Reference code: GB-0033-SAD
Title: Sandars, George Edward Russell
Dates of creation: 1964-1985
Extent: 1 file
Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections
Created by: Sandars, George Edward Russell
Language:
English
(1901 - 1985)
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| 1924-1926 | A.D.C. Um Ruwaba, Kordofan |
| 1926 | A.D.C. Gedaref, Kassala |
| 1927-1928 | Deputy Assistant Civil Secretary (Administration) |
| 1929 | A.D.C. Sinkat, Nomad (Beja) Administration |
| 1930-1932 | A.D.C. Sinkat, Kassala |
| 1932-1933 | D.C. Sinkat, Kassala |
| 1933-1937 | Private Secretary to the Governor-General |
| 1937-1941 | D.C. Wad Medani, Blue Nile Province |
| 1941-1945 | Sudan Agent, Cairo |
| 1945-1946 | Deputy Governor, Khartoum |
| 1946-1948 | Deputy Civil Secretary |
| 1948-1951 | Governor, Blue Nile Province |
| 1951 | Retired from Sudan service |
1. Memoirs
2. Miscellanea
Presented by K.D.D. Henderson, 1987, and E. Sandars, 2015. Summary list only for material accessioned in 2015
Catalogue
1. Memoirs
SAD.815/14/1-25
[c.1982]
Memoirs by G.E.R. Sandars of his service in the Sudan from 1924 to 1951. Subjects covered include: selection and travel to the Sudan against the background of the 1924 Mutiny
(SAD.815/14/1-2); first posting to Kordofan: description of the district, its administrative structure, and his duties, including dealing with petitions, legal cases and taxation (SAD.815/14/2-4); brief posting to Kassala (SAD.815/14/4); Civil
Secretariat: routine office work concerning the devolution of powers to the traditional authorities (SAD.815/14/4,9); Sinkat: description of the Nomad Administration (SAD.815/14/4-6); Wad Medani: the reconciliation of tribal administration with that
of the Gezira Scheme (SAD.815/14/7-8); the impact of the Second World War (SAD.815/14/8-9); duties as the Private Secretary to the Governor-General against the background of Egypt-Sudan relations (SAD.815/14/9-12); Sudan Agent in Cairo during the
war (SAD.815/14/12-14); Deputy Governor of Khartoum Province (SAD.815/14/14); Deputy Civil Secretary: negotiations with Egypt and Ethiopia (SAD.815/14/14-15); Governor of Blue Nile Province: Sudanisation, nationalisation of the Gezira Scheme, and
the presence of eminent religious leaders (SAD.815/14/15-16); general comments on the Sudan Political Service and the wives of Political Officers (SAD.815/14/17-18); retirement and subsequent career (SAD.815/14/18). Enclosure:
SAD.815/14/19-25
[n.d.]
Two questionnaires with answers filled in by Sandars (the questions of the first are missing) concerning his service in the Sudan
2. Miscellanea
SAD.815/14/26
1964
Poem by Sandars entitled
“Secretary's Ode to a Hop”
SAD.815/14/27
1985
Obituary of Sandars (from the Dogmersfield Parish Newsletter?)