1901 Apr 11-1905 Oct 27
Personal papers relating to Robinson's early career, including references, letter of appointment as Accountant to the Khedivial Mail Steamship and Graving Dock Co Ltd in Alexandria in 1901, promoted to Chief Accountant in 1903 (SAD.609/1/4-7); employment record (SAD.609/1/9); application and letter of engagement to the Sudan Government and copy of letter of resignation to the Khedivial Mail Line (SAD.609/1/11-19); contract of employment with the Sudan Government (SAD.609/1/21-23)

1907 Mar 11-1920 Mar 14
Papers relating to Robinson's service with the Sudan Government, including illness and extended sick leave in 1907 (SAD.609/2/1-4); loss and restoration of seniority and executive status (SAD.609/2/5-9); accountancy exams (SAD.609/2/13-18); appeal to the Promotions Board for increased salary (SAD.609/2/23-63,67-71)

1920 Apr 7-1923 Nov 3
Papers relating to Robinson's service with the Sudan Government, including final pay and pension (SAD.609/3/1-51); and leave arrears (SAD.609/3/52-74)

1908 Apr 30
Special report by Robinson as Inspector of Accounts entitled “Notes on the possibilities of trade in the Eastern Sudan”, covering Port Sudan, Suakin, Khartoum and Omdurman, Geteina, Karkoj, Dueim, Kawa, Kosti, Singa, Abu Na'ama, Gallabat and Gedaref, with note on the possibilities of trade in Kassala Province and covering letter from Robinson to the Director of Customs requesting that his report be published for the benefit of the mercantile community

[1900s-1930s]
Handwritten notes by Robinson from printed sources on historical and archaeological research, with some pages from journals, arranged alphabetically by name of author or journal title: A. d'Abbadie, C.T. Alford, Allcroft, F. Alvarez, Anonymous, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, L'Anthropologie, Yacub Artin, Asiatic Journal, William H. Babcock, Sir S. Baker, Giacomo Baratti, Dr Barth

[1900s-1930s]
Handwritten notes by Robinson from printed sources on historical and archaeological research, arranged alphabetically by name of author: Barthema (Ludovico di Varthema), W.H. Bartlett, M. Bassett, James E. Baum, Frank E. Beddard, Benjamin of Tudela, Thomas Bent, James Breasted, H. Breuiller, C.E.P Brooks, R. Brown, G. Browne, James Bruce

[1900s-1930s]
Handwritten notes by Robinson from printed sources on historical and archaeological research, arranged alphabetically by name of author: M. Brun Rollet, A.T. Bryant, Sir E.W. Budge, J.L. Burckhardt, Mr Burgess, M.C. Burkitt, Isabel Burton, A.J. Butler

[1900s-1930s]
Handwritten notes by Robinson from printed sources on historical and archaeological research, arranged alphabetically by name of author or journal title: E. de Cadalvene, F. Caillaud, D. Campbell, Cambridge History of Egypt, J. Capart, M. Cary, G. Casati, J. Castro, Chelu, V.G. Childe, W.S. Churchill, A.B. Clot, J. Colborne, R.E. Colston, H.E. Colville, E. Combes, Cosmas, E.A. de Cosson, E.S. Creasy, J. Crowfoot

[1900s-1930s]
Handwritten notes by Robinson on historical and archaeological research from printed sources, arranged alphabetically by name of author or journal title: N. Davis, B. Dawkins, H. Daherain, M. Delafosse, L. Delaporte, G. Demonbynes, Dictionary of Religion and Ethics, C.M. Doughty, D. Denham and H. Clapperton, W. Dye, J.E. Edmonds, Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Twentieth century impressions of Egypt, G. Bethune, F.S. Ensor, P. d'Escayrac de Lauture, J. Evans

[1900s-1930s]
Handwritten notes by Robinson on historical and archaeological research from printed sources, arranged alphabetically by name of author or journal title: J.C. Ewald Falls, Egyptian Government publications, G. Finati, B.G. Flamand, L. Frobenius, E.F.L. Gautier, E. Gentil, F. Gessi, E.J.W. Gibb

[1900s-1930s]
Handwritten notes by Robinson on historical and archaeological research from printed sources, arranged alphabetically by name of author: E. Gibbon, S.R.K. Glanville, E. Glaser, G. Glotz, M.J. Goeje, Lady Duff Gordon, C. Gore, M. Gruhl, S. Gsell

[1900s-1930s]
Handwritten notes by Robinson on historical and archaeological research from printed sources, arranged alphabetically by name of author: A. Egmont Hake, H.R. Hall, A. von Harff, Hasan ibn Muhammad Al Wazza, H.F. Helmolt, Sir F. Henniker, G.B. Hill, A. Hodson, T.J. Holland, A.T. Holroyd, G.A. Hoskins, J.C. Hotten, O. Houdas, G.W.B. Huntingford, W. Hutchinson

[1900s-1930s]
Handwritten notes by Robinson on historical and archaeological research from printed sources, arranged alphabetically by name of author or journal title: Ibn Batula, Ibn Kaldun, Intelligence reports, Ismail Sadiq Pasha, H.S. Jackson, F.L. James, W. Junker, H. James, Sir H. Johnston, Antiquity, Keane, Sir Arthur Keith, J. Scott Keltie, H.B. Kittermaster, Rev Dr J. Lewis Krapf

[1900s-1930s]
Handwritten notes by Robinson on historical and archaeological research from printed sources, arranged alphabetically by name of author: S. Lane Poole, P. d'Escayrac de Lauture, T. Legh, G. Lejean, Lindsay, D. Livingstone, J. Lobo, C. Chaillé-Long, W.W. Loring, Flora L. Shaw, F.D. Lugard, Capt G.F. Lyon

[1900s-1930s]
Handwritten notes by Robinson on historical and archaeological research from printed sources, arranged alphabetically by name of author: J.C. McCoan, H.A. MacMichael, R.R. Madden, J.P Mahaffy, M.J. Marcel, P.D. Martin, G. Melly

[1900s-1930s]
Handwritten notes by Robinson on historical and archaeological research from printed sources, arranged alphabetically by name of author: F. Mengin, G.D. Messedaglia, J. Grafton Milne, T. Monod, W. Munzinger, R.W. Murray, Prince H. von Puckler-Muskau, Arthur B.R. Myers

[1900s-1930s]
Handwritten notes by Robinson on historical and archaeological research from printed sources, arranged alphabetically by name of author: G. Nachtigal, H.F. Helmolt, L.M. Nesbitt, D.N. Newbold, H.A. Nicholson, C. Niebuhr, F.L. Norden, J. Ohrwalder, De Lacy O'Leary, A.J.D. d'Orsey, J. Pallmé, H.R. Palmer, M. Parkyns, F.G. Parsons, Peake and Fleure, Dr Peney, L. Pennazzi, Dr Petermann, J. Petherick, Sir Flinders Petrie

[1900s-1930s]
Handwritten notes by Robinson on historical and archaeological research from printed sources, arranged alphabetically by name of author: H. St J. Philby, F.M. Pinto, J. Planat, Sir R.L. Playfair, A.C. Plowden, A. Pomel and J. Pouyanne, C.J. Poncet, E.A. Powell, Lord Prudhoe, M. Quennell, W. Radcliffe, H. Rassam, G.A. Reisner, D. de Revoyre, C.F. Rey, A. Rihani, Rennell Rodd

[1900s-1930s]
Handwritten notes by Robinson on historical and archaeological research from printed sources, arranged alphabetically by name of author or journal title: C. de la Roncière, J. Roscoe, E. Rüppell, J. Russegger, H. Russell, E. Rutter, Baron S. de Saey, J.A. St John, G. Sale, M. de Salviac, E. Saunderson, M. Schmidt, E. Schnitzer, G. Schweinfurth, A.E. Shipley, G. Simon, C.M. Speedy, Journal de la Société de Géographie, H.A. Stern, A.M.H.J. Stokvis

[1900s-1930s]
Handwritten notes by Robinson on historical and archaeological research from printed sources, arranged alphabetically by name of author: Strabo, W.W. Tarn, B. Tellez, O. Temple, Mohammed ibn Omar el-Tounsy, H.F. Tozer, P. Trémaux, Viscount Valentia, C.F. Volney, G. Waddington, A.J.B. Wavell, A.E. Weigall, F. Werne, Sir C.W. Wilson, W. Wittmann, A.B.B. Wylde

[1900s-1930s]
Detailed handwritten notes by Robinson on Félix Mengin's Histoire de l'Égypte sous le gouvernement de Mohammed-Aly, ou Récit des événements politiques et militaires qui ont eu lieu depuis le départ des Français jusqu'en 1823 and on Na'um Bey Shoucair's “History of the Sudan” [Tarikh al-Sudan, Cairo 1903]

[1900s-1930s]
Detailed handwritten notes by Robinson on F.R. Wingate, Mahdiism and the Egyptian Sudan, being an account of the rise and progress of Mahdiism, and of subsequent events in the Sudan to the present time, London, 1891; typescript copy of an article from The New York Herald, 5 May 1890, entitled “Emin and the Mahdi”

1934
Notebook containing anthropological and archaeological notes and references by Robinson, arranged alphabetically: bibliographies (SAD.611/3/1-8) and tables (SAD.611/3/9-18); notes on subjects A-C (SAD.611/3/19-70)

1934
Notebook containing anthropological and archaeological notes and references by Robinson, arranged alphabetically by subject: D-K

1938 Dec
Notebook containing anthropological and archaeological notes and references by Robinson, arranged alphabetically by subject: L-R

1938 Dec
Notebook containing anthropological and archaeological notes and references by Robinson, arranged alphabetically by subject: S-Z

[1930s]
Notebook containing notes and tracings of illustrations from printed sources on ancient weapons and their survival among native races, arranged alphabetically by subject: Bibliography and A, including archery, arrow heads and arrows, armour, and axes

[1930s]
Notebook containing notes and tracings of illustrations from printed sources on ancient weapons and their survival among native races, arranged alphabetically by subject: B - E, including bill-hooks, boomerangs, clubs, copper, daggers, darts and drums, Egyptian weapons

[1930s]
Notebook containing notes and tracings of illustrations from printed sources on ancient weapons and their survival among native races, arranged alphabetically by subject: F - M, including falchions, flails, halberds, hammers, harpoons, head-dresses, helmets, iron, javelins, knives, lances, lassoos, machetés

[1930s]
Notebook containing notes and tracings of illustrations from printed sources on ancient weapons and their survival among native races, arranged alphabetically by subject: S, including saddlery, sceptres, shields, sickles

[1930s]
Notebook containing notes and tracings of illustrations from printed sources on ancient weapons and their survival among native races, arranged alphabetically by subject: S, including slings, spears. Enclosed are the following postcards:

[1930s]
Notebook containing notes and tracings of illustrations from printed sources on ancient weapons and their survival among native races, arranged alphabetically by subject: S - T, including stools, swords, trumpets and horns

[1930s]
Notebook containing handwritten notes by Robinson on classical authors from English translations, including Ammanius Marcellinus, Caesar commentaries, Dio's Roman History

[1930s]
Notebook containing handwritten notes by Robinson on classical authors from English translations, including Tacitus, Suetonius, Procopius of Caesarea, Pliny, Strabo, The Periplus of the Erythaean sea, Eusebius

[1930s]
Handwritten notes by Robinson from printed sources on Egypt, the Sudan, Africa, Arab countries, India, Australia, Celtic history, shipping, weapons, etc., by the following authors: M.E. Monckton Jones, J. Déchelette, H.M. Stanley, Ptolemy, Sir Percy Sykes, T. Wright, R.C.F. Maugham, M. Guillain, J. Strandes

[1930s]
Handwritten notes by Robinson from printed sources on Egypt, the Sudan, Africa, Arab countries, India, Australia, Celtic history, shipping, weapons, etc., by the following authors: A. Werner, A. Kammerer, L. Marcel Devic, C. Leonard Woolley and T.E. Lawrence, A.C. Hollis, J.R.B. Love, J. Hornell, Edward C. Hore, H.M. Chadwick, A.R. Radcliffe, M. Louis Marcus

[1930s]
Handwritten notes by Robinson from printed sources on Egypt, the Sudan, Africa, Arab countries, India, Australia, Celtic history, shipping, weapons, etc., by the following authors: Julius E. Lips, John Roscoe, Christina Phelps Grant, M. Guillain, Richard F. Burton, H. King, G. McCall, W.F. Owen, W.H. Ingrams

[1930s]
Handwritten notes by Robinson from printed sources on Egypt, the Sudan, Africa, Arab countries, India, Australia, Celtic history, shipping, weapons, etc., by the following authors: C.H. Stigand, E.J. Stanley, J. Osorio, L.W. King, Synesius, Commandant Cauvet, A.R. Wallace, Bertram Thomas, L.S.B. Leakey, Sir J. Gardner Wilkinson

[1930s]
Handwritten notes by Robinson from printed sources on Egypt, the Sudan, Africa, Arab countries, India, Australia, Celtic history, shipping, weapons, etc., by the following authors: H.A Fosbrooke, R.P. Wild, Sonia E. Howe, Charles Grey, Samuel M. Zwemer, F.B. Pearce, Ralph A. Bagnold, John Mitchell, C.E.P. Brooks, A. Hurd, C.W. Hobley, Richard F. Burton

[1930s]
Notebook containing chronology of places in East Africa, with bibliography of sources and index

[1930s]
Historical notes from printed sources compiled by Robinson for an article on East Africa, including chronologies, lists of rulers and notes on Portuguese voyages of discovery and exploration

[1930s]
Historical notes from printed sources compiled by Robinson for an article on East Africa, including chronologies and lists of rulers

[1930s]
Historical notes from printed sources compiled by Robinson for an article on East Africa, including chronologies, lists of rulers and genealogies, with draft copy of the article: “Some historical notes on East Africa”

[1930s]
Chronology of the Sudan: hand written notes from a variety of sources, compiled by Robinson and recorded on large pro forma sheets:

[1930s]
Notebook containing handwritten chronologies, compiled by Robinson from printed sources, and covering among others, early Egyptian history, the Crusades and East Africa, with bibliography

[1930s]
Notebook containing genealogies for ruling houses of Egypt, Abyssinia, Persia, Bantu, Ethiopia, etc., compiled by Robinson from printed sources

[1930s]
Assorted notes on printed sources, mostly relating to early Egyptian and Sudanese history, including bibliographies and a typescript extract on Arabia from Strabo's work

[1930s]
Notes by Robinson from printed sources on Sudanese, Egyptian and N. African rock pictures, with table recording the location and descriptions of rock carvings and paintings

1923 Aug 2-[1931 x 1936]
Personal letters to Robinson on archaeological research, including H. St G. Peacock and J.F.P. Maclaren concerning the publication of work by Robinson (SAD.609/4/1-3); T.D. Kendrick regarding prehistoric pit dwellings (SAD.609/4/4-5); and detailed letter from Robinson's daughter Mary describing a visit to Professor Garstang's excavations at Old Jericho (SAD.609/4/6-10)

1938 Jan 14-Dec 17
Correspondence between Robinson and James Hornell and Adrian Digby of the British Museum on the history of navigation and in particular the development of river craft in the Sudan. Hornell visited the Sudan in December 1938 and wrote to Robinson about his visit to Suakin where he made enquiries about the curved knives carried by Hadanduwah (SAD.609/5/48-50). Enclosures:

[ca. 1920s]
“A History of the Sudan” by A.E. Robinson. Ts with ms additions and illustrations by Robinson. Volume 1. 30 BC - 627 AD. Brief chronology 29 BC-1504 AD (SAD.613/4/1-8); Introduction (SAD.613/4/9-18); Chapter 1 (SAD.613/4/19-56) and Appendices A (SAD.613/4/57-71) and C (SAD.613/4/72-89)

[ca. 1920s]
“A History of the Sudan” by A.E. Robinson. Ts without illustrations. Volume 1. 30 BC - 627 AD. Near duplicate of SAD.613/4/1-89 above, but without the chronology. Text uncorrected and with odd pages missing.

[ca. 1920s]
“A History of the Sudan” by A.E. Robinson. Ts with ms additions and illustrations by Robinson. Volume 1. Section (Chapter) 2: The rise of Islam and its introduction and influence in the Sudan 630-868 AD (SAD.613/5/1-28); Section 3: The Turcoman rulers of Egypt and the Sudan (SAD.613/5/29-49); Section 4: The Mameluke rule in Egypt and the Islamicisation of Nubia, Dongola etc, 1254-1480 AD (SAD.613/5/50-68)

[ca. 1920s]
“A History of the Sudan” by A.E. Robinson. Ts without illustrations. Volume 1. Sections (Chapters) 2 and 3: 630-1254. Near duplicate of SAD.613/5/1-68 above but with text uncorrected.

[ca. 1920s]
“A History of the Sudan” by A.E. Robinson. Ts without illustrations. Volume 1. Section (Chapter) 4: 1254-1480. Near duplicate of SAD.613/5/1-68 above but with text uncorrected.

[ca. 1920s]
“A History of the Sudan” by A.E. Robinson. Ts with ms additions and illustrations by Robinson. Volume 2.

[ca. 1920s]
“A History of the Sudan” by A.E. Robinson. Ts without illustrations. Volume 2. Introduction and history in 15 sub-sections, 1504-1718. Near duplicate of SAD.613/6/1-72 above but uncorrected and with odd pages missing.

[ca. 1920s]
“A History of the Sudan” by A.E. Robinson. Ts with ms additions and illustrations by Robinson. Volume 2. History in 9 sub-sections, 1718-1821

[ca. 1920s]
“A History of the Sudan” by A.E. Robinson. Ts without illustrations. Volume 2. History in 9 sub-sections, 1718-1821. Near duplicate of SAD.613/7/1-76 above but uncorrected and with odd pages missing.

[ca. 1920s]
“A History of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan from the Roman Conquest until the Turkish evacuation, B.C. 30 to A.D. 1883”, by A.E. Robinson. Bound typescript volume with illustrations, photographs, maps and drawings. Volume 1: From the Roman occupation until the Turkish conquest. Appendices include some Sudanese genealogies and notes derived from oral sources. Enclosed in the volume are the following original photographs:

[ca. 1920s]
“A History of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan from the Roman Conquest until the Turkish evacuation, B.C. 30 to A.D. 1883”, by A.E. Robinson. Unbound typescript interfiled with some manuscript notes and including illustrations from printed sources, and drawings. Volume 2: The occupation of the Sudan, 1827-1883. Part 1, 1827-1839.

[ca. 1920s]
“A History of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan from the Roman Conquest until the Turkish evacuation, B.C. 30 to A.D. 1883”, by A.E. Robinson. Unbound typescript interfiled with some manuscript notes and including illustrations from printed sources, maps and drawings. Volume 2: The occupation of the Sudan, 1827-1883. Part 2, 1840-1861. Enclosed are the following original photographs:

[ca. 1920s]
“A History of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan from the Roman Conquest until the Turkish evacuation, B.C. 30 to A.D. 1883”, by A.E. Robinson. Unbound typescript interfiled with some manuscript notes and including illustrations from printed sources, photographs, maps and drawings. Volume 2: The occupation of the Sudan, 1827-1883. Part 3, 1862-1865. Enclosed are the following original photographs:

[ca. 1920s]
“A History of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan from the Roman Conquest until the Turkish evacuation, B.C. 30 to A.D. 1883”, by A.E. Robinson. Unbound typescript interfiled with some manuscript notes and including illustrations from printed sources, photographs, maps and drawings. Volume 2: The occupation of the Sudan, 1827-1883. Part 4, 1866-1875. Enclosed are the following original photographs:

[ca. 1920s]
“A History of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan from the Roman Conquest until the Turkish evacuation, B.C. 30 to A.D. 1883”, by A.E. Robinson. Unbound typescript interfiled with some manuscript notes and including illustrations from printed sources, photographs and drawings. Volume 2: The occupation of the Sudan, 1827-1883. Part 5, 1876-1882. Enclosed are the following original photographs:

[ca. 1920s]
“A History of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan from the Roman Conquest until the Turkish evacuation, B.C. 30 to A.D. 1883”, by A.E. Robinson. Unbound typescript interfiled with some manuscript notes and including illustrations from printed sources, photographs, maps and drawings. Volume 2: The occupation of the Sudan, 1827-1883. Part 6, 1883-1886. Enclosed are the following original photographs:

[ca. 1920s]
Additional notes compiled by Robinson when writing his “A History of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan from the Roman Conquest until the Turkish evacuation, B.C. 30 to A.D. 1883”, on the Mahdiyyah, General Gordon, genealogies, tribal feuds, Mahdist leaders and the siege of Khartoum, with the following original photographs:

[ca. 1920s]
Additional notes compiled by Robinson when writing his “A History of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan from the Roman Conquest until the Turkish evacuation, B.C. 30 to A.D. 1883”, on the Mahdiyyah, religious confraternities, genealogies, and the following printed maps:

[ca. 1920s]
“A History of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan from the Roman Conquest until the Turkish evacuation, B.C. 30 to A.D. 1885”, by A.E. Robinson. Volume 1: From the Roman occupation until the Turkish conquest, B.C. 30 - 1826. Introduction and chapters 1-6A. Unbound typescript draft without illustrations.

[ca. 1920s]
“A History of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan from the Roman Conquest until the Turkish evacuation, B.C. 30 to A.D. 1885”, by A.E. Robinson. Volume 2: The occupation of the Sudan, 1827-1885. Introduction and text. Unbound typescript draft without illustrations.

[ca. 1920s]
“A History of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan from the Roman Conquest until the Turkish evacuation, B.C. 30 to A.D. 1885”, by A.E. Robinson. Additional notes, including genealogies; “The Governors General of the Sudan since the Turkish conquest until the evacuation by the Khedive”; copies of official telegrams and extracts from printed sources; “Blue Nile handbook - D: The Dervish period 1882-1898”.

[ca. 1920s]
“A History of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan from the Roman Conquest until the Turkish evacuation, B.C. 30 to A.D. 1885”, by A.E. Robinson. Additional notes, including lists of rulers, a list of provincial administrators of the Sudan (1824-1884), genealogies, notes on the Abdallab.

[ca. 1920s]
“A History of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan from the Roman Conquest until the Turkish evacuation, B.C. 30 to A.D. 1885”, by A.E. Robinson. Revised draft of section covering the period 1874-1885.

[ca. 1920s]
“A History of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan from the Roman Conquest until the Turkish evacuation, B.C. 30 to A.D. 1885”, by A.E. Robinson. Volume 1, unbound typescript draft without illustrations:

[ca. 1920s]
“A History of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan from the Roman Conquest until the Turkish evacuation, B.C. 30 to A.D. 1885”, by A.E. Robinson. Volume 2, unbound typescript draft without illustrations:

[ca. 1920s]
“A History of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan from the Roman Conquest until the Turkish evacuation, B.C. 30 to A.D. 1885”, by A.E. Robinson. Volume 3, unbound manuscript draft:

1921 Feb 27
Article entitled “Note on the history of the Sudan gum trade”. Ts draft by Robinson.

1921 Jun 1
Article on Ahmad Pasha Abu Udan, published in The Sudan Times and probably copied from Robinson's draft history of the Turkish conquest and occupation of the Sudan

1922
“Note on the political status of the Sudan and Egypt” by Robinson. Manuscript and typescript drafts.

1923 May 3
“Historical note on the Batahin and Shukria feuds” by Robinson. Typescript draft.

1925 Nov 10
“A native history of Darfur” compiled by Na'um Bey Shuqair from material dictated to him at Cairo about 1901 by Shaykh al-Tayyib. Typescript translation edited by Robinson.

[ca. 1920s]
“A chronology of Darfur, Kordofan and adjoining countries from 1820-1916”, with bibliography of Darfur and Kordofan, compiled by Robinson (ts)

1926 Jan
“The Sudan one hundred years ago, a retrospect: an account of the administration, condition and finances of the Sudan under the rule of Muhamad Aly Pasha, Vali of Egypt, in 1826”, by Robinson (ts)

1927 May 1
“The ‘Wad Agib’, or the Princes of the Sudan”, typescript article by Robinson

1929 Jun 17
“A retrospect: the Sudan one hundred years ago under Turkish rule”, typescript article by Robinson

[ca. 1920s]
“A brief outline of the history of the Eastern Sudan”, article by Robinson. Annotated typescript.

1929 Nov 2
“A brief outline of the history of the Eastern Sudan”, article by Robinson. Amended typescript copy.

1930 Jan 18
“Primitive fortified villages”, short typescript article by Robinson

[ca. 1920s]
10 sketches for an article entitled “Some notes on the regalia of the Fung Sultans of Sennar”

1923 Mar 5
“Sheger ed Dor: the slave girl who ruled Egypt”, short typescript copy of article by Robinson

1923 May 10
“Note on the Portuguese early voyages to the Red Sea”, typescript copy of an article by Robinson, marked by him as unpublished

1933 Feb 25
Two articles by Robinson on Zimbabwe, entitled “Zimbabwe” and “Zimbabwe the mysterious”, with covering letter to the Editor of American Anthropologist and draft review by Robinson of Zimbabwe by Gertrude Caton-Thompson

1936 Mar 6
Notes on beads, sent by Robinson to A.J. Arkell with some samples (not present) and a note on “Beads found in medieval African ruins” by Robinson, reprinted from the American Anthropologist

[post 1956]
“A note on the whaling industry on the East AFrican coast with special reference to Mafia Island”, typescript copy of an article by Robinson

[ca. 1930s]
“A note on the history of Dahlak”, compiled by Robinson from an article by M. Basset in Le Journal Asiatique in 1893

[ca. 1930s]
“The conservation of water and desert transport in Egypt prior to the Christian or Ptolemaic eras”, typescript copy of article by Robinson with manuscript notes

[ca. 1920s]
“The invasion of Egypt and Syria by General Napoleon Bonaparte”, typescript article by Robinson compiled from contemporary records and books in the library of the Intelligence Department, Khartoum

[ca. 1920s]
Typescript note by Robinson on “The ox hide ingot of the ancients”

1930 Jan 30
The Bible's position in the historical records of man, typescript article by Robinson

1930 Feb 8
“The relative positions and origins of the Ark of the Israelites, the Mahmal of the Moslems and the Utfa (camel litter) of the Arabs in antiquity,” article by Robinson. Two typescript copies, one uncorrected, and manuscript notes for the article, with note by Robinson that the article had been returned by Sudan Notes and Records and American Anthropologist and later redrafted and rewritten as 3 separate articles (see below).

1930 Apr
“The Ark of the Covenant”, article by Robinson. One manuscript and two typescript drafts (typescript entitled “The Ark of the Israelites”), with additional notes

[ca. 1930s]
Two typescript drafts of article by Robinson entitled “The ‘Mahmal’ of the ‘Pilgrimage’”and The Mahmal of the Moslem pilgrimages to Mecca, with manuscript chronology of the pilgrimage Mahmal

[ca. 1930s]
Typescript note by Robinson on “Tarikhas: the doctrine of Sufism”

1926 Nov
“Finished with the engines”, a draft article by Robinson on the life of Joseph Brown, Master Mariner (1837-1926) (manuscript)

1938 Nov 6
“Some notable passages”, an alphabetical list of ships and details of their passages, compiled by Robinson (typescript)

1929 Nov
Typescript copy of article by Robinson entitled “The auxiliaries” on auxiliary sailing ships built for the Australian trade, submitted for publication to the Editor of The Age in Melbourne

1933 Jul
Typescript article entitled “Sudan weapons”, submitted by Robinson to the Editor of Man at the Royal Anthropological Institute

[ca. 1930s]
“Notes on Sudan weapons”, draft article by Robinson, corrected typescript

1935 Dec 30
“Some notes on Sudan weapons (more particularly with regard to the spear”, typescript draft article by Robinson with hand-drawn sketches of spears

1936 Dec 26
Final manuscript draft article by Robinson, with copy, entitled “The spear”

[ca. 1930s]
Draft manuscript article by Robinson, entitled “The spear” (SAD.617/8/1-7), written on the back of two typescript articles used as scrap paper: “The camel in antiquity” (marked as declined by Antiquity) and “The Gallas in ancient and medieval history”, submitted to the Royal Anthropological Society in 1934

[1930s]
Sketches of spears, drawn to scale by Robinson

[1930s]
Manuscript notes and sketches for Robinson's article on “The spear”. Enclosure:

1936 Dec
“A tentative comparative genesis of the African throwing sword or swordboomerang and the throwing knife”, two typescript copies of an article by Robinson, one with accompanying letter to Mr Braunholtz and additional references and notes (part 2)

1938
“The African boomerang-sword”, two typescript copies of an article by Robinson, with copy letter to Professor Lindblom and reply

[ca. 1938]
Manuscript notes on the development of the boomerang, the throwing knife and the falx, with sketches

[1930s]
Notes and related correspondence for articles on weapons, including Sudanese weaponry, with sketches and the following printed items:

[1930s]
Notes and related correspondence for articles on weapons, including Sudanese weaponry, with sketches and some illustrations from printed sources

[1930s]
Citations from printed sources and other related notes and correspondence on weaponry around the world

[1930s]
Sketches and illustrations of weapons from printed sources

[1930s]
Notes on, and illustrations of, weapons

[1930s]
Hand-coloured sketches of soldiers with weapons (Middle Eastern and Albanian), with other sketches of weapons, notes on printed sources and the following postcard:

[ca. 1930s]
Draft article by Robinson entitled “Some notes on the manufacture of iron ores in certain parts of Africa” (typescript, incomplete)

[ca. 1930s]
Potential illustrations for articles: hand drawn copies of rock drawings and other sketches of weapons, with illustrations extracted from printed sources on a variety of topics, list of names of women in the Mahdi's harim and large copy of family tree printed at the Survey Office, Khartoum in 1908

[ca. 1930s]
Illustrations for articles: tracings and sketches of maps, with some small maps extracted from printed sources, mainly Africa and Asia

[ca. 1930s]
Illustrations for articles: tracings and sketch maps of Egypt, various periods, and the following printed map:

[ca. 1930s]
Illustrations for articles: tracings and sketch maps, mainly Africa and the Middle East, with maps extracted from printed sources, and the following printed maps:

[ca. 1930s]
Illustrations for articles: tracings and sketch maps, mainly Africa and the Middle East, with maps extracted from printed sources

[ca.1902-1929]
Postcards and photographs of the journey out to Egypt, places in Egypt and of the journey up the Nile to Khartoum, sent home by Robinson to his family:

[ca.1904-1912]
Postcards and photographs of Suakin and Port Sudan:

[ca. 1898-1912]
Postcards and photographs of Khartoum and Omdurman:

[ca.1906-1912]
Postcards and photographs of Kassala Province

[ca. 1906-1921]
Assorted photographs and postcards, including southern Sudan:

[ca. 1906-1920]
Postcards of pen and ink drawings by D.v. Eschwege of locations in the Sudan:

[ca.1906-1914]
Album of photographs, probably taken by Robinson, of locations in Halfa, Red Sea and Khartoum provinces:

[ca.1905-1935]
Negatives of the journey from Cairo to Shellal and Halfa, including Tanta (SAD.1102/1/3-5), Aswan, Kom Ombo, Abu Simbel and other sites of antiquities, river views and villages on the Nile

Former reference number: SAD.619/2

[ca.1905-1935]
Negatives of Khartoum and Omdurman, including Khartoum North Customs, river views, Gordon's statue and first aeroplane to land at Khartoum (SAD.1102/2/24)

Former reference number: SAD.619/3

[ca.1905-1935]
Negatives of Erkowit and Tokar, including government rest houses, the Sirdar's camp, hill views, stone circle near Erkowit (SAD.1102/3/19) and Hadanduwah men riding camels

Former reference number: SAD.619/4

[ca.1905-1935]
Negatives of Port Sudan including early construction, quays, porters, regatta and floods

Former reference number: SAD.619/5

[ca.1905-1935]
Negatives of Suakin including pilgrim jetty (SAD.1102/5/2-3), gymkhana (SAD.1102/5/5-7), the steamer Fayoum (SAD.1102/5/9), annual migration from the coast to Erkowit and Sinkat (SAD.1102/5/11), Australian graves (SAD.1102/5/25), Shata wells before the dam burst (SAD.1102/5/26), and one print of the entrance to Suakin harbour showing the tall fresh water condenser (SAD.1102/5/13)

Former reference number: SAD.619/6

[ca.1905-1935]
Negatives of Kassala Province: river views, local terrain, villages and people, including watering animals, Kassala town, Abyssinian pilgrim en route from Gondar to Cairo (SAD.1102/6/38), first house built by McKey Bey at Sinkat for Customs (SAD.1102/6/39), on the old road from Suakin to Kassala (SADF.1102/6/41-43)

Former reference number: SAD.619/7

[ca.1905-1935]
Negatives of the first passenger train from Halfa to Port Sudan and Suakin, including Atbara railway station (SAD.1102/7/2) and Shendi (SAD.1102/7/6)

Former reference number: SAD.619/7

[ca.1905-1935]
Negatives of Sennar Province including river views, local terrain, ostriches, local people and livestock

Former reference number: SAD.619/8

[ca.1905-1935]
Negatives of White Nile, Sobat and Mongalla including river views, local people, villages, rapids near Rejaf (SAD.1102/9/33), view from top of Rejaf mountain (SAD.1102/9/34)

Former reference number: SAD.619/9

[ca.1905-1935]
Negatives (and one print) of book plates, including 3 notables in the Turkish conquest of the Sudan (SAD.1102/10/2-4), types of officers , men and mercenaries stationed at Suakin and on the Nile 1800-1825 (SAD.1102/10/6-9), with 4 unidentified glass negatives (SAD.1102/10/14-17)

Former reference number: SAD.619/10

1856 Nov 22
Cutting from the Illustrated Times on the Suez Canal

[1920s-1930s]
Cuttings from a variety of newspapers and periodicals concerning matters of archaeological interest, many with photographs of sites, including the re-sealing of Tutankhamen's tomb, 1923, from The Sphere (SAD.618/12/3); discoveries at ancient Athens, from The Illustrated London News, 1929 (SAD.618/12/4); prehistoric Persian pottery, from The Illustrated London News, 1929 (SAD.618/12/5-6); discoveries by Petrie in Southern Palestine, from The Illustrated London News, 1931 (SAD.618/12/9-10); royal tombs at Ur, from The Illustrated London News, 1931 (SAD.618/12/11); excavation of the Sakkara pyramid, Egypt, from The Daily Telegraph, 1936 (SAD.618/12/19); discoveries at Kom Abu Yassin in Egypt, from The Daily Telegraph and Morning Post, 1937 (SAD.618/12/23); discoveries in the Baharia Oasis, Egypt, from The Daily Telegraph and Morning Post, 1938 (SAD.618/12/25); discoveries at Gezer in Egypt, from The Palestine Post (SAD.618/12/28-30)

1924-1934
Bound copy of published articles by Robinson, with some original illustrations and photographs pasted in:

1929 Apr-Jun
Robinson, Arthur E.: “‘Abu El Kaylik’ , the kingmaker of the Fung of Sennar”, reprinted from American Anthropologist, Vol. 31, No. 2

1931-1936
Bound copies of articles by A.E. Robinson, with additional ilustrations and photographs pasted in, and some annotations:

1934
Robinson, Arthur E.: “The cult of the snake”, reprinted from the St Albans and Hertfordshire Architectural and Archaeological Society's Transactions

1935
Robinson, A. E.: “Dessication or destruction. Notes on the increase of desert areas in the Nile Valley”, reprinted from Sudan notes and records, Vol. 18, Pt 1, with additional illustrations and press cuttings pasted in, and some annotations

1938 Jan
Green, Lawrence G.: “The lost lake Ngami”, from United Empire

1937
Bound copies of offprints of articles from Tanganyika Notes and Records by Robinson, with illustrations and maps pasted in:

1907 Sep
MacMichael, H.A.: “Notes on the history of Kordofan before the Egyptian conquest”, offprint of an article from unknown publication

1879
G.B. Messedaglia, “Historical and military diary of the risings in Darfur from 1878 to 1881”, typescript copy of an article translated from the original Italian which was published privately in Alexandria and reproduced from an Italian Intelligence Department report, Khartoum 1916

1918
Sudan Notes and Records, Vol. 1, Nos. 1-4, Philosophical Society of the Sudan, Khartoum : [s.n.]; 4 editions bound in one volume with additional illustrations and maps, and the following offprints of articles:

1919-1921
Sudan Notes and Records, Vol. 2, Nos 1-4, Vol. 3, Nos 1-4 and Vol. 4, Nos 1-4, Philosophical Society of the Sudan, Khartoum : [s.n.]; 12 editions bound in one volume with additional illustrations and maps and the following original photographs:

1922-1923
Sudan Notes and Records, Vol. 5, Nos 1-4 and Vol. 6, Nos 1-2, Philosophical Society of the Sudan, Khartoum : [s.n.]; 6 editions bound in one volume with additional illustrations and maps and the following original photographs and printed item:

Printed material deposited with collection; now integrated into the library's printed collections and catalogued on the Open Public Access Catalogue