1982-1983
Memoirs of the work and career of W.C. McDowall from 1939 to 1955. Subjects covered include background and application to the Sudan Political Service (SAD.815/8/3); first impressions of the Sudan (SAD.815/8/4-5); description of Kassala and his responsibilities there (SAD.815/8/5-6); wartime experiences, including the purchase of baggage camels in 1941 for the invasion of Abyssinia, responsibility for the Shukriyah and Lahawin nomads, and administrative work (SAD.815/8/7-15); postwar administrative work in Kassala (SAD.815/8/15); transfer to Equatoria, education in the south, trekking, and the “Zande experiment” in agriculture (SAD.815/8/16-20); secondment to the Legal Department, and the political background (SAD.815/8/20-22); the establishment of the Southern Circuit (SAD.815/8/22-26); retirement from the S.P.S. and subsequent career (SAD.815/8/26-27); Appendix: article by McDowall considering the relevance of English Law to the southern Sudan (SAD.815/8/28-30)