-1941 A.D.C. El Obeid and Umm Ruwaba, Kordofan
1941-1942 Asst. D.A.C.S. (Personnel), Civil Secretary's Office
1942-1944 War Supply Dept.
1944-1945 D.A.C.S. (Internal), Civil Secretary's Office
1945-1949 A.D.C./D.C. Wad Medani and Hassa Heissa, Blue Nile Province
1949-1952 D.C. Atbara, Northern Province
1952-1953 Asst. Commissioner of Lands
1953-1955 Commissioner of Lands
1955 Retired


Arrangement

This collection, donated by D. Vidler, consists of the papers of the 'Fallen Angels', members of a club formed after independence to continue social contacts between those S.P.S. officials who had been recruited during the years 1933-1939. The first dinner was held in London in 1956 and the club was finally wound up in 1989

Accession details

Presented by Vidler, 1990

Catalogue
Papers of the “Fallen Angels”
SAD.745/10/1-17
“Fallen Angels 1956-1989. Their story”, by Denis Vidler - an account of the creation of the Fallen Angels and of their annual dinners. Includes lists of chairmen, speakers, numbers attending and venues, copies of a speech made by H.G. Balfour-Paul at the first dinner and “Sudanisation Blues”, sung at the last dinner in 1989 (mimeograph, ring-binding)
SAD.745/10/18-24
Designs for the cover of account above
SAD.745/11-745/12; 748/1-748/6
1959-1989
Correspondence concerning arrangements for and attendance at the “Fallen Angels” annual dinners:
SAD.745/11/1-51
1959
SAD.745/12/1-67
1960
SAD.748/1/1-73
1962
SAD.748/2/1-81
1963-1964
SAD.748/3/1-49
1965-1967
SAD.748/4/1-55
1968-1975
SAD.748/5/1-69
1976-1984
SAD.748/6/1-61
1985-1989
SAD.748/7/1-17
1969-1982
Lists of members of the Fallen Angels
SAD.748/7/18-30
1964-1976
Dinner table plans
SAD.748/8/1-54
1978-1989
Lists of members attending dinners