Reference code: GB-0033-SAD
Title: Hillelson, Sigmar
Dates of creation: [c. 1911-1933]
Extent: 1 box
Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections
Created by: Hillelson, Sigmar
Language: English and Arabic
(c. 1883 - 1960)
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| 1911 | Appointed lecturer, Gordon College, Khartoum |
| 1914 | Instructor, Gordon College, Khartoum |
| 1916 - 1925 | Lecturer, Gordon College Higher School, Khartoum |
| 1926 | Appointed to Civil Secretary's Department |
| 1927 | Assistant Director, Sub-department of Intelligence, Khartoum |
| 1928 | Attended Rejaf Conference on Language, Mongalla |
| 1929 - 1933 | Assistant Civil Secretary, Khartoum |
| 1933 | Retired from Sudan Service |
1. Articles, Books and Broadcasts
2. Newspaper Cuttings
3. Photographic Material
4. Printed Material
Presented by Mrs I. Hillelson, 1961
Catalogue
1. Articles, Books and Broadcasts
SAD.425/5/1-19
ca. 1932
Sayings of Farah wad Tuktuk,
al-Shaykh, collected in the neighbourhood of Sennar by A.J. Arkell, with biographical notes on Shaykh Farah wad Tuktuk and covering letter from A.J. Arkell to Hillelson
14f., assorted sizes
Language: Arabic and English
Former reference number: H. 83 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
SAD.425/6/1-15
[ca. 1930s?]
Article, in the hand of A.J. Arkell, on Shaykh Farah wad Tuktuk
SAD.425/6/16-46
[ca. 1930s?]
Collected poems and sayings of Farah wad Taktuk,
al-Shaykh, in the hand of Hillelson; English translations presumably by Hillelson
Language: Arabic and English
Former reference number: H. 84 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
With a translation into English (with the same call number).
SAD.425/7/1-38
[1952?]
“Riwayat masra` Tajuj wa Mahallaq”, manuscript copy in the hand of S. Hillelson, text pp. 1-74
124p.
Size: 23 x 17.5 cm
Language:
Arabic
See: Ihsan Abbas
“Tajuj fi l-adab al-sudani”,
al-Kalam al-Jadid, I, No. 4, 1952, pp. 27-38
Former reference number: H. 9 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
SAD.425/8/1-57
[ca. 1950s]
Collection of notes and scripts relating to broadcasts made by the Arabic Service of the BBC, London:
SAD.425/8/5-7
1954
Pamphlet entitled
“A series of special programmes about the Arabic Service”, detailing the schedule and organising committee, of which Hillelson was a member
SAD.425/8/1-4
1954
Arabic version of SAD.435/8/5-7 above, published by the BBC Arabic Service for general circulation
Language:
Arabic
SAD.425/8/8-13
[ca. 1950s]
Handwritten and typescript notes on the language of the Arabs
Language: English and Arabic
SAD.425/8/14-25
[ca. 1950s]
Typescript by Hillelson entitled
“Material for Arab language feature”.
SAD.425/8/26-57
[ca. 1950s]
Broadcast script by Hillelson for the Arabic Service's series of feature programmes on the Arabic language:
“The Arabic of Sudan” (SAD.425/8/26-42) with final draft (SAD.425/8/43-57)
2. Newspaper Cuttings
SAD.425/8/58
1957 May 18
Page from
The Morning News containing two articles about the Sudan, one on “Aidhab: once a thriving port” and the other by A.W.M. Disney entitled “Friendliness,
humour, commonsense: the three abiding qualities of the Sudanese”
3. Photographic Material
SAD.2/24/1-24
1928 Apr 9-14
Photographs taken at the time of the Rejaf Language Conference:
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/1
1928 Apr 9-14
Members of the Rejaf Language Conference, 1928, including J. G. Matthew, Secretary for Education and Health and chairman of the conference (seated centre). Possibly also including: S. Hillelson, Assistant Director of Intelligence; N. B. Hunter,
Inspector, Southern Education; A. G. Hickson, Inspector, Southern Education; Monsignor J. Zambonardi; and E. R. J. Hussey, Director of Education, Uganda
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/2
1928 Apr 9-14
Three members of the Rejaf Language Conference
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/3-4
1928 Apr 9-14
Members of the Rejaf Language Conference, 1928, possibly including J. G. Matthew, Secretary for Education and Health and chairman of the conference; N. B. Hunter, Inspector, Southern Education; and Professor D. Westermann, Director, International
Institute of African Languages and Cultures
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/5,8-9
1928 Apr 9-14
Members of the Rejaf Language Conference, 1928, including missionaries, government officials and their wive
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/6
1928 Apr 9-14
Members of the Rejaf Language Conference, 1928, possibly including Monsignor J. Zambonardi
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/7
1928 Apr 9-14
Members of the Rejaf Language Conference, 1928, possibly including N. B. Hunter, Inspector, Southern Education and Monsignor J. Zambonardi
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/10
1928 Apr 9-14
Thatched hut where the Rejaf Language Conference, 1928, took place
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/11
1928 Apr
Sudanese woman standing in front of a man carrying a bundle on his head, with Rejaf hill in the background
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/12
1928 Apr
European man standing in a village, probably Rejaf
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/13
1928 Apr
Group of young Sudanese women and children, with a motorcycle and a truck in the background, probably Rejaf
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/14
1928 Apr
View on the road between Yei and Rejaf, with Rejaf hill in the distance
Photographic prints
SAD.2/14/15-16
1928 Apr
View of Rejaf hill from a steamer
Photographic prints
SAD.2/14/17
1928 Apr
Group of young Bari women at Rejaf, two carrying baskets on their heads and one carrying a baby in a sling across her back
Photographic prints
SAD.2/14/18
1928 Apr
Young Bari woman at Rejaf carrying a bundle of firewood on her head
Photographic prints
SAD.2/14/19
1928 Apr
Group of Lakoiya children at Liria
Photographic prints
SAD.2/14/20-21
1928 Apr
View of the
sudd, possibly Upper Nile Province
Photographic prints
SAD.2/14/22
1928 Apr
Rest house at Shambe
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/23
1928 Apr
View of the
sudd at Simsima, possibly Upper Nile Province
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/24
1928 Apr
Tukl in front of Jabal Lomurre
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/25-55
[1928]
Photographs taken in Mongalla:
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/25
[1928]
Man with tribal scarring wearing an amulet around his neck and holding a spear, possibly Mongalla
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/26
[1928]
Village at the foot of a hill, possibly Mongalla
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/27
[1928]
Tukl in a village, possibly Mongalla
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/28
[1928]
Group of people dancing in a village, possibly Mongalla
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/29
[1928]
Tukls surrounded by a tall fence, possibly government buildings, Mongalla
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/30
[1928]
Group of young men lighting a fire with sticks, possibly Mongalla
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/31
[1928]
Village on a hillside, possibly Mongalla
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/32
[1928]
Distant view of a Latuka village, with a
zariba on the left, possibly Mongalla
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/33
[1928]
Group of Latuka people in a village surrounded by a tall fence, possibly Mongalla
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/34
[1928]
Latuka man wearing a helmet decorated with ostrich feathers, possibly Mongalla
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/35
[1928]
Group of Latuka people dancing around a pile of tall grasses in a village surrounded by a tall fence, possibly Mongalla
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/36
[1928]
Man, possibly Latuka, blowing a long horn, possibly Mongalla
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/37-38
[1928]
Tukls in a village, possibly Mongalla
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/39
[1928]
Steamer in the
sudd, possibly Mongalla
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/40
[1928]
Group of men with bundles of sticks or
dhurah stalks, possibly Mongalla
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/41
[1928]
Group of men stretching out an animal skin, possibly for use as a drum, possibly Mongalla
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/42
[1928]
Villagers sitting in front of a
tukl, possibly Mongalla
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/43
[1928]
Group of people sitting under a tree, possibly Mongalla
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/44
[1928]
Man preparing to throw a spear, possibly Mongalla
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/45
[1928]
Man holding a spear standing in front of a group of
tukls surrounded by a fence, possibly Mongalla
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/46
[1928]
Group of people running, some with spears, possibly Mongalla
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/47
[1928]
Tukls in a village surrounded by a fence, possibly Mongalla
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/48-50
[1928]
People standing in front of
tukls in a village surrounded by a fence, possibly Mongalla
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/51
[1928]
Crowd of people at a gathering in a village, with
tukls in the background, possibly Mongalla
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/52
[1928]
Shilluk warriors, some wearing leopard skins around their waists, dancing at a gathering at Fanikang
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/53
[1928]
Group of men, some wearing leopard skins around their waists and holding sticks, dancing at a gathering in a village, possibly Mongalla
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/54
[1928]
Long-bladed spears propped against the side of a
tukl during a gathering in a village, possibly Mongalla
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/55
[1928]
Group of men surrounding a calf, possibly preparing for a sacrifice during a gathering in a village, possibly Mongalla
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/56
1913 Jan 17
Photograph of spectators at a King's day sports event in the grounds of Gordon College
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/57
[ca. 1911-1933]
Full-length portrait of a Hadanduwah man holding a spear, probably Red Sea Province
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/58
[ca. 1911-1933]
Photograph of
mihrab in the ruins of the mosque at Old Sennar
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/59
[ca. 1911-1933]
Photograph of Sayyid 'Abd al-Rahman al-Mahdi's house in Khartoum
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/60-61
[ca. 1911-1933]
Photographs of sphinx, place unknown
Photographic prints
4. Printed material
Separated printed material now in Durham University Library
Printed material deposited with collection; now integrated into the library's printed collections and catalogued on the Open Public Access Catalogue
