J. R. Shaw
Introduction
J. Ralph Shaw
Arrangement

Catalogue
1. Official Papers
2. Memoirs
3. Miscellanea
4. Museum Objects
5. Printed material
Reference code: GB-0033-SAD
Title: J. R. Shaw
Dates of creation: ca. 1911-1963
Extent: 3 files
Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections
Created by: J. R. Shaw
Language: English

J. Ralph Shaw

(d. 1994)

1938 First appointment to Sudan Government service
1946-1949 Confidential clerk to the Governor-General, Khartoum
1950-1951 Assistant Comptroller to the Governor-General, Khartoum
1952 Office Manager, Secretariat Central Office, Khartoum
1953-1955 Office Manager, Governor-General's Office, Khartoum


Arrangement

1. Official Papers
2. Memoirs
3. Miscellanea
4. Museum Objects
5. Printed Material

Accession details

Presented by Shaw, 1982-1985

Catalogue
1. Official Papers
SAD.721/7/1-8
1954 Dec 18
Circular letter concerning the Expatriate Officials' Compensation Ordinance, issued by the Ministry of Finance, Khartoum
2. Memoirs
SAD.721/7/9-13
[ca. 1911]
Account by Lt Col R.C. Greenwood entitled “Escape in the grass”, of persecution of the Dinka tribe by Arabs in Bahr al-Ghazal Province and an escape by Greenwood from the Arabs. Copy of an original found in provincial headquarters, Juba in 1941
3. Miscellanea
SAD.721/8/1-33
1939 - 1950
Poems and satires collected by Shaw from official files and newspapers
SAD.721/9/1-75
1942 - 1963
“Sudan humour”, a collection of poems, satires and amusing memoranda and letters extracted by Shaw from official files and newspapers
SAD.721/7/14-15
[ca. 1938 - 1955]
Christmas cards displaying the British and Egyptian flags, one containing a photograph of a Hadanduwah warrior
4. Museum Objects
SAD.721/7/16
1955
Egyptian pennant, removed fromt the left side of the Governor-General's Rolls Royce on 31 Dec 1955 by Shaw
SAD.721/7/17
1955
British Union Jack, removed from the right side of the Governor-General's Rolls Royce on 31 Dec 1955 by Shaw
SAD.721/7/18
1956
Pennant of the Republic of the Sudan, removed from the government Rolls Royce on 1 Jan 1956 by Shaw
5. Printed material
Printed material deposited with collection; now integrated into library and catalogued on OPAC