Shaw, (James) Ralph
Introduction
(James) Ralph Shaw
Arrangement

Catalogue
1. Official Papers
2. Memoirs
3. Miscellanea
4. Museum Objects
5. Printed material
Separated printed material now in Durham University Library
Reference code: GB-0033-SAD
Title: Shaw, (James) Ralph
Dates of creation: [1934]-1963
Extent: 3 files
Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections
Created by: Shaw, (James) Ralph
Language: English

(James) Ralph Shaw

(1916 - 1994)

1938 First appointment to Sudan Government service
1946-1949 Confidential clerk to the Governor-General, Khartoum
1950-1951 Assistant Comptroller to the Governor-General, Khartoum
1952 Office Manager, Secretariat Central Office, Khartoum
1953-1955 Office Manager, Governor-General's Office, Khartoum


Arrangement

1. Official Papers
2. Memoirs
3. Miscellanea
4. Museum Objects
5. Printed Material

Accession details

Presented by Shaw, 1982-1985

Catalogue
1. Official Papers
SAD.721/7/1-8
1954 Dec 18
Circular letter concerning the Expatriate Officials' Compensation Ordinance, issued by the Ministry of Finance, Khartoum
2. Memoirs
SAD.721/7/9-13
[1934]
Account by Lt. Col. Roland Charles Greenwood (1880-1949), then a Lieutenant, entitled “Escape in the grass”, of persecution of the Dinka tribe by Arabs in Bahr al-Ghazal Province in 1909 and an escape by Greenwood from the Arabs. Copy of an original found in provincial headquarters, Juba in 1941.
This raid south of the Bahr al-Arab by the Rizeigat (Shaykh Ibrahim Musa Madibbu) is summarily reported in the February 1909 Intelligence Report, and Greenwood's full account was published in The Messenger (Wau) and subsequently Sudan Notes & Records in 1941 (vol. 24, p.189-196). A letter to the editor from F.O. Cave dated 17 July 1941 (vol. 25, no. 1, p. 162) records that the account was written up by his cousin Greenwood in 1934 and copies deposited by Cave at Wau and Aweil.
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Autobiographies
3. Miscellanea
SAD.721/8/1-33
1939 - 1950
Poems and satires collected by Shaw from official files and newspapers
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Poetry
SAD.721/9/1-75
1942 - 1963
“Sudan humour”, a collection of poems, satires and amusing memoranda and letters extracted by Shaw from official files and newspapers
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Poetry
SAD.721/7/14-15
[ca. 1938 - 1955]
Christmas cards displaying the British and Egyptian flags, one containing a photograph of a Hadanduwah warrior
4. Museum Objects
SAD.721/7/16
1955
Egyptian pennant, removed from the left side of the Governor-General's Rolls Royce on 31 Dec 1955 by Shaw
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Objects
SAD.721/7/17
1955
British Union Jack, removed from the right side of the Governor-General's Rolls Royce on 31 Dec 1955 by Shaw
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Objects
SAD.721/7/18
1956
Pennant of the Republic of the Sudan, removed from the government Rolls Royce on 1 Jan 1956 by Shaw
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Objects
5. 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


Journal. The official journal of he Expatriate Civil Servants' Association of the Sudan, 1-13 (Khartoum, 1950-1953)
Jackson, H.C., Sudan days and ways, (London, 1954)
Slatin, R., Fire and sword in the Sudan (London, 1935)
The Expatriate Civil Servants' bill (1954)
Sudan Government British Pensioners' Association, List of members, 3 vol. (1956, 1970, 1978)