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 | Agricultural 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 Unpublished Articles, Memoirs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 Unpublished Articles, Memoirs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, in four sections: (1) Amidst the mountains; (2) In the desert; (3) The 11th Batallion, Eastern Arab Corps; (4) No. 3
Coast Defence Battery, Sudan Artillery Regiment (parts 3 and 4 separately paginated). Humphreys' S.D.F. war service:
‘C’ Troop First Light Battery, Sudan Artillery Regiment, Dec. 1940-Dec. 1941
(Abyssinian Campaign, Dec. 1940-June 1941; Long Range Desert Group base, Kufra, Aug.-Dec. 1941)
Guard Group, latterly 11th Batallion, Eastern-Arab Corps, Feb. 1942-Jan. 1943
No. 3 Coast Defence Battery, Sudan Artillery Regiment, Massawa, Eritrea, Apr. 1943-Jan. 1944
Some sketches may have been made at a later date from contemporaneous photographs; maps are likely to have been drawn at the time of writing the memoir. Includes:
SAD.693/3/5v
[December 1940]
Pencil sketch of the dry bed of the Dinder River, with elephant skeleton (photocopy)
Size: 126 x 171 mm
SAD.693/3/6r
[1941]
Sketch plan of the first Italian defensive position at [Querssair], 12 February 1941 (photocopy)
Size: 129 x 180 mm
SAD.693/3/8r
[1941]
Two sketch plans of the battle positions at Āfodo, 9 March 1941 (photocopies)
Size: 127 x 180 mm; 130 x 172 mm
SAD.693/3/12r
[1941]
Sketch plan of the Chilga outpost at Arguam and the blown cliff road at kilometer 83, 16 May 1941 (photocopies)
Size: 175 x 170 mm
SAD.693/3/12v
[1941]
Sketch plan illustrating actions along the Gondar road, May 1941 (photocopy, annotated)
Size: 120 x 175 mm
SAD.693/3/13r
[1941]
Sketch plan of first Chilga fight, Gondar road, kilometer 82 (photocopy)
Size: 145 x 195
SAD.693/3/13r
[1982]
Sketch map of Gallabat to Gondar road and engagements, 17-22 May 1941; annotated with details of attacks on 1-15, 15/16, and 17-25 May (photocopy)
Size: 107 x 105 mm
SAD.693/3/13r
[1941]
Bimbashi R. Jepson's sketch plan of battlefield positions sent to Humphreys by runner (photocopy)
Size: 105 x 93 mm
SAD.693/3/17r
[1941]
Sketch plan of Selima Oasis
Size: 129 x 180 mm
SAD.693/3/20r
[1982]
Map of the route taken from Wadi Halfa to Kufra Oasis by ‘C’ Troop, Sudan Artillery Regiment, August 1941
Size: 115 x 116 mm
SAD.693/3/20r
[1941]
Pencil sketch plan of the central feature of the oasis, the Italian Fort at El Tag, 1941
Size: 141 x 195 mm
SAD.693/3/23r
[1941]
Sketch of the Italian fort at El Tag (photocopy)
Size: 121 x 178 mm
SAD.693/3/28r
[1982]
Sketch map of Eritrea and Abyssinia, illustrated with movements of the Guard Group and 11th Batallion, Eastern Arab Corps, during the Abyssinian Campaign, 1942-1944 (photocopy)
Size: 275 x 195 mm
SAD.693/3/29v
[1940]
Sketch of Jebel Kassala and the Khatmiya Mosque (photocopy)
Size: 90 x 165 mm
SAD.693/3/31r
[1941 Mar]
Ballpoint pen sketch plan of the Italian defensive positions on the heights outside Keren, March 1941
Size: 175 x 277 mm
SAD.693/3/35v
[1937]
Pencil sketch of the political officers' rest house and river pool at Khashm El Girba
Size: 151 x 170 mm
SAD.693/3/36v
[1925]
Pencil sketch of the Blue Nile at Roseires, from a photograph taken from the rest house
Size: 105 x 170 mm
SAD.693/3/40r
[1982]
Hand-coloured illustration of the
shotal [dagger] on the hat badge of the Eastern Arab Corps
Size: 53 x 29 mm
SAD.693/3/40r
[1943]
Pencil and ink sketch of the Mess Hill above Gedaref and the surrounding landscape
Size: 134 x 195 mm
SAD.693/3/41v
[1944]
Pen and ink sketch of Massawa port, looking west
Size: 122 x 192 mm
SAD.693/3/42r
[1982]
Hand-coloured pencil and ink sketch map of Massawa port and coastal defences, 1943-1944
Size: 275 x 195 mm
SAD.693/3/46v
[1944]
Ballpoint pen sketch of the Cavalry Mess at Shendi
Size: 151 x 190 mm
SAD.693/3/50-51 (in rear pocket)
[1982]
List of names of units and individuals with which ‘C’ Troop was associated, including all ranks, British and Sudanese
SAD.693/3/52-53 (in rear pocket)
21 May 1941
Letter from L.E. Humphreys to his father, with a detailed description of artillery exchanges at the first battle at Chilga, and with illustrative pencil sketch plan
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