MacGill, Robert Campbell Stuart
Introduction
Robert Campbell Stuart MacGill
Arrangement

Catalogue
1. Official Papers
2. Personal Papers
3. Memoirs
Reference code: GB-0033-SAD
Title: MacGill, Robert Campbell Stuart
Dates of creation: 1954-1982
Extent: 2 files
Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections
Created by: MacGill, Robert Campbell Stuart
Language: English

Robert Campbell Stuart MacGill

(1918 - 1992)

1940-1945 War Service: 7th Queen's Own Hussars, Western Desert
1946-1948 A.D.C. El Obeid, Central District, Kordofan
1948 A.D.C. Blue Nile Province
1948-1955 A.D.C. and D.C. Raga and Wau, Western District, Bahr el Ghazal Province


Arrangement

1. Official Papers
2. Personal Papers
3. Memoirs

Accession details

Presented by MacGill, 1987 & 1988, & by Mrs O.I. MacGill, 1996

Catalogue
1. Official Papers
SAD.815/7/1-105
1954
Bahr el Ghazal Province Western District Handbook, divided as follows:
Digitised material for Bahr el Ghazal Province Western District Handbook - SAD.815/7
SAD.815/7/2-5
Geography
SAD.815/7/6-10
History
SAD.815/7/11-12
Boundaries
SAD.815/7/13-49
Administration and notes on tribes
SAD.815/7/50-51
S.D.F.
SAD.815/7/52-53
Medical services
SAD.815/7/54-57
Education and missions
SAD.815/7/58-59
Communications
SAD.815/7/60-62
Agriculture
SAD.815/7/63-71
Forests
SAD.815/7/72-77
Domestic and wild animals
SAD.815/7/78-80
Trade and development
SAD.815/7/81-105
Appendix and maps
2. Personal Papers
SAD.815/6/13-14
1954
Two letters sent to R.C.S. MacGill, shortly after his return from the Sudan, from Francis Kuku Ali, a despatch clerk, and Chief Fahal Ukanda, both of Wau, concerning their appreciation of what the British had done for the southern Sudan
3. Memoirs
SAD.815/6/1-12
[1982?]
Memoirs of MacGill's time in the Bahr el Ghazal from 1948 to 1955. Subjects covered include his journey there and a description of the district (SAD.815/6/1); material development e.g. the provision of water, electricity, and improved transport (SAD.815/6/2-5); meetings between the administrators of districts and provinces (SAD.815/6/5-6); administration, e.g. law and order, agricultural schemes, and forests (SAD.815/6/6-8,10-12); local tribes (SAD.815/6/8-9)