Reference code: GB-0033-SAD
Title: Blunt, Henry Stavely
Dates of creation: [1884]-1985
Extent: 3 boxes
Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections: Sudan Archive
Created by: Blunt, Henry Stavely
Language:
English
(1889 - 1978)
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| 1920-1924 | Inspector of Forests, El Obeid |
| 1925-1926 | Assistant Conservator of Forests, El Obeid |
| 1927-1929 | Assistant Conservator of Forests, Makwar |
| 1930 | Deputy Conservator of Forests, El Kawa |
| 1930-1931 | Deputy Conservator of Forests, Talodi |
| 1931 | Retired |
1. Official Papers
2. Lectures, Articles
3. Photographic Material
4. Newspaper Cuttings
5. Miscellanea
6. Printed Material
(Papers of Tennent McNeill, also donated by Mrs Blunt, are listed separately)
Presented by J.N. de G. Blunt, 1987 and by Mrs L. Blunt, 1987-1990
Catalogue
1. Official Papers
SAD.311/5/1-6
[1929?]
Extracts from Blunt's reports as Deputy Conservator of Forests, Makwar, on the progress of the Forestry Section, with summary of work undertaken by Blunt in Kordofan and Blue Nile Provinces, 1920-1929
SAD.311/5/7-8
1931 Jul 8-1951 Jun 3
Letters to Blunt from Sir Harold B. Kittermaster, Governor British Somaliland and A.Y. Goor, Conservator of Forests, Israel concerning Blunt's requests to act in an advisory role as a gum expert for the British Somaliland Government and the
Israeli Government respectively
SAD.727/3/1
1931 Dec 19
Testimonial for Blunt on retirement from the Sudan Forestry Department, by J.L. Maffey, Governor-General (photocopy)
2. Lectures, Articles
SAD.727/11/1-56
1931-53
Notebook containing lists of slides used in lectures on the Sudan and Kenya, lists of institutions at which lectures were given, 1931-36, notes on the history of the Sudan up to 1899 and on the early history of Kenya (Leather bound
ring-binder)
SAD.727/3/2-6
1932-33
Programme and admission tickets for Blunt's lecture on
“The vast Sudan”
SAD.727/3/7-9
1934
Fact sheet advertising Blunt's lectures, with copy photograph from
Sussex Life, Oct 1975 (photocopies)
SAD.311/5/9-18
[1935?]
Lecture notes by Blunt on General Gordon
General Gordon was Blunt's great uncle
SAD.727/3/10-13
1937 Dec 14
Notes for lecture to the Royal Empire Society, Bristol, on
“The vast Sudan”
SAD.727/4/1
1973
Tape recording of Blunt's last lecture in Bournemouth, on
“The vast Sudan”
SAD.727/10/1-2
[n.d.]
Notes on the battlefield at Shaykan where Hicks' force was annihilated and on the heightening of the Aswan Dam
SAD.727/10/3-7
[c. 1947]
Further notes on
“Forestry in the Sudan” by Blunt
3. Photographic Material
SAD.728/1/1-84
1973
Lantern slides to accompany Blunt's lecture on
“The vast Sudan” (see above under Lectures.) The slides are arranged as on Blunt's tape recording of his last lecture
SAD.728/1/1
Map of Egypt and the Northern Sudan
SAD.728/1/2
Map of Africa showing density of population
SAD.728/1/3
Map of England superimposed on map of Africa
SAD.728/1/5
Boat on the Nile (colour)
SAD.728/1/6
Temple of Karnak at Luxor
SAD.728/1/10
Railway station, Khartoum (cracked)
SAD.728/1/12
Kitchener School of Medicine, Khartoum
SAD.728/1/14
Portrait of General Gordon (colour)
SAD.728/1/18
Painting of Gordon memorial service, 1885 (colour)
SAD.728/1/20
Mrs Blunt sitting by the fortifications at Omdurman
SAD.728/1/22
Gateway to the old fort, El Obeid
SAD.728/1/23
`Ali Dinar's Palace, El Fasher
SAD.728/1/24
Tennent McNeill (died 1921)
SAD.728/1/27
Blunt on camel-back (cracked)
SAD.728/1/33
Headman dividing money received for gum (colour)
SAD.728/1/34
Government gum garden (cracked)
SAD.728/1/35-36
Drawing water from a
tebeldi tree (35-cracked)
SAD.728/1/37
On the road, Nuba Mountains
SAD.728/1/38
View of the Nuba Mountains (cracked)
SAD.728/1/39
Lunchtime on trek - Blunt, Mrs Bullen and the daughter of Hilaire Belloc (colour, cracked)
SAD.728/1/41
Nuba gathering at Talodi (cracked)
SAD.728/1/42
Native terraces for growing crops
SAD.728/1/44
Sketch map of the Sudan showing the position of the Sennar Dam
SAD.728/1/45-46
Digging the main channel, Sennar Dam (46-cracked)
SAD.728/1/47
Making spillways, Sennar Dam
SAD.728/1/48
Making sluice gates, Sennar Dam
SAD.728/1/49
Completed dam (colour, cracked)
SAD.728/1/50
Grant (British engineer) opening sluices
SAD.728/1/51
Rushing water through dam (cracked)
SAD.728/1/52
Blunt with two Nile perch
SAD.728/1/54
Digging a subsidiary canal
SAD.728/1/57
Tribesmen greeting Lord Lloyd at El Obeid (colour)
SAD.728/1/58
Lord Lloyd at El Obeid (colour, cracked)
SAD.728/1/59
Village barber at work - Nuba Mountains
SAD.728/1/60
Shilluk (colour, cracked)
SAD.728/1/61
Chief and Shaikhs, Abu Zabad (colour)
SAD.728/1/62
Tribesmen in mail armour (colour, cracked)
SAD.728/1/63
Camel Corps soldiers, before and after enlistment (colour, cracked)
SAD.728/1/65
Camel Corps Mounted Infantry (cracked)
SAD.728/1/73
Map of Europe, Africa and Middle East showing Imperial Airways routes, 1932
SAD.728/1/75
Aeroplane in flight (cracked)
SAD.728/1/76
Aerial view of Khartoum (cracked)
SAD.728/1/77
Herd of elephant near Bor (cracked)
SAD.728/1/82
Cairo from the air (cracked)
SAD.90/1/1
[1884?]
Mounted photograph of a portrait of General Gordon in Egyptian Army uniform
SAD.A86/1-233
[1920s]
Album of unidentified photographs, including many of Blunt and Mrs Blunt and the following:
SAD.A86/42-76
Tribal gathering, Kordofan
SAD.A86/79-83
Tribesmen greeting Lord Lloyd at El Obeid
SAD.728/4-16; SAD.729/1-4
Most of the following photographs are unlabelled and have been grouped under broad subject headings. With the exception of a few earlier photographs, most date from the 1920s.
SAD.728/4/1-76
Construction of Sennar Dam
SAD.728/5/1-134
Gum arabic, including tapping and collecting gum, transport to markets and ports and sale of gum at markets
SAD.728/6/1-152
Trees, including
tebeldi,
acacia,
eucalyptus etc., and the work of the Forestry Division
SAD.728/7/1-43; SAD.729/23/1
Cotton growing, including ploughing, construction of canals for irrigation, harvesting the crop, sale at markets and weaving
SAD.728/8/1-9
Tribal gatherings, Kordofan
SAD.729/23/2-3
Nazir's meeting, El Obeid and Abu Zabad horse show
SAD.728/9/1-11
Native sport, including wrestling, dancing, fishing, archery and tug-of-war
SAD.728/10/1-18
Village scenes including thatching and grinding corn
SAD.728/11/1-10
Transport, including roads, railways and aeroplane
SAD.728/12/1-60
Sudanese individuals and groups - mainly Kordofan tribes but including also Shilluk
SAD.728/13/1-9; SAD.729/23/4
Sudanese soldiers, including Camel Corps setting out from El Obeid on a punitive expedition to the Nuba Mountains
SAD.728/14/1-43
River scenes, including native boats, steamers and bridges
SAD.728/15/1-33
The British at leisure including hunting, polo, tennis and golf
SAD.728/16/1-27
Khartoum, including Government buildings, Kitchener School of Medicine, National Bank of Egypt, All Saints Cathedral, Khartoum station and the Blue Nile bridge
SAD.728/16/30
Gateway to the old fort, El Obeid
SAD.728/16/31-33
Wellcome's ‘castle’, Jabal Moya
SAD.728/16/38-42
Mosques, Kordofan, including Abu Zabad
SAD.729/1/1-59
Miscellaneous photographs - mainly rural scenes
SAD.729/2/1-27
Animals and birds including giraffe, horses, dogs, goats, camels, vultures, etc.
SAD.729/3/1-10
Egypt, including Philae and Abu Simbel
SAD.729/4/1-23
Places outside the Sudan and Egypt, including England and possibly E. Africa
SAD.724/2/1
Large photograph of ‘Pharoah's bed’, Philae
SAD.724/2/2
Large photograph of Philae, taken from the N.E. looking up-river
SAD.724/2/3
Large photograph of Sennar Dam as originally constructed looking from the west bank of the river
(c) Negatives
As with the photographs, many of the following negatives were in unlabelled packets, the exception being SAD.729/5/1-167 and SAD.729/6/1-133 which are indexed. There are corresponding photographs in section (b) for many negatives but a large
number have not been printed.
SAD.729/5/1-167
Places of interest, dams and railways:
SAD.729/5/1-19
The journey out to the Sudan including Trieste, Brindisi, Alexandria, Luxor, Philae and Venice
SAD.729/5/77-79
Khatmiyyah mosque, Kassala
SAD.729/5/87-101
Construction of Sennar Dam
SAD.729/7/1-33
Work of the Forestry Division
SAD.729/17/1-59
Trees and the work of the Forestry Division
SAD.729/8/1-37
Construction of Sennar Dam
SAD.729/9/1-13
Laying railway track and opening of the line to El Obeid
SAD.729/11/1-72
Places in the Sudan including Khartoum and Omdurman
SAD.729/12/1-77
Sudanese, including tribal gatherings
SAD.729/13/1-78
Work of the Forestry Division
SAD.729/14/1-55
Sudanese soldiers - Camel Corps and Infantry
SAD.729/16/1-38
Assorted, including native loom, village scenes, boats, camel herds, etc.
SAD.729/19/1-27
Assorted - mainly sport and leisure
SAD.729/20/1-31
Assorted - mainly soldiers, Sudanese, animals, etc.
4. Newspaper Cuttings
SAD.311/5/19
1889 May 16
Cutting from the
Pall Mall Budget depicting a panel from a memorial to General Gordon to be erected in Melbourne, showing him teaching “ragged boys” at Gravesend
SAD.727/3/14-24
[n.d.]
Newspaper cuttings on lectures by Blunt
5. Miscellanea
SAD.311/5/20
1912
Invitation to Colonel and Mrs G.E. Matthews to attend the consecration of Khartoum Cathedral on 26 January
SAD.311/5/21-26
1985 Jan 27
Extract from the Order of Service and the sermon preached at General Gordon's centenary memorial service, St Paul's Cathedral
6. Printed material
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
MacMichael, H.A., “Rock pictures in Kordofan”, repr. from the Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute v.39 (London, 1909)
Peacock, H. St G., A report on the land settlement of the Gezira (Mesellemia District) (London, 1913)
Sudan Government British Pensioners' Association: Sudan pensions. They also serve who only stand and wait (London, 1961)
