Reference code: GB-0033-SAD
Title: Dick, John Henry
Dates of creation: 1932-[1950s]
Extent: 0.5 box
Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections: Sudan Archive
Created by: Dick, John Henry
Language:
English
(1908 - 1999)
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| 1931 | A.D.C. Omdurman, Khartoum Province |
| 1931-1933 | A.D.C. Shendi, Berber Province |
| 1933-1934 | A.D.C. Berber |
| 1934-1935 | A.D.C. Roseires, Fung Province |
| 1935-1936 | Asst. Private Secretary to the Governor- General |
| 1936-1937 | A.D.C. Bor, Upper Nile Province |
| 1937 | A.D.C. Malakal, Upper Nile Province |
| 1938-1940 | A.D.C. Renk, Upper Nile Province |
| 1940 | Civil Secretary's office |
| 1940-1944 | A.D.C./D.C. Wadi Halfa, Northern Province |
| 1944-1945 | D.C. Equatoria Province |
| 1945-1947 | D.C. Rufa`a, Blue Nile Province |
| 1947-1949 | D.C. Sennar, Blue Nile Province |
| 1949-1950 | D.C. Kassala |
| 1950-1955 | D.C. Sinkat, Kassala Province |
| 1955 | Retired |
1. Official Papers
2. Diaries and Trek Notes
3. Photographic Material
(a) Personal Photographs
(b) Official Photographs
Presented by Dick, 1958 & 1984
Catalogue
1. Official Papers
SAD.748/9/4-9
1944 Jan 6
Note on the army and air force at Wadi Halfa 1940-1944, by John Dick
2. Diaries and Trek Notes
SAD.748/9/1-3
1932 Nov 10 - 17
Extract from trek diary describing a trek in Shendi District to inspect cultivation and assess crops
SAD.748/10/1-71
1940 Dec 12 - 1945 Nov 22
Trek diary, covering treks in Northern Province, Equatoria Province and Blue Nile Province:
SAD.748/10/1-18
1940 Dec 12 - 27
Northern Province, visiting Atiri (SAD.748/10/2-4), Abri (SAD.748/10/4), Abu Raga (SAD.748/10/5), Sulb (SAD.748/10/7), Delgo (SAD.748/10/8-9), Koka (SAD.748/10/11), Arduan (SAD.748/10/12-13), Doshat (SAD.748/10/14-15), and Ambigol
(SAD.748/10/16-17). Includes reports on inspections of tobacco crops, water pumps and wheels, dispensaries and schools
SAD.748/10/19-23
1942 Jun 5 - 7
Northern Province, on patrol from Wadi Halfa visiting Selima (SAD.748/10/19) and the salt area at Selima (SAD.748/10/20) and encountering a French convoy from Chad (SAD.748/10/20)
SAD.748/10/24-35
1942 Jul 13 - 20
Northern Province, visiting Akasha, Wawa and Delgo to assess
dura requirements
SAD.748/10/34-37
1942 Oct 14
Northern Province, trek from Halfa to Sheb stopping at Takhlis and Nakhlai. Discusses the compilation of route reports
SAD.748/10/35-37
1942 Nov 5 - 6
Northern Province, visiting Dongola (SAD.748/10/35), Delgo (SAD.748/10/35-36), Abri (SAD.748/10/36) and Akasha (SAD.748/10/37)
SAD.748/10/38-39
1943 Aug 17
Northern Province, visiting Faras to report on frontier control and the basin canal
SAD.748/10/39-40
1943 Dec 6
Northern Province, visiting Selima, Debbeh and Sheb
SAD.748/10/41-56
1944 Aug 8 - 1945 Jun 9
Equatoria Province - various treks, stopping at Terakeka, Amadi, Tali, Mongalla, Tindale, Murukiron, Lafon, Loa, Logoforok, Magwa, Issore, Imatong mountains and Nimule. Describes the collection of taxes at Amadi (SAD.748/10/42), the inspection of
the leper camp at Rokon, vegetation and wildlife, difficulties of travel, inspections of resthouses, roads and bridges and the holding of courts
SAD.748/10/57-62
1945 Oct 6 - Nov 22
Blue Nile Province, visiting Shabarga where he saw two-storeyed
tukls (SAD.748/10/57), Doba (SAD.748/10/58), Shegeila (SAD.748/10/60) and Tabat (SAD.748/10/61-62). Describes his inspection of
dura crops,
saqiyahs, etc.
SAD.748/10/62-65
Extracts from T.R.H. Owen's
“Notes on game in Beja District” 1934
SAD.748/10/66-69
Table showing miles travelled, compass readings and geographical features encountered on trek in Northern Province
SAD.400/6/1-99
1938 Nov 21 - 1940 Jan 1
Trek diary, including description of trek to Yabus and Kurmuk, 21 Nov - 15 Dec 1938; Palor tribal meeting 1939; trek to Maban, Jul - Aug 1939; trek to Boing Dec 1939. Includes detailed notes on the Maban tribe, vocabulary, etc.
SAD.400/1/1-26
1942 Jan 13 - Sep 27
Notes from John Dick's diary on the life and customs of the Maban tribe of Upper Nile Province and suggestions for their future government, with short note on the Uduk and comments by P. Howell
3. Photographic Material
SAD.1/18/1
1938-1939
Renk sub-district staff, John Dick in centre
SAD.1/18/2
[n.d.]
View of deck of ship, returning home on annual leave
SAD.747/2/1-248
1932-1938
Photograph album covering John Dick's service in Berber Province, Fung Province and Upper Nile Province, and including:
SAD.747/2/1-8
John Dick at Shendi, 1932
SAD.747/2/17-18
Well at Naqa (with dupl.)
SAD.747/2/24-26
John Dick and R.A.P. at Shendi, 1932
SAD.747/2/29
Verandah of John Dick's house at Shendi
SAD.747/2/32
House in Berber made of mud and bricks
SAD.747/2/33
John Dick's house, Berber
SAD.747/2/34
Making the tennis court, Berber
SAD.747/2/35-36
Interior of house at Berber
SAD.747/2/43
T.F.G. Carless on horseback
SAD.747/2/56-59
Country of the Hassaniyyah tribe
SAD.747/2/69-70
Police escort and guides, No. 6 station Murrat, Gabgaba, Egyptian frontier, Abu Hamed (with dupl.)
SAD.747/2/71-72
Isma`il Abd al- Azim Bey,
umdah of the Ababda tribe (with dupl.)
SAD.747/2/75
View from house, Roseires
SAD.747/2/77-82
King's Day sports, Roseires 1934
SAD.747/2/88
J.N. Richardson and H.G. Wedderburn-Maxwell
SAD.747/2/90
Country inland from the Blue Nile
SAD.747/2/91
Returning from the Abyssinian frontier
SAD.747/2/97-98
Crossing a river between Roseires and Abyssinia
SAD.747/2/111
John Dick at Erkowit, 1936
SAD.747/2/117
Launch and steps, Khartoum Palace
SAD.747/2/135-136
Building a cattle-shed at Bor
SAD.747/2/138
Dinka trying on police clothes
SAD.747/2/139-141
Dinka man standing in tree (with 2 enlargements)
SAD.747/2/142
Water pump in the garden at Bor
SAD.747/2/143
Killing a bull at Dinka meeting
SAD.747/2/144
Presentation of M.B.E. to Shafi Efendi Ahmad at Malakal, 1937
SAD.747/2/146
A.D. Dodds-Parker and H.A. Romilly with warthog
SAD.747/2/149-150
J.G.S. Macphail hearing cases - Renk Dinka 1938
SAD.747/2/165
Making track for police ponies down to river
SAD.747/2/167-170
Dinka dance (with 2 enlargements)
SAD.747/2/171
Payment of blood- money cattle
SAD.747/2/172-173
J.G.S. Macphail, H.A. Romilly and J. Winder at the D.C.'s meeting, Malakal, Apr 1938
SAD.747/2/174
Dinka hiring Arab camels to fetch grain
SAD.747/2/176
J.G.S. Macphail examining Shilluk children's toy cattle byres
SAD.747/2/177
Putting roof on Maban house
SAD.747/2/183-184
Maban pushing out boat (with enlargement)
SAD.747/2/187-188
Province meeting, Yabus bridge, 1937-38. Standing: H.G. Wedderburn-Maxwell (D.C. Kurmuk, B.N.P.), E.G. Coryton (Governor U.N.P.), R.C. Mayall (Governor B.N.P.), J.G.S. Macphail (D.C. Shilluk, U.N.P.), Mrs. Hancock, H.A. Romilly (D.C., U.N.P.),
Stephenson (Med. Insp., U.N.P.) Sitting: G.M. Hancock (D.C., B.N.P.), A.D. Dodds-Parker (A.D.C., B.N.P.) John Dick (A.D.C., Renk, U.N.P.)
SAD.747/2/200
Chief Azing Ajong and Ma`mur Sagh Abd al- Razzaq
SAD.747/2/201
John Dick and J.G.S. Macphail
SAD.747/2/213
Sagh Abd al-Razzaq, and Kheir al-Sid, Sergeant-at-arms, Khartoum
SAD.747/2/222-224
John Dick playing polo (with dupl.)
SAD.747/2/233-236
Maban preparing ground for cultivation
SAD.1/18/3-5
[c. early 1950s]
Photographs taken by the Public Relations Office, Sudan Government:
SAD.1/18/3
Kitty's leap at Erkowit (Lady Wingate's seat). View facing north at the edge of the escarpment which drops to the Red Sea Littoral plain
SAD.1/18/4
Mock battle staged by Hadendowa at Sinkat
SAD.1/18/6-21
[c. late 1950s]
Photographs taken by the Ministry of Social Affairs, National Guidance Office:
SAD.1/18/6
Administrative building at Wadi Halfa
SAD.1/18/7
Signpost on the Sudan/Belgian Congo border
SAD.1/18/8
Sudan Airways Dakota aircraft, taken into service Oct 1953
SAD.1/18/12
Speaker, House of Senates
SAD.1/18/13
Members of the Supreme Commission
SAD.1/18/15
Interior of the library, Khartoum University
SAD.1/18/16
All Saints Cathedral, Khartoum
SAD.1/18/17
Sphinx discovered near Khartoum
SAD.1/18/18
Removing timber in Southern Sudan