August-September 1946
Correspondence and papers concerning Masson's appointment as Clerk of Works in the Sudan Civil Service: reference from W.J. Read, referencing Masson's work on an Air Ministry contract in Cambridgeshire in 1937; correspondence and informational papers from the Deputy Sudan Agent in London, including “Sudan Civil Service, General information for candidates” with April 1946 amendments, “Notes relating to health in the Sudan”; “Information for applicants for the posts of Clerks of Works and General Foremen in the Department of Public Works”. Masson was appointed 4 November 1946. Laser print

[1946 x 1951]
Works contract form and Completion statement form, requiring approval of the Head Accountant and Divisional Engineer. Laser print

[1946 x 1951]
“Public health and education requirements for schools in Equatoria Province” (manuscript copy): includes sections on classrooms, boarding establishments, latrines, water supplies, refuse disposal, number of pupils per room, playground space. Laser print

1946-[1951]
Memorandum from A.M. Petrie, Deputy Governor, Wau, with work schedule, and Masson's subsequent working papers, principally concerning the construction of Tonj School and laundry, and referencing P.T.T. School at Bussere, Agricultural Training Centre at Yambio, and unspecified S.D.F. Scheme. Masson took up his post at Wau on 3 January 1947. Laser print

January-April 1947; January 1948
Daily diary of works

1 April 1949; 2018
(Copy) letter from Masson to the Director of Public Works, Khartoum, expressing concern of failures of mud ceilings at Bussere, and describing local traditional mud ceiling construction technique then in operation; with transcript. Laser print

19 September 1950
Handing-over notes by Masson to the District Engineer, Wau, detailing his activities across the Equatoria Division (Equatoria and Bahr El Ghazal Provinces) in the preceding 3 months in the absence of the District Engineer and of [Rumbek Clerk of Works J.R.] Hinshelwood. Laser print

16 January 1951
Reference for Masson by A.M. Petrie, Divisional Engineer, Khartoum: Masson leaves Sudan for Australia. Laser print

3 April 1947
Receipt for furniture, received by Masson from the Officer Commanding No. 3 Coy Equatorial Corps, Wau. Laser print

1947-1950
Driving licences: Ordinary licences issued (free) to Masson by M.T. Taylor, Superintendant of Police, Wau; valid for 1 year. Laser print

June-July 1950
Special firearms licence, issued to Masson for a .22 bore Winchester rifle (62A), (transferred from licence of C.W. Beer); with note from Customs Department concerning requirements for its export. Laser print

[1946 x 1951]
Kathleen Masson, with children John Masson, Michael Masson, wearing tropical school uniforms

[1946 x 1951]
Kathleen Masson, standing beside Sudan Railways vehicle

1947
Children John Masson, Michael Masson, and female friend, playing in sand beside a river at Wau. Christmas card cover

1948
Children John Masson, Michael Masson, and male friend, at Nakuru, Kenya. Easter card covers

July 1948
John Masson riding a grey horse, with other young riders in the background, at Greensteds Riding School, Nakuru, Kenya

1948
Michael Masson, Kathleen Masson, John Masson, standing in a [?garden], at Christmas

[1946 x 1951]
Group of Dinka youths standing in the shade of a tree, some carrying smoking pipes

[1946 x 1951]
Two men watering a garden

[1946 x 1951]
Group of Dinka youths, men covered with ash, tending calves on the edge of a settlment

[1946 x 1951]
Nuer groups, including man wearing tall headdress and holding long staff, and a leading figure wearing leopard skin; with unidentified British official

[1946 x 1951]
Group of 15 labourers, with a dog

[1946 x 1951]
4-wheel truck, loaded with cargo and passengers

[1946 x 1951]
Masson, with three other men, posed in front of a larger group

[1946 x 1951]
Group of men and boys

[1946 x 1951]
Group of men and women, some wearing uniforms

[1946 x 1951]
Line of women at a village event, before a turbaned individual

[1946 x 1951]
Two women at a market, one with a basket of goods balanced on her head

[1946 x 1951]
Two girls among larger group

[1946 x 1951]
Girl with leaf skirt and child with [?bead] skirt, posed before a large truck

[1946 x 1951]
Man in Western dress posed with woman wearing leaf skirt

[1946 x 1951]
Group of children dancing in a circle, with [?Kathleen Masson]

[1946 x 1951]
Group, including a woman with bundle of wood balanced on her head

[1946 x 1951]
Crowd under trees, beside a tin-roofed building

[1946 x 1951]
Group of Dinka men, each carrying several spears on his shoulder

[1946 x 1951]
Two men tending a dark horse

January 1949
John Masson and Michael Masson swimming in a swimming pool at Wau

1949
John Masson with a rifle at Tonj

[1946 x 1951]
Sudan Defence Force buildings and personnel, including Masson posed with a group of S.D.F. non-commissioned officers

[1946 x 1951]
River scenes: river craft “Atbara”, crew, landing stages with crowds and goods at [?Bussere], Masson and wife Kathleen with three other Europeans

[1946 x 1951]
Masson and another, smoking pipes overlooking a river crowded with canoes

[1946 x 1951]
Old lion, shot by a local policeman, posing, with onlookers

[1946 x 1951]
Unknown man, standing [?at Aweil] before a signpost with directions to Wau, Nyamlell, Ricthiec, Safaha

[1946 x 1951]
Albert and Kathleen Masson, and another, picnicing in the bush

[1946 x 1951]
European man and woman posing beside the tail of loaded truck

[1946 x 1951]
Albert and Kathleen Masson, with a Sudanese man, posing beside a loaded truck

[1946 x 1951]
Albert Masson, holding a staff and standing on a low brick wall beside a thatched brick building

[1946 x 1951]
Kathleen Masson standing beside a truck, with policemen and others in the back

2018
Key to photographs, and contact sheet, showing reverse of some captioned photographs