1945 Nov 14
Copy of the Chairman's address [Wyld] to the Zande District education meeting, outlining plans for the establishment of permanent villages with an allocation of 40 acres of land per family, the provision of churches and schools and the formation of District and Sub-District Councils

1948 Apr 7
“Tombu's story”, an account of the history of the Azande of Yambio District as recounted by Tombu in 1947, then aged about 80 and by Chief Gangura in about 1940

1948
“Aide memoire to the Zande scheme”, by Wyld, with notes on progress

1949 Jan 13
Letter from Wyld to the Governor Equatoria, H.A. Nicholson re problems facing Zande development policy

1949 Jan 27
Report by Wyld on the Zande scheme, calling for the establishment of a local planning committee for the fieldwork of the scheme under the chairmanship of the governor

1949 Apr 8
Letter from Wyld to the Governor Equatoria re his fears for the future of the Zande scheme

[1950?] May 5
Draft letter from Wyld to J.F. Tiernay, Governor Equatoria, proposing the extension of the southern boundary of Chief Dika's land in Tambura Sub-District into French Equatorial Africa

[1928?]
Account by Wyld of a punitive patrol against the Nuer, notably the Gun Lau, led by their witch doctor Guek Wundeng, the Mor Lau and the Gaweir, under Dwal Diu, in retaliation for Nuer raids on the Dinka of Bor District. During the main battle Guek Wundeng was slain [First page missing]
Digitised material for Account by J W G Wyld of a punitive patrol against the Nuer - SAD.779/6/19-29

[n.d.]
Text of a talk by Wyld on the Azande, the resettlement of the Zande people in villages in the 1940's and the introduction of cash crops, industry and local government
Digitised material for Text of a talk by J W G Wyld on the Azande - SAD.779/6/1-18

[n.d.]
Text of a lecture by Wyld on “The Zande scheme”
Digitised material for Text of a lecture by J.W.G. Wyld on “The Zande scheme” - SAD.779/6/30-47

[c.1950]
Text of a short speech by Wyld on handing over a family bible to St John's Church, Yambio
Digitised material for Text of a short speech by J W G Wyld on handing over a family bible to St. John's Church, Yambio - SAD.779/6/48

1951 Feb 7
“Background to the development of a Central African tribe”, text of a lecture given by Wyld to the Institute of Rural Life at Home and Overseas in London (draft with ts. copy)
Digitised material for “Background to the development of a Central African tribe”, text of a lecture given by J W G Wyld - Feb 7 1951 - SAD.779/6/49-60

1934 Mar 27 - Oct 4
Letters to Wyld from G.E. Sandars, Private Secretary to the Governor-General and from the Foreign Office concerning the appointment of Wyld to the Fourth Class of the Order of the Nile (copies)

1934 Jun 2 - 1962 Dec 20
Personal letters to Wyld including from Sir Stewart Symes thanking Wyld for his hospitality at Yambio, (779/7/3); J.E. Dandy re Wyld's offer to collect botanical specimens for the British Museum, with replies (779/7/4-7); Douglas Newbold re the importance of southern education (779/7/8-9); Sir H. Huddleston with congratulations on Wyld's O.B.E. (779/7/10); copy letter from Wyld to R.H. Turton at the Foreign Office calling for safeguards for the southern Sudan after independence, with reply (779/7/12-13)

n.d. and 1954
Testimonials for Wyld from Sir James Robertson and Brigadier H.W. Houldsworth (copies)

1968 Apr 16
Letter of condolence from Sir James Robertson to Mrs H. Hick on the death of her father, Wyld

1955 Oct - Nov
Copies of newspaper cuttings from The Times and the Daily Telegraph consisting of letters from Wyld, Lord Vansittart, M.Y. Mudawi, L.C. Wilcher and K.O. Hayes concerning the repercussions of the southern mutiny and the failure of the British Government to set up safeguards for the southern Sudan

[1930's and 1940's]
Photographs taken during Wyld's service in Yambio, including:

Printed material deposited with collection; now integrated into the library's printed collections and catalogued on the Open Public Access Catalogue


Wyld, J.W.G., “The Zande scheme”, repr. from Sudan Notes and Records v.30 pt 1, (1949)