Reference code: GB-0033-SAD
Title: Thomson, Charles Herbert
Dates of creation: 1901-1951
Extent: 1 box
Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections
Created by: Thomson, Charles Herbert
Language:
English
(1891 - 1951)
| | |
| 1914-1934 | Sudan Political Service |
| 1914 | 3rd Inspector, unattached |
| 1915-1918 | 3rd Inspector, Kassala Province |
| 1919-1921 | 2nd Inspector, Kassala Province |
| 1922-1923 | District Commissioner, Suakin and Sinkat, Red Sea Province |
| 1924 | Deputy Governor, Kassala Province |
| 1925 | District Commissioner, Gedaref, Kassala Province |
| 1926-1930 | Deputy Governor, El Obeid, Kordofan |
| 1930-1934 | Acting Governor / Governor (from 1931), Singa, The Funj |
| 1934 | Invalided out |
1. Official Papers
(a) Kassala and Red Sea Provinces
(b) Kordofan
(c) The Funj
2. Personal Papers
3. Diaries and Trek Notes
4. Photographic Material
5. Articles (Drafts)
6. Maps
7. Printed Material
Presented by Mrs J.H. Thomson, 1958 & 1966
Catalogue
1. Official Papers
(a) Kassala and Red Sea Provinces SAD.402/4/1-7
1922 Feb 6
Diagrams of the camel brands of all tribes in Red Sea Province, compiled in the province office and sent to Thomson by the Governor
SAD.402/4/8-65
[ca. 1915-1925]
Notes by Thomson on names and position of brands of camels found with the tribes of Kassala and Red Sea Provinces, with diagrams and notes on the various tribes keeping these camels, their sections and sub-sections
SAD.404/1/65-72
[ca. 1915-1925]
Manuscript notes by Thomson on the Bija, from C.G. Seligman,
“Some aspects of the Hamitic problem in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan”, in Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland
SAD.404/1/73-96
[ca. 1915-1925]
Manuscript notes by Thomson on Bija names of places, hills, khawrs etc. and their meanings
SAD.404/1/97-142
[ca. 1915-1925]
Manuscript notes by Thomson on Handanduwah vocabulary, letters A - L
SAD.404/1/143-234
1922
Bija Rotana, compiled by Thomson when D.C. Tokar, Red Sea Province, as spoken by the Hadanduwah, Amara and other kindred tribes of Bija origin in the provinces of Kassala and Red Sea; chiefly the dialect of Kassala and Tokar districts:
SAD.404/1/144-166
1922
Part 1: notes on grammar, numerals, names of animals, birds and reptiles, names of plants, meanings of place names, negatives, etc.
SAD.404/1/167-202
1922
Part 2: Phrases
SAD.404/1/203-234
1922
Vocabulary
SAD.404/2/1-7
[ca. 1922]
Bija Rotana: phrases for use in criminal cases
SAD.404/1/235-309
1922
Tigré Rotana, compiled by Thomson when D.C. Tokar, Red Sea Province, as spoken by the Bani Amar, Habab and other kindred tribes of Eritrea and Tokar District
SAD.404/1/236-246
1922
Part 1: short note on grammar, numerals, names of animals, birds and reptiles, names of plants and meanings of place names
SAD.404/1/247-275
1922
Part 2: phrases
SAD.404/1/276-309
1922
Part 3: vocabulary
SAD.404/2/43-115
[ca. 1922]
Second (carbon) copy of Tigré Rotana above
SAD.404/2/8-42
[ca. 1922]
Tigré Rotana: original notes for vocabulary and phrases
SAD.404/2/116-121
[ca. 1915-1925]
Manuscript notes by Thomson of plant names in Bija and Tigré
SAD.404/2/122-126
[ca. 1915-1925]
Manuscript note by Thomson of Hadanduwah vocabulary and phrases
SAD.404/2/127-189
[ca. 1915-1925]
Notes by Thomson on Hadanduwah special vocabulary, grammar and phrases (manuscript with typescript copies of grammar, phrases and general vocabulary sections)
SAD.404/2/190-198
[ca. 1915-1925]
List of well centres in the Gash Delta, with data on numbers, average depths, names of owners, tribes and shaykhs, and rough sketch maps showing the positions of wells
SAD.404/3/1-58
1922 Mar 5-1923 Dec 19
Manuscript noteboook of Thomson recording route reports on treks undertaken in Red Sea Province, describing distances travelled, the terrain en route, flora and fauna, positions of wells, etc.:
SAD.404/3/1-16
1922 Mar 5-19
Trek from Karora to Shebat, including lists of place names and their meanings (SAD.404/3/6v), and sketch maps (SAD.404/3/7,9-9v,10v)
SAD.404/3/17
1923 Feb
Trek from Suakin to Tamerain
SAD.404/3/18-22
1923 Nov 7-8
Trek A: Sinkat to Khor Tenhula for land dispute settlement
SAD.404/3/23-58
1923 Dec 2-19
Trek B: Circular route from Sinkat via Gebeit, Erba, Khor Asot, Khor Odrus, Khor Kokreb, Kamotitai and Musmar. Includes lists of place names and their meanings, short Bija vocabulary and list of photographs taken.
SAD.404/3/59-70
1923 Nov 7-1924
Notebook containing manuscript notes by Thomson on geology to accompany route reports for Treks A and B above (SAD.404/3/18-58) and also Trek C from Gedaref to Mafaza. Enclosed:
SAD.404/3/70
[1923]
Manuscript map of the region to the west of the Kamobsanha to Erba railway line, copied from the 1 : 250,000 series maps of the Sudan, sheet 46-A (Suakin)
scale: 1 : 250,000
Size: 27 x 65 cms
SAD.404/2/199-205
1926 Jan 4
Minutes of a meeting held at the Palace, attended by Thomson as Deputy Governor Kassala, to discuss concerns over relations between province authorities and the Kassala Cotton Company and the effect of the Kassala scheme on local interests
(typescript)
SAD.639/14/1-15
1931
Memorandum, written by Thomson while Governor Funj, to Qaim T. E. Hearn, S.D.F., describing a raid on Kassala, referred to as the “Sanbu raid”, which took place on 28 December 1918, when Egyptian troops in the fort
at Kassala were attacked by a force of Hadanduwah Bija, largely of slave origin, led by Muhammad Sanbu, a West African living in Kassala. The attack was repulsed by the Eastern Arab Corps and the province police and Muhammad Sanbu was pursued and
killed the following day.For photographs of the dead leader of the attack, see SAD.644/1/1-4 under section 4. Photographic Material
SAD.402/13/1-4
[ca. 1926-1930]
Notes by Thomson on trees and plants on the El Odaiya to El Oga road, Kordofan
SAD.402/13/5-
[ca. 1926-1930]
Botanical specimens, collected by Thomson in Kordofan. Fragile
SAD.404/2/206-213
1932 Apr 12
Typescript note by Thomson as Governor, Funj Province, on
“Game preservation in the Closed District of the Dinder and Galegu and native rights” (2 copies)
2. Personal Papers
SAD.402/12/21-25
1951 Mar 21-Jul 4
Correspondence between Thomson, after retirement from the Sudan, and G. Andrew, Government Geologist, on their shared interest in the geology of Kassala Province. Attached is a list of photographs of geological subjects sent by Thomson to
Andrew.
3. Diaries and Trek Notes
SAD.402/6/1-69
1916 Nov 20-1917 Feb 6
Diary and route report on an
`ushur assessment trip through Kassala District by Thomson, describing the terrain, flora and cultivation en route, game shot, detailed notes on geology of each area, crop assessments,
with more specific references to ruins at Jabal Maman (SAD.402/6/6-11); in search of limestone at Khor Maman (SAD.402/6/12-13); encounter with a cheetah (SAD.402/6/17); hearing cases and settling claims (SAD.402/6/22); sketch map of the area around
Jabal Elba (SAD.402/6/27v); starting work on Hadanduwah ‘Notes and phrases’ (SAD.402/6/30); desrciption of an ibex (SAD.402/6/35); sketch map of the basin of Wadi Breitak (SAD.402/6/42v); Notes on the Peoples of Eyypt
and Sudan (SAD.402/6/56-57). Enclosures:
SAD.402/6/57v-63
1901-1914
Newspaper cuttings, mainly from
The Times pasted into the back of the notebook, including “The development of the Sudan” and “The Egyptian Organic Law”, 1914 (SAD.402/6/57v);
inauguration of the Egyptian parliament, 1914 (SAD.402/6/58); “Egypt at the cross-roads”, 1914 (SAD.402/6/58v-59); “Great Britain and Egypt. The work of thirty years”, 1913
(SAD.402/6/60); “Lord Kitchener in Egypt”, 1913 (SAD.402/6/61); “Sudan Government Military Railways”, from Engineering, 1901 (SAD.402/6/62);
“Egyptian reforms. The Khedive and Lord Kitchener”, from Evening News, 1914 (SAD.402/6/63)
SAD.402/6/64
[ca. 1900s]
Sketch map of the Sudan ‘illustrating the Author's route’, from unknown publication
scale: 1 : 2,534,400
Size: 37 x 25 cms
4. Photographic Material
SAD.A7/1-48
[ca. 1915-1925]
Photographs taken by Thomson during service in Red Sea and Kassala Provinces:
SAD.A7/1
[ca. 1915-1925]
A dead female crocodile, measuring thirteen and a half feet, from the River Atbara
Photographic prints
SAD.A7/2
[ca. 1915-1925]
Two men skinning a female crocodile, measuring thirteen and a half feet, from the River Atbara
Photographic prints
SAD.A7/3
[ca. 1915-1925]
Men unloading provisions from a camel at Khor Girger, Kassala District
Photographic prints
SAD.A7/4
[ca. 1915-1925]
'Anqarib and mosquito net pitched in bushes at a camp in the hills of Kassala District, near Khor Sultan
Photographic prints
SAD.A7/5
[ca. 1915-1925]
Cattle watering at wells at Gulusit [?], Kassala District
Photographic prints
SAD.A7/6
[ca. 1915-1925]
Trees on the banks of the River Gash in Kassala District
Photographic prints
SAD.A7/7
[ca. 1915-1925]
Men burning locusts on samr bushes, Kassala District
Photographic prints
SAD.A7/8
[ca. 1915-1925]
Jabal Kassala
Photographic prints
SAD.A7/9-10
[ca. 1915-1925]
Landscape at Khor Langeb, Kassala District
Photographic prints
SAD.A7/11
[ca. 1915-1925]
Tent pitched amongst trees in a camp at Khor Langeb, Kassal Ditrict
Photographic prints
SAD.A7/12-13
[ca. 1915-1925]
People and animals crossing the River Atbara during full flood, in a ferry boat at dawn, Butana District
Photographic prints
SAD.A7/14
[ca. 1915-1925]
Buildings, possibly government offices, near Khor Ambeib in the sub-district of Timerein
Photographic prints
SAD.A7/15-17
[ca. 1915-1925]
View of Gallabat, showing
tukls and other buildings
Photographic prints
SAD.A7/18-19
[ca. 1915-1925]
Old Turkish fort at Aroma, in the Gash Delta
Photographic prints
SAD.A7/20
[ca. 1915-1925]
Interior of the old Turkish fort at Aroma, in the Gash Delta, looking west
Photographic prints
SAD.A7/21
[ca. 1915-1925]
View from the east of the main entrance to the old Turkish fort at Aroma, in the Gash Delta
Photographic prints
SAD.A7/22
[ca. 1915-1925]
Bales of cotton at a
suq in the market square, Kassala town
Photographic prints
SAD.A7/23
[ca. 1915-1925]
Mess building at Kassala railway station
Photographic prints
SAD.A7/24
[ca. 1915-1925]
Arrival at Kassala town from Goz Regeb of a Ginnery engine, on the east bank of the River Gash
Photographic prints
SAD.A7/25-26
[ca. 1915-1925]
Crowd of people hauling a Ginnery engine from Goz Regeb, on the east bank of the River Gash, Kassala town
Photographic prints
SAD.A7/27
[ca. 1915-1925]
Tree-lined pathway to the District Commissioner's house at Kassala, prior to repairs
Photographic prints
SAD.A7/28
[ca. 1915-1925]
Polo player at Kassala, possibly C.H. Thomson, with Jabal Mokram in the distance
Photographic prints
SAD.A7/29
[ca. 1915-1925]
Men, including C.H. Thomson (third from the left), playing polo at Kassala
Photographic prints
SAD.A7/30
[ca. 1915-1925]
Men, including C.H. Thomson (in the foreground), playing polo at Kassala, with Jabal Mokram in the distance
Photographic prints
SAD.A7/31-32
[ca. 1915-1925]
Pet gazelles drinking from a bowl with a dog and a turkey, Kassala
Photographic prints
SAD.A7/33
[ca. 1915-1925]
Landscape at Mekali in Kassala District, with the
qubbah of Shaykh Abdallah in the distance
Photographic prints
SAD.A7/34
[ca. 1915-1925]
Qubbah of Shaykh Abdallah at Mekali, Kassala District
Photographic prints
SAD.A7/35
[ca. 1915-1925]
Kassala Province police officers supervising the distribution of grain to the poor, Kassala
Photographic prints
SAD.A7/36
[ca. 1915-1925]
Kassala Province policemen supervising the distribution of grain to the poor at Kassala during the Bairam festival
Photographic prints
SAD.A7/37
[ca. 1915-1925]
Woman being expelled from the courtyard of a
dabtiyah, Kassala town
Photographic prints
SAD.A7/38
[ca. 1915-1925]
Woman carrying twin babies in a sling around her back, in front of Kassala Province policemen supervising the distribution of grain to the poor at Kassala during the Bairam festival
Photographic prints
SAD.A7/39
[ca. 1915-1925]
Shaykh Koko Hasan (left) and Shaykh Wad Brier[?] (centre), Kassala town
Photographic prints
SAD.A7/40
[ca. 1915-1925]
Shaykh 'Abd al-Qadir of the Shukriyah, wearing white robes, Butana District
Photographic prints
SAD.A7/41
[ca. 1915-1925]
Agricultural Department staff group, Kassala town
Photographic prints
SAD.A7/42
[ca. 1915-1925]
Kassala District and
mudiriyah staff group, Kassala town
Photographic prints
SAD.A7/43
[ca. 1915-1925]
Spectators at a King's Day sporting event, Kassala town
Photographic prints
SAD.A7/44
1917
Group of people standing next to the first Ford motor car to reach Kassala
Photographic prints
SAD.A7/45
[ca. 1915-1925]
C.H. Thomson standing with a dog, Kassala town
Photographic prints
SAD.A7/46
[ca. 1915-1925]
J.G. Fleming standing in a field, Kassala town
Photographic prints
SAD.A7/47
1922
C.E. Wilson, Governor of Red Sea Province, and C.H. Thomson seated in a motor car, Tokar, Red Sea Province
Photographic prints
SAD.A7/48
1922
C.E. Wilson, Governor of Red Sea Province, (second from left) and C.H. Thomson (second from right) standing outside a building at Tokar with the
ma'mur and sub-
ma'mur
Photographic prints
SAD.644/1/1-4
1918 Dec 29
Photographs relating to the raid on Kassala by followers of Muhammad Sanbu, and his subsequent death:
SAD.644/1/1
1918 Dec 29
Crowd of spectators gathered around the body of Muhammad Sanbu (also known as 'El Hamdu'), displayed on an
'anqarib outside Kassala Civil Hospital. Sanbu was killed after leading an attack on Kassala during the night
of 28 December 1918.
Photographic prints
SAD.644/1/2-4
1918 Dec 29
Police officers displaying the body of Muhammad Sanbu (also known as 'El Hamdu'), probably outside Kassala Civil Hospital. Sanbu was killed after leading an attack on Kassala during the night of 28 December 1918.
Photographic prints
SAD.1/14/1-41
[ca.1915-1949]
Photographs, mostly taken by Thomson during his service in Kassala, Kordofan and Darfur, including images of geological features, military groups, landscapes and views of Suakin. Some are duplicates of prints in SAD.1/16/1-10 from which the
captions have been taken.
SAD.1/14/1
[ca. 1915-1925]
Block of Rhyolite lava flow from Jabal Hambolib, detached and fallen into Khor Langeb, Kassala Province (duplicate at SAD.1/16/2)
Photographic prints
SAD.1/14/2
[ca. 1915-1925]
Columnar jointing in Rhyolite lava flow of Jabal Hambolib, Kassala Province (duplicate of SAD.1/16/4)
Photographic prints
SAD.1/14/3-4
[ca. 1915-1925]
Thin band of limestone underlying Rhyolite lava flow at the base of Jabal Hambolib, Kassala Province (duplicate of SAD.1/16/5)
Photographic prints
SAD.1/14/5
[ca. 1915-1925]
Thin band of limestone overlaid by sandstone at the base of Jabal Hambolib, Kassala Province (duplicate of SAD.1/16/6)
Photographic prints
SAD.1/14/6
[ca. 1915-1925]
Hadaiyob ('the black water hole') at the junction of Khor Odi and Khor Langeb, on the south side of the valley, Kassala Province (duplicate of SAD.1/16/9)
Photographic prints
SAD.1/14/7-8
[ca. 1915-1925]
Landscape with trees, possibly Kassala Province
Photographic prints
SAD.1/14/9-10
[ca. 1926-1930]
Animals watering at the Malha crater, Jabal Meidob, Darfur
Photographic prints
SAD.1/14/11
1938
Root and branch-like lime concretions in calcareous sand at the fossil bed, similar to formations near Khartoum. Image on postcard sent from G.W. Grabham of the Geological Survey to Thomson, Christmas 1938.
Photographic prints
SAD.1/14/12
1949 Mar 14
Nelichu, a trachyte dome, about five hundred feet high, on the Boma plateau near the Ethiopian border. Image on postcard sent by G.W. Grabham of the Geological Survey to Thomson.
Photographic prints
SAD.1/14/13
[ca. 1915-1925]
Two camelmen, probably Hadanduwah
Photographic prints
SAD.1/14/14
[ca. 1926-1930]
Nuba men with rifles, dancing at a gathering, probably Kordofan
Photographic prints
SAD.1/14/15
[ca. 1926-1930]
Tukls in a village in the Nuba Mountains
Photographic prints
SAD.1/14/16
[ca. 1926-1930]
Western Arab Corps parading on horseback
Photographic prints
SAD.1/14/17
[ca. 1915-1925]
Eastern Arab Corps patroling on camels, probably Kassala Province
Photographic prints
SAD.1/14/18
[ca. 1915-1925]
Troops of the Eastern Arab Corps on patrol, probably Kassala Province
Photographic prints
SAD.1/14/19
[ca. 1930-1934]
Aerial view of a herd of elephants watering on the Bor river
Photographic prints
SAD.1/14/20
[ca. 1930-1934]
Aerial view of a herd of giraffes near Juba
Photographic prints
SAD.1/14/21
[ca. 1914-1934]
Gazelles in Khartoum Zoo
Photographic prints
SAD.1/14/22
[ca. 1926-1930]
Women getting in to a motor car, El Obeid, Kordofan
Photographic prints
SAD.1/14/23
[ca. 1915-1925]
Causeway leading from the mainland and Gordon's Gateway, Suakin
Photographic prints
SAD.1/14/24
[ca. 1915-1925]
Kitchener gate, Suakin
Photographic prints
SAD.1/14/25
[ca. 1915-1925]
View of Suakin from the mainland
Photographic prints
SAD.1/14/26, 33
[ca. 1915-1925]
View of Suakin from the mainland
Photographic prints
SAD.1/14/27
[ca. 1915-1925]
View from the
muhafaza, Suakin, to the south west
Photographic prints
SAD.1/14/28
[ca. 1915-1925]
View of street houses and Hanafi mosque at Suakin
Photographic prints
SAD.1/14/29
[ca. 1915-1925]
Sail boat in the Red Sea at Suakin
Photographic prints
SAD.1/14/30
[ca. 1915-1925]
View of Suakin
Photographic prints
SAD.1/14/31
[ca. 1915-1925]
Boats on the water at Suakin
Photographic prints
SAD.1/14/32
[ca. 1915-1925]
Quyasahs and a steamer on the Red Sea at Suakin
Photographic prints
SAD.1/14/34
[ca. 1915-1925]
International cemetery, possibly Suakin
Photographic prints
SAD.1/14/35
1930 Nov 2
Aerial view of Suakin, taken by the RAF
Photographic prints
SAD.1/14/36
1926
Aerial view of the White Nile bridge, spanning the Nile between Khartoum and Omdurman
Photographic prints
SAD.1/14/37
[ca. 1915-1925]
Soldier of the Eastern Arab Corps holding a flag on camelback, probably Kassala Province
Photographic prints
SAD.1/14/38
[ca. 1915-1925]
Biplane circling Jabal Kassala
Photographic prints
SAD.1/14/39
[ca. 1926-1930]
Western Arab Corps crossing the desert
Photographic prints
SAD.1/14/40
[ca. 1915-1925]
Eastern Arab Corps crossing the River Atbara in the winter
Photographic prints
SAD.1/14/41
[ca. 1915-1925]
D.C.'s house, Suakin, formerly Kitchener's house
Photographic prints
SAD.1/16/1-10
[ca. 1915-1925]
Photographs of geological formations, Kassala Province, taken by Thomson and mounted on loose album sleeves:
SAD.1/16/1
[ca. 1915-1925]
Jabal Hambolib and Khor Langeb, looking north
Photographic prints
SAD.1/16/2
[ca. 1915-1925]
Block of Rhyolite lava flow from Jabal Hambolib, detached and fallen into Khor Langeb (duplicate at SAD.1/14/1)
Photographic prints
SAD.1/16/3
[ca. 1915-1925]
Near view of Jabal Hambolib from the south
Photographic prints
SAD.1/16/4
[ca. 1915-1925]
Columnar jointing in Rhyolite lava flow of Jabal Hambolib (duplicate of SAD.1/14/2)
Photographic prints
SAD.1/16/5
[ca. 1915-1925]
Thin band of limestone underlying Rhyolite lava flow at the base of Jabal Hambolib (duplicate of SAD.1/14/3-4)
Photographic prints
SAD.1/16/6
[ca. 1915-1925]
Thin band of limestone overlaid by sandstone at the base of Jabal Hambolib (duplicate of SAD.1/14/5)
Photographic prints
SAD.1/16/7
[ca. 1915-1925]
Khor Langeb, looking north - Nubian sandstone lying on older sedimentary crystaline rocks and sloping up to the east
Photographic prints
SAD.1/16/8
[ca. 1915-1925]
Outcrop of very pure crystaline limestone (marble) near the Eritrean frontier
Photographic prints
SAD.1/16/9
[ca. 1915-1925]
Hadaiyob ('the black water hole') at the junction of Khor Odi and Khor Langeb, on the south side of the valley (duplicate of SAD.1/14/6)
Photographic prints
SAD.1/16/10
[ca. 1915-1925]
Hadaiyob ('the black water hole') at the junction of Khor Odi and Khor Langeb, on the south side of the valley
Photographic prints
5. Articles (Drafts)
SAD.402/7/1-2
1927 Dec 18
Short draft article, probably by Thomson on
“Malha Crater, Darfur”
6. Maps
SAD.402/7/3
[ca. 1920s]
Geological sketch map of Kordofan showing the locations of volcanic and crystalline rocks and sandstone
scale: 1 : 8,000,000
Size: 14 x 14 cms
7. Printed Material
SAD.404/1/2-64
1886
Almkvist, Herman Napoleon, 1839-1904:
Die Bischari-Sprache, Tū-Beḍāwie, in Nordost-Afrika / beschreibend und vergleichend dargestellt von Herman Almkvist. Upsala : Druck der Akademischen Buchdruckerei, 1881-85. Bd 3 [annotated by Thomson]
SAD.402/7/4
1949 Oct-Nov
Short extract from
Sudan Monthly Record on “Geology”
SAD.402/7/5
1909 Jun-Jul
Grabham, G. W.:
“Wells of the North-Eastern Sudan”. [S.l. : s.n., 1909]. Reprinted from the Geological Magazine vol.6, 1909.
SAD.402/7/6
1948
Andrew, G.:
“Geology of the Sudan”. [Oxford : O.U.P., 1948]. Reprinted from Agriculture in the Sudan, 1948.
(b) Separated printed material now in Durham University Library
Printed material deposited with collection; now integrated into the library's printed collections and catalogued on the Open Public Access Catalogue
