Phillips, J.F.S.
Introduction
John Fleetwood Stewart Phillips
Arrangement

Catalogue
1. Official Papers
(a) Kordofan
(b) Blue Nile Province
2. Personal Papers
3. Memoirs
Printed material
Reference code: GB-0033-SAD
Title: Phillips, J.F.S.
Dates of creation: 1945-1983
Extent: 2 files
Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections: Sudan Archive
Created by: material relating to service in the Sudan
Language: English

John Fleetwood Stewart Phillips

(1917 - 1998)

1945-1949 A.D.C. Eastern Jebels, Kordofan
1949-1953 A.D.C./D.C. Wad Medani, Blue Nile Province
1953-1954 D.C. Ed Dueim, Blue Nile Province
1955 Retired from Sudan Political Service
1955- H.M Foreign Service
1973-1977 British Ambassador to the Sudan


Arrangement

1. Official Papers
2. Personal Papers
3. Memoirs
4. Printed Material

Catalogue
1. Official Papers
(a) Kordofan
SAD.627/4/9-11
1947 Sep 4
Report by J.F.S.P. on the incidence of pharaonic circumcision in Jebels District
SAD.627/4/12-29
1947 Dec 15
Notes on Kadugli Sub-District by J.F.S.P. including information on administration, judicial practice, human and animal population, taxes, tribes, languages, religions, native life, history, etc.
(b) Blue Nile Province
SAD.627/4/30-36
1950 Mar 21
Police Alarm Orders nos 1 and 3 for Wad Medani, circulated by A.M. Wynne, Commandant of Police
SAD.627/4/37-44
1950 Mar 21
Rules for the use of tear smoke by police in Wad Medani, circulated by A.M. Wynne
SAD.627/4/45
1952 Oct 14
Official letter by J.F.S.P. on rules for butchers and slaughtering in Wad Medani
2. Personal Papers
SAD.627/4/1-6
1945 Mar, 1947 Mar
Advanced Arabic examination, several papers (printed)
SAD.627/4/7-8
1948
Law examination (higher standard) second paper
3. Memoirs
SAD.721/5/1-38
[c. 1983]
Notes for an account of J.F.S.P.'s service in the Sudan:
SAD.721/5/1-28
Personal narrative, covering his early life and war service (721/5/1-3), first postings (721/5/5-10), marriage (721/5/10-12), trekking in Kordofan (721/5/12-15), posting to Dueim and the White Nile (721/5/20-24) and comparisons on returning as British Ambassador in 1973 (721/5/26-28)
SAD.721/5/28-38
General political comments on the northern Sudan (721/5/28-33), southern Sudan (721/5/33-37) and the run-up to independence (721/5/37-38)
Printed material
Durham University Library Printed material deposited with collection; now integrated into library and catalogued on OPAC.
Kenrick, J.W., “A Nuba age-grade initiation ceremony” from Sudan Notes and Records v 26 pt 2, 1945 (dupl)
Sudan, Civil Secretary's Office: Instructions on the use of force by policemen
Sudan, Legislative Assembly: Some facts about the Executive Council and the Legislative Assembly (1950)