1930 Oct 13-17
Correspondence including W.G.P. Maclure to C.G. Hodgson, Advisory Engineer Sudan Government Railways, Hodgson to the Radiant Firelighter Company, with reply from C. Clough, Managing Director, and C. Francis to Hodgson, concerning the purchase of firelighters for the lighting up of locomotives in the Sudan

1932 Jul 21
List of the names of fitters employed at the Atbara Locomotive Works to be recommended for promotion, with covering letter from W. Tomlin, District Locomotive Superintendent, to Williams

1933 Nov 23
Letter from [A.F. Jervis?] to Williams regarding chain testing and recommendations for improvement

1933 Dec 14-24
Handwritten note from W. Tomlin, with covering letter from Tomlin to Williams, concerning “Spring repair plant and system. LNER, Darlington”

1935 Apr 14
Letter from C.J.H. Hunter, Deputy General Manager, Sudan Railways, to H.D. Bindley, Chief Engineer, and other senior officials, on the terms of reference and powers of Accident Boards

1935 Aug 28-Sep 3
Letter from Fathia al-Shafie to C.J.H. Hunter requesting a letter of recommendation for reduced school fees for her children at the Atbara Egyptian Coptic School following the death of her husband, with covering letter from [Hunter?] to E.C. Heselden, Acting Sudan Agent, Cairo in support of her request

1935 Oct 13
Letter from Abbas Yusuf Ayomb, Chargeman at the Fitting Shop, Atbara, to Wiliams seeking reduced school fees for his children at the Egyptian Government Schools

[1935]
Printed specification by H.N. Gresley, Chief Mechanical Engineer, for crane and incline chains supplied to the London and North Eastern Railway

1935 Nov 5
Circular order from H.B. Emley, General Manager, Sudan Railways concerning pay scales for unclassified staff, with alphabetical list of trades and their salary rates

1935 Nov 10
Letter from [A.F. Jervis?] to the Works Manager, Atbara on his visit to the L.M.S. Derby Works to inspect the machining of locomotives inside plain journals

1935 Sep 30-Nov 27
Report by J.S. Feather, Manager of the Atbara Technical School, on the progress of the School, with covering letters from Williams to C.F. Scott-Ruffle, Chief Mechanical Engineer, and Scott-Ruffle to Emley

1936 Jan 16
Report of a committee appointed by the Governor-General on the technical training of Sudanese

[1936]
Handwritten note [by Williams?] entitled “Wood work for Engineering Dept, 1935-1936”

[1930s]
Handwritten note [by Williams?], entitled “Friction with Accounts Dept”

[1940s]
Handwritten notes by Williams concerning the problems and progress with developing education and skills of the Sudanese

1956 Feb 6-May 13
Typescript copies of articles from Sudanese newspapers sent by Ray Hoffman, an American missionary in southern Sudan to American supporters, particularly concerning the situation in Southern Sudan following independence, with covering letter from G.R. Storrar to Williams

[1970]
Handwritten notes for a speech delivered on the occasion of the golden wedding anniversary of Rupert Fawkes and his wife, Theo. Fawkes was Williams's first boss in the Mechanical Department of Sudan Railways.

1980 Apr 4
Plan of the arrangement of the shallow draft twin screw steamer on the gunboat Melik, built by John I. Thorneycroft & Co. Ltd., Southampton. Traced from builder's white paper print No 8431, dated 30 March 1897, by K.W. Pullan.
Size: 38 x 61.5 cm

[1900s]
Picture postcards of the Sudan:

[1923-1946]
Photographs of the Nuba Mountains:

[1923-1946]
Photographs of the Red Sea and Kassala provinces:

[1923-1946]
Photographs of ancient sites in the Sudan and Egypt:

[1923-1946]
Photographs of Northern Sudan:

[1923-1946]
Photographs of the Azande tribe:

[1923-1946]
Photographs of Mongalla Province, including:

[1923-1946]
Photographs of the Murle tribe in Upper Nile Province:

[1923-1946]
Photographs of Nilotic tribal life in White Nile Province:

[1923-1946]
Miscellaneous photographs of Southern and Nilotic tribal life, including:

[1923-1946]
Photographs of British (mostly religious) life in the Sudan:

[1923-1946]
Photographs of wildlife in the Sudan:

[1923-1946]
Miscellaneous photographs of rivers and boats:

[1923-1946]
Photographs of landscapes in the Sudan:

[1900s]
Hadanduwah dagger with carved wooden handle with flaring quillons, and curved blade. Leather sheath with hand tooled pattern. This weapon is worn on the front of the stomach in a leather belt. N.E. Sudan.
Size: 32 cm (length)

[1900s]
Small Hadanduwah dagger with carved wooden handle with flaring quillons,and curved blade. Leather sheath with hand tooled pattern. This weapon is worn on the front of the stomach in a leather belt. N.E. Sudan.
Size: 37 cm (length)

[1900s]
Small Hadanduwah dagger with carved wooden handle with flaring quillons, and curved blade. This weapon is worn on the front of the stomach in a leather belt. N.E. Sudan.
Size: 33 cm (length)

[1900s]
Hadanduwah broad leather belt with metal clasp and attached leather sheath for dagger. Hand tooled pattern on belt and sheath. N.E. Sudan.
Size: 79 x 9 cm

[1900s]
3 throwing sticks of various designs, Kurmuk / Wadega region of Sudan The throwing sticks are thrown parallel to the ground and rise sharply to c. 20 feet at the end of their flight.
Digitised material for 3 throwing sticks of various designs, Kurmuk region - SAD.G//S 1058/54-56

[1900s]
Large elephant spear, Bor, Southern Sudan, a prohibited weapon. Wooden shaft with broad metal head (25 cm wide x 56 cm long)
Size: 205 cm (length)

[1900s]
Adze with wooden handle and metal blade, a tool used for smoothing or carving wood in hand woodworking, similar to an axe but with the head mounted perpendicular to the handle. Southern Sudan.
Size: 35 cm (length)

[1900s]
Azande walking stick, with carved figure of a two-headed Azande woman at the head of the shaft and circular handle
Size: 115 cm (length)

[1900s]
Azande double wooden feeding bowl with engraved pattern on outside rim. Yei
Size: 37 cm (length)

[1900s]
Dark wooden plate with raised rim, probably Southern Sudan
Size: 24cm (diameter)

[1900s]
Hollowed out gourd, used by Dinka for carrying milk. Intricate carved geometric pattern on top and sides and representations of animals and people on lower surface. Serrated-edge lid with string for carrying. Shambe, Southern Sudan
Size: 17 cm (height and diameter)

[1900s]
Fired clay jabbana or coffee pot with engraved silver lid and band around the spout, and silver ‘collar’. 30 silver discs are suspended from the collar. Circular beaded coffee pot stand, covered in red cloth and pattern of white, green, yellow and red beads. Northern Sudan
Size: 18 cm (height)

[1900s]
Small double water container with 2 stoppers, and leather strap decorated with red, white and blue beads. Purportedly human testicles, Southern Sudan.
Size: 6 x 6 cm

[1900s]
Rahat, or skirt, made from thin strips of leather dyed brown, purple and black, with purple leather ties for around the waist, Shendi
Size: 50 x 30 cm

[1900s]
Three small ivory combs, two with 4 prongs and 1 with 2 prongs. Each has an intricate leaf pattern carved at the handle end. Omdurman.
Size: 14, 16 & 17 cm (length)

[1900s]
3 small wooden combs. The handles of 2 of them are carved in the shape of an Azande woman. Southern Sudan.
Size: 15 cm (length)

[1900s]
Pair of large wooden combs with integrated carved designs. Southern Sudan.
Size: 30 cm (length)

[1900s]
Pair of silver earrings. At the end of each stem is a fret design and 2 suspended silver balls.
Size: 10cm (length)

[1900s]
Pair of silver earrings. Three silver balls suspended on springs from a large ring.
Size: 7 cm (length)
Digitised material for SAD.G//S 1058/21 - Pair of silver earrings

[1900s]
Three-string bead necklace with rectangular bead pendant in centre, edged with cowrie shells. Two of the strings are made from white beads and the third is blue and white.
Size: 58 cm (length)

[1900s]
Pair of red leather slippers with animal fur covered toes and decorative spotted hide pieces at the heels, probably Southern Sudan
Size: 29 cm (length)

[1900s]
Azande woven straw hat with black design, insignia of an Azande chief
Size: 18 cm (diameter)

[1900s]
Latuka headdress or helmet, with pointed top and convex sides. The body appears to be made out of twisted plant fibre cords mixed with red clay or ochre used as a binding agent. There is a knitted strap across the top, anchored at one end by a metal pipe which may have been used to hold a feathered plume, with 2 metal buttons on one side and 3 on the other. A pompom made from vegetable matter hangs from one side. The body of the helmet has been decorated with 6 rectangular brass plates, Didinga Hills.
Size: 33 x 19 cm
Digitised material for Latuka headdress or helmet, c.1900 - SAD.G//S 1058/12

[1900s]
Wooden doll with stuffed cloth arms, dressed in pink dress with striped pink tobe. Long black hair made from wool, with beads and suspended metal discs and coins. Metal and bead necklaces and bracelets. Dongola.
Size: 40 cm (height)

[1900s]
Leather purse used by Sudanese Arabs, Gedaref. Tooled geometric design. Strap across front for holding down flap. Leather string for round neck.
Size: 9.5 x 10 cm

[1900s]
Large briefcase made from python skin with green and red leather patched design. Handle and shoulder straps. Stain on front flap Aba Island.
Size: 44 x 36 cm

[1900s]
Red and black feathered stick, probably used in tribal dance, Southern Sudan. 37 cm wooden handle; 76 cm of red feathers topped by 20 cm of black feathers and 13 cm wooden tip
Size: 148 cm (length)

[1900s]
Two Azande sleeping mats made from woven grass, Southern Sudan
Size: 180 x 100 cm

[1900s]
Small Nilotic wooden neck rest on 3 legs with plaited rope handle tied to 2 of the legs. Southern Sudan.

Size: 13 cm (height)

[1900s]
Nilotic wooden neck rest on central stem, with plaited rope handle
Size: 19 cm (height)

[1900s]
12 small wooden animals carved by the Bongo tribe, Tonj: Ibex (SAD.G//S 1058/23); elephant (SAD.G//S 1058/24); hippo (SAD.G//S 1058/25); wild dog (SAD.G//S 1058/26; unspecified animal with one leg missing (SAD.G//S 1058/27); lion (SAD.G//S 1058/28); wild boar (SAD.G//S 1058/29); young hippo (SAD.G//S 1058/30); giraffe (SAD.G//S 1058/31); hippo (SAD.G//S 1058/32); rhinoceros (SAD.G//S 1058/33); elephant (SAD.G//S 1058/34)
ca. 5 -15 cm (length)

[1900s]
Two weaver birds' nests, Bahr al-Ghazal Province
Size: 14 x 10 cm

[1900s]
Small clay oil pot with spout and hole at side for attaching a string, probably Nuba Mountains
Size: 9 cm (length)

[1900s]
2 seed pods of Cassia Floribunda, Atbara
Size: ca. 20 cm

1898
Large navy blue flag with red anchor insignia, from a gunboat, probably the Melik or the Sobat
Size: 137 x 70 cm
Digitised material for Flag from gunboat, 1898 - SAD.G//S 1058/46

[1900s]
Small flag: wooden handle covered in blue cotton cloth, woven flag in geometric design of orange, purple, black, white and green thread, and red fringe
Size: 42 x 19 cm

[1900s]
Small flag: wooden handle covered with red cotton cloth; beaded flag made from dark and light blue, black, white, red and yellow beads, and dark red fringe
Size: 37 x 12 cm

[1900s]
Small flag: wooden handle covered with red cotton cloth; beaded flag made from dark and light blue, black, white, red and yellow beads, and dark red fringe
Size: 36 x 13 cm

[1900s]
Tobacco pipe, probably Shilluk, consisting of a gourd and hide mouthpiece, bamboo shaft and clay bowl in the shape of a hyena
Size: 69 cm (length)

[1900s]
Tobacco pipe, probably Shilluk, consisting of an elongated gourd and hide mouthpiece, bamboo shaft and clay bowl in the shape of a hyena
Size: 67 cm (length)

[1900s]
Sudan Government Railways metal tie pin or hat pin badge. The centre of the badge features the front of an engine with the initials S and R on either side, surrounded by a circular wreath of leaves.
Size: 4.5 cm (diameter)

[1900s]
Badge of the Sudan branch of the British Red Cross Society. Red and gold enamel.
Size: 5 x 3 cm

[1940s-1950s]
Captions describing Williams's collection of artefacts, many of them listed above, probably written for display purposes

1933
Typescript extract from W.J. Makin, Red Sea Nights (New York, 1933), concerning the loneliness of the British officer in the Sudan

1962 Sep 17
Extract from Export Service Bulletin Weekly Supplement , “Sudan. Economic report for the period 1st January to 30th June 1962”

1962 Dec 21
Export Service Bulletin Weekly Supplement , “Sudan. Economic report for the period 1st July to 30th September, 1962”

1963 Apr 1
Export Service Bulletin Weekly Supplement , “Sudan. Economic report for the period 1st October to 31st December 1962”

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