Reference code: GB-0033-SAD
Title: Arber, Hugh Benjamin
Dates of creation: 1939-[1982]
Extent: 3.5 boxes
Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections: Sudan Archive
Created by: Arber, Hugh Benjamin
Language: English; Arabic
(1906 - 1986)
| | |
| 1928-1930 | A.D.C. El Obeid, Kordofan |
| 1930-1931 | Deputy Asst. Controller, Public Security and Intelligence Branch |
| 1930 | Seconded for temporary duty in Port Sudan |
| 1931-1932 | D.A.C.S. Civil Secretary's Office |
| 1932-1936 | A.D.C. Torit, Mongalla |
| 1936-1940 | A.D.C. Rashad, Kordofan |
| 1940-1941 | Governor-General's Temporary Commission as Bimbashi in S.D.F. |
| 1940-1941 | Assistant Director, Press and Publicity Section, Civil Secretary's Office |
| 1941-1945 | Information Officer, Civil Secretary's Office |
| 1945-1946 | D.C. Kassala |
| 1946-1951 | Press Relations Officer, Civil Secretary's Office |
| 1951-1954 | Governor, Northern Province |
| 1954 | Retired |
1. Official Papers
2. Papers relating to Arber's work with the BBC
3. Memoirs
4. Articles, Lectures (Drafts)
(a) Articles by Arber
(b) Lectures by Arber
(c) Articles by others
5. Photographic material
6. Printed Material
Presented by Arber, 1983-1987 and by Mrs P. Arber, 1992
Catalogue
1. Official Papers
SAD.715/10/31
1953
Voting instructions for 1953 election in the Sudan
Language:
Arabic
SAD.89/4/1-26
1954 Apr 6
Handing-over notes for Northern Province compiled by Arber upon his retirement from the Sudan Political Service and his position as Governor, Northern Province in 1954. Arranged under the following headings:
“Frontiers”, “Local Government”, “Public Security”, “Economics and Trade”, “Justice”, “Agriculture”, “Lands”, “Communications”, “Public Health”,
“Education”, “Finance”, and “Labour”
2. Papers relating to Arber's work with the BBC
SAD.89/4/27-121
1954-1955
Draft scripts written by various contributors for a series of programmes broadcast by the BBC Arabic Service on issues surrounding Sudanese independence, the British legacy in the Sudan and future prospects for the country. Includes:
SAD.89/4/21-26
1954 Jun
Two versions of a draft introductory speech written by Arber, discussing British hopes for the future of the Sudan
SAD.89/4/27-36
1954-1955
Two versions of a draft script on
“Education in the Sudan”, by D.H. Hibbert
SAD.89/4/37-49
1954-1955
Draft script on
“Administration and local government” by K.D.D. Henderson, with covering note to Arber from Henderson
SAD.89/4/50-68
1954-1955
Draft script on the
“Constitution” by Sir James Robertson, former Civil Secretary of the Sudan, with covering letter to Arber from Robertson
SAD.89/4/69-83
1954-1955
Draft script on
“Justice and security in the Sudan”, by K.H.J. Hayes, former Sudan High Court Judge
SAD.89/4/84-101
1954-1955
Draft script on
“Health in the Sudan” by Dr E.P. Pratt, former Director of the Sudan Medical Service
SAD.89/4/102-121
1954-1955
Draft script on
“Agriculture in the Sudan” by G.H. Bacon, former Director of Agriculture, Sudan Government
SAD.89/4/122-162
1954 Sep 1-1956 Feb 15
Letters to Arber from various people at the BBC concerning Arber's involvement in a series of programmes on Sudanese independence and the British legacy in the Sudan, created for the BBC Arabic Service, along with Arber's involvement in another
one off programme on Sudan independence, created for the BBC Overseas Service. Includes: letter from G. Waterfield, Head of the Eastern Service, outlining plans for the series of talks (SAD.89/4/122); letter from J. Whitehead, Arabic Programme
Organiser, concerning criticisms of J.W. Robertson's script on the “Constitution” (SAD.89/4/126-127); letter from W.A. Richardson, Features Producer, BBC Overseas Talks and Features Department, concerning a programme
to be transmitted on the BBC Overseas Service to mark the occasion of Sudan's independence (SAD.89/4/149). Attachments include:
SAD.89/4/129-138
1955 Mar 25 - Apr 22
Two versions of a draft script, by Arber, of the concluding item in the series on Sudan's independence, entitled
“The British legacy in the Sudan”
SAD.89/4/141-148
1954 Nov 29
Script of a talk entitled
“Commentary on the Sudan today” submitted by Arber to the BBC Talks Department but later rejected
SAD.89/4/152-162
1956 Feb 15
Draft narrative written by Arber for a programme marking Sudan's independence
3. Memoirs
SAD.715/9/1
1939
An account of Arber's return to the Sudan from London
SAD.736/2/1-27
[c. 1982]
Memoirs of Arber's life in the Sudan Political Service from 1928 to 1954, covering his personal background (736/2/5); service as A.D.C., El Obeid (736/2/6-7); Civil Secretary's Office, Khartoum (736/2/7-8); A.D.C., Torit (736/2/8-10); A.D.C.,
Rashad (736/2/10-13); P.R.O., Khartoum, working on press propaganda and censorship during the war years (736/2/13-17); D.C., Kassala (736/2/17-18); return to the P.R.O. in the crucial years after the setting up of the Advisory Council in 1945 and
the Legislative Assembly in 1948 (736/2/19-21); Governor, Northern Province during the years immediately preceding independence, including references to the visit of the Electoral Commission and anti-British demonstrations during a visit by the
Governor-General (736/2/21-27)
4. Articles, Lectures (Drafts)
SAD.715/9/2-14
[1940]
An account of the part played by the S.D.F. in the East African Campaign
SAD.715/9/15-17
[1944 Oct 28]
Contribution by Arber (as P.R.O.) to the Greek language newspaper
The Chronicle on the part played by Greece in the second world war
SAD.715/9/18-23
[n.d.]
An account of the Equatorial Corps' role in the Battle of Tirru
SAD.715/9/24-40
1942
Account of a visit by Arber, Ahmad Yusuf Hashim, Editor
al-Sudan al-Jadid and Ismail al-Atabani, Editor al-R`y al-Amm to S.D.F. units on guard duty on the N. African coast from Benghazi to the Tunisian border
SAD.715/9/41-42
1944 Dec 30
“A remarkable year in the Sudan” - a review of the year 1944
SAD.715/9/43-45
1945 Aug 30
“The typical Sudanese”
SAD.715/10/12-30
[1945]
Notes for a lecture on War correspondents covering the East African Campaign, given by Arber to the Clergy House Supper Club, Khartoum
SAD.715/9/46-48
1953 Nov 30
Speech made by Arber to the Khartoum Caledonian Society at the Caledonian Dinner
SAD.715/9/49-51
[1940]
“The Sudan Defence Force 1925-1940” by E.N. Corbyn
SAD.715/9/52-62
[1943]
Account of the Nuba Territorials by G.N.I. Morrison
SAD.89/4/163-167
1956
Ts copy of
“Conditions in the Southern Sudan” by [G. Jansen Smith], largely discussing the mutiny of August 1955 in Equatoria Province
5. Photographic material
Photos of or featuring H.B. Arber SAD.389/8/1
[1928-1940]
H.B. Arber, in jodhpurs and tie, standing in garden compound
SAD.389/8/2
[1936-1940]
H.B. Arber with Sudanese policeman in Eliri, Kordofan
SAD.389/8/3-5
1939 Apr
3 photos of H.B. Arber, Assistant District Commissioner, Rashad, Kordofan
SAD.389/8/6
1939
Group photo of British officials and wives taken at an agricultural show at Abbassiyah, Kordofan. Left to right: P.N. Arber, H.B. Arber's wife; W.A. Porter, Inspector of Agriculture, Talodi, Nuba Mountains; G.D. Lampen, District Commissioner of
Rashad, Kordofan; Alec Groves, Inspector of Agriculture, Rashad; I.A. Gillespie, Veterinary Inspector, El Obeid; R. Colvin, Senior Inspector of Agriculture, El Obeid; H.B. Arber, Assistant District Commissioner, Rashad; Dora
SAD.389/8/7
[1930s]
H.B. Arber seated by the bank of the Blue Nile near his sailing boat, sail numbered 5
SAD.389/8/8
[1930s]
H.B. Arber sailing on the Blue Nile
SAD.389/8/9
[1930s]
H.B. Arber, in watching Sudanese group, drinking milk from a gourd whilst on trek
SAD.389/8/10-12
[1930s-1940s]
3 photos of Sudanese men and various British officials, including H.B. Arber and D. Lampen, boring for water in Gebeit, Red Sea Province
SAD.389/8/13
1940
H.B. Arber sat reading in his house at 2 Wingate Avenue, Khartoum
SAD.389/8/14
1941
Bimbashi H.B. Arber with Murray-Smith seated [on the funnel of a steamer in the Sud]
SAD.389/8/15
1941
Bimbashi H.B. Arber, in uniform, seated [on the funnel of a steamer in the Sud]
SAD.389/8/16
May 1941
Bimbashi H.B. Arber, in uniform, at Port Sudan
SAD.389/8/17
1942
H.B. Arber painting a cradle on the collonaded verandah of his house at 2 Wingate Avenue, Khartoum
SAD.389/8/18
1942
H.B. Arber with his wife P.N. Arber standing in a garden at the christening of David Watt
SAD.389/8/19
1942
H.B. Arber standing in a garden at the christening of David Watt
SAD.389/8/20
1945-1946
H.B. Arber, in uniform and pith helmet with provincial emblem, District Commissioner of Kassala
SAD.389/8/21
1945-1946
H.B. Arber, District Commissioner of Kassala, at compound gateway on his way to a meeting with J.M. Humphry, Governor of Kassala
SAD.389/8/22
1945-1946
H.B. Arber, District Commissioner of Kassala, returning home from the office
SAD.389/8/23
[1946-1951]
H.B. Arber in Sudan Political Service uniform and with flywhisk on his way to attend a garden party at the Governor-General's Palace
SAD.389/8/24
[1946-1954]
H.B. Arber, in civilian dress, in Khartoum
SAD.389/8/25
[1940s-1950s]
H.B. Arber standing outside a guesthouse
SAD.389/8/26
[1940s-1950s]
H.B. Arber on his horse
Photos of family, friends and colleagues SAD.389/9/1
[1930s]
Four Sudanese policemen, Mohammed, Mohi, Tombul and Shegg el Hagar, standing on and around an open truck
SAD.389/9/2-3
[1930s]
2 photographs of H.B. Arber's servant, Ali
SAD.389/9/4
[1930s]
Sudanese servants holding horses belonging to H.B. Arber, C.H.L. Skeet, Deputy Governor, Equatoria, and D. Hawkesworth, District Commissioner, Tonj, Equatoria, standing outside a colonaded building
SAD.389/9/5
[1930s]
P.N. Arber, wife of H.B. Arber, drinking milk from a gourd whilst on trek, watched by Sudanese
SAD.389/9/6
[1936 x 1940]
Sudanese servant girl watching [Hassan El Hakim, Medical Officer, Sudan Medical Service] dress the injured finger - caught in sewing machine - of P.N. Arber, wife of H.B. Arber, seated on a verandah [at their house at Rashad]
SAD.389/9/7
[1930s]
P.N. Arber, wife of H.B. Arber, lying in a mosquito net reading
The Times
SAD.389/9/8-9
[1930s]
2 photos of P.N. Arber, wife of H.B. Arber, on Arber's horse, “Silver Shred”
SAD.389/9/10
[1930s]
Sudanese servant holding Arber's horse, “Silver Shred”
SAD.389/9/11
[1930s]
[D. Hawkesworth, District Commissioner, Tonj, Equatoria] and Dr J. Simms inspecting a Ford car owned by Simms, beside a
tebeldi tree
SAD.389/9/12-13
[1930s]
2 photographs of an unidentified British official and family standing around a Ford car, owned by Dr John Simms, at a picnic at Abu Sinun, Kordofan
SAD.389/9/14
[1930s]
Mollie Wallace [possibly wife of C.A.G. Wallis, District Commissioner, Central District, Kordofan], standing on a rocky outcrop
SAD.389/9/15
[1930s]
Mary Longe, wife of J. Longe, District Commissioner, Umm Ruaba, Kordofan, painting
SAD.389/9/16
[1936-1940]
P.N. Arber, wife of H.B. Arber, with Sudanese policeman in Eliri, Kordofan
SAD.389/9/17
April 1939
P.N. Arber, wife of H.B. Arber, in Rashad, Kordofan, with bandaged left elbow
SAD.389/9/18
Dec 1940
P.N. Arber, wife of H.B. Arber, in Gebeit, Red Sea Province, at Christmas during a stay with Dudley Lampen
SAD.389/9/19
Dec 1941
P.N. Arber, wife of H.B. Arber, in a swimming pool in Port Sudan at Christmas
SAD.389/9/20
1942
P.N. Arber, wife of H.B. Arber, standing in a garden at the christening of David Watt
SAD.389/9/21-23
[1940s]
3 photos of P.N. Arber, wife of H.B. Arber, standing in a garden
SAD.389/9/24
[1930s-1940s]
Four unidentified uniformed British officials
SAD.389/9/25
[1930s-1940s]
Unidentified British official asleep on the deck of a ship
SAD.389/9/26
[1930s-1940s]
Two unidentified British officials standing outside a building
SAD.389/9/27
[1930s-1940s]
Unidentified British officials and ship's crew on the deck of a ship
SAD.389/9/28
[1930s-1940s]
Four unidentified British officials and a Sudanese man looking at a baboon
Meeting between the Beni Amer tribe and the Hadanduwah to arrange an amnesty, held at Jebel Gulsa, near Kassala SAD.389/10/1
1946 Jan-Feb
H.B. Arber arriving at Jebel Gulsa, near Kassala, in his car for a meeting between the Beni Amer and the Hadanduwah
SAD.389/10/2
1946 Jan-Feb
J.M. Humphry, Governor of Kassala, talking to Shaykh Muhammad al-Amin Tirik ( “Frosty Face” ),
Nazir of the Hadanduwah at a meeting, held at Jebel Gulsa, near Kassala, between the Beni
Amer and the Hadanduwah
SAD.389/10/3
1946 Jan-Feb
H.B. Arber talking to Ibrahim Muhammad Uthman,
Nazir of the Beni Amer tribe, at a meeting, held at Jebel Gulsa, near Kassala, between the Beni Amer and the Hadanduwah
SAD.389/10/4
1946 Jan-Feb
Group of Hadanduwah tribesmen wearing white robes and turbans at a meeting, held at Jebel Gulsa, near Kassala, between the Beni Amer and the Hadanduwah
SAD.389/10/5
1946 Jan-Feb
Beni Amer tribesmen cheer a horse race held at a meeting of the Beni Amer at Jebel Gulsa, near Kassala
SAD.389/10/6
1946 Jan-Feb
A camel and rider taking part in a camel race held at a meeting of the Beni Amer at Jebel Gulsa, near Kassala, with onlookers in background
SAD.389/10/7
1946 Jan-Feb
The winner of a camel race, held at a meeting of the Beni Amer at Jebel Gulsa, near Kassala, stands surrounded by Beni Amer tribesmen wearing
jallabiyyas, robes and turbans. In the centre of the photo is P.N. Arber,
H.B. Arber's wife; his two children can be seen in the bottom left
SAD.389/10/8
1946 Jan-Feb
The winning camel of a race, held at a meeting of the Beni Amer at Jebel Gulsa, near Kassala, stands surrounded by Beni Amer tribesmen wearing
jallabiyyas, robes and turbans
Nuba gathering at King's Day sports event in Kordofan 1939 SAD.389/10/9
1939
The arrival of E.C. Campbell, Governor of Kordofan, and G.D. Lampen, District Commissioner of Rashad, Kordofan. The car in which they are travelling is preceded by two mounted Sudanese policemen. In the background thousands of local Sudanese
stand to attention in formation. A British flag flies in the foreground
SAD.389/10/10
1939
Spectators and Sudanese policemen, next to a tent decorated with bunting, look on at the celebrations
SAD.389/10/11
1939
Two British officials [possibly E.C. Campbell, Governor of Kordofan, and G.D. Lampen, District Commissioner of Rashad, Kordofan] watching a display of stick fighting in front of a large crowd of onlookers
SAD.389/10/12
1939
A display of stick fighting taking place in front of a large crowd of onlookers
SAD.389/10/13
1939
Large hockey match taking place in front of a crowd of onlookers
SAD.389/10/14
1939
Nuba dancers, viewed from within a tent decorated with bunting, with large crowd of onlookers in distance
SAD.389/10/15
1939
Nuba wrestlers, viewed from within a tent decorated with bunting, preparing to wrestle, with large crowd of onlookers in distance
SAD.389/10/16
1939
Nuba wrestler, viewed from within a tent decorated with bunting, in front of large crowd of onlookers
Festival of Id al-Fitr at the end of Ramadan in Abbassiyah, Kordofan SAD.389/10/17
[1936-1940]
Group of Sudanese men and boys wearing
jallabiyyas and turbans at the festival of Id al-Fitr, at the end of Ramadan, in Abbassiyah. Two of the boys are carrying drums and one of the men is holding a flag with an
Arabic inscription
SAD.389/10/18-19
[1936-1940]
2 photos of a large group of men and boys wearing
jallabiyyas and turbans walking towards the festival of Id al-Fitr at the end of Ramadan in Abbassiyah, Kordofan
SAD.389/10/20
[1936-1940]
Two children wearing
jallabiyyas at the festival of Id al-Fitr, at the end of Ramadan, in Abbassiyah
Agricultural show at Abbassiyah, Kordofan SAD.389/10/21
1938-1939
Sudanese government officials and local leaders at an agricultural show in Abbassiyah, Kordofan. Left to right: Mek Adam; Abdullah Saafie; the local Qadi; and al-Arifi
SAD.389/10/22
1938-1939
British and Sudanese officials at an agricultural show in Abbassiyah, Kordofan. Left to right: Alec Graves, al-Arifi, Dudley Lampen
SAD.389/10/23
1938-1939
Sudanese boy with cattle at an agricultural show in Abbassiyah, Kordofan. In the centre background I.A. Gillespie, Veterinary Inspector, El Obeid, and H.A. Graves, Inspector of Agriculture, Rashad inspect cattle
SAD.389/10/24
1938-1939
Sudanese girl holding grain, an exhibit at an agricultural show in Abbassiyah, Kordofan
SAD.389/10/25
1938-1939
Sudanese children standing near a large drum at an agricultural show in Abbassiyah, Kordofan. In the background Sudanese men read from a blackboard with English and Arabic text
SAD.389/10/26
1938-1939
Sudanese child at an agricultural show in Abbassiyah, Kordofan
SAD.389/10/27
1938-1939
P.N. Arber, wife of H.B. Arber, standing next to a prize bull at an agricultural show in Abbassiyah, Kordofan
Highland games of the 1st Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, held at South Barracks, Khartoum SAD.389/10/28
1941-1942
Highland dancing at the highland games of the 1st Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, held at South Barracks, Khartoum
SAD.389/10/29
1941-1942
Tossing the caber at the highland games of the 1st Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, held at South Barracks, Khartoum
SAD.389/10/30
1941-1942
Bagpiper at the highland games of the 1st Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, held at South Barracks, Khartoum
SAD.389/10/31
1941-1942
1st Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders church parade being piped along Gordon Avenue, Khartoum
Rashad, Kordofan, during H.B. Arber's time as Assistant District Commissioner SAD.389/11/1-7
1936
7 photos of luggage, including piano, arriving at H.B. Arber's house in Rashad; H.B. Arber, Mohi and Sherif pictured in some photographs
SAD.389/11/8
1936
Trek equipment laid out in front of H.B. Arber's house in Rashad following its delivery
SAD.389/11/9
1936
A mini piano in the sitting room of H.B. Arber's house in Rashad
SAD.389/11/10
1936
The sitting room of H.B. Arber's house in Rashad
SAD.389/11/11
1936
The bedroom of H.B. Arber's house in Rashad
SAD.389/11/12-13
1936
2 photos of the dining room of H.B. Arber's house in Rashad
SAD.389/11/14
1936
H.B. Arber and P.N. Arber, his wife, having their first breakfast in their new house in Rashad
SAD.389/11/15
1936
Exterior of H.B. Arber's “guest
tukl” at his house in Rashad
SAD.389/11/16
1936
Front verandah of H.B. Arber's house in Rashad
SAD.389/11/17
1936
Back verandah of H.B. Arber's house in Rashad
SAD.389/11/18
1936
View of hills, [possibly as seen from H.B. Arber's house in Rashad]
SAD.389/11/19-20
1936
2 photos of Sudanese workers [possibly prisoners] resurfacing the tennis court at H.B. Arber's house in Rashad with sand and gum
SAD.389/11/21-23
1936
3 photos of the south, east and north exteriors of H.B. Arber's house in Rashad
SAD.389/11/24
1936-1940
Three
tukls amongst trees in Rashad
SAD.389/11/25-26
1936-1940
2 photos of
tukls beyond a cluster of rocks in Rashad
SAD.389/11/27
1936-1940
Large trees with
tukls in the background in Rashad
SAD.389/11/28
1936-1940
Sudanese man riding bull on market day in Rashad
SAD.389/11/29
1936-1940
Landscape view with
tukls in foreground in Rashad
SAD.389/11/30
1936-1940
Three British officials talking to Sudanese girls in Rashad
SAD.389/11/31
1936
Sudanese policemen at rifle practice in Rashad with British official looking on
SAD.389/11/32
[1936-1940]
Government building, [possibly Rashad]
H.B. Arber's house at No. 2 Wingate Avenue, Khartoum SAD.389/11/33
1940
Exterior of H.B. Arber's house at No. 2 Wingate Avenue, Khartoum
SAD.389/11/34
1940
Garden of H.B. Arber's house at No. 2 Wingate Avenue, Khartoum
SAD.389/11/35-36
1940
2 photos of H.B. Arber's servant in the garden of Arber's house at No. 2 Wingate Avenue, Khartoum
SAD.389/11/37
1940
The sitting room of H.B. Arber's house at No. 2 Wingate Avenue, Khartoum
SAD.389/11/38
1940
The rear lane at the back of H.B. Arber's house [probably that at No. 2 Wingate Avenue, Khartoum]
SAD.389/11/39
[1932-1936]
The main square in Torit, Equatoria, with view of the police building and prison
SAD.389/11/40
[1932-1936]
H.B. Arber's house in Torit, Equatoria, when serving as Assistant District Commissioner there
SAD.389/11/41
[1932-1936]
The butcher's shop and police huts in Torit, Equatoria
Cotton ginnery in Kalogi, Kordofan SAD.389/11/42-43
[1936-1940]
2 photos of the interior of a cotton ginnery in Kalogi, Kordofan
SAD.389/11/44
[1936-1940]
Sudanese women and children bringing cotton to sell at the cotton ginnery in Kalogi, Kordofan
SAD.389/11/45
[1936-1940]
The El Obeid club, with a tent pitched outside
SAD.389/11/46
[1945-1946]
The
markaz and
dabtiyyah [in Kassala] on a Friday morning (and so not crowded as usual). At the entrance way are flag poles flying the Union Jack and the Flag of King Fu'ad. H.B. Arber's
office lies behind the bush
SAD.389/11/47
[1930s-1940s]
House in Umm Ruaba, Kordofan, of John Longe, Assistant District Commissioner, Umm Ruaba
SAD.389/11/48
[1930s-1940s]
View of the Red Sea Hills as seen from the coastal plain
SAD.389/11/49-50
[1930s-1940s]
2 photos of a government building, [possibly Kordofan]
SAD.389/11/51
[1930s-1940s]
View of [El Obeid] with mosque minaret in background
SAD.389/12/1-3
[1930s]
3 photos of views of landscapes and a
tukl settlement from a train travelling through the Sudan
SAD.389/12/4
[1930s]
H.B. Arber's five camels being loaded with trek equipment and supplies
SAD.389/12/5
[1930s]
Sudanese men wearing jallabiyyahs and turbans posing in front of H.B. Arber's camels loaded with trek equipment and supplies
SAD.389/12/6
[1930s]
Three of H.B. Arber's camels, loaded with trek equipment and supplies, being ridden across an area of desert
SAD.389/12/7
[1930s]
H.B. Arber's camels, loaded with trek equipment and supplies, arriving at a small village
SAD.389/12/8
[1930s]
H.B. Arber's camels at rest outside a market
SAD.389/12/9
[1930s]
Sudanese men stood by a truck
SAD.389/12/11
[1930s]
British officials and Sudanese men inspecting a number of trucks
SAD.389/12/12
[1930s]
British officials arriving at a village with car and truck in the background. Sudanese policemen are lined at the entrance of the village to meet their arrival
SAD.389/12/13
[1930s]
British official speaking with a Sudanese policeman with car and truck in background. Sudanese policemen stand waiting in the foreground
SAD.389/12/14
[1930s]
Truck parked outside of a rest house in Abbassiya with
tukls in the background
SAD.389/12/15
[1930s]
Large thatched rest house at a camp in the hills
SAD.389/12/16
[1930s]
Sudanese men stood in and around a temporary hut built at [Idd el Dam] for British officials on trek
SAD.389/12/17
[1930s]
Large temporary hut built for British officials on trek
SAD.389/12/18
[1930s]
Interior of a temporary hut built for British officials on trek
SAD.389/12/19
[1930s]
Temporary hut built at Mirghani, Northern Province, for British officials on trek
SAD.389/12/20
6 January [1939]
Temporary hut built for H.B. Arber, on trek to Kaka
SAD.389/12/21
January 1939
Sudanese men and policemen aboard a truck on trek to Kaka
SAD.389/12/22
[January 1939]
View of trees on the road to Kaka
SAD.389/12/23-24
[1930s]
2 photos of views of hills and trees along the road to Talodi
SAD.389/12/25
[1930s]
View of the village of Eliri, Kordofan, from the south with hills in background
SAD.389/12/26
[1930s]
View of hills and
tebeldi trees at Nyaro
SAD.389/12/27
[1930s]
View from the top of Delami Jebel, Kordofan
SAD.389/12/28
[1930s]
View of Abent Pass, [Red Sea Province]
SAD.389/12/29
[1930s]
View of Heiban Hills, Kordofan
SAD.389/12/30
[1930s]
View of trees and hills along the Otoro-Tira Pass, Kordofan
SAD.389/12/31
[1930s]
Palm tree in Umm Berembeita, Kordofan
SAD.389/12/32
[1930s]
“Lizard rock”, [possibly in Kordofan]
SAD.389/12/33
[1930s]
View of a [?newly made] road
SAD.389/12/34
[1930s]
View of a tree by a river
SAD.389/12/35
[1930s]
View of a telegraph pole in the middle of a flooded plain or swampland with
tukls in the background
SAD.389/12/36
[1930s]
Wooded view, with two Sudanese men sitting under a tree and rain clouds forming
SAD.389/12/37
[1930s]
View of a plain from a rocky outcrop, [?Kordofan]
SAD.389/12/38
[1930s]
Village of
tukls surrounded by hills
SAD.389/12/39
[1930s]
View of plain and two outcrops, from elevated position
SAD.389/12/40
[1930s]
Scrubby landscape and ridgeline
SAD.389/12/41
[1930s]
Acacia tree in savannah landscape
SAD.389/12/42
[1930s]
Livestock under trees in arid landscape
SAD.389/12/43-44
[1930s]
2 photos of views of Abu Simbel from the Nile
SAD.389/12/45-46
[1930s]
2 photos of views of banks of [the Nile]
Photos taken on and around the Nile SAD.91/1/1
[1930s-1940s]
A wooding station on the banks of the Nile
SAD.91/1/2
[1930s-1940s]
View of a sunset on the Nile
SAD.91/1/3
[1930s-1940s]
The swing bridge on the White Nile at Kosti, White Nile Province
SAD.91/1/4
[1930s-1940s]
The Banks of the White Nile south of Kosti, White Nile Province
SAD.91/1/5
[1930s-1940s]
A steamer on the Nile
SAD.91/1/6
[1930s-1940s]
View from aboard a steamer on the Nile pushing off from the bank
SAD.91/1/7
[1930s-1940s]
A Sudanese man ironing laundry aboard the S.S.
Omdurman
SAD.91/1/8
[1930s-1940s]
View of the Nile from the deck of a steamer
SAD.91/1/9
[1930s-1940s]
A
felucca on the Nile
SAD.91/1/10
[1930s-1940s]
A small steamer on the Nile
SAD.91/1/11
[1930s-1940s]
The banks of the White Nile near Melut, Upper Nile Province
Sudanese people and communities SAD.91/2/1
[1932-1936]
Latuka man with horn, Equatoria
SAD.91/2/2
[1932-1936]
Dancing at a Latuka gathering, Equatoria
SAD.91/2/3
[1932-1936]
[L.F. Nalder, Governor, Mongalla Province (Equatoria)] (right) and another unidentified British official watching a Southern Sudanese tribal dance [possibly Latuka]
SAD.91/2/4
[1932-1936]
Partially built
tukls in Terakeka, Equatoria
SAD.91/2/5
[1932-1936]
Village of Nyara, Equatoria
SAD.91/2/6
[1932-1936]
Sudanese children and adults talking with H.B. Arber in Nyara, Equatoria
SAD.91/2/7
[1932-1936]
Sudanese woman and children with H.B. Arber in Shambe, Upper Nile Province, with other villagers in the background
SAD.91/2/8
[1932-1936]
H.B. Arber with Sudanese men at a harbour on the White Nile at Shambe, Upper Nile Province
SAD.91/2/9
[1932-1936]
Acholi man inspecting a bird trap, Equatoria
SAD.91/2/10
[1932-1936]
Acholi man making a fire, Equatoria
SAD.91/2/11
[1932-1936]
Acholi hunters with spears and horns, Equatoria
SAD.91/2/12
[1932-1936]
Acholi women standing among
tukls in a village, Equatoria
SAD.91/2/13
[1932-1936]
Tukls in Morung, Kordofan
SAD.91/2/14
[1936-1940]
Three Nuba men wearing turbans and
Jallabiyyas stand with a British official [possibly H.B. Arber] in Morung, Kordofan. In the background are
tukls and palm trees
SAD.91/2/15
[1936-1940]
Nuba children with a mule or donkey in front of
tukls in Morung, Kordofan
SAD.91/2/16
[1936-1940]
Nuba woman in Abu Tuleih, Kordofan
SAD.91/2/17
[1936-1940]
Nuba children [possibly in Abu Tuleih, Kordofan]
SAD.91/2/18
[1936-1940]
Nuba women, child and man in front of a bridal hut [possibly in Abu Tuleih, Kordofan]
SAD.91/2/19
[1936-1940]
Nuba women and child stood next to a donkey or mule [possibly in Abu Tuleih, Kordofan]
SAD.91/2/20
[1936-1940]
View of El Obeid, Kordofan, with Sudanese people in the foreground and mosque in the background
SAD.91/2/21
[1936-1940]
Sudanese man in white robes at the top of a hill pointing out the view towards Kalogi, Kordofan
SAD.91/2/22
[1936-1940]
Sudanese man under a tree with
tukls in background in Jebel Fallata, Kordofan
SAD.91/2/23
[1936-1940]
Sudanese men and women stood by the bank of the White Nile at Kaka, White Nile Province
SAD.91/2/24
[1936-1940]
A Sudanese war veteran wearing a hat and medal with other Sudanese men wearing robes and turbans in El Amira, Kordofan
SAD.91/2/25
[1936-1940]
Sudanese children talking to a British official in El Amira, Kordofan
SAD.91/2/26
[1936-1940]
Otoro Nuba dancers at a gathering in Kauda, Kordofan
SAD.91/2/27
[1936-1940]
Sudanese men wearing turbans and
Jallabiyyas gather to watch a camel being saddled, [possibly in Kordofan]
SAD.91/2/28
[1930s-1940s]
Sudanese women carrying pots of milk
SAD.91/2/29
[1930s-1940s]
Northern Sudanese men collecting wood
SAD.91/2/30
[1930s-1940s]
Two Northern Sudanese men packing grain into sacks, with two donkeys in the background
SAD.91/2/31
[1930s-1940s]
Northern Sudanese man riding a donkey carrying a bale of straw
SAD.91/2/32
[1930s-1940s]
A busy
suqq` in Northern Sudan
SAD.91/2/33-34
[1930s-1940s]
2 photos of Northern Sudanese men, some wearing turbans and robes, posing in a line
SAD.91/2/35
[1930s-1940s]
A game of football played by Sudanese men at a King's Day sports event
SAD.91/2/36
[1930s-1940s]
[Cattle shed] in Saqiya
SAD.91/2/37
[1930s-1940s]
Crowd of Sudanese men wearing turbans and
jallabiyyas gathered by a river in Jebelein, White Nile Province
SAD.91/2/38
[1930s-1940s]
Tukls surrounded by grass fences with hills in background
SAD.91/2/39
[1930s-1940s]
Groups of Southern Sudanese schoolboys stood in line, [possibly to attend a ceremony or event]. An arena and pavilion can be seen in the background
SAD.91/2/40
[1930s-1940s]
Groups of Sudanese men wearing robes and turbans, stood outside of a
suqq`
SAD.91/2/41
[1932-1936]
Group of Nilotic tribesmen and children
SAD.91/2/42
[1932-1936]
Group of Southern Sudanese women, men and children gathered around three British officials
SAD.91/2/43
[1930s-1940s]
Southern Sudanese people gathered by a river
SAD.91/2/44-45
[1945-1946]
2 photos of Border bandit, Ali Muntaz, and his men meeting with [H.B. Arber, District Commissioner, Kassala]. In the background are a number of Hadanduwah tribesmen
SAD.91/2/46
[1945-1946]
H.B. Arber, [District Commissioner of Kassala], holding a
meglis
SAD.91/2/47
[1951-1954]
Sudanese woman wearing
abaya with young child in Mirghani, Northern Province
SAD.91/2/48
[1951-1954]
Two young Sudanese girls receiving gifts from P.N. Arber, H.B. Arber's wife, in Mirghani, Northern Province
SAD.91/2/49
[1930s-1950s]
Sudanese man wearing turban, posing with a horse
SAD.91/2/50
[1930s-1950s]
Two Northern Sudanese men riding horses
SAD.91/2/51
[1930s-1950s]
Sudanese man wearing turban, mounted on a horse
SAD.91/3/1-2
1922
2 photos of the Assua River, Uganda
SAD.91/3/3
1922
Bamboo bridge over the [Pager river, Uganda]
SAD.91/3/4
[1930s-1940s]
Two cheetahs chained to the ground
SAD.91/3/5
[1930s-1940s]
Camel with young twin camels
SAD.91/3/6-7
1940
2 photos of H.B. Arber and a Sudanese policeman investigating the wreckage of an Italian Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 aircraft shot down near Suakin, Red Sea Province
Photo taken by P.N. Arber later used by Middle East propaganda
SAD.91/3/8
1940
Sudanese man and policeman investigating the wreckage of an Italian Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 aircraft shot down near Suakin, Red Sea Province
SAD.91/3/9
[1940]
British infantry from the Indian Brigade in Eritrea taking cover among rocks for sniping
SAD.Video 33
1956
VHS copy of cinefilms originally taken by Arber of the Sudan: Khartoum Zoo, 1956; Ed Damer; Eclipse of the Sun, Ed Damer; New Irrigation; Belham Hayes; Royal Britannia; Witchwood Lodge
Colour, 10 minutes
6. Printed Material
SAD.715/10/1-10
1953
The Sudanization of the Sudan Civil Service, with particular reference to the Political Service. Handout no.180
(Sudan, Public Relations Office: Khartoum 1953)
SAD.715/10/11
1953
The Egyptian invasion PROJECT, Nov 22 1953
(Sudan, Public Relations Office: Khartoum 1953)
7. In Library
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
al-Ra `y al-Amm 15, 17, 19, 24 and 26 Mar 1945