Catalogue of the papers of J.A. Bright

Reference code: GB-0033-SAD
Title: Bright, John Ambrose
Dates of creation: 1939-1955
Extent: 0.5 box
Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections: Sudan Archive
Created by: Bright, John Ambrose
Language: English

John Ambrose Bright

(1913 - 1997)


	1939-1945	Tutor at Gordon Memorial College, Khartoum
	1946-1949	Master at Wadi Seidna Secondary School
	1946-1947	Seconded to the Institute of Education, London
	1949-1953	Inspector, Institute of Education (Bakht er Ruda), Ed Dueim, Khartoum
	1953-1955	Chief Inspector, Bakht er Ruda
	1956-1965	Teacher training, Makerere, Uganda
	1967	Return visit to Bakht er Ruda

Arrangement

1. Official Papers

2. Personal Correspondence

3. Articles

4. Diaries, Memoirs

5. Photographic Material

6. Printed Material

Accession details

Presented by R.A. Hodgkin & Bright, 1986

Catalogue

1. Official Papers

SAD.727/7/1-6

1952 Sep
Bakht er Ruda letter, explaining the workings of the Institute of Education New Series no 4

SAD.727/7/7-8

1954
Summary by J.A. Bright of work done 1953-54 at Dueim and White Nile Schools and in preparing syllabus handbooks for both schools and teacher training

2. Personal Correspondence

SAD.727/7/9-15

949-1952
Correspondence between J.A. Bright and Gurrey, formerly of the Institute of Education in London

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Personal correspondence

SAD.727/7/9-10

1949 Apr 17
J.A. Bright to Gurrey re problems facing him in the expansion of the Intermediate Schools, notably the shortage of teachers and the introduction of Arabic teaching in the schools of the South, and re his development of a card index of recurrent errors

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Personal correspondence

SAD.727/7/11

1949 May 26
J.A. Bright re the effects of the latest strike

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Personal correspondence

SAD.727/7/12-13

1949 May 26
J.A. Bright re his work on editing Elizabeth Fry for Longman's Lives of achievement series and his transfer to Bakht er Ruda as supervisor of the Emergency Training College

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Personal correspondence

SAD.727/7/14

1952 Feb 6
Gurrey requesting an article by J.A. Bright on the teaching of English in the Sudan and re the merits of oral work

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Personal correspondence

SAD.727/7/15

1952 Dec 6
J.A. Bright re the disruption caused by strikes and the success of the school at Kassala

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Personal correspondence

SAD.727/7/16-32

1950 Oct 28 - 1952 Jan 26
Correspondence between J.A. Bright and Gatenby, Professor at Ankara

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Personal correspondence

SAD.727/7/16-17

1950 Oct 28
Gatenby re the success of English language teaching in Turkey and J.A. Bright's criticisms of his Direct Method English course

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Personal correspondence

SAD.727/7/18-26

1951 Jan 11
J.A. Bright re the history of English language teaching in the Sudan, textbooks in current use and problems arising from using Gatenby's Direct Method ...

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Personal correspondence

SAD.727/7/27-29

1951 Mar 20
Gatenby recommending teaching methods suitable for adoption in Sudanese schools

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Personal correspondence

SAD.727/7/30-31

1951 Sep 13
J.A. Bright re the progress of pupils taught by Gatenby's Direct Method

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Personal correspondence

SAD.727/7/32

1952 Jan 26
Gatenby - continuation of letter of 20 Mar 1951

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Personal correspondence

SAD.727/7/33-35

1951 Feb 6 - 16
Letters from J.A. Bright to his wife during an inspection tour in the Western Sudan

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Personal correspondence

SAD.727/7/33

1951 Feb 6
From Nahud describing the journey from Kosti to El Obeid by train and to Nahud by lorry

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Personal correspondence

SAD.727/7/34

1951 Feb 13
From El Fasher describing the journey from Nahud and his inspection of Fasher school

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Personal correspondence

SAD.727/7/35

1950 Feb 16
From Nyala. Further description of Fasher school, El Fasher town and the journey to Nyala

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Personal correspondence

SAD.727/2/52-59

1953-1954
Extracts from Christmas newsletters from J.A. Bright to his family and friends

SAD.727/2/52-61

1953
Newsletter, containing an account of an inspection tour in Northern Sudan, visiting schools in Shendi, Atbara, Kerima, Goled, Argo Island, Abri, Halfa and in Southern Sudan visiting Atar, Malakal, Juba, Okaru, Loka, Meridi, Tonj and Bussere

SAD.727/2/62-69

1954
Newsletter describing events of the last year including an inspection tour of schools in Kosti, Singa, Wad Medani, Abu Ushur, Hassaheissa and Rufaa

3. Articles

SAD.727/7/36-40

[c. 1953]
“What whould you do?” - a response by J.A. Bright to an article by Dr. West in E.L.T. about teaching English to classes of 40, based on his experiences at Bakht er Ruda

4. Diaries, Memoirs

SAD.727/8/1-24

1945 May 5-25
Diary of J.A. Bright covering the journey from Khartoum on leave to Kenya. Describes travel by train to Kosti, on the steamer Omdurman stopping at Melut, Malakal, Adok, Bor, Terakaka and Mongalla, by car to Juba and Nimule, on the steamers Lugard, Robert Coryndon and Stanley and finally by train to Limuru in Kenya. Account of life on board steamer and description of riverside scenes, birds, etc.

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Diaries

SAD.727/8/25-42

1945 May 5-25
Parallel diary of Mrs. P. Bright covering the same journey as above

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Diaries

SAD.727/8/43-58

1946 Jan 12 - Mar 27
Diary by Mrs. P. Bright of the opening of Wadi Seidna School, originally built in 1939 but occupied during the war years as a military hospital and by the United States and South African air forces. Includes a list of staff (SAD.727/8/45), account of a student demonstration on 7 Mar (SAD.727/8/55) and account of the opening from The Sudan Star (SAD.727/8/58)

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Diaries

SAD.727/9/1-65

1952 Jan 2 - May 20, 1953 Jan 10-18
Diary of J.A. Bright containing a mixture of personal and family news and details of teaching at White Nile School and Gordon Memorial College. Includes references to R. Hodgkin and G.C. Scott. From 30 Apr - 20 May 1952 the entries cover leave in England

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Diaries

SAD.727/2/1-51

1939-1967
Memoirs of J.A. Bright's career as a teacher in the Sudan including descriptions of various teaching institutions and teaching methods employed:

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Autobiographies

SAD.727/2/1-6

1939-1945
At the Gordon College and later Omdurman Secondary School, describing the development of a syllabus

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Autobiographies

SAD.727/2/6-8

1946-1947
Seconded to the Institute of Education, London, under Gurrey where he edited a simplified version of Nicholas Nickleby and Mr. Squeers. Discusses the value of teaching grammar in Sudan schools

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Autobiographies

SAD.727/2/9

1947-1949
Return to secondary school teaching in the Sudan - a period disrupted by numerous strikes

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Autobiographies

SAD.727/2/10-13

Appendix - “The technical details of the process of simplification”

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Autobiographies

SAD.727/2/14-46

1950-1955
At the Institute of Education, Bakht er Ruda. Describes the early days at Bakht er Ruda and the contribution of V.L. Griffiths to its development. Brief mention of earlier visits to Bakht er Ruda in 1943 and 1944. From 1950, the chief concern was the reform of the intermediate schools. J.A. Bright gives details of Bakht er Ruda principles and teaching methods, the development of teacher training, inspection, examinations, criticisms of over-centralisation and rigid syllabuses, teaching of hand-writing and oral work

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Autobiographies

SAD.727/2/46-50

1967
Return visit to the Sudan. Evaluation of progress at Bakht er Ruda and in the secondary schools

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Autobiographies

5. Photographic Material

SAD.729/22/1-182

1945-1955
Album of photographs covering the years at Wadi Seidna, Omdurman and Bakht er Ruda. All are unlabelled but notes have been provided by J.A. Bright (see enclosed)

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Photograph albums

SAD.729/22/1

Baker, teacher at Wadi Seidna