Redfern, Sir A. Shuldham
Introduction
Sir A. Shuldham Redfern
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Catalogue
1. Personal Papers
2. Memoirs
3. Articles
Reference code: GB-0033-SAD
Title: Redfern, Sir A. Shuldham
Dates of creation: 1935-1981
Extent: 2 files
Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections
Created by: material relating to service in the Sudan
Language: English

Sir A. Shuldham Redfern

(1895-1985)

1914-1918War Service in the Territorial Infantry Regiment and the Royal Flying Corps
1920-1921 A.D.C. Khartoum North, Khartoum Province
1922-1923 A.D.C. Geneina, Dar Masalit, Darfur Province
1923-1925 A.D.C. Wad Medani, Blue Nile Province
1926-1928 Gezira Commissioner, Blue Nile Province
1928-1929 Deputy Governor, Blue Nile Province
1929-1932 Assistant Civil Secretary (Personnel)
1932-1934 Commissioner, Port Sudan-Suakin Administration
1934-1935 Governor, Kassala Province
1935-1945 Seconded to the Canadian Government
1947-1951 Director of the Commonwealth Division of the British Council
1957-1977 Deputy Chairman of the Sudan Government British Pensioners Association


Arrangement

1. Personal Papers
2. Memoirs
3. Articles

Catalogue
1. Personal Papers
SAD.294/18/3
1965 Dec 9
Letter to Richard Hill enclosing "vignettes" by A.S. Redfern and Lady Ruth Redfern, and mentioning Yahia Awad
2. Memoirs
SAD.863/5/1-11
1981
Memoir by A.S. Redfern of his career in the Sudan, divided into two parts:
SAD.863/5/1-8
Memoirs arranged chronologically, concerning recruitment (863/5/1-2) and postings: in Khartoum North, including a description of Khartoum and of Muslim customs (863/5/3); in Dar Masalit, including a description of the journey there and of legal work (863/5/4-6); in Wad Medani as Gezira Commissioner and as Deputy Governor of Blue Nile Province, with comment on the marriage of Political Officers (863/5/6-7); as Assistant Civil Secretary during the Depression (863/5/7); as Commissioner of the Port Sudan-Suakin Administration and later as the Governor of Kassala (863/5/7-8); and secondment to the Canadian Government (863/5/8)
SAD.863/5/9-11
Comment on Indirect Rule, the elimination of the Egyptian element of the administration in 1924, how the Sudan should have been furnished with a federal government prior to independence, and the role of the armed forces
3. Articles
SAD.294/18/4-15
1935
“The Bandit” : article by A.S. Redfern on Yahia Awad, a bandit of Kassala Province
SAD.294/18/16-22
1940
“Some Sudan Experiences” by Lady Redfern