Reference code: GB-0033-SAD
Title: Kennedy-Cooke, Brian
Dates of creation: [c. 1922]-1945
Extent: 1.5 box
Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections
Created by: Kennedy-Cooke, Brian
Language:
English
(1894 - 1963)
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| 1920-1943 | Sudan Political Service |
| 1920-1926 | A.D.C. Nahud and Bara, Kordofan |
| 1927 | A.D.C. Port Sudan, Red Sea Province |
| 1928-1931 | D.C. Gedaref, Kassala Province |
| 1931-1934 | Deputy Governor, Kassala Province |
| 1934 | Assistant Civil Secretary, Khartoum |
| 1935-1941 | Governor Kassala Province |
| 1941-1942 | Seconded to O.E.T.A. as Military Administrator, Eritrea, with rank of Brigadier |
| 1942-1943 | Special duties, Sudan Government |
| 1943 | Retired from Sudan service |
| 1943-1950 | Controller Arts and Sciences Division, British Council |
| 1950-1956 | British Council Representative in Italy |
1. Botanical Papers
2. Papers relating to Traditional Music
3. Newspaper Cuttings
4. Photographic Material
5. Maps
6. Museum Objects
7. Miscellanea
8. Printed Material
Presented by Mrs B. Kennedy-Cooke, 1963 & Miss A. Kennedy-Cooke, 1991
Catalogue
1. Botanical Papers
SAD.268/3/1-74
1930 Nov 9-1934 Dec 24
Papers relating to the identification of plants and the collection of specimens, including correspondence between Kennedy-Cooke, J. Smith (Chief Conservator of Forests), G. Aylmer (Conservator of Forests), M. Harvey (Eastern Arab Corps) and G.E.
Sandars. Enclosures:
SAD.268/3/9,15
1930-1931
Lists of plants collected by B. Kennedy-Cooke at Gedaref
SAD.268/3/20
[ca. 1931]
Drawing of the acacia hecatophylla
SAD.268/3/21-24
[ca. 1931]
List of specimens collected by B. Kennedy-Cooke and Mrs Kennedy-Cooke and identified by G. Aylmer
SAD.268/3/30-32
[ca. 1932]
Notes by D.C. Cumming on various plant species
SAD.268/3/35
1933
List of trees encountered on a trip by B. Kennedy-Cooke north of Port Sudan in Bisharin country
SAD.268/3/44-53
1933
List of plants collected by B. Kennedy-Cooke, June 1931-March 1933 with notes on certain specimens
SAD.268/3/59-74
1934 Dec 24
List of plants collected by B. Kennedy-Cooke on Jabal Kassala and identified by G. Aylmer
SAD.268/4/1-71
1930 Dec-1936 Mar 19
Notes on plants in Kassala Province, giving names, description, location and date with lists of plants collected by `Umdah Ahmad `Ali Baqqari and B. Kennedy-Cooke and glossary of native names. Enclosure:
Language: English and Arabic
SAD.268/4/40
[ca. 1930-1936]
Photograph of trees growing on rocky hillside
SAD.268/6/1-28
1935 Dec 7-1939 Sep 5
Correspondence between Kennedy-Cooke and the Closeburn Nurseries in Nairobi regarding the ordering of plant and tree specimens for Kassala Province
SAD.268/6/29-56
[ca. 1930s]
Early draft of
“A note on the trees of Kassala Province” by B. Kennedy-Cooke
SAD.268/5/1-117
[ca. 1930s]
Typescript and manuscript drafts of
“A note on the trees of Kassala Province” by B. Kennedy-Cooke
SAD.268/2/1-142
[ca. 1930s]
“A note on the trees of Kassala Province”, by B. Kennedy-Cooke: final typescript draft, divided into the following sections:
SAD.268/2/3-23
General note on the areas and distribution
SAD.268/2/24-32
Route report in area 9, 12 March
SAD.268/2/33-36
Banu `Amir vocabulary of tree names
Language: English and Arabic
SAD.268/2/37-54
Lists of individual species in the order Leguminosae, with details of each plant
SAD.268/2/55-130
List of individual species other than those of the order Leguminosae
SAD.268/2/131-142
Glossary of native names
Language: English and Arabic
SAD.268/1/1-76
1937 Apr 2
“Trees and shrubs of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan: vernacular names”, by G. Aylmer
Language: English and Arabic
2. Papers relating to Traditional Music
SAD.268/8/14-18
1935
Letter from `Abd Allah Bakr to Kennedy-Cooke concerning the Qanjara tribe and their music, with manuscript of tribal melodies
3. Newspaper Cuttings
SAD.268/8/10-13
1943 Jul 1,15
Cutting from the
Sudan Star, with accompanying letter from R.C. Mayall concerning Kennedy-Cooke's resignation from the Sudan service
4. Photographic Material
SAD.17/11/1-17
[ca.1922-1923]
Photographs taken during Kennedy-Cookes' service in Kordofan:
SAD.17/11/1
1922
Ahmad Afandi `Abd Allah Sa`d, mam`ur, El Odeiya (far left), and Muhammad Afandi Ahmad abu Dahab, sub-mam`ur, El Odeiya (centre), standing in front of a Kordofan Province police guard of honour
SAD.17/11/2-3
1923
Kordofan Province police standing outside a decorated levée tent used for the reception of Sir Lee Stack, Governor-General, during a visit to Nahud on King's day
SAD.17/11/4
1923
Group of central and district government staff, including M.W. Parr, District Commissioner, Western Kordofan (far right), surrounding Sir Lee Stack, Governor-General, during a visit to Nahud on King's day
SAD.17/11/5
1923
Central and district government staff standing with Sir Lee Stack, Governor-General, during a visit to Nahud on King's day. From left to right: M.W. Parr, District Commissioner, Western Kordofan; Sir Lee Stack; E. Campbell, Assistant District
Commissioner
SAD.17/11/7
1923
Provincial and district government staff standing with Sir Lee Stack, Governor-General, during a visit to Nahud on King's day. From left to right: M.W. Parr, District Commissioner, Western Kordofan; J.D. Craig, Governor, Kordofan; Sir Lee
Stack
SAD.17/11/9
1922
Unidentified building, possibly B. Kennedy-Cooke's house when Assistant District Commissioner, Nahud
SAD.17/11/10-11
1922
Floods surrounding the district government offices during the rains
SAD.17/11/13
1922
Well-boring tractor near Nahud
SAD.17/11/14
1922
Muhammad Afandi `Ali al-Negili, mam`ur, Nahud (left), standing near a group of local
shaykhs on horseback, probably at King's day celebrations
SAD.17/11/15
1922
Shaykh Muhammad `Abd al-Rahim,
`umdah of Shegel Hafzu north, and Shaykh Fadili Muhammad Salama, magistrate and
`umdah of the Jikhaisat Arab nomads, possibly near Nahud
SAD.17/11/16
1922
Group of people standing in G.R.F. Bredin's garden. From left to right: Sulayman Afandi Saffongi, Chief Translator; unidentified war office representative; Captain G.R. Grant, Senior Medical Officer, Kordofan; `Uthman Afandi `Abd Allah, Sub-
Ma`mur, Nahud; Ahmad Hasanein (wearing Senussi costume); Doctor Y. Khatanassian, Medical Officer, Nahud; Mrs Khatanassian; Captain J. Going, Veterinary Officer, Kordofan; Muhammad Afandi `Ali al-Negiti,
Ma`mur, Nahud; Hamdi Afandi Tahir, Sub-
Ma`mur, Nahud; Ahmad Afandi `Abd Allah, Cashier
SAD.17/11/17
1922
Doctor Y. Khatanassian, Medical Officer, Nahud and his wife standing in G.R.F. Bredin's garden
SAD.17/11/30-45
[ca. 1923]
Photographs of a visit by Sir Lee Stack, Governor-General, to El Obeid:
SAD.17/11/30
1923
Sir Lee Stack, inspecting a Camel Corps guard of honour in front of the
mudiriyah, during a visit to El Obeid
SAD.17/11/31
1923
Group of
shaykhs wearing robes of honour and district officials at a reception during the visit to El Obeid of Sir Lee Stack. Featuring : L.S. Deane, District Commissioner, Dilling; W.F. Crawford, Assistant District
Commissioner, Abu Zabad, B. Kennedy-Cooke; Shaykh Muhammad Dafallah,
nazir of the Misiriyah; Shaykh `Abd al-Rahim Salim abu Daqal,
nazir of the Gharaisiya Hamar (both standing centre); C.A.
Willis, Director of Intelligence; Shaykh Isma`il Muhammad al-Shaykh,
nazir of the Asakira Hamar; Shaykh Nimr `Ali Gula,
nazir of the Humr Agaira (right)
SAD.17/11/32
1923
Group of shaykhs wearing robes of honour and district officials at a reception during the visit to El Obeid of Sir Lee Stack. Featuring : Shaykh Fadili Muhammad Salama, magistrate and
`umdah of the Jikhaisat (1);
Shaykh Muhammad Hamad Fatin,
nazir of the Hamar (2); Shaykh `Umar, son of Shaykh `Abd al-Rahim Salim abu Daqal,
nazir of the Gharaisiya Hamar (3); Shaykh Isma`il Muhammad al-Shaykh,
nazir of the Asakira Hamar (4); Shaykh al-Hajj Aqbar (5); Shaykh Nimr `Ali Gula,
nazir of the Humr Agaira (6); Shaykh Muhammad Dafallah,
nazir of the Misiriyah
(7); Shaykh Salih Muhammad, son of Shaykh Muhammad Dafallah (8)
SAD.17/11/33
1923
Group of
shaykhs wearing robes of honour at a reception during the visit to El Obeid of Sir Lee Stack. Featuring: Shaykh Muhammad Dafallah,
nazir of the Misiriyah, Shaykh Bakhani `Ali,
`umdah of Sa`ata, and his son
SAD.17/11/34
1923
Shaykh Nimr `Ali Gula,
nazir of the Humr Agaira, wearing a robe of honour at at a reception during the visit to El Obeid of Sir Lee Stack, Governor-General
SAD.17/11/35
1923
Mounted Camel Corps soldiers on parade, during the visit to El Obeid of Sir Lee Stack
SAD.17/11/36
1923
Mounted Camel Corps soldiers on parade
SAD.17/11/37
1923
Group of government officials watching the Camel Corps parade. Featuring: W.F. Crawford, Assistant District Commissioner, Abu Zabad; R.V. Bardsley, Private Secretary to the Governor-General; J.D. Craig, Governor, Kordofan
SAD.17/11/38
1923
Group of government officials watching the Camel Corps parade. Featuring: E.G. Sarsfield-Hall, Deputy Governor, Kordofan; L.S. Deane, District Commissioner, Dilling; Gottlieb, Audit Inspector; H.S. Blunt, Forestry Inspector; J.E. Lawson-Johnston,
Assistant District Commissioner, El Obeid; P. Ball, District Commissioner, El Obeid; J. Going, Veterinary Inspector; J.R.F. Ellison, Veterinary Inspector; R.E.H. Baily, District Commissioner, Eastern Kordofan; P.C. Scatt, Officer Commanding Signals,
Khartoum; H. Twomey, Agricultural Inspector; G.R. Grant, Medical Officer (holding a camera)
SAD.17/11/39
1923
Group of government officials watching the presentation of the Darfur medal to the Camel Corps parade by Sir Lee Stack
SAD.17/11/40-42
1923
Sir Lee Stack presenting the Darfur Medal to Major D.W. Reynolds, Officer Commanding Camel Corps
SAD.17/11/43
1923
Spectators watching a polo match during the visit to El Obeid of Sir Lee Stack. Featuring: E G. Sarsfield-Hall, Deputy Governor, Kordofan (10); J.D. Craig, Governor, Kordofan (11); Shaykh Muhammad Dafallah,
nazir of
the Misiriyah (13); Sir Lee Stack (15, seated behind table); Shaykh `Ali al-Tum,
nazir of the Kababish (18); C.E. Lyall, Civil Secretary (19); Mrs E.R. Sarsfield-Hall (20)
SAD.17/11/44
1923
Spectators watching a polo match during the visit to El Obeid of Sir Lee Stack. Featuring: J.D. Craig, Governor, Kordofan (6); Shaykh Muhammad Dafallah,
nazir of the Misiriyah (7); Sir Lee Stack (8); Shaykh `Ali
al-Tum,
nazir of the Kababish (9); C. E. Lyall, Civil Secretary (10); Mrs E.R. Sarsfield-Hall (11); Mrs Blunt (12); P.C. Scatt, Officer Commanding Signals, Khartoum (13); Miss Robertson (14); L.S. Deane, District
Commissioner, Dilling (15); W.E. Egerton, Traffic Manager, Sudan Government Railways (16); Colonel H.J. Huddleston, Adjutant-General (17)
SAD.17/11/45
1923
Sir Lee Stack, Governor-General, leaving the parade ground at El Obeid
SAD.17/11/18-29
1927-1935
Photographs taken during Kennedy-Cooke's service in Kassala Province:
SAD.17/11/18
1935
View of Jabal Kassala from the garden of the Governor's house
SAD.17/11/19
1935
View of Jabal Kassala through a group of palm trees
SAD.17/11/20
1935
View of the Governor's garden at Kassala
SAD.17/11/21-22
1935
Governor's house at Kassala
SAD.17/11/23
1935
Group of
shaykhs, possibly at a Hadanduwah gathering in the Butana
SAD.17/11/24
1935
Group of men and boys, possibly at a Hadanduwah gathering in the Butana
SAD.17/11/25
1935
Group of men performing a mock stick fight, accompanied by two musicians playing large drums, possibly at a Hadanduwah gathering in the Butana
SAD.17/11/26
1935
Two men performing a mock battle with shields and swords, possibly at a Hadanduwah gathering in the Butana
SAD.17/11/27
1934
Group of government officials and an Egyptian journalist at an unidentified railway station, possibly Khartoum. From left to right: `Ali Mahi, P.M.; B. Kennedy-Cooke, unidentified Assistant District Commisioner; E. O. Springfield; unidentified
Egyptian journalist; `Abd al-Qauri Ahmad; Salih Harb
SAD.17/11/28
1934
Distant view of a gold mine
SAD.17/11/29
1927
Assistant District Commissioner's house
SAD.10/7/1
[ca. 1927]
Panoramic view of Sinkat
SAD.A51/1-166
1937-1938
Album of photographs illustrating sand clearance at Tokar, presented by K.B. el-Koussa, contractor, to Kennedy-Cooke:
SAD.A51/1-28
1937
Sand clearance work on the Tokar - Trinkitat light railway
SAD.A51/29-32
1937
Workers emptying sand from light railway wagons during sand clearance work on the Tokar - Trinkitat light railway
SAD.A51/33-46
1937
Sand clearance work on the Tokar - Trinkitat light railway
SAD.A51/47
1937
Goats in the courtyard of an unidentified house, during sand clearance work on the Tokar - Trinkitat light railway
SAD.A51/48
1937
Sand piled up against a wall during sand clearance work on the Tokar - Trinkitat light railway
SAD.A51/49-50
1937
Unidentified buildings near sand clearance work on the Tokar - Trinkitat light railway
SAD.A51/51-66
1937
Sand clearance work on the Tokar - Trinkitat light railway
SAD.A51/67
1937
Engine used during sand clearance work on the Tokar - Trinkitat light railway
SAD.A51/68-77
1937
Sand clearance work on the Tokar - Trinkitat light railway
SAD.A51/78-79
1937
Engine used during sand clearance work on the Tokar - Trinkitat light railway
SAD.A51/80
1937
Upturned wagons during sand clearance work on the Tokar - Trinkitat light railway
SAD.A51/81-87
1937
Sand clearance work on the Tokar - Trinkitat light railway
SAD.A51/88
1937
Ruined building near sand clearance work on the Tokar - Trinkitat light railway
SAD.A51/89-91
1937
Demolition of a ruined building near sand clearance work on the Tokar - Trinkitat light railway
SAD.A51/92-106
1937
Sand clearance work on the Tokar - Trinkitat light railway
SAD.A51/107
1937
Engines and wagons used during sand clearance work on the Tokar - Trinkitat light railway
SAD.A51/108-113
1937
Sand clearance workers standing in front of engines and wagons on the Tokar - Trinkitat light railway
SAD.A51/114
1937
Engine used during sand clearance work on the Tokar - Trinkitat light railway
SAD.A51/115-120
1937
Equipment sheds used during sand clearance work on the Tokar - Trinkitat light railway
SAD.A51/121-124
1937
Sand clearance work on the Tokar - Trinkitat light railway
SAD.A51/125a-b
1937
Panoramic view of sand clearance work on the Tokar - Trinkitat light railway
SAD.A51/126-133
1937
Sand clearance work on the Tokar - Trinkitat light railway
SAD.A51/134-136
1937
View of Tokar during sand clearance work on the Tokar - Trinkitat light railway
SAD.A51/137-140
1937
Sand clearance work on the Tokar - Trinkitat light railway
SAD.A51/141-142
1937
Sand clearance workers surrounding a motor car near the Tokar - Trinkitat light railway
SAD.A51/143-144
1937
Sand clearance worker dancing during a break from work on the Tokar - Trinkitat light railway
SAD.A51/145
1937
Unidentified building during sand clearance work on the Tokar - Trinkitat light railway
SAD.A51/146
1937
Sand clearance work on the Tokar - Trinkitat light railway
SAD.A51/147
1937
Supervisors of sand clearance work on the Tokar - Trinkitat light railway
SAD.A51/148-149
1937
Sand clearance work on the Tokar - Trinkitat light railway
SAD.A51/150
1937
Stores building during sand clearance work on the Tokar - Trinkitat light railway
SAD.A51/151-152
1937
Sand clearance work on the Tokar - Trinkitat light railway
SAD.A51/153
1937
Man pointing to a partially demolished building near sand clearance work on the Tokar - Trinkitat light railway
SAD.A51/154
1937
Sand clearance workers standing in front of an engine on the Tokar - Trinkitat light railway
SAD.A51/155
1937
Sand clearance work on the Tokar - Trinkitat light railway
SAD.A51/156
1937
Sand clearance workers on the Tokar - Trinkitat light railway
SAD.A51/157
1937
Partially demolished building near sand clearance work on the Tokar - Trinkitat light railway
SAD.A51/158
1937
Sand clearance work on the Tokar - Trinkitat light railway
SAD.A51/159
1937
Man pointing to a partially demolished building near sand clearance work on the Tokar - Trinkitat light railway
SAD.A51/160
1937
Government officials surveying sand clearance work on the Tokar - Trinkitat light railway
SAD.A51/161
1937
Sand clearance work on the Tokar - Trinkitat light railway
SAD.A51/162
1937
Engine on the Tokar - Trinkitat light railway, after the completion of sand clearance work on the track
SAD.A51/163
1937
Railway worker signalling an engine on the Tokar - Trinkitat light railway, after the completion of sand clearance work on the track
SAD.A51/164
1937
Square decorated with flags, banners and a triumphal arch, possibly for the celebration of Maulid al-Nabi
SAD.A51/165
1937
Square decorated with flags, banners and a triumphal arch, possibly for the celebration of Maulid al-Nabi
5. Maps
SAD.430/22/45[MP]
1925 Apr
Time and compass sketch map of Northern Kordofan by B. Kennedy-Cooke
scale: 1 : 250,000
Size: 66 x 163 cm
6. Museum Objects
SAD.268/9/1-28
1929-1930
Watercolours and pencil sketches of wild flowers in Gedaref District, Kassala Province, by A.R. Kennedy-Cooke
SAD.508/10/1-2
[n.d.] and 1936
Unframed water colour paintings by R.K. Winter showing a village at the foot of Jabal Kassala
Size: 29 x 39 cm
SAD.16/7/1-3
[ca. 1930s]
Sudanese earthenware coffee pot (
jabana), embellished with silver band and with silver stand (one leg missing), formerly the possession of Sharifa Miryam
Size: height 21 cm
7. Miscellanea
SAD.268/8/1-9
1931-1936
Humorous verses:
“To G.W.G.”; “Pessimistic forecast of F.S.'s impressions of Kassala and the Gash;”“H.M.W.'s poem on John Hamilton's appointment to the Sudan Agent's
office”; “Farewell to Khartoum, November '36”; “The rolling road”; “The Fung - God bless it”; “Another
absent-minded beggar”; “To the glory of God and honour to whom honour is due”; and short piece of music manuscript, possibly to one of these verses
SAD.203/18/1-8
[1940] Mar 7-9
Programme and production notes for
“Payment deferred” by Geoffrey Dell, performed by the Khartoum Musical and Dramatic Society at the Gaiety Theatre, Khartoum
SAD.268/7/1-71
1943 Jan 5-9
“Saloon bar”, a play in three acts, by Frank Harvey: programme and script
SAD.111/28/1
1945 Apr 13
Order of service for the memorial service for Sir Douglas Newbold at St Martin-in-the-Fields
8. Printed Material
SAD.203/19
1928
Tour “C” His Excellency the Governor-General to the Butana gathering at Khashm el Girba and tour [of] Kassala Province, [Khartoum : McCorquodale & Co., 1928], with covering note from
the Governor of Kassala Province
(b) 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
