Robbie, James
Introduction
James Robbie
Arrangement

Catalogue
1. Official Papers
2. Photographic Material
3. Maps
4. Printed Material
Separated printed material now in Durham University Library
Reference code: GB-0033-SAD
Title: Robbie, James
Dates of creation: 1944-1948
Extent: 1 file
Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections
Created by: Robbie, James
Language: English

James Robbie

(1904 - 1972)

1927 Joined the Horticulture Section of the Agriculture and Forests Department
1943-1950 Inspector of Horticulture, Agriculture and Forests Department
1950-1952 Chief Horticulturalist, Agriculture and Forests Department


Arrangement

1. Official Papers
2. Photographic Material
3. Maps
4. Printed Material

Accession details

Presented by Mrs M.J. Robbie, 1982

Catalogue
1. Official Papers
SAD.851/8/1-37
1948
Report on horticulture in Cyrenaica by J. Robbie
2. Photographic Material
SAD.851/8/38-56
1948
Photographic illustrations serving as Appendices I-IV to the above report:
SAD.851/8/38
Cupressus sempervirens at Beda Littoria
SAD.851/8/39
Carob tree at Beda Littoria
SAD.851/8/40
Maize and fruit trees at Ain Marra
SAD.851/8/41
An olive orchard at Zorda experimental grounds in Barce
SAD.851/8/42
Quince tree at Zorda
SAD.851/8/43
Near the source of the water supply in Wadi Derna
SAD.851/8/44
Gardens in Wadi Derna
SAD.851/8/45
Approaching Derna from the east
SAD.851/8/46-47
The dilo water lifter
SAD.851/8/48
Cupressus sempervirens in Wadi al-Kuf
SAD.851/8/49
Wadi al-Kuf
SAD.851/8/50
Ancient ruins at Cirene
SAD.851/8/51
Freak “bunchy top” in Cupressus sempervirens
SAD.851/8/52
Date palms at Koeffia near Benghasi
SAD.851/8/53
Ancient pillars at Cirene
SAD.851/8/54
An Italian settlement between Cirene and Barce
SAD.851/8/55
Bitter almond stocks in the nursery at Barce
SAD.851/8/56
An ex-Italian reformatory at Koeffia, with acacia cyanophylia and olive
3. Maps
SAD.851/8/57-58
1944
Map of Cyrenaica (Appendix V to the report)
scale:   1cm to 20km
Size: 59 x 44cm
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


Allison, O.C.A., The Episcopal Church in the Sudan: Juba Cathedral [appeal pamphlet]
Crowfoot, G.M., Flowering plants of the northern and central Sudan with an introduction by A.F. Broun (Leominster, 1928)
Knight, R.L. and Boyns, B.M., Agricultural science in the Sudan: a bibliography with abstracts (Arbroath, 1950)
Robbie J., The cultivated adeniums (poison trees) in Khartoum . (Repr. Sudan Notes and Records, v.24 pt.1, 1945) (Khartoum, 1945)
Robbie, J., Gardening in Khartoum and the northern Sudan (Khartoum, 1953)
Robbie, J. and Fisher, F.W., Commercial horticulture in the Sudan (Khartoum, Agricultural Publications Committee, 1954)
Sudan Church Association Notes and Comments Autumn 1974, Spring 1975, Autumn 1975, Spring 1976)
Sudan Church Review v.24, no.71; v.25 nos.72-74
Sudan Diocesan Review nos.17, 20-22, 26, 28-63 (v.14-24)
Sudan Notes and Records v.1 nos.1, 3, 4; v.3 nos.2, 3; v.4 no.4; v.5 nos.1-3; v.6 nos.1-2; v.7 nos.1-2; v.11 pt.1-2; v.12 pt.1-2; v.24, v.25 pt.1-2; v.26 pt.1-2; v.27; v.30 pt.1-2, supplement; v.31 pt.1-2, v.32 pt.1-2; v.33 pt.1-2, v.34 pt.1-2
Sudan, Ministry of Agriculture: Report of the soil conservation committee (1944)
Thomas, A.S., Garden making in Uganda