Reference code: GB-0033-SAD
Title: Nicholls, William
Dates of creation: [c. 1926-1958]
Extent: 1 file, 1 album
Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections
Created by: Nicholls, William
Language: English, French
(b. 1882)
| | |
| 1907-1932 | Sudan Political Service |
| 1907 | Khartoum |
| 1908-1910 | Dongola |
| 1911-1912 | Khartoum |
| 1913-1916 | 2nd Inspector, El Obeid / Um Ruwaba, Kordofan |
| 1917 | Um Keddada, Darfur |
| 1917-1918 | Senior Inspector, Singa, Sennar Province |
| 1919-1922 | Senior Inspector, El Fasher, Darfur |
| 1922-1926 | Governor White Nile Province |
| 1926-1932 | Governor Berber Province |
1. Official Papers
2. Photographic Material
3. Newspaper Cuttings
Presented by Countess Valerie Sollohob, 1992
Catalogue
1. Official Papers
SAD.759/13/1-2
1929 Feb
Petition to W. Nicholls from the inhabitants of Atbara markaz appealing against the seizure of land by the Railway
(28 seals and signatures, 1 stamped envelope)
2. Photographic Material
SAD.A87/1-213
[c. 1926 - 1932]
Album of photographs of the Sudan and Egypt taken during W. Nicholls' governorship of Berber Province:
SAD.A87/1
Herd of elephants near Bor, 1930 (taken from an R.A.F. aeroplane)
SAD.A87/2,4-5
The governor's residence, Ed Damer
SAD.A87/3
W. Nicholls and hiw wife E. Nicholls on board their steamer
SAD.A87/6-9
W. Nicholls and E. Nicholls on board ship, en route to the Sudan
SAD.A87/10
Baron de Pezzei, E. Nicholls and H. Hawkins on the quayside at Port Sudan
SAD.A87/12
Departure from Port Sudan station
SAD.A87/14-19
W. Nicholls and E. Nicholls in the garden of their home at Ed Damer
SAD.A87/20-21,23
W. Nicholls and E. Nicholls on horseback
SAD.A87/24
W. Nicholls and E. Nicholls after a morning ride
SAD.A87/25
E. Nicholls on the verandah
SAD.A87/27
E. Nicholls with dead crocodile
SAD.A87/30-33
On board governor's yacht “Candace” including T. Creed, Mrs. Creed, N.M. Innes and E.A.V. de Candole
SAD.A87/35
W. Nicholls and E. Nicholls in garden
SAD.A87/38
W. Nicholls and E. Nicholls in date garden on Nile north of Ed Damer
SAD.A87/39-48
King's Day celebrations at Ed Damer
SAD.A87/42
Group including W. Nicholls, E. Nicholls and A.C. Parker
SAD.A87/43
March past of Boy Scouts before the governor
SAD.A87/47-48
W. Nicholls presenting robes of honour
SAD.A87/49
Sack fighting on greasy pole, Ed Damer sports
SAD.A87/51
W. Nicholls inspecting guard of honour
SAD.A87/52
Guard of honour and arch of welcome on arrival at Shendi, 1926
SAD.A87/53
Arab chiefs at Ed Dueim, White Nile Province
SAD.A87/54
Bisharin in camel market, Ed Damer
SAD.A87/56
Governor's
dhahabiyyah on the Nile
SAD.A87/58
General Stuart-Wortley at Metemma
SAD.A87/61
Notable's house, Ed Damer
SAD.A87/62
Man on donkey back going to market
SAD.A87/63,65
W. Nicholls and E. Nicholls with Shaykh al-Zubayr Musaid at Aliab, 1929
SAD.A87/67
Lord and Lady Lloyd at the Governor-General's palace
SAD.A87/74
W. Nicholls, E. Nicholls and Mr. and Mrs. Fawkes at Atbara
SAD.A87/75,77
Evening prayer by the Nile
SAD.A87/76
River scene near Khartoum
SAD.A87/78
The War Office and Kitchener statue, Khartoum
SAD.A87/80
Nile embankment, Khartoum
SAD.A87/82
Nile erosion - date palm about to topple into the river
SAD.A87/83
Swimming pool at the Sudan Club
SAD.A87/84
“Irrigation House”, Khartoum
SAD.A87/85
Pupils lined up before Gordon College
SAD.A87/86
Public Works Department offices, Khartoum
SAD.A87/90-92
E. Nicholls at the temples of Naqa
SAD.A87/93
Camel policeman, Ed Damer
SAD.A87/95
Man on donkey-back going to market
SAD.A87/96
The skipper of the “Louise” , Ra'is Dohab
SAD.A87/97
S.G.S. “Louise” and barge
SAD.A87/99
E. Nicholls and W. Nicholls aboard the “Louise”
SAD.A87/100
Crocodile shot on White Nile
SAD.A87/101
S.G.S. “Lord Cromer” on the White Nile
SAD.A87/103
Camel orderly, Berber Province
SAD.A87/104
Date palm garden near Ed Damer
SAD.A87/106,109
Riverside scenes, Berber Province
SAD.A87/107-108
Women washing by the Nile at Shendi
SAD.A87/110
Date garden near Ed Damer
SAD.A87/111
Sheep and goats watering on the Nile
SAD.A87/114
Arab children by date palm
SAD.A87/115
W. Nicholls, E. Nicholls and E.S. Fiddes
SAD.A87/117
E. Nicholls on cotton plantation at Gabati
SAD.A87/133-135
Visit to El Kab in the Monassir country
SAD.A87/144
W. Nicholls greeting Berber Province
shaykhs
SAD.A87/145
Man and his wife riding donkeys to market
SAD.A87/146
Three women carrying loads on their heads
SAD.A87/149
Notable's house at Ed Damer
SAD.A87/150
Holy man at Ed Damer, Shaykh al-Suheili
SAD.A87/158,160
Winter Palace hotel, Luxor
SAD.A87/165-166
E. Nicholls and the Blairs at Luxor
SAD.A87/168
Women collecting water from the Nile at Luxor
SAD.A87/169-176
Views of Luxor including the obelisk
SAD.A87/177-184
Valley of the Kings, Luxor
SAD.A87/197
E.S.U. before the mosque in Cairo
SAD.A87/202
Arrival at Mena House hotel
SAD.A87/206
Coast guards marching, Port Said
SAD.A87/208
E. Nicholls with Mr. and Mrs. Ford at Mena House
SAD.A87/211
Rowing boats pulling alongside ship in harbour at Port Said
SAD.A87/212
W. Nicholls in uniform with medals
SAD.A87/213
W. Nicholls in levée dress
3. Newspaper Cuttings
SAD.759/13/3
[c. 1958]
Cutting from a French newspaper on Sayyid `Abd al-Rahman's visit to London for talks with Attlee
Language:
French
