Reference code: GB-0033-SAD
Title: Sharland, Leonard William Chapple
Dates of creation: [1930]-1977
Extent: 2 files
Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections
Created by: Sharland, Leonard William Chapple
Language:
English
(1904 - 1978)
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| 1935-1958 | Church Missionary Society missionary in southern Sudan, serving at Malek, Nugent School Loka, Gel River, Akot, Panekar and Rumbek stations |
| 1951 | Canon of Khartoum Cathedral |
1. Official Papers
2 Articles (drafts)
3. Newspaper Cuttings
4. Printed Material
Presented by Mrs F. Sharland, 1997
Catalogue
1. Official Papers
SAD.865/2/1-2
[n.d.]
Note on Dinka cattle diseases, from information provided by Bor Dinka in 1921
SAD.865/2/3-46
[c. 1934 - 1956]
Annual letters from L.W.C. Sharland, detailing his work in various mission stations in southern Sudan:
SAD.865/2/3-5
[1934?]
First letter from Malek, White Nile (pp 1-2 missing) re the role of mission education
SAD.865/2/6
[1935?]
From Malek re a typical working day (p 2 only)
SAD.865/2/7-8
1936 Oct 3
From Malek re progress at the mission school and outschools
SAD.865/2/9-11
1938 Nov 13
From Nugent School, Loka reporting on developments at Malek since his departure and the spiritual awakening at Loka
SAD.865/2/12
1943 Oct 12
From Gel River re his experiences at Yei and Gel River
SAD.865/2/13-14
1945 Dec 29
From Gel River re his impressions of post-war Britain and the challenges facing missionaries in the Sudan
SAD.865/2/15-16
1946
Re the progress of the Christian mission among the Dinka
SAD.865/2/17
1947 May 20
From Akot re lack of progress among the Dinka
SAD.865/2/18-20
1947 Sep 11
From Akot re the training of African leaders, the need for mission education for girls and the success of some Dinka Christian converts
SAD.865/2/21-22
1949
From Panekar, Dinka Centre for Teacher Training
SAD.865/2/23-24
1952 Jan 21
From Rumbek re his return to the Sudan with his new wife and competition from neighbouring Catholic missions
SAD.865/2/25-30
1953 Aug 10
From Rumbek re the problem of unemployed ex-schoolboys, criticisms of mission education, competition from Catholic missions for converts and his work as Rural Dean of the CMS Dinka area
SAD.865/2/31-32
1954 Jun 24
From Rumbek re the building of a new school there
SAD.865/2/33-37
1954 Sep 11
From Rumbek re the impending departure of British officials, the changing attitude to missionaries, his responsibilities as a town missionary and the growing number of discontented ex-schoolboys
SAD.865/2/38
1954 Oct 6
From Rumbek with news of CMS missionaries in the south, meeting for the Standing Committee
SAD.865/2/39
1955 Jul 23
From Rumbek re progress there and at Panekar
SAD.865/2/40-43
1955 Aug - Sep
From Rumbek re changes under the new administration, the impact of the southern mutiny, building work at Rumbek and the progress of education
SAD.865/2/44-46
1956 Sep 25
From Rumbek re the SDF mutiny, the discontent of ex-schoolboys and the handing-over of mission schools to the government
SAD.865/2/47-49
[ca. 1936]
“Some notes on Dinka feeding, Bor District”, detailing the different diets of cattle-owning Dinka, fishermen Dinka and those living apart from tribal conditions
SAD.865/2/50
[ca. 1936]
Report by L.W.C. Sharland on the work of the CMS station at Malek, White Nile
SAD.865/2/51-52
[n.d.]
Account by L.W.C. Sharland of cooperation and help extended to missionaries by government officials
SAD.865/3/1-2
1940 Feb 8
Notes on the proposed new Dinka station at Gel River and Dinka centre at Akot
SAD.865/3/3
1940 Dec 12
Note by A.S. (?) on Dinka personal names
SAD.865/3/4-8
[ca. 1956]
Report by L.W.C. Sharland for the CMS on the
“Southern Sudan Christian Council”
SAD.865/3/9-10
1958 Mar 28
Letter from L.W.C. Sharland to Canon Bewes, outlining the type of missionary work needed among the Dinka and advocating an experiment with farmer-evangelists
SAD.865/3/11-12
1961 Apr 7
Circular letter to the Friends of Bishop Gwynne College, Juba from the Principal, Richard Gill, recording staff changes, the introduction of a new course for Deacons and the year's achievements
SAD.865/3/13-15
1962
Typescript copy of the Missionaries' Societies Act
SAD.865/3/16-18
1970 Mar 31
Copy letter from L.W.C. Sharland to Rev. David Brown, later Bishop of Guildford, commenting on the latter's paper on Dinka prayer
SAD.865/3/19-24
1977 Oct 10
Answers by L.W.C. Sharland to a CMS questionnaire on his experiences in the Sudan, particularly relating to the growth of nationalism, the impact of the Second World War and the civil disturbances after 1955, changes after independence and the
achievements of the missions
SAD.865/3/25-31
1977 Oct 20 - Nov 4
Correspondence between Canon S. Barrington-Ward and L.W.C. Sharland on the revivalist work of Richard Jones, a Welsh Pentecostalist at Yambio
2. Articles (drafts)
SAD.865/3/32-34
[n.d.]
Account of the early work of the church among the Bor Dinka at Malek, by Bishop Daniel D. Atong, particularly the contribution of the first Sudanese converts
SAD.865/3/35-37
[1930]
Anonymous account by a member of the Aerial Survey staff, of an incident of cannibalism at Shambe, entitled
“Nyam-Nyam”
SAD.865/3/38-39
1952 Jan 11
Letter from Brian de Saram at Panekar to the
Mailbag concerning his leave in England
SAD.865/3/40
1953 Apr 20
Article by L.W.C. Sharland for the
Outlook entitled “The work goes on”
SAD.865/3/41-43
1957 Nov
Article by L.W.C. Sharland for the
Diocesan Review. Egypt and the Sudan on the work at “Rumbek: centre of Dinka Rural Deanery”
SAD.865/3/44
[1959]
Article, probably by L.W.C. Sharland entitled
“The Sudan”, concerning short term prospects for missionary work there
3. Newspaper cuttings
SAD.865/3/45-53
1944 - 1968
Cuttings from a variety of publications:
SAD.865/3/45
“Gel River. A pioneer missionary enterprise”, by L.W.C. Sharland from the
Diocesan Review. Egypt and the Sudan
SAD.865/3/46
1947
“An important vernacular publication” by L.W.C. Sharland from the
Diocesan Review. Egypt and the Sudan
SAD.865/3/47
[1948?]
Cartoon depicting Arthur Riley handing over the new station at Panekar to L.W.C. Sharland
SAD.865/3/48
1950
Photograph of Mrs. Riley with tall Dinka
SAD.865/3/49
1952
Photograph of Rev. Nikandora A. Deng from the
Diocesan Review. Egypt and the Sudan v.5
SAD.865/3/50
“Pioneer partnership in the Sudan”, by L.W.C. Sharland
SAD.865/3/51-54
1968 May 7
“Financial Times Survey Sudan”, from
The Financial Times
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
The Cathedral Church of All Saints, Khartoum: the constitution
Sharland, L.W.C., “Awakening in the Southern Sudan”, CMS Outlook, (Jan 1939)
