Rehfisch, Farnham Morse
Introduction
Farnham Morse Rehfisch
Arrangement

Catalogue
1. Correspondence
2. Reports
3. Unpublished Articles
4. Conference Papers
5. Working Papers
(a) Printed Source Material
(b) Research Notes
6. Newspaper Cuttings
7. Miscellanea
Reference code: GB-0033-SAD
Title: Rehfisch, Farnham Morse
Dates of creation: 1875-1987
Extent: 3 boxes
Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections
Created by: Rehfisch, Farnham Morse
Language: English, some French and German

Farnham Morse Rehfisch

(1922 - 1990)

[1960s]Lecturer in Anthropology, University of Khartoum


Arrangement

1. Correspondence
2. Reports
3. Unpublished Articles
4. Conference Papers
5. Working Papers
(a) Printed Source Material
(b) Research Notes
6. Newspaper Cuttings
7. Miscellanea

Accession details

Presented by F. Rehfisch, 1999

Catalogue
1. Correspondence
SAD.340/13/1-2
1969 Apr 28-May 15
Letter from P.P. Howell to O.M. Osman, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Khartoum, with reply from Osman, concerning royalties for Howell's book A manual of Nuer law being an account of customary law, its evolution and development in the courts established by the Sudan Government. (London, 1954)
SAD.340/13/3-5
1970 Oct 6
Letters from M. Sykes and G. Gretten to Rehfisch concerning the Committee for Sudanese Unity and Development
SAD.340/13/6-7
1976 Sep 8
Letter from R.S. O'Fahey to Rehfisch, concerning his personal experience of being in Khartoum during the attempted coup in July and his Darfur research, enclosing page drafts of his book Land in Dar Fur
2. Reports
SAD.340/14/1-22
1955
Report by the Development Branch of the Ministry of Finance and Economics, entitled “Outline of the development potential of the Southern Sudan”, a digest of a preliminary report by the Southern Development Investigation Team on “The natural resources and development potential in the Southern provinces of the Sudan”
SAD.340/14/23-33
1956 May 19-Jun 2
Report by J.J. Basiniski, entitled “Preliminary notes on a visit to Darfur Province”, issued by the Development Branch, Ministry of Finance and Economics
SAD.340/14/34-43
1962 Aug 20
Report by F. Benet, Social Science Regional Officer, Cairo entitled “Position of social studies in Nubia”
SAD.340/14/44-47
1964 Aug 3
Report by Haram Muhammad al-Sunni, Social Welfare Officer, Ministry of Education, Adult Education Section, Khartoum on “Women social welfare in the Gezira”
SAD.340/14/48-62
1965
Report by M.J. Tubiana and J. Tubiana, entitled “Mission au Dafour (12 Septembre - 19 Décembre 1965)”
Language: French
SAD.340/14/63-65
1969 Aug
Report by R.S. O'Fahey on his visit to Darfur to research the Kayra Sultanate
SAD.340/14/66-109
[1969]
Report prepared by the National Council for Research on “'National summary' on the present situation of, and future prospects for, science and technology policy in the Democratic Republic of Sudan (DRS)”
SAD.340/14/110-114
[1960s]
“Check-list of linguistic manuscripts and typescripts held in the Archives Room, Sudan Library, University of Khartoum”by R.S. O'Fahey
SAD.340/14/115-131
[[1960s]
Report by the Ministry of Education, entitled “Planning and co-ordination of social welfare programmes in rural areas”
SAD.340/14/132-139
1970 Oct-Dec
Report by M.J. Tubiana and J. Tubiana, entitled “Rapport de mission chez les Tungur (Oct-Dec 1970)”
SAD.340/14/140-148
1970 Oct-Dec
Report by A. Laly, entitled “Rapport de mission au Soudan (Oct-Dec 1970)”
SAD.340/14/149-160
1973 Jan
List of publications by the Department of Statistics, Khartoum
SAD.340/14/161-168
1977 May
Progress report by Dr. Taj al-Anbia `Ali al-Dawi, `Ali Ahmad Muhammad Isma'il, and `Abd al-Sadiq Abbas `Abd al-Rahim, entitled “Prostitution in Deim Mayu, Port Sudan”
3. Unpublished Articles
SAD.340/15/1-28
1965 Mar 14
Notes on lectures given by Khogali Muhammad Mubarak to students in the Department of Business Administration, University of Khartoum, entitled “Trade Union developments in the Sudan and Trade Union legislation”
SAD.340/15/29-41
1968
Notes for a lecture by W.R. James, Department of Anthropology and Sociology, University of Khartoum, entitled “The Uduk of the Southern Funj region”
SAD.340/15/42-47
1969 Aug
Draft article by R.S. O'Fahey, Khartoum North, entitled “A register of letters from the Sultans of Darfur or their officials”
SAD.340/15/48-89
1964
Draft article by M. Born, entitled “Population and economy in the close environs of Kassala” (later published in Geographische Zeitschrift, vol. 52, (1969), pp. 43-68
SAD.340/16/1-13
[1960s-1970s]
Draft article, author unknown, entitled “A note on family organisation in Omdurman”
SAD.340/16/14-19
[1960s-1970s]
Draft article by Obeid Abel Nur, entitled “The role of the teacher in the development of the Sudan”
SAD.340/16/20-32
[1960s-1970s]
Article by S.R. Charlsey, entitled “The formation of ethnic groups: a rural case”
SAD.340/16/33-46
[1960s-1970s]
Draft article by [R.S. O' Fahey?], entitled “The Funj: a reconsideration”
SAD.340/16/47-54
[1960s-1970s]
Article by Sayyid Muhammad Omer Bashir, University of Khartoum, entitled “The Sudanese intellectuals and the changing society”
SAD.340/16/55-117
[1960s-1970s]
Lengthy article entitled “Historical introduction to a sociological analysis of the Gezira”
SAD.344/1/1-40
[1960s-1970s]
Article by D.J. Shaw, Department of Rural Economy, University of Khartoum, entitled “Labour problems in the Gezira scheme”
SAD.344/1/41-68
[1960s-1970s]
Draft article by B.H. Jernudd and J.D. Gupta, Monash University and University of California, entitled “Towards a theory of language planning”
SAD.344/1/69-94
[1960s-1970s]
Article by `Abd al-Ghaffar M. Ahmad, University of Bergen, entitled “Some remarks on anthropology and colonialism: the Sudan case”
SAD.344/2/1-52
[1960s-1970s]
Article by H.B. Barclay, University of Alberta, entitled “The Nile valley”
SAD.344/2/53-100
[1960s-1970s]
Article by P.F.M. McLoughlin, Assistant Research Economist, Institute of Industrial Relations, entitled “Development implications of an inter-regional analysis of occupations and labor force incomes in the Sudan”
SAD.344/2/101-116
[1960s-1970s]
Article by Kamil al-Baghir, Director, Religious Affairs Department, entitled “Religious education: present and future development”
SAD.344/2/117-118
[1960s-1970s]
Article by A. Paul, entitled “The Hadareb. A study in Arab-Beja relationships”
SAD.344/2/119-121
[1960s-1970s]
Article by A.J. Arkell, Univerity College, London, entitled “The medieval history of Darfur in its relation to other cultures and to the Nilotic Sudan”
SAD.344/2/122-124
[1960s-1970s]
Article by a senior manager in the Treasury Department, Bank of Sudan, Khartoum, entitled “Some historical notes on the use of currency in the Sudan”
SAD.344/2/125-126
[1960s-1970s]
Article by A.A. Agarib, Chairman, Executive Committee, entitled “Introductory note on some aspects of extension service in the Gezira”
SAD.344/3/1-26
[1960s-1970s]
“Anthropological works on the Sudan: a bibliography” by `Abd al-Ghaffar M. Ahmad and Idris Salim al-Hassan, Department of Anthropology and Sociology, University of Khartoum
SAD.344/3/27-45
[1960s-1970s]
Copy article by [O. Neil?], entitled “The politics of class formation and the economics of uneven development”
SAD.344/3/46-48
[1960s-1970s]
Article by P.M. Holt, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, entitled “The place in history of the Sudanese Mahdia”
SAD.344/3/49-55
[1960s-1970s]
Article by Muhammad al-Hassan `Abd al Hafiz and Salah M. al-Mowag, entitled “The drift to towns in the Sudan: causes and consequences”
SAD.344/3/56-60
[1960s-1970s]
Article by by Badri Omer Elias and Hassan Yassin Bedawi, entitled “The squatters housing problem: a review of government policy and solutions”
SAD.344/3/60v-71
[1960s-1970s]
Article by Fahima Zahir, entitled “Khartoum North squatter settlements, urbanization, migrant and adjustment to the urban setting”
SAD.344/3/71v-76
[1960s-1970s]
Article by Tajel Anbia `Ali al-Dawi, entitled “Sudan urban society”
SAD.344/3/77-86
[1960s-1970s]
Article by P.L. Shinnie, entitled “Consequences of urbanisation along the Nile”
SAD.344/3/87-113
[1960s-1970s]
Draft article, author unknown, entitled “The Gezira Scheme - Introductory notes”
SAD.344/3/114-124
[1960s-1970s]
Article by R.S. O'Fahey, entitled “Writing the history of a Sudanese kingdom: the Fur Sultanate”
SAD.344/3/125-136
[1960s-1970s]
Article by T. Baasher, entitled “Mental health of the preschool child: problems and needs”
4. Conference Papers
SAD.344/4/1-5
1960 May 10
Paper by A.R. Bayoumi, Department of Land Use and Rural Water Development, entitled “Report of the Republic of the Sudan on activities related to Arid Zone research and future plans”, presented to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, General Symposium on Arid Zone Problems
SAD.344/4/6-23
1964 Jan 27-29
Paper by Prof. J.C. Mitchell, University of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, entitled “Some theoretical approaches to the sociological interpretation of labour circulation”, presented to the Symposium on Contemporary Nubia, Social Research Centre, American University in Cairo
SAD.344/4/24-33
1966 May
Paper by P. Worsley, Department of Sociology, University of Manchester, entitled “The end of anthropology?”, presented to the Sociology and Social Anthropology Working Group (6th World Congress of Sociology)
SAD.344/5/1-176
1968 Feb 5-11
Papers presented to the International Conference on the Sudan in Africa, University of Khartoum:
SAD.344/5/1-3
1968 Feb 5-11
Conference programme
SAD.344/5/4-6
1968 Feb 5-11
Address by H.E. Sayyid Isma'il al-Azhari, President of the Supreme Council of State
SAD.344/5/7
1968 Feb 5-11
Address by Yusuf Fadl Hasan, Director of the Research Unit
SAD.344/5/8-13
1968 Feb 5-11
Paper by Hassan Ibrahim Hassan, entitled “The evolving African scene”
SAD.344/5/14-23
1968 Feb 5-11
Paper by L. Berry, entitled “The Sudan's contact with East Africa”
SAD.344/5/24-34
1968 Feb 5-11
Paper by Dr. `Abd al-Aziz Kamil, entitled “A profile of the Sudan - a comparative culture study”
SAD.344/5/35-39
1968 Feb 5-11
Paper by Prof. J. Greenburg, entitled “The position of the languages of the Sudan with regard to the Greenberg classification of African languages”
SAD.344/5/40-52
1968 Feb 5-11
Paper by R.C. Stevenson, entitled “The significance of the Sudan in linguistic research, past, present and future”
SAD.344/5/53-61
1968 Feb 5-11
Paper by I. Cunnison, entitled “Classification by genealogy: some problems of the Baggara belt”
SAD.344/5/62-77
1968 Feb 5-11
Paper by I.M. Lewis, entitled “Spirit possession in Northeast Africa”
SAD.344/5/78-91
1968 Feb 5-11
Paper by W.R. James, entitled “A cultural frontier: hills of the Southern Fung”
SAD.344/5/92-100
1968 Feb 5-11
Paper by F. Rehfisch, entitled “Sudan urban profiles”
SAD.344/5/101-111
1968 Feb 5-11
Paper by B.G. Haycock, entitled “The Napatan Meriotic culture in the history of the Sudan and of Africa”
SAD.344/5/112-119
1968 Feb 5-11
Paper by P.L. Shinnie, entitled “The culture of Medieval Nubia and its impact on Africa”
SAD.344/5/120-126
1968 Feb 5-11
Paper by M. Posnansky, entitled “East Africa and the Nile Valley in early times”
SAD.344/5/127-134
1968 Feb 5-11
Paper by M.W. Aregay and Sergew Hable Selassie, entitled “Sudanese-Ethiopian relations before the 19th Century”
SAD.344/5/135-142
1968 Feb 5-11
Paper by R.S. O'Fahey, entitled “Religion and trade in the Fur Sultanate”
SAD.344/5/143-155
1968 Feb 5-11
Paper by Umar A. al-Nagir, entitled “The pilgrimage from West Africa: historical background to the ‘Sudan Road’”
SAD.344/5/156-159
1968 Feb 5-11
Paper by R.O. Collins, entitled “Sudanese factors in the history of the Congo & Central West Africa in the 19th Century”
SAD.344/5/160-164
1968 Feb 5-11
Paper by M.A. al-Hajj, entitled “Hayatu B. Sa'id - a Mahdist revolutionary agent in the Western Sudan”
SAD.344/5/165-176
1968 Feb 5-11
Paper by I. Duffield, entitled “Duse Mohamed Ali, pan-Africanism, Islam and the Nile Valley”
SAD.344/4/34-57
1968 Oct 14-18
Paper by Dr. Fareed A. Atabani, Department of Economics, University of Khartoum, entitled “Incentive policies for industrial development in the Sudan”, presented to the Expert Meeting on Incentive Policies for Industrial Development in Developing Countries, Vienna
SAD.344/4/58-84
1970 Dec 27
Paper by G.A. Hale,Department of Geography, University of California, entitled “Urbanization in the Northern Sudan: trends and problems”, presented to the Symposium on Urbanization in the Arab lLnds, Chicago
SAD.344/4/85-88
1971
Paper by R.S. O'Fahey, entitled “Saints and sultans: the role of Muslim Holy Men in the Keira Sultanate of Dar Fur”, presented to the Symposium on Islamic Northern Africa, London
SAD.344/4/89-92
[1970s]
Report by Dr. N. O'Neill on the Third Annual Conference of the Sudan Studies Association, held at Fordham University, New York
5. Working Papers
(a) Printed Source Material
SAD.344/6/1-140
1875-1969
Printed source materia, comprising copy articles, book chapters and extracts:
SAD.344/6/1-3
1875
Photocopy of a book chapter, entitled “Le Kordofan, itinéraire de Debbé a L'Obeyad, communiqué par l'État-Major Égyptien au Journal L'Explorateur”, from a French printed source, pp. 250-252
SAD.344/6/4-7
1884
Copy article by D. Peney, “Mémoires sur L'Ethnographie du Soudan Égyptien”, from Revue d' Ethnographie, pp. 45-50
SAD.344/6/8-20
1953
Article by M. Fortes, “The structure of unilineal descent groups”, from American Anthropology, 55, no. 1, (January-March 1953), pp. 17-44
SAD.344/6/21-27
1954
Copy article by A.J.V. Arthur, “Slum clearance in Khartoum”, from Journal of African Administration, 6, no. 2 (1954), pp. 73-80
SAD.344/6/28-33
1956
Copy article by C.A. Britton, “Electricity in the Sudan”, from Electrical Review, 159, no. 21 (1956) pp. 945-950
SAD.344/6/34-37
1958
Copy article by Y. Bochkaryov, “In the land of the Three Niles”, from New Times, no. 4 (1958), pp. 18-20
SAD.344/6/38-48
1961
Offprint of article by J.R. Randell, “Land Use on the arid margin of the clays in Blue Nile and Kassala Provinces”, from: J.H.G. Lebon (ed.), Proceedings of the Ninth Annual Conference on the Theme of Surveying for Development in Sudan, (Sudan Survey Department, Khartoum, 1961), pp. 67-81.
SAD.344/6/49-63
1962
Photocopy of a book chapter by M. Born, “Bevölkerung und wirtschaft in der näheren umgebung von Kassala (Republik des Sudan)”, from a German printed source, pp. 43-68
SAD.344/6/64-75
1963 Jul
Copy article by P.F.M. McLoughlin, “A note on the reliability of the earliest Sudan Republic population estimates”, from Population Review, 7, no. 2 (July 1963), pp. 54-64
SAD.344/6/76-83
1964
Copy article by J. Oliver, “Industrialization in the Sudan”, from Oriental Geographer, 8 (1964), pp. 130-144
SAD.344/6/84-87
1964-1965
Copy article by Kamal Muhammad Zain, “Wad Medani as a commercial centre”, from The Geographical Magazine, 2 (1964-5), pp. 65-68
SAD.344/6/88-91
1967
Copy article by M.W. Kuhn, “The status of urbanization in the Republic of Sudan”, from The California Geographer, 8 (1967), pp. 1-7
SAD.344/6/92-122
1968
Copy article by M. Born, “El Obeid: bemerkungen zur stadtentwicklung im östlichen Sudan”, from Geographische Rundschaut, 20, no. 3 (1968), pp. 67-97, with English translation
SAD.344/6/123-140
1969
Photocopy of a book chapter by O. Osmard & A.A. Sulaiman, “The economy of Sudan”, in P. Robson & D.A. Lacy (eds), The Economy of the Sudan (London, 1969), pp. 436-470Checked to here
SAD.345/1/1-93
[1960s]-1979 Apr
Printed source material comprising copy articles, book chapters and extracts:
SAD.345/1/1-40
[1960s]
Photocopy of an article or book chapter on the subject of Sudan urbanisation, author unknown
SAD.345/1/41-46
[1960s]
Photocopy of an [article?] on Suakin by L. Auger, “La cité de Corail”, parts I & II, from a French printed source
SAD.345/1/47-57
[1960s]
Copy article by M. Osman Yassein, “Social, economic and political role of urban agglomerations in the developing states: the Sudan's experience”, pp. 335-355 from unknown periodical
SAD.345/1/58-59
[1960s]
Copy extract from a book chapter, “The three towns”, pp. 310-313 from Some African cities
SAD.345/1/60-73
1979 Apr
Copy article by J.C. Concolato, “Les Partis Soudanais”, in Revue Française d'études politiques Africaines, vol. 160, pp. 17-43
SAD.345/1/74-93
1979
Copy article by D. Johnson, “Colonial policy and prophets: the 'Nuer settlement', 1929-1930” from Journal of the Anthropological Society of Oxford, vol. 10, no.1 (1979), pp. 1-20
(b) Research Notes
SAD.345/2/1-186
[1950s-1970s]
File of Rehfisch's research notes, including draft chapters, tables etc., in preparation for a possible publication
SAD.345/3/1-106
[1950s-1970s]
File of Rehfisch's research notes, including draft chapters, tables etc., in preparation for possible publications
SAD.345/4/1-73
[1950s-1970s]
File of Rehfisch's research notes, including draft chapters, tables etc., in preparation for possible publications
SAD.345/5/1-91
[1950s-1970s]
File of Rehfisch's research notes, including draft chapters, tables etc., in preparation for possible publications
SAD.345/6/1-82
[1954-1956]
Completed questionnaires of shopowners and self-employed craftsmen in Omdurman, collected for research purposes by Rehfisch
SAD.345/7/1-79
[1954-1956]
Completed questionnaires of shopowners and self-employed craftsmen in Omdurman, collected for research purposes by Rehfisch
SAD.345/8/1-100
[1954-1956]
Completed questionnaires of employed craftsmen in Omdurman, collected for research purposes by Rehfisch
SAD.346/1/1-120
[1950s-1960s]
Completed questionnaires of employed craftsmen in Omdurman, collected for research purposes by Rehfisch
6. Newspaper Cuttings
SAD.346/2/1-67
1967-1985
File of newspaper cuttings from a variety of newspapers, including Altas, The Times and The Guardian mostly relating to the civil war in Sudan, but also The Times on President Nimeiri's regime (SAD.346/2/32); The Sunday Times on Leni Riefenstahl's work with the Nuba (SAD.346/2/34-45); The Guardian concerning student unrest in Juba (SAD.346/2/58); the centenary of General Gordon's death in Khartoum (SAD.346/2/62-67)
7. Miscellanea
SAD.346/3/1
[1960s]
Postcard of Sudan Airways (de Haviland Comet 4C jet airliner)
SAD.346/3/2
[1930s]
Postcard, “Tramway station Omdurman” (The Gordon Stationary & Bookstores, no. 173)
SAD.346/3/3-4
1967
Christmas card produced by the University of Khartoum Press and featuring a reproduction of an 1840 map of Khartoum and Omdurman
SAD.PF 27/2/9
[1960s]
Map entitled “Shell map of the Three Towns”, covering Khartoum, Khartoum North and Omdurman
scale:   1:15,000
Size: 87 x 53 cm
SAD.346/3/5
[1960s]
Tourist leaflet by Sudan Airways, entitled “Welcome to the Sudan”
SAD.346/3/6-30
1987 May 31
Typescript transcript of a BBC programme It's your world, featuring an interview by S. MacGregor of Sadiq al-Mahdi, the Sudanese Prime Minister