Addison, Frank
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Frank Addison
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Catalogue
1. Diaries
2. Photographic Material
Reference code: GB-0033-SAD
Title: Addison, Frank
Dates of creation: [1907-1931]
Extent: 0.5 box
Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections
Created by: Addison, Frank
Language: English

Frank Addison

(1885 - 1958)

1907-1914 Inspector / Instructor, Education Department, Khartoum
1916-1927Lecturer, Gordon College
1927-1929Inspector of Schools and Conservator of Antiquities, Khartoum
1929-1931Chief Inspector of Schools and Conservator of Antiquities, Khartoum
1931Retired


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1. Diaries
2. Photographic Material

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Presented by Mrs E.M. Addison, 1966

Catalogue
1. Diaries
SAD.294/19/1-36
1926 Apr 7-27
Photocopy of a diary of a journey from Karima to Dongola on board the steamer Kerbekan and on camel from Dongola to Halfa, written by F. Addison in the form of letters to his wife. He describes the weather and scenery en route and inspections of various archaeological sites and schools as listed below:
Index terms
Diaries
SAD.294/19/1
Visit to the temple and pyramids at Jabal Barkal
SAD.294/19/2
Stop at Merowe to inspect the extension to the museum in the company of Bond, the Governor
SAD.294/19/2-3
Description of steamer and barges
SAD.294/19/5
Unloading of supplies en route
SAD.294/19/6
Arrival at Dongola and transfer to a small houseboat
SAD.294/19/7
Visit to the ruins at Kawa
SAD.294/19/9
Sketch map of route
SAD.294/19/10
Inspection of granite statues on Argo Island
SAD.294/19/11-12
Stop at Kerma - site of Reisner's excavations
SAD.294/19/12-13
Visit to the site of an ancient quarry at Tumbus
SAD.294/19/14-15
Arduan Island: ruins and medieval fortresses at Nauri
SAD.294/19/17
Temple remains at Delgo and inspection of the local khalwah
SAD.294/19/19
Temple of Soleb at Wawa
SAD.294/19/20
Ancient Egyptian and Christian remains at Suarda and Gubbah Salim
SAD.294/19/24
Antiquities on Sai Island and school inspection at Abri
SAD.294/19/25
Temple at Amara and inspection of school at Firka
SAD.294/19/26-27
Site of the abandoned Halfa to Karima railway
SAD.294/19/27
Description of Akasha
SAD.294/19/32
SAD.294/19/33
Remains of an Egyptian fort and temple on the island of Gezirah el Melik and British barracks at Sarras
SAD.294/19/35-36
Arrival at Halfa
SAD.294/19/37-108
1926 Apr 7-27
Original of diary above, written in pencil
2. Photographic Material
SAD.649/1/1-49
[1907-1931]
Glass lantern slides of the Northern Sudan, possibly to accompany lecture. List of contents enclosed in box.
Index terms
Lantern slides
SAD.649/1/1
[ca. 1920s]
Map of Africa
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Lantern slides
SAD.649/1/2
1907-1931
Nile steamer Lotus moored at the edge of the river
SAD.649/1/3
1907-1931
Sailing boat on the Nile, probably Northern Province
SAD.649/1/4
1907-1931
Second cataract on the Nile, near Wadi Halfa
SAD.649/1/5
[ca. 1920s]
Map of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
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Lantern slides
SAD.649/1/6
1907-1931
Women selling baskets to passengers at a railway station, probably Northern Province
SAD.649/1/7
1907-1931
Camels laden with fodder near Khartoum station
SAD.649/1/8
1907-1931
Train in Khartoum station
SAD.649/1/9
1907-1931
Sailing boat on the Nile at sunset, probably at Khartoum
SAD.649/1/10
1907-1931
Children in front of house at Suakin
SAD.649/1/11
1923-1931
View of the War Office in Khartoum with the Kitchener statue in front (erected 1923)
SAD.649/1/12
1907-1931
View of Suakin from the mainland with the causeway leading to the Gordon gate, and Muhammad Bey Aboud's house on the left
SAD.649/1/13
1907-1931
Group of young men, probably Shilluk, two wearing beaded collars and armbands and a third wearing the traditional toga
SAD.649/1/14
1907-1931
Group of men, probably Shilluk, wearing the traditional toga and carrying spears and clubs
SAD.649/1/15
1907-1931
Nuba woman and baby in front of a tukl
SAD.649/1/16
1907-1931
View of Gordon College
SAD.649/1/17
1907-1915
Habub approaching Khartoum
SAD.649/1/18
1907-1931
Palm trees reflected in flooding after the rains, probably Khartoum
SAD.649/1/19
1907-1931
Statue of Gordon at sunset
SAD.649/1/20
1907-1931
Aerial view of Khartoum from a biplane, showing the Blue Nile and Tuti Island
SAD.649/1/21
1907-1931
Railway behind Khartoum
SAD.649/1/22
1907-1931
View of Omdurman mosque (designed by Hunt and Barty) and main street
SAD.649/1/23
1907-1931
Traders and customers in Omdurman suq
SAD.649/1/24
1907-1931
Tailor at work in Omdurman suq
SAD.649/1/26
1907-1931
Sudanese man making an 'anqarib, probably Omdurman
SAD.649/1/27
1907-1931
Wooden ferris wheel, probably at Omdurman
SAD.649/1/28
1907-1931
Typical mud housing at Omdurman
SAD.649/1/29
1907-1931
Tukls at Abu Hashim
SAD.649/1/30
1907-1931
Dry bed of the Dinder river
SAD.649/1/31
1907-1931
Daum palm trees
SAD.649/1/32
1907-1931
Arab men and boys on donkeys and camels near Jabal Moya
SAD.649/1/33
1907-1931
Nomad woman with baby on donkey, possibly Kordofan
SAD.649/1/34
1912
H.S. Wellcome and his entourage on camels greeting local people, during excavations at Jabal Moya
SAD.649/1/35
1907-1931
Camel train, laden with luggage, ready for departure; tents in background
SAD.649/1/36
1921-1931
Loading a police camel onto a ferry boat across the Nile
SAD.649/1/37
1907-1931
Group of Arab boys
SAD.649/1/38
1907-1931
Group of women wearing tobes, drawing water from a well
SAD.649/1/39
1907-1931
Group of women wearing tobes, carrying water in earthenware pots
SAD.649/1/40
1907-1931
Women selling pots in suq
SAD.649/1/41
1907-1931
Animals waiting to be watered at well
SAD.649/1/42
1907-1931
Bija men drawing water from well to water animals, probably Kassala
SAD.649/1/43
1907-1931
Bija man watering animals at well, probably Kassala
SAD.649/1/44
1907-1931
Car parked in the shade of a tebeldi tree
SAD.649/1/45-46
1907-1931
Man raising water at a shaduf
SAD.649/1/47
SAD.649/1/48
1907-1931
Garden at Merowe
SAD.649/1/49
1907-1931
Sennar dam
SAD.649/2/1-46
[1907-1931]
Glass lantern slides, mainly Northern Sudan. Partial list of contents enclosed in SAD 649/1/1-49.
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Lantern slides
SAD.649/2/1
1907-1931
Arab woman and child
SAD.649/2/2
1907-1931
Feluccas moored at the edge of the Nile
SAD.649/2/3
1907-1931
Large thatched building, possibly a school or rest house
SAD.649/2/4
1907-1931
Housing at Kassala with Jabal Kassala in the background
SAD.649/2/5
1907-1931
Typical road in the cotton growing area, from Gedaref to Fau
SAD.649/2/6
1907-1931
Boys and girls seated in a school classroom
SAD.649/2/7
1907-1931
Boys of Malakal school football team with their teacher
SAD.649/2/8
1907-1931
Teachers at Berber school
SAD.649/2/9
1926 Nov
Eurythmics display by pupils of Gordon College during a visit by R. von Slatin, former inspector-general of the Sudan
SAD.649/2/10
1907-1931
Gordon College football match
SAD.649/2/11
1907-1931
Ruined temple at Qubba Selim
SAD.649/2/12
1907-1931
Boys in school classroom in northern Sudan
SAD.649/2/13
1907-1931
View of the Governor-General's palace from the gardens
SAD.649/2/14-15
1907-1931
Colossus at Argo
SAD.649/2/16
1907-1931
Ruins of the temple of Soleb, Halfa Province, built by Amenhotep III
SAD.649/2/17
1907-1931
Felucca on the Nile at the embankment in Khartoum
SAD.649/2/18
1907-1931
Embankment road in Khartoum
SAD.649/2/19
1907-1931
Tennis court with palm trees behind, probably at Khartoum
SAD.649/2/20
1907-1931
Aerial view of temple ruins at the foot of Jabal Barkal
SAD.649/2/21
1926 Nov
R. von Slatin, former inspector-general of the Sudan, during a visit to Gordon College
SAD.649/2/22
1907-1931
Unidentified archaeological site, northern Sudan
SAD.649/2/23
1907-1931
Pyramids at Nuri
SAD.649/2/24
1907-1931
Pyramids near Jabal Barkal
SAD.649/2/25
1921-1931
Excavations at the pyramids of Meroƫ
SAD.649/2/26
1907-1931
View of the Governor-General's palace from the east
SAD.649/2/27
1907-1931
Relief carvings at the entrance to the Lion Temple at Naqa
SAD.649/2/28
1907-1931
Kiosk at Naqa
SAD.649/2/29
1907-1931
Frank Addison in uniform, holding his pith helmet
SAD.649/2/30
1907-1931
Row of columns at the Meroitic site of Musawwarat es Sufra
SAD.649/2/31
1907-1931
Addison's servants with a British child (possibly Addison's son)
SAD.649/2/32
1907-1931
The Amun temple at Naqa, built by King Natakamani
SAD.649/2/33
1907-1931
Cross-section of pyramid
SAD.649/2/34
1907-1931
Women selling baskets to passengers at a railway station, probably Northern Province
SAD.649/2/35
1907-1931
Unidentified brick-built building, northern Sudan
SAD.649/2/36
1907-1931
Policeman overseeing a group of men digging, possibly prisoners
SAD.649/2/37
1907-1931
Jabal Barkal
SAD.649/2/38
1907-1931
Men working on a broken down truck
SAD.649/2/39
1907-1931
British official's house and garden, surrounded by palm trees, northern Sudan
SAD.649/2/40
1907-1931
Large static diesel engine, possibly a generator
SAD.649/2/41
SAD.649/2/42
1907-1931
Children marching into school, northern Sudan
SAD.649/2/43
1907-1931
Car on road, northern Sudan
SAD.649/2/44
1907-1931
Transporting a camel and a donkey across the river on a ferry boat
SAD.649/2/45
1907-1931
Unidentified river
SAD.649/2/46
1907-1931
Man leading camels along a track in the Batn al-Hajar
SAD.650/1/1-8
[1907-1931]
Miscellaneous uncaptioned glass lantern slides:
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Lantern slides
SAD.650/1/1
1907-1931
Row of shops in tukls
SAD.650/1/2
1907-1931
Boy scouts on parade, probably Khartoum
SAD.650/1/3
1907-1931
Truck parked in front of a brick-built house, probably a British official's residence
SAD.650/1/4
1907-1931
Large thatched building on the banks of a river
SAD.650/1/5
1907-1931
Crowd at a village on a riverbank, viewed from the deck of a steamer
SAD.650/1/6
1907-1931
Bundles of flags on tall poles; mosque in background
SAD.650/1/7
1907-1931
Brick built house
SAD.650/1/8
1907-1931
Long thatched building, southern Sudan
SAD.650/2/1-5
[1907-1931]
Miscellaneous uncaptioned glass lantern slides:
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Lantern slides
SAD.650/2/1
1907-1931
Aerial view of Khartoum with the Governor-General's palace in the centre facing the Blue Nile
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Lantern slides
SAD.650/2/2
1907-1931
Aerial view of Khartoum, with the Governor-General's palace centre and the Blue Nile bridge joining Khartoum and Khartoum North
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Lantern slides
SAD.650/2/3
1907-1931
Aerial view of Khartoum
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Lantern slides
SAD.650/2/4
1907-1931
Habub approaching Khartoum
Index terms
Lantern slides
SAD.650/2/5
1907-1931
Felucca on the Nile, northern Sudan
Index terms
Lantern slides
SAD.650/3/1-8
[1907-1931]
Assorted glass lantern slides, mainly northern Sudan:
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Lantern slides
SAD.650/3/1
1907-1931
Tree lined embankment at Khartoum
SAD.650/3/2
1907-1931
Palm trees
SAD.650/3/3
1907-1931
Nile steamer, the SS Sudan
SAD.650/3/4
1907-1931
River Nile
SAD.650/3/5
1907-1931
Road leading to the Gordon statue, during flooding
SAD.650/3/6
1907-1931
Group of women and children, northern Sudan
SAD.650/3/8
1907-1931
Group of men and boys in front of tukls, northern Sudan
SAD.650/4/1-9
[1907-1931]
Glass lantern slides of antiquities in Northern Province:
Index terms
Lantern slides
SAD.650/4/1
1907-1931
Ruins of the temple of Soleb, Halfa Province, built by Amenhotep III
SAD.650/4/2-5
1921-1931
Pyramids of Meroƫ
SAD.650/4/6
1907-1931
Entrance to temple at Jabal Barkal with hieroglyphics carved into stone on the left of the doorway
SAD.650/4/7
1907-1931
Columns of an Egyptian temple near Delgo
SAD.650/4/9
1907-1931
View of the great temple of Amun, seen from Jabal Barkal