1959-1970
Papers relating to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations

1979 Jun-1986 May
Papers relating to UNICEF and their work with various departments of the Sudan Government:

1985 Nov 14-1986 Feb 23
Reports relating to the work of Concern in Sudan:

1986-1987
Reports relating to the work of Care-Sudan:

1989-1990
Papers relating to the Inter-Governmental Agency on Drought and Development (IGADD) Food Security Strategy Study:

1992 Apr-1994 Sep 27
Papers relating chiefly to the Charity Projects Africa Grants Committee, but also to charity projects in general, Comic Relief and other charities. Includes reports, memoranda, minutes and agendas of meetings, and information on project proposals. See also: Africa Grants Committee correspondence below (SAD.373/6/1-79)

1966-1987
Other papers, reports and memoranda relating to aid, development and charity work in Sudan:

1947-1961
Papers relating to the Town Lands Scheme and Town Planning Boards, including memoranda and circulars. Also includes a partial copy of the Town Lands Scheme, 1947 (minus annexes).

1982-1985
Papers relating to the Western Savannah Development Corporation (Sudanese Ministry of Agriculture) and the Western Savannah Project:

1961 Sep-1985 Dec
Other papers relating to the Sudan Government:

[1978]
“Local government and economic development in Northern Kordofan: a critical discussion paper”

[1978]
“Agricultural settlement schemes in the Sudan: discussion paper”

1978 Oct 27
“Discussion paper: pastoralists”, written for the University of Birmingham, Institute of Local Government Studies

1979 Nov 6
“Land tenure and conflicts: note and bibliography”

1980 Jan
“The planning and administration of rural water supplies in the Sudan: administrative problems and research problems”

[1981]
“Capitalist agriculture in the Sudan: the mechanised crop production schemes”

1981 Dec
“Popular participation in decentralised water supply planning: a case study in the Western District of Northern Kordofan Province, Sudan”, report by Shepherd and Asha Mustapha al-Neima, Sudan Academy of Administrative Sciences, Khartoum. Produced in association with the Institute of Environmental Studies, University of Khartoum, for the International Labour Office, Geneva

1982 Jan
“The planning and management of water supplies in Northern Sudan”, a working paper for the SSRC research project: “Planning of rural water supplies in semi-arid areas of the Sudan”

1982 Mar
Paper concerning a field trip to Eastern Sudan in February to March 1982 for the Social Science Research Council research project “Planning of rural water supplies in the semi-arid areas of the Sudan”

1982 Mar
“Abstract of interviews carried out in Sudan, February - March 1982”, in connection with the SSRC research project: “Planning of rural water supplies in semi-arid areas of the Sudan”

1982 Apr
“Observations on Butana field trip 24.3.82-5.3.82”, paper relating to the SSRC research project: “Planning of rural water supplies in semi-arid areas of the Sudan”

1984
“Brief report on Jummu`iya scheme: a personal view 1984”

[1986]
“Post drought recovery in north Darfur”

1987
“Research emphases: the grip of colonical policy and western modernity”

[1972]
“Labour migration in Western Sudan”, by Tajel Anbia `Ali El Dawi

1975
“Mechanisation, production and employment in the Sudan”, by H.E. El Hag, University of Khartoum

1976 Jul
“Ground water resources of Sudan”, by Ramsis B. Salama, Rural Water and Development Corporation, Khartoum

[1976]
“The Jonglei Canal”, by A.I. al-Moghraby, Hydrobiological Research Unit, University of Khartoum

[1976]
“Some thoughts on agricultural development in the central rainlands of the Sudan”, by M. Simpson and Ahmad Hamza Khalifa

[1978]
Paper by unidentified author on socio-economic research in the Jonglei area Missing title page and page 1

[1979]
“Sudanization of the public service: a critical analysis”, by Al-Agab A. Al-Teraifi, Senior Lecturer and Director, Centre for Local Government Studies, Institute of Public Administration, Khartoum

1979
“The Baggara problem: attempts at modern change in Southern Darfur and Southern Kordofan”, by M.E. Adams

[1980]
“The Nile in Sudan after the Aswan High Dam”, by M.E. Beshir, University of Gezira, Wad Medani

[1980]
“Nile waters: the Sudan's critical resource”, by H. Dickinson, School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh, and K.F. Wedgwood

[1981]
“Private foreign investment in the Sudan and the case of Kenana Sugar Project”, by Ibrahim H. Yassin, University of Kent and University of Gezira

1981 Jun
“A study of the spontaneous settlement of nomads in Western Sudan: Interim Report, April 1, 1980 - May 31, 1980”, by J. Holt and `Ali J. Abdalla, International African Institute (ERU Project No. 6/ESCOR Research Scheme No. R.3610)

1981 Sep
“Some aspects of the political economy of the Sudan”, by Fatima Babiker Mahmud, Department of Political Science, University of Khartoum

[1981]
“The Egyptian drive in the Sudan: a study on the Egyptian's attitude towards the Sudan, 1937-47”, by Fadwa A.A. Taha, Department of History, University of Khartoum

[1982]
“The Seleit Food Production Company: background to an environmental assessment”, by D.L. Johnson, Graduate School of Geography, Clark University, and Y.A. Muhammad, Institute of Environmental Studies, University of Khartoum

[1983]
“Drought impact monitoring: a remote sensing study of desertification in Kordofan, Sudan”, study report by U. Hellden based on a study carried out in cooperation with the Institute of Environmental Studies and the Department of Geography, University of Khartoum

[1983]
“Analysis of field project on local level planning in Gezira-Managil”, report by an unknown author on a project carried out through the Rural Development short course, Wad Medani, Sudan Academy of Administrative Sciences

[1986]
“Attitude and crop diffusion among the peasant farmers of Western Sudan”, by Muhammad Babiker Ibrahim

[1987]
“The social organization of time among the Krongo of South Kordofan”, by F.W. Kramer, Institute for Ethnology, University of Berlin

1987 May
“Questions of famine in Kordofan”, working paper by D. Pankhurst, Centre for Development Studies, Leeds University

1987 May
“Land tenure and desertification: some directions for agricultural land use research in Western Sudan”, by W.I. Torry, West Virginia University

[1987]
“Politics and continued hunger in Sudan: the case of Darfur”, by R. Bush, Department of Politics, University of Leeds

[1989]
“Beyond the political economy of food insecurity in the Sudan: some implications for research and policy”, by Mustafa Babiker Ahmad

1989 Feb
“The Sudan famine code of 1920: successes and failures of the Indian model of famine relief in colonial Sudan”, by A. de Waal, Nuffield College, Oxford

1989
“Some problems with targetting emergency grain in Western Sudan, 1985”, by D. Keen, St Antony's College, Oxford

1989 Apr
“Social and political change in Sudan: food security and the end of development”, by M. Duffield, Institute of Development Visiting Fellow, April to July 1989

1990 Feb
“Food security planning in the wake of an emergency relief operation: the case of Darfur, Western Sudan”, by M. Buchanan-Smith, Institute of Development Visiting Fellow, November 1989 to February 1990

1981
“The near-term challenge of managing water resources in the Nile Basin”, paper by J. Waterbury, Princeton University

[1981]
“The role of farmers in decision-making on irrigation systems”, paper by C. Oxby and A. Bottrall, Overseas Development Institute

1981
“Political factors in the changing structure of administration - the experience of Anglophone Africa”, paper by P. Woodward, University of Reading, with covering letter from Woodward to Shepherd

1982
“Farm and hearth: rural women in a farming community”, paper by L.M. Fruzzetti, Department of Anthropology, Brown University

1983 Jun 21
“Project design: local level organization”, paper by D. Curtis

[1985]
“Bread riots in Northern Africa: an analysis of social forces”, paper by D. Seddon, School of Development Studies, University of East Anglia

1986 Apr
“Social inequality and agrarian change: dilemmas of household and community reproduction in Northern Ghana”, paper by M.C. Roncoli, Department of Anthropology, State University of New York at Binghamton

1989
“Why are rural people vulnerable to famine?”, paper by J. Swift

[1991]
“Wars and the food emergency in Africa: why the UN should now intervene if relief is to have a chance”, paper by M. Hubbard

1953 Jun
“The peasant agriculture in the Savannah belt of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan”, thesis by K.M. Barbour, University of Oxford [lacking pages 27, 75, 85 and 154]

1963 Sep
“Rural water supplies and settlement in Gedaref District, Sudan”, thesis by A.M. Graham [lacking pp. 437-end]

1977 Dec
“Administrative reform in the Sudan with special reference to the experience of the Sudanese central public service, 1966-1976”, Master of Social Science thesis by `Abd Elmoniem Muhammad Arbab, Faculty of Commerce and Social Science, University of Birmingham

[1977]
Chapter 6 from an unidentified thesis by an unidentified author. The thesis appears to be looking at the social and economic situation in Darfur. The chapter is divided into four case studies: the first discusses the Beni-Helba and Mahria conflict; the second, commercialisation of land; the third, the Farmers Union of Southern Darfur; and the fourth, the Qeraida and Ghazala-Gawazat farm schemes.

1980 Apr
“Regional inequality in Sudan”, thesis proposal by `Abd al-Rahman Ibrahim, with covering note from Ibrahim to Shepherd

[1983]
Chapter three from an unidentified thesis [possibly “Regional inequality in Sudan”, by `Abd al-Rahman Ibrahim]. The chapter is titled “Western Sudan as a source of labour”, and looks at developments from pre-colonial years to the time of writing.

(e) Other academic material

1981 Nov
Papers relating to the Fourth International Conference on the Nile Valley Countries: “Continuity and change”, Institute of African and Asian Studies, University of Khartoum, 24-28 November 1981. Includes copy of the introductory remarks (SAD.372/5/1-12). Copies of papers presented include:

1982 Sep
Papers relating to the Development Studies Association annual conference, 23-25 September 1982, including related correspondence and programme, and copy of Shepherd's paper “Agricultural capitalism and rural development in the Sudan”

1983 Oct
Papers presented at the Blue Nile Health Project, third scientific advisory group meeting, 3-7 October 1983, Wad Medani:

1985
Paper on “ Agricultural research for African development: problems and priorities for 1985-2000”, by Carl K. Eicher for a World Bank conference on “Research priorities for Sub-Saharan Africa” at Bellagio, 25 February-1 March 1985

1985
Papers relating to a “Workshop on famine: recovery and prevention”, Kassala, 4-5 December 1985. Includes an agenda and various background papers with notes on various social groups vulnerable to famine (SAD.372/8/1-18). Copies of papers presented include:

1988
Papers relating to a “Workshop on Sudan food security”, University of Sussex, 3-5 October 1988. Includes related correspondence and agendas; correspondence relating to plans for a subsequent book, along with a draft chapter by Shepherd entitled “Improving food security at household level” and a draft chapter by D. Keen, “Targetting emergency food aid: the case of Darfur, Sudan, in 1985” (SAD.372/9/1-43,123-185). Copies of papers presented at the workshop include:

1991 May
Background papers relating to “Famine now: an emergency conference to establish an agenda for urgent action”, organised by Sudan Update, 11 May 1991

[1973]-1988
Collected papers from various conferences, workshops and symposia, including:

1979 Jun 5-1985 Dec 30
General correspondence, including J. Briggs, University of Glasgow, to Shepherd concerning a paper by Shepherd on the Jummu`iya irrigation scheme, 1980 (SAD.373/3/4-5); Abu Haraz, Gedaref Rural Water Corporation, to Shepherd concerning the management of hafirs and boreholes and the governance of the areas around Rashid Dam, Um Sawani, and Gariesha, 1982 (SAD.373/3/13-17); Shepherd to I.C. Cliff enclosing a list of officials in the Sudanese Regional Government System, 1982 (SAD.373/3/18-21); from I.G. Simpson, University of Leeds, to Shepherd concerning Shepherd's paper “Agricultural capitalism and rural development in the Sudan”, 1982 (SAD.373/3/24) and concerning Shepherd's paper “Capitalist agriculture in the Sudan's dura prairies”, 1982 (SAD.373/3/27-28); [A. Brahman] to Shepherd concerning the Western Savannah Corporation, 1984 (SAD.373/3/36-40)

1986 Jan 3-1986 Dec 4
General correspondence, including Shepherd to D. Booth, Unicef, enclosing a review by Shepherd of Imposing aid: emergency assistance to refugees, by B.E. Harrell-Bond, 1986 (SAD.373/4/1-5); from G. Calderbank, Western Savannah Development Corporation, to Shepherd concerning the first workshop of the WSDC, 1986 (SAD.373/4/7-8); from H.G. Farbrother to Shepherd concerning a proposed chapter on agricultural research from Shepherd's book, 1986 (SAD.373/4/18-19); from Shepherd to D. Curtis, Institute of Local Government Studies, University of Birmingham, concerning Shepherd's work with Unicef in Sudan, 1986 (SAD.373/4/48-49); copy of a circular letter sent by Shepherd to friends and family concerning personal and family issues and his experiences in the Sudan working for Unicef, 1986 (SAD.373/4/75-78)

1987 Jan 26-1993 Dec 31
General correspondence, including Shepherd to K. Davey, Institute of Local Government Studies, University of Birmingham, mainly concerning Shepherd's work for the UN and his experiences in Khartoum, 1987 (SAD.373/5/8); John [Sheriff] to Shepherd concerning Shepherd's work on famine and Sheriff's own research, 1987 (SAD.373/5/25); D.H. Tutu, General Manager, Nuba Mountains Rural Development Project, Kadugli, to Shepherd concerning the lack of effect on project policies in response to famine, 1987 (SAD.373/5/26-28); copy of a fax from Simon Maxwell, Institute of Development Studies, to Tony Vaux, Oxfam, giving Maxwell's thoughts on the impending famine in the Sudan, 1990 (SAD.373/5/38-39)

1994 Jan 20-1994 Sep 16
General correspondence, mainly between Shepherd and representatives of charity projects concerning the Africa Grants Committee

1978-1990
Research notebooks containing rough notes from various field trips and research trips mainly to the Sudan, though also Uganda, Somalia and Djibouti. Also incudes notes on workshops and conferences:

[1982]
Notes taken by Shepherd in connection with a Social Science Research Council project]on historical documents dated 1936-1945 relating to applications to the Sudan Government for the finance of water supply projects and the work of the Rural Water Supplies and Soil Conservation Board.

1985 Nov 17-Dec 19
Copies of completed questionnaires sent by Shepherd to various NGOs working in Sudan in connection with his research on NGOs

1990
Two years' worth of raw data on nomadic production taken from three villages around the middle and lower Shabeele, Somalia. Produced by I. Melmore, Land Resource Manager, Monitoring and Evaluation, United Kingdom Technical Cooperation. Requested by Shepherd to aid in his work with IGADD. Includes covering note to Shepherd from Melmore.

1978 Feb 16-1991 Apr 26
Collection of press cuttings relating to the Sudan and wider Africa from a variety of sources:

1984
Monthly rainfall statistics for Kordofan and Darfur for the year 1984. Also includes copies of averages for the Sudan 1951-1980.