Phillips, John Fleetwood Stewart
Introduction
John Fleetwood Stewart Phillips
Arrangement

Catalogue
1. Official Papers
(a) Kordofan
(b) Blue Nile Province
2. Personal Papers
3. Memoirs
4. Printed material
Separated printed material now in Durham University Library
Reference code: GB-0033-SAD
Title: Phillips, John Fleetwood Stewart
Dates of creation: 1945-1983
Extent: 2 files
Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections: Sudan Archive
Created by: Phillips, John Fleetwood Stewart
Language: English, Arabic

John Fleetwood Stewart Phillips

(1917 - 1998)

1945-1949 A.D.C. Eastern Jebels, Kordofan
1949-1953 A.D.C./D.C. Wad Medani, Blue Nile Province
1953-1954 D.C. Ed Dueim, Blue Nile Province
1955 Retired from Sudan Political Service
1955- H.M Foreign Service
1973-1977 British Ambassador to the Sudan


Arrangement

1. Official Papers
2. Personal Papers
3. Memoirs
4. Printed Material

Accession details

Presented by Phillips, 1966 & 1983-1987

Catalogue
1. Official Papers
(a) Kordofan
SAD.627/4/9-11
1947 Sep 4
Report by J.F.S. Phillips on the incidence of pharaonic circumcision in Jebels District
SAD.627/4/12-29
1947 Dec 15
Notes on Kadugli Sub-District by J.F.S. Phillips including information on administration, judicial practice, human and animal population, taxes, tribes, languages, religions, native life, history, etc.
(b) Blue Nile Province
SAD.627/4/30-36
1950 Mar 21
Police Alarm Orders nos 1 and 3 for Wad Medani, circulated by A.M. Wynne, Commandant of Police
SAD.627/4/37-44
1950 Mar 21
Rules for the use of tear smoke by police in Wad Medani, circulated by A.M. Wynne
SAD.627/4/45
1952 Oct 14
Official letter by J.F.S. Phillips on rules for butchers and slaughtering in Wad Medani
2. Personal Papers
SAD.627/4/1-6
1945 Mar, 1947 Mar
Advanced Arabic examination, several papers (printed)
Language: English, Arabic
SAD.627/4/7-8
1948
Law examination (higher standard) second paper
3. Memoirs
SAD.721/5/1-38
[c. 1983]
Notes for an account of J.F.S. Phillips's service in the Sudan:
Index terms
Autobiographies
SAD.721/5/1-28
Personal narrative, covering his early life and war service (SAD.721/5/1-3), first postings (SAD.721/5/5-10), marriage (SAD.721/5/10-12), trekking in Kordofan (SAD.721/5/12-15), posting to Dueim and the White Nile (SAD.721/5/20-24) and comparisons on returning as British Ambassador in 1973 (SAD.721/5/26-28)
Index terms
Autobiographies
SAD.721/5/28-38
General political comments on the northern Sudan (SAD.721/5/28-33), southern Sudan (SAD.721/5/33-37) and the run-up to independence (SAD.721/5/37-38)
Index terms
Autobiographies
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


Kenrick, J.W., “A Nuba age-grade initiation ceremony” from Sudan Notes and Records v 26 pt 2, 1945 (dupl)
Sudan, Civil Secretary's Office: Instructions on the use of force by policemen
Sudan, Legislative Assembly: Some facts about the Executive Council and the Legislative Assembly (1950)