Reference code: GB-0033-SAD
Title: Nicholson, Henry Alleyne
Dates of creation: 1948-[1980s]
Extent: 2 files
Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections
Created by: Nicholson, Henry Alleyne
Language:
English
(1900 - 1990)
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| 1923-1926 | ADC Singa, Fung Province |
| 1926-1927 | ADC Eastern District, Mongalla |
| 1927-1929 | ADC Southern District, Berber Province |
| 1929-1932 | ADC Merowe, Dongola Province |
| 1932-1935 | ADC / DC Northern District, Upper Nile Province |
| 1935-1938 | Inspector, Department of Economics and Trade |
| 1938-1939 | DC Northern Gezira District, Blue Nile Province, later Hasaheissa District, Gezira Province |
| 1939-1940 | War Supply Department |
| 1941-1945 | DC Khartoum Province; Deputy Governor from 1943 |
| 1945-1948 | Deputy Governor, Upper Nile Province |
| 1948-1949 | Governor, Equatoria |
| 1949 | Retired from Sudan Political Service |
1. Official Papers
2. Memoirs
Presented by Nicholson, 1982 & 1987
Catalogue
1. Official Papers
SAD.777/10/1-14
1948 Mar 6
Equatoria annual report for 1947 by B.V. Marwood, Governor, covering visitors to the province and movements of staff, frontiers, local affairs including the Juba conference, local government, public security and justice, labour and migration,
climate, agriculture, forests, public health, education, veterinary work, game, communications, buildings, trade and finance
SAD.777/10/15-28
1949 Feb 28
Equatoria annual report for 1948 by H.A. Nicholson, Governor, covering topics as in the 1947 report above. The section on local affairs includes an account of the first and second meetings of the Equatoria Province Council
SAD.777/10/29-52
1949 Mar 16
Handing-over notes on Equatoria by H.A. Nicholson for J.F. Tiernay covering headquarters organisation, staff, agriculture and food production, Zande scheme, trade, province council, elections for the Legislative Assembly, local government,
safeguards for the south, education, missions, medicine, veterinary work, police, prison, Juba town, drift to the towns, housing of staff, Juba water supply, mining leases, communications and the future of Moru District
2. Memoirs
SAD.777/11/1-27
[n.d. c. 1980s]
Memoirs of H.A. Nicholson's service in the Sudan, written in response to a questionnaire and covering family background and arrival in Khartoum (SAD 777/11/4-5); service in Singa, Fung Province (SAD 777/11/5); service in Mongalla Province and
Berber Province (SAD 777/11/5-7); service in Dongola Province (SAD 777/11/7-9); service in Upper Nile Province (SAD 777/11/9-11); secondment to the Department of Economics and Trade (SAD 777/11/11); service in Blue Nile Province (SAD 777/11/12);
appointment to the War Supply Department (SAD 777/11/13); service in Khartoum Province during the war years (SAD 777/11/13-14); appointment as Deputy Governor, Upper Nile Province (SAD 777/11/14-15); transfer to Equatoria as Governor (SAD
777/11/15-19); views on native administration (SAD 777/11/20); educational progress (SAD 777/11/20-21); the process of Sudanisation initiated by Governor-General Sir Stewart Symes (SAD 777/11/22); devolution of powers to native authorities (SAD
777/11/22); the attitude of the Sudan Government to Sayyid `Abd al-Rahman al-Mahdi (SAD 777/11/22-23); relationships with colleagues (SAD 777/11/23); relationships with Sudanese civil servants (SAD 777/11/24); the “graduates movement” (SAD 777/11/24); the role and influence of Sayyid `Abd al-Rahman al-Mahdi (SAD 777/11/25); independence (SAD 777/11/25-27)
