Reference code: GB-0033-SAD
Title: Humphreys, Leonard E.
Dates of creation: 1924-1989
Extent: 1 box
Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections
Created by: Humphreys, Leonard E.
Language:
English
(1897 - 1994)
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| 1924-1925 | Inspector of Agriculture, Blue Nile Province |
| 1925-1929 | Inspector of Agriculture, Mongalla |
| 1929-1932 | Inspector of Agriculture, Kitiab, Berber Province |
| 1932-1939 | Seconded for service with Gash Board, Gash Delta, Kassala Province |
| 1939-1940 | gricultural Research Institute, Wad Medani |
| 1940-1944 | Sudan Defence Force Service |
| 1944-1946 | Inspector, Agricultural Research Institute |
| 1946 | Inspector of Agriculture, Gedaref, Kassala Province |
| 1947 | Retired |
1. Personal Correspondence
2. Unpublished Articles, Memoirs
3. Miscellanea
4. Photographs
5. Maps
6. Museum Objects
7. Newspaper Cuttings
8. Printed Material
Presented by L.E. Humphreys, 1982-1992
Catalogue
1. Personal Correspondence
SAD.691/7/1-2
1947 Apr 23
Letter from L.E. Humphreys at Wahni Camp, Abyssinia concerning life in camp and the military position of the Italians
SAD.691/7/3-5
1946 Apr 15
Letter of thanks from Mudather Sulaiman Shahin to L.E. Humphreys, with footnote by Humphreys
2. Unpublished Articles, Memoirs
SAD.693/3/1-53
1982
“The Sudan Defence Force”, 1939-1944, a short record by L.E. Humphreys, illustrated by sketches
SAD.693/4/1-47
1981
“A note on Christianity in the Upper Nile and some of the early Missionary workers in the Southern Sudan”, by L.E. Humphreys including an account of a journey up the Nile to Yei District in 1925 to meet Rev. P.O'B.
Gibson, with sketches, maps and photographs
SAD.693/5/1-29
1982
Note on the pyramid field of Meroe at Barakawiya, including pencil sketches and historical details. (For water colour, see under Museum Objects, SAD.675/10/1)
6. Museum Objects
SAD.675/6/1-7
1975
Water colour by Humphreys of the Temple of Isis and the Roman Kiosk, Isle of Philae, near Aswan, from a sketch made in 1927; with notes. See also SAD.401/9/5
SAD.675/7/1-10
1978
[Desert Bivouac]. Water colour by Humphreys of a night bivouac of Sudan Defence Force troops in the Libyan Desert, 1941; with notes. See also SAD.401/9/6, 9-10
SAD.675/8/1-15
1966
Water colour by Humphreys of Kufra Oasis, showing El Tag fort; with notes. See also SAD.401/9/7
SAD.675/9/1-5
1962
Black and white sketch by Humphreys of Jabal Kassala, showing Khatmia village; with notes. See also SAD.401/9//2
SAD.675/10/1
1975
Water colour by Humphreys of the pyramid field of Meroe at Barakawiya, from a photograph of 1930. See also SAD.401/9//8
SAD.G//S 965/1
[ca. 1970s]
Oil painting by Humphreys of Shaykh Muhammad Muhammad al-Amin al-Tirik,
nazir of the Hadanduwah tribe, from a photograph taken by W. Cotterill in 1924
Size: 60 x 70 cm
SAD.401/9/1-11
[ca. 1970s]
Sketches, water colours; with notes.
1. Epilogue to The Lost Oases, poem by Guy Foley, inspired by Ahmed Bey Hassanein's journey to Jebel Arkeno and Ouweinat in 1923 and published in Hassanein's account
of the same title. Photocopy
2. Aspect of Jebel Kassala as seen from Kashm el Girba looking to the North North East, 1937. Watercolour
3. Entrance of the Great Temple of Rameses II at Abu Simbel, 1927. Sketch, reproduced as a postcard (125 x 180 mm), with additional notes by Humphreys on dorse
4. Khatmiya mosque at the foot of Jabal Kassala, 1934. Sketch (original 22 x 14") reproduced as a postcard (125 x 180 mm), with additional notes by Humphreys on dorse
5. The Island of Philae, [1927]. Photocopy of original painting at the Institute for the Deaf, Vancouver. A second copy is at SAD.675/6/1-7
6. Desert Bivouac, [1941]. Photocopy of original painting at SAD.675/7/1-10
7. The fort at El Tag, Kufra Oasis. Photocopy of original painting at SAD.675/8/1-15
8. The pyramid field at Barakawiya, Meroe. Photocopy of original painting at SAD.675/10/1
9-10. Maps of journey from Wadi Halfa to Kufra Oasis taken by “C” Troop, Sudan Artillery Regiment, in August 1941; with sketch of the oasis and fort indicating military positions; with notes by Humphreys on
dorse. Photocopy
11. Painted copy of scene from the back rest of the throne of Tutankhamun. Photograph
SAD.G//S 990/1-13
1989
16 watercolours by Humphreys from earlier sketches and photographs
SAD.G//S 990/14
1948 sketch, 1989 watercolour
Toda hut, Nilgiri Hills, India. Watercolour
SAD.G//S 990/15
1947 sketch, 1989 watercolour
Qila (lookout) at Pindi Point, Murree Hill Station, Pakistan. Watercolour
SAD.G//S 990/16
[1940s] sketch, [1989] watercolour
Tiger Rock, Nilgiri Hills, India. Watercolour
SAD.G//S 990/17
[ca. 1970s]
Framed watercolour by Humphreys of Selima oasis
SAD.G//S 1028/1
[ca. 1970s]
Framed oil painting by Humphreys of Jabal Kassala
SAD.G//S 1047/1
[ca. 1970s]
Framed watercolour of the Blue Nile river at Roseires from a sketch made in 1925
SAD.G//S 977/1
[1924 x 1947]
Sudan Political Service (SPS) button, mounted on a tie pin
8. 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
