Longe, John
Introduction
John Longe
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Catalogue
1. Official Papers
(a) Berber Province, 1925-1929
(b) Blue Nile Province, 1930-1934
(c) Kordofan Province, 1929-1942
(d) Upper Nile Province, 1932-1953
(e) Secondment to Agedabia District, Cyrenaica, 1943
(f) Jonglei Investigation Team
(g) Post Independence
2. Personal Correspondence
(a) General
(b) Southern Sudan
3. Articles, speeches (drafts and copies)
(a) Articles by John Longe
(b) Articles by others
(c) Speeches
4. Historical Material
5. Miscellanea
6. Maps
7. News Bulletins and Newspaper Cuttings
(a) News Bulletins
(b) Newspaper Cuttings
8. Printed Material
(a) In Archive
(b) Separated printed material now in Durham University Library
Reference code: GB-0033-SAD
Title: Longe, John
Dates of creation: 1914-1979
Extent: 2.5 boxes
Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections
Created by: Longe, John
Language: English; some Arabic

John Longe

(1903 - 1987)

1925-1929Assistant District Commissioner Ed Damer, Berber Province
1929-1931Assistant District Commissioner Rufa'a, Blue Nile Province
1931-1934Assistant District Commissioner Hassa Heissa, Blue Nile Province
1934-1935Assistant District Commissioner Umm Ruaba, Kordofan Province
1936-1939District Commissioner Umm Ruaba, Kordofan Province
1939-1944District Commissioner Malakal, Upper Nile Province
1944-1946District Commissioner Omdurman, Khartoum Province
1946-1950Deputy Governor, Khartoum
1950-1953Governor, Upper Nile Province


Arrangement

1. Official Papers
(a) Berber Province
(b) Blue Nile Province
(c) Kordofan Province
(d) Upper Nile Province
(e) Secondment to Agedabia District, Cyrenaica
(f) Jonglei Investigation Team
(g) Post independence
2. Personal Papers
(a) General
(b) Southern Sudan
3. Articles, Speeches
4. Historical Material
5. Miscellanea
6. Maps
7. News Bulletins and Newspaper Cuttings
8. Printed Material
(a) In Archive
(b) In Library

Accession details

Presented by Longe, 1980-1987

Catalogue
1. Official Papers
(a) Berber Province, 1925-1929
SAD.641/1-SAD.641/3
1925 - 1929
Notes on `umdiyyahs of Ed Damer District. Each file contains details of `umdah, `umdiyyah, area, general description, history and various shaikhships:
SAD.641/1/1-32
Damer markaz: Juberab `umdiyyah, Aliab `umdiyyah, Mahmia `umdiyyah
SAD.641/2/1-34
Umm El Teyur `umdiyyah, Zeidab North and Zeidab South `umdiyyahs, Kitiab `umdiyyah
SAD.641/3/1-34
Timerab `umdiyyah, `Abd al-Karimab `umdiyyah, Mogren `umdiyyah
(b) Blue Nile Province, 1930-1934
SAD.641/4/1-14
1932 Sep
Rufa'a District handing-over notes by J. Longe. File contains notes on policy, native administration (judicial and administrative), land holding, forests, `ushr and land tax, herd checking, retainers, the court safe, tribes, individual shaykhs, taxation and boundaries
SAD.641/5/1-41
1934 Nov - Dec
Northern Gezira handing-over notes by John Longe File contains general note on the Northern Gezira and notes on the `umdiyyah of Hassa Heissa; native administration; court safes; payments of `umdahs and shaykhs and their duties; shaykhs' courts, majlis courts and town benches; syndicate ghaffirs; police and prisons; land; local taxation; khalwas; roads and wells
SAD.641/7/1-19
1930
Tribal notes by John Longe on the Shukriyyah, including origins, traditions and history, and genealogies
Language: English, Arabic
SAD.641/8/1-59
[ca. 1930]
Genealogies of other Gezira families including al-Hajj Musa al-Tayyar [Arabic]; notes on the history of the Sudan in general, Nubia, the Kingdom of Meroë etc. from H.A. MacMichael's History of the Arabs in the Sudan; note on Hamadnalla wad Jamil
Language: English, Arabic
SAD.641/6/1-37
1932 Nov 25
Northern Gezira tribal notes. “Chronicles of the Abdullab. Traditional stories of the Abdullab Tribe” and “A note on the Abdullab” by John Longe
641/6/38-43
[n.d.]
Tribal notes on the Bedrab of Northern Gezira: “Notes on the Awlad al-Shaikh Muhammad Badr”, by G.D.N.C. [G.D.N. Clark, A.D.C., Northern Kordofan]
SAD.641/6/44-46
[n.d.]
Tribal notes on the Kawahla by K.D.D. Henderson
(c) Kordofan Province, 1929-1942
SAD.643/3/1-2
1929 Oct 11
Memorandum by `Abd al-Hadi Sabr on Adam Hamad of the Dueih tribe and his successors who lived in Sharg el Agaba
SAD.641/9/1-2
1934 May 5
“A note on the trial of witchcraft cases” by Howell Owen, Chief Justice, giving advice to magistrates in all provinces
Index terms
Law materials

Digitised material for A note on the trial of witchcraft cases - SAD.641/9/1-2
SAD.642/10/1-11
1935 Apr 28
Notes by John Longe on Mahdism and Sayyid `Abd al-Rahman al-Mahdi: summary of affairs during the years 1926-1934 (with transcription)
SAD.641/10/1-42
1935 - 1939
Notes on Eastern Kordofan District, v.II. Includes a list of District Commissioners and ma'murs; notes on district headquarters; tribes of Eastern Kordofan; tribal sketch map; tribal notes; names of nazirs and `umdahs; robes of honour; native magistrates; political history; water supply; communications; population; crops and produce; taxes; animals; markets and trade; education; and towns of `Umm Ruaba and Rahad
SAD.642/16/1-48
1935 - 1942
Semi-official letters from Douglas Newbold to John Longe
SAD.642/16/1
1935 Jan 10
From D. Newbold as Governor, welcoming John Longe to Kordofan and offering advice on the administration of his district
SAD.642/16/2-5
1935 Jun 12
Re John Longe's plans to dam the Khor al-Nil, the need for settled district boundaries, plans for a town council at `Umm Ruaba, land rights and tribal taxes
SAD.642/16/6-7
1935 Jun 15
Re arrangements for D. Newbold's visit and the difficulties faced in running a large province on a small staff
SAD.642/16/8
1935 Aug 22
Congratulations on John Longe's forthcoming marriage
SAD.642/16/9-10
1935 Sep 9
Personal news of leave in England
SAD.642/16/11-13
1936 Dec 12
Detailed assessment of John Longe's work and temperament
SAD.642/16/14-16
1937 Jan 2
Re nazir Husayn Zaki al-Din and re D. Newbold's criticisms of John Longe's work and temperament
SAD.642/16/17-18
1937 Jan 18
Re his recent inspection tour and staff changes
SAD.642/16/19
1937 Jan 23
General province news and re plans for flour mills
SAD.642/16/20-23
1937 Mar 15-18
Re plans for Marjery Perham's visit
SAD.642/16/24
1937 May 15
Re an anonymous letter containing complaints against John Longe and re Coronation Day celebrations
SAD.642/16/25-26
1937 May 30
Re proposed alteration of the eastern Kordofan boundary and salaries of Native Administration clerks
SAD.642/16/27-29
1937 Jun 17
Re the proposed reamalgamation of land in White Nile Province with eastern Kordofan
SAD.642/16/30
1937 Jun 14
Re John Longe's research into Hicks Pasha and route reports described in W.G. Browne's Travels in Africa ... 1799
SAD.642/16/31
1937 Jun 23
Re his personal distaste for hangings
SAD.642/16/32
1937 Jun 24
Advice to John Longe on how to improve his temperament
SAD.642/16/33
1937 Nov 13
Congratulations on the birth of John Longe's son
SAD.642/16/34
1937 Nov 23
Re plans for Newbold's visit to Umm Ruaba and the proposed Shenabla tribal gathering
SAD.642/16/35
1935 Jan 9
Re D. Newbold's C.B.E.
SAD.642/16/36
1938 Mar 6
Re the death of D. Newbold's brother
SAD.642/16/37
1938 Sep 24
Re D. Newbold's farewell tours of Kordofan
SAD.642/16/38
1938 Oct 21
Re locust control and pressure of work
SAD.642/16/39-41
1939 Mar 15
Re D. Newbold's new position as Civil Secretary and John Longe's appointment to Upper Nile Province
SAD.642/16/42
1941 Dec 16
Re pressure of work
SAD.642/16/43
1942 Aug
Re D. Newbold's return visit to Kordofan
SAD.641/11/1-4
1937 Feb
Note on marriage customs of the Habbaniyyah tribe
SAD.641/12/1-44
1939 Nov
Handing-over notes, Eastern Kordofan, including notes on native administration; markaz staff; police; prisons; education; lands; agriculture and economics; markets and trade; relations with departments; neighbouring districts; taxation; buildings; water supply and communications; towns; and public security. Also includes a note from D. Newbold on how to write handing-over notes.
SAD.641/11/5-8
1940 Feb
Eastern Jebels monthly report (revised version). Monthly diary in verse by T.R.H. Owen
Index terms
Poetry
Diaries
SAD.641/11/9-11
[n.d.]
Note on hunting in Eastern Kordofan
Language: English, Arabic
SAD.641/11/12-17
[n.d.]
Note on gum gardens in Eastern Kordofan, with drawing
Language: English, Arabic
SAD.641/11/18-46
[n.d.]
Notes on the Ghodiyat tribe of Eastern Kordofan
(d) Upper Nile Province, 1932-1953
SAD.643/2/1-21
1898 - 1932
Chronological notes detailing events in Upper Nile Province, compiled from intelligence reports
SAD.642/1/1-71
1940 Jun 6 - Oct
Official correspondence re the general war situation, attacks by Italians, enemy's position, movements of troops, provisions, etc.; Doro and Chali areas, proposed camp at Melut; the closure of Rom Mission; general report of reconnaissance Jebel Gule-Ulu-Awaj al-Baggar area
SAD.642/3/1-66
1940 Nov 14 - 1941 Sep 22
Official letters and telegrams re the general war situation; movement of police and troops; rebuilding of Melut and Renk camps; movement of prisoners; tribal disturbances; the reopening of mission stations at Doro and Chali
SAD.642/2/1-60
1940 Oct 4 - 1941 May 2
File containing note on training police for patrol work; notes on tactics for forest force; installation of police post at Gule; John Longe's report on the Gule area with some general correspondence
SAD.642/3/67-71
1940 - 1941
Report on operation of the Upper Nile Scouts (Upper Nile Province Combatant Police)
SAD.642/5/1
[1944]
List of Northern District native officials
SAD.642/5/2-14
1944 May 7 - 11
Handing-over notes for the Northern District, by John Longe covering administration; the Dinka and Shilluk; the Nilotic; the Maaban and Uduk; roads; wood-cutting; files; merchants; education; grain; bricks; rest houses; transport; public security; Dinka tribal functionaries
SAD.642/5/15-18
1944 May
Notes on Malakal Town, appendix to handing-over notes: John Longe's addendum to A.R.C. Bolton's note of Jan 1942, covering administration; agriculture; clubs; liquors; sanitation; and town improvement
SAD.642/5/19-25
1950 Jul 17
Handing-over notes by F.D. Corfield, Governor, Upper Nile Province, 1948-1950, to John Longe, returning as Governor, covering political development of the south; administration; agriculture; aviation; education; lands; taxation; holidays; office organisation; trade; veterinary; roads; wireless telephones; and frontiers (one page missing)
SAD.642/6/1-22
1953 Apr
Handing-over notes by John Longe covering the Southern problem; administration; agriculture; forests; aviation; frontiers and boundaries; buildings; decorations; education; lands; taxation; holidays; office organisation; trade; veterinary; communications; the U.N.P. development committee
SAD.642/7/1-21
1953 Sep 5
Upper Nile Province annual report by J.C.N. Donald, Assistant Governor, covering changes in personnel; frontiers; local government; local politics; local news; public security; labour; migration; agriculture and forests; public health; education; veterinary; wild-life; communications; aviation; posts and telegraphs; water supply; buildings, lands and town planning; trade and finance
Index terms
Annual reports
(e) Secondment to Agedabia District, Cyrenaica, 1943
SAD.642/4/1-6
1943 Dec 16
Note by John Longe on administration of Agedabia District
SAD.642/4/7-15
1944 Jan 5
Notes on the Sanusi Movement produced by the Civil Secretary's Office
(f) Jonglei Investigation Team
SAD.642/8/1-10
[ca. 1950]
Government report on the Equatorial Nile project and its effects on the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
(g) Post Independence
SAD.642/9/1-6
[ca. 1953]
Note on some implications of the Sudan Agreement
SAD.642/9/7-11
1966
Report on the situation in the Southern Sudan
2. Personal Correspondence
(a) General
SAD.642/10/12
1944 Mar 29
Letter from Paul [Howell] to John Longe re Luak Deng, originally enclosed in the former's article on “The Shilluk Settlement” (Sudan Notes and Records, v.24, 1941)
SAD.642/10/13-22
1955
Papers re Sitt Mindamat Gelly, a Christian convert from Islam who was forced into a Muslim marriage. Includes letters to John Longe and a copy affidavit by John Longe who was D.C. Omdurman at the time of the incident
SAD.642/10/23
1980 Jul 24
Letter from Michael [Creagh-Osborne] to John Longe re his father's Omdurman campaign diary (see SAD.643/1/1-4)
(b) Southern Sudan
SAD.642/10/24-28
1964 Nov 26 - Dec 8
Confidential newsletters from Norman Nunn re outrages in the south and riots in Khartoum
SAD.642/9/19-21
1972
Confidential report by Bishop E.J. Ngalam and Bishop Y.K. Dotiro on their visit to the Sudan after the Addis Ababa agreement
SAD.642/10/29
1979 Oct 5
Letter from Norman [Nunn] to John Longe re the work of the Sudan Interior Mission in Upper Nile Province
3. Articles, speeches (drafts and copies)
(a) Articles by John Longe
SAD.643/4/6-29
1938 Nov
Note by John Longe on “Hicks Pasha's journey through Eastern Kordofan”
(b) Articles by others
SAD.642/11/1-12
1930 Apr 26
Note by Sir Philip Mitchell on “Female circumcision and the status of women in Tanganyika territory”
SAD.642/11/13-20
1936 Mar 9
“Female circumcision in the Sudan”, a paper delivered to the Sudan branch of the B.M.A. by D.R. Macdonald M.B.
SAD.643/4/1-5
1937 - 1938
Letter from D. Newbold enclosing an account by a slave boy of Hicks Pasha's march and defeat, taken from An Englishman's recollections of Egypt 1863 - 1887 by Baron de Kusel Bey, 1915
SAD.642/9/22-68
1976
Draft chapters from a projected book by S. McCall on “From the Juba Conference to the mutiny” and “Mutiny and independence”, submitted to John Longe for comments
(c) Speeches
SAD.642/11/21-22
1953 Apr 3
Farewell speech to John Longe on his departure from Upper Nile Province
Language: Arabic
4. Historical Material
SAD.643/1/1-41,44-83
1898 Jan 1 - Sep 15
Ts. extracts from the diary of 2nd Lieutenant H.P. Creagh-Osborne, 1st Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment, including his experiences at the Battle of the Atbara and the Battle of Omdurman (2 copies)
Index terms
Diaries
SAD.643/1/42-43
[n.d.]
Extract from [ The Contemporary Review] on “... The Atbara and Omdurman”, possibly written by H.P. Creagh-Osborne
5. Miscellanea
SAD.642/11/23-26
1969 Jul 23
Programme and invitation for the annual service of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George in St. Paul's Cathedral
SAD.642/11/28-29
[n.d.]
Short poem on “lucky and unlucky homes”. Author unknown
Language: Arabic
Index terms
Poetry
642/11/30
[n.d. ca. 1970s]
Anya-Nya poster
6. Maps
SAD.642/11/27
1914 Jul
Map of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Geographical section, General Staff. Inscribed “With the Manager's compliments Khartoum 24/4/21”
scale:   1 in to 47.35 miles
Size: (67 x 90 cm)
SAD.642/11/31
1928 Apr
Map of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Sudan Survey Department, Khartoum, 1933 edition
scale:   1 to 8,000,000
Size: (32 x 26 cm)
7. News Bulletins and Newspaper Cuttings
(a) News Bulletins
SAD.642/9/12-14
1965 Jul 26
Press release by the Sudan Government on the situation in the Southern Sudan
SAD.642/9/15-18
1966 Feb 4
Press release issued on behalf of the Sudan Government, refuting the claims made by Anthony Carthew in the Daily Mail on the situation in the Southern Sudan
SAD.642/12/1-3
1970 Jul - Sep
Press releases from the Editor of the Grass Curtain on the massacre of refugees, dissolution of the Nile Provisional Government and Russian activity in Southern Sudan
(b) Newspaper Cuttings
SAD.642/12/4
1927 Dec 20
“In the Nuer Country. Work in the wilds. The murder of a D.C.” extr. The Times
SAD.642/12/5
1931 Feb 16
“‘Old Blues’ oust the slavers - the work of British officials in the Sudan” extr. News Chronicle
SAD.642/12/25-26
1933 Aug 12
Hadarat al-Sudan (Sudanese newspaper - complete copy)
SAD.642/12/6-9
1939 Jun 6, 7
“The Sudan - North and South contrasts” by Marjery Perham extr. The Times
SAD.642/12/10
1941 Jul 11
“When the K.A.R. campaigned in the Sudan. Italians routed with the aid of Belgian Congo troops” extr. The East African Standard
SAD.642/12/11-14
1941 Oct 4
The Sudan Daily Herald - complete copy
SAD.642/12/15
1942 May 2
“Sudan Cultural Centre. An account of the discussion on female circumcision on 20.4.42” extr. The Sudan Daily Herald
SAD.509/7/1-2
1950 Apr 13
“The Hicks Pasha Expedition (A broadcast given by A.B. Theobald from Omdurman on 7 April 1950)” extr. The Sudan Herald
SAD.642/12/16
[c. 1954]
“Sudan's tenant farmers. A successful collective scheme in the Gezira”
SAD.642/12/17-20
1964 May 22
The Times supplement on “The Republic of the Sudan”
SAD.642/12/21-24
1966
Reports by Anthony Carthew on the war in Southern Sudan extr. the Daily Mail
SAD.642/13/1-5
1968
Colour supplement report on “The army that fights on a diet of crocodiles”
SAD.642/13/6
1969 Apr 21
“Crisis of contrasts which threatens Sudan” extr. The Times
SAD.642/13/7
1970 Sep 4
“Arab massacre of Christians in Southern Sudan” extr. Church Times
SAD.642/13/8
[c. 1970]
Newspaper letters re the situation in southern Sudan
SAD.642/13/9
1971 Apr 12
“Sudan regime hopeful of ending civil war” extr. The Times
SAD.642/13/10
1971 Jul 21
“Bridging the gulf between the Dinka and Khartum” extr. The Times
SAD.642/13/11
1971 Jul 23
“New conflicts in North Africa. Clash of personalities in Sudan and Libya” extr. The Times
SAD.642/13/12
1971 Jul 25
“The men who trapped Speedbird Victor Mike” - a report on Nimeiry's counter-coup extr. The Sunday Times
SAD.642/13/13
1971 Jul 26
“Khartum rejects Britain's plea to spare lives of two rebel leaders”
SAD.642/13/14-17
1971 Nov
Anya Nya, no. 6
SAD.642/13/18
1971
“Promise of regional autonomy for Sudan separatists brings mass return to southern towns”
SAD.642/13/19
1972 Feb 29
“Black Africans v. brown”
SAD.642/13/20
1972 Feb 29
“Hope for the Sudan” - the Addis Ababa agreement
SAD.642/13/21
1972 May 26
“Sudanese hopes” extr. Church Times
SAD.642/13/22
1972 Jun 8
“Sudan - frontier of black and brown”, extr. The Daily Telegraph
SAD.642/13/23-24
1972
The contribution of British agencies towards achieving the Addis Ababa agreement
SAD.642/13/25
1972
“Aid for the Sudan”
SAD.642/13/26
1973 Mar 2
“Palestine guerrillas seize U.S. ambassador and other diplomats in Sudan”
SAD.642/14/1
1973 Mar 3
“Guerrillas murder three Khartum hostages including U.S. ambassador”
SAD.642/14/2
1973 Mar 9
“Al Fatah is denounced by Sudan over murders”
SAD.642/14/3-4
1973 Mar 11
Reports on the seige of Khartoum, extr. The Sunday Times
SAD.642/14/5-8
1973 Mar 27
“Sudan: a special report to mark the state visit of President Nimeiry to Britain” extr. The Times
SAD.642/14/9
[1973]
“Sudanese celebrate a year of peace”
SAD.642/14/10-11
[1973]
“Sudan: the long trek back begins”
8. Printed Material
(a) In Archive
SAD.642/15/1-16
1975 Sep
“The Sudan Information Pack” issued by Tear Fund (The Evangelical Alliance Relief Fund) on behalf of ACROSS (The Africa Committee for the Rehabilitation of Southern Sudan) and including details of Sudanese history, the Southern war, communications, economy and the growth of Christianity
(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