Fleming, Maxwell Hector Vandermere
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Maxwell Hector Vandermere Fleming
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Catalogue
1. Articles
2. Photographic material
Reference code: GB-0033-SAD
Title: Fleming, Maxwell Hector Vandermere
Dates of creation: 1927-1985
Extent: 1 file
Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections: Sudan Archive
Created by: Fleming, Maxwell Hector Vandermere
Language: English

Maxwell Hector Vandermere Fleming

(1904 - 1988)

1926-1927 Assistant District Commissioner, Sinkat, Red Sea Province
1927-1930 Assistant District Commissioner, Shendi, Southern District, Berber Province
1930-1932 Assistant District Commissioner, Khartoum North, Khartoum Province


Arrangement

1. Articles
2. Photographic material

Accession details

Presented by Fleming, 1964 & 1988

1. Articles
SAD.866/7/1-9
[n.d.]
Article by M.H.V. Fleming entitled “Pax Talionis”, concerning a long-running nomad blood feud in Shendi District c. 1930 which was finally settled at a major court. The article was based on accounts in the office files and on his own experiences in the district
SAD.866/7/10-15
[n.d.]
Article by M.H.V. Fleming entitled “Crocodiles without tears”, concerning the best ways to hunt crocodiles. The article was submitted to Blackwoods for publication but was rejected
SAD.866/7/16-18
1985 Oct
Copy article by M.H.V. Fleming from Young Archaeology entitled “A minor exploration”, concerning the discovery of a quarry at Bir Naqa in 1930
2. Photographic material
SAD.877/13/1
1927
Photograph of interior of muhafsah, Suakin, Red Sea Province
SAD.877/13/2-4
[ca.1928-1930]
Assorted photographs of Shendi District, Berber Province
SAD.877/13/5
1931
Photograph of a group of Arabs raising water at a well on the Wadi Mugaddam, 80 miles N.W. of Khartoum
SAD.877/13/6-7
1931-1932
Photographs taken in Khartoum:
SAD.877/13/6
13 April 1931
Line-up for the “Polo scurry” at Khartoum Racing Club
SAD.877/13/7
29 January 1932
The “Arabians” rugby team at Khartoum, with M.H.V. Fleming standing on the right (photo by Karakashian Bros.)