Sarsfield-Hall, E.G.

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 33 SAD[426]
  • Dates of Creation
      1884-1976
  • Language of Material
      English
  • Physical Description
      14 boxes

Scope and Content

Papers on land settlement in Sennar, 1915 ; report on the proposed boundary between French and British territory in N. Darfur, 1917 ; reports on horse shows in Kordofan, 1921-1923 ; memorandum on Some African type buildings for use in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, with photographs; handbook of Khartoum Province, 1936 ; memorandum on the layout and development of Khartoum, KhartoumNorth and Omdurman, with photographs; memorandum on the public health of Khartoum Province, with photographs; account of the history, planning and development of Khartoum; correspondence re the Slatin memorial, 1936-1937 ; personal letters; diaries; articles and lecture notes; water colours; 6 cinefilms of Khartoum with VHS video copies; 1,734 photographs and glass slides including Nile campaigns 1884-1885  and 1896-1898 , Darfur campaign 1916  and Abyssinian campaign, 1940-1941 ; 10 maps andplans; newspaper cuttings; museum objects; printed material

Administrative / Biographical History

Sudan Political Service, 1909-1936 , including appointments in Khartoum, Blue Nile, Sennar, Darfur and Kordofan provinces

Access Information

Open for consultation.

Acquisition Information

Presented by Sarsfield-Hall, 1962, Mrs Sarsfield-Hall, 1978 & 1981-1996, Miss C. Sarsfield-Hall, 1983-1996, 2008 & A.H.M. Kirk-Greene, 1991

Note

Part of : Sudan Archive

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Conditions Governing Use

Permission to make any published use of material from the collection must be sought in advance from the Sub-Librarian, Special Collections (e-mail PG.Library@durham.ac.uk) and, where appropriate, from the copyright owner. The Library will assist where possible with identifying copyright owners, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user of the material.

Bibliography

Sarsfield-Hall, E.G., From Cork to Khartoum: memoirs of Southern Ireland and the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan 1886 to 1936 (Keswick, 1975)  Sarsfield-Hall, E.G., Khartoum yesterday, today & tomorrow: a brief account of the history, planning and development of Khartoum and the neighbouring towns of Khartoum North and Omdurman