[c.1982]
Memoirs by G.E.R. Sandars of his service in the Sudan from 1924 to 1951. Subjects covered include: selection and travel to the Sudan against the background of the 1924 Mutiny (SAD.815/14/1-2); first posting to Kordofan: description of the district, its administrative structure, and his duties, including dealing with petitions, legal cases and taxation (SAD.815/14/2-4); brief posting to Kassala (SAD.815/14/4); Civil Secretariat: routine office work concerning the devolution of powers to the traditional authorities (SAD.815/14/4,9); Sinkat: description of the Nomad Administration (SAD.815/14/4-6); Wad Medani: the reconciliation of tribal administration with that of the Gezira Scheme (SAD.815/14/7-8); the impact of the Second World War (SAD.815/14/8-9); duties as the Private Secretary to the Governor-General against the background of Egypt-Sudan relations (SAD.815/14/9-12); Sudan Agent in Cairo during the war (SAD.815/14/12-14); Deputy Governor of Khartoum Province (SAD.815/14/14); Deputy Civil Secretary: negotiations with Egypt and Ethiopia (SAD.815/14/14-15); Governor of Blue Nile Province: Sudanisation, nationalisation of the Gezira Scheme, and the presence of eminent religious leaders (SAD.815/14/15-16); general comments on the Sudan Political Service and the wives of Political Officers (SAD.815/14/17-18); retirement and subsequent career (SAD.815/14/18). Enclosure:

1964
Poem by Sandars entitled “Secretary's Ode to a Hop”

1985
Obituary of Sandars (from the Dogmersfield Parish Newsletter?)