1967 Apr
Report by S.R. Simpson on a visit to the Sudan to examine the entire field of land law and the structure of land administration and procedure in the Sudan, with contributions by D.T. Lloyd, formerly Director of Lands and Surveys in Fiji and Dr D.R. Denman, Head of the Department of Land Economy at Cambridge University. Dr Simpson was formerly Registrar-General and Commissioner of Lands in the Sudan, retiring in 1953. Also included are letters from S.R. Simpson to J.G. Mavrogordato re his offer to draft new legislation for land law in the Sudan (SAD.736/3/37-50)
Digitised material for Report by S.R. Simpson on a visit to the Sudan to examine the entire field of land law - SAD.736/3/1-50

1952 Jun 5
Grant of the dignity of a Companion of the Order of Saint Michael and St George to Mavrogordato
Digitised material for Grant of the dignity of a Companion of the Order of Saint Michael and St George - SAD.736/3/51

[c. 1944-1961]
Large mounted photographs of Legal Department / Ministry of Justice staff:

Portrait photographs. For negatives of some of these photographs, see sections (c) and (d) below:

[c. 1950s]
Photographs taken by Mavrogordato, mainly in Kordofan. Glass negatives exist for many of these photographs. See section (c) below:

Shibli al-Shaykh, Khartoum. Identical to SAD.773/7/6 in section (a) above
Size: 64 x 89 mm

Two Camel Corps soldiers (?)
Size: 64 x 89 mm

Shibli al-Shaykh, some taken in England. One is the negative of SAD.773/7/6 in section (a) above
Size: 64 x 89 mm

Shibli al-Shaykh standing on top of armoured tank, presumably in England
Size: 64 x 89 mm

Mavrogordato in old age, with falcon
Size: 64 x 89 mm

Negative of SAD.775/2/3 above
Size: 64 x 89 mm

Glass negatives of photographs taken at Naqishot [Nagichot], Equatoria, chiefly showing villagers and village scenes [Many of poor quality, 1 cracked]
Size: 64 x 89 mm

[c.1950's]
Wooden box containing large glass negatives (9 x 12 cms). Prints for many of these can be found at SAD.773/8/1-29 and SAD.775/1/1-32 in section (a) above. Most appear to have been taken in Kordofan

1935
Port Sudan harbour - tugs, ships, feluccas; ships entering harbour; unloading cargo; Khartoum; boats on Nile; woman washing clothes by edge of river; watering animals; saqiyah by edge of river, drawn by oxen; wood station; travelling by donkey; goats; birds; street in native quarters, Omdurman; camel laden with firewood; animals grazing; drawing water from well; watering animals; meeting under tree, Kordofan; villages in Nuba Mountains; British couple meeting local people; stacking cotton; herd of camels at rest; drawing water for animals from well; hobbled camel; goats and donkeys; tribal gathering; women carrying water on their heads; fulah; loading lorry
16mm safety film, black and white; 9 minutes

Digital copy

1935
Nuba gathering Talodi; rural scenes; British officials climbing hill; Nuba spear fighters; horsemen, some wearing chain-mail; British officials; awarding robes of honour to shaykhs; march-past of soldiers, horsemen and tribesmen with weapons; men dancing; horse race; British officials; donkey race; children's race; bracelet fighting; stick fighting; mock fighting with spears and shields; sword fighting, men in tribal costumes; wrestling; men dancing
16mm safety film, colour and black and white; 10 minutes

Digital copy

1935 - 1936
N. Sudan; camels crossing desert; Nile scenes; feluccas; ferry; steamer; birds; cheetah cubs; British men and women on camels and horses; railway station; birds at river's edge or fulah, including vultures, egrets and falcons; British people with falcons; donkey laden with straw or hay; stork; felucca on river; tribal gathering; Egypt-sphinx; man catching cobra; birds including vultures
16mm safety film, black and white; 10 minutes

Digital copy

[c. 1944-1955]
Malakal, Naqishot: fruit trees; river scenes; men in canoe; carrying supplies from riverside; raft; Nile perch; vegetation, village tukls; children playing with hoop and spears; women carrying water
16mm safety film, colour and black and white; 5 minutes 30 seconds

Digital copy

1953
Nile views; cataracts; saqiyah; making tea on trek; camp; goats; Camel Corps at Gordon's tree; soldier winding material around head to form turban; march-past including military band; soldiers practising drill; soldiers on trek; saqiyah; shaduf; fisherman casting net; displaying catch; sawing planks at boat-yard; felucca on river; fishing with net on the Dinder river; Nile perch caught; crocodile catching; cutting meat and displaying crocodile skin
16mm safety film, colour and black and white; 10 minutes

Digital copy

[c. 1944-1955]
White Nile area, Wad Ramli; halt for meal on trek; cotton; banana trees; saqiyah; climbing rocks; fruit trees; feluccas; falcon on perch
16mm safety film, black and white; 2 minutes 30 seconds

Digital copy

[c. 1944-1955]
Repairing lorry in bush; steamer; watering donkey; Mavrogordato with falcon; river scenes
16mm safety film, black and white; 1 minute

Digital copy

[c. 1944-1955]
Birds taking off from river; monkey; Shibli al-Shaykh; house and garden, possibly Mavrogordato's
16mm safety film, colour; 1 minute 30 seconds

Digital copy

1955
Boat on Nile; train; Governor-General's trip to Sabaloka; on board the steamer Katherine; cataracts; Palace and staff including Mavrogordato
16mm safety film, black and white; 2 minutes 30 seconds

Digital copy

Time-coded VHS video copy of all the cinefilms listed above in black and white, whether black and white or colour in the originals
Black and white

Time-coded VHS video copy of all the colour sections in the cinefilms listed above
Colour

[c. 1944-1961]
Side 1: Sudanese love songs
Side 2: Mavrogordato speaking
reel to reel, 3in tape

[c. 1944-1961]
Sudanese songs, sung by Shibli al-Shaykh
reel to reel, 5in tape

[c. 1944-1961]
Sudanese songs
reel to reel

1935
Nuba brass bracelet used in bracelet fighting, acquired in 1935 at a Nuba gathering by G. Bell (?)

[c. 1900-1916]
Leather satchel bought in 1945 at a sale of Douglas Newbold's effects. Originally from Darfur. Reported to have belonged to Sultan `Ali Dinar
Brown leather. Front flap covered in green felt and heavily embroidered. Shoulder and waist straps.

Digitised material for Leather satchel - SAD.736/5/2

1952 Nov 19
Newspaper photograph of J.W. Robertson greeting General Neguib. Mavrogordato in the background.

1977
Obituaries for Sir William Luce, from The Times

1980
Obituaries for Colonel Sir Hugh Boustead

1961 Mar 23
List of guests who attended Mavrogordato's farewell party

1953
Copies of The self government statute and agreement between the Egyptian Government and the Government of the United Kingdom... concerning self-government and self-determination for the Sudan, annotated by the Legal Adviser

Printed material deposited with collection; now integrated into the library's printed collections and catalogued on the Open Public Access Catalogue