Description of Special Collection

Collection Level Description: Allan, W.N.

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Collection name: Allan, W.N.

Collection code: GB 0033 SAD

Date range: 1920-1969

Extent: 10 boxes

Language: English

Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections

Part of : Sudan Archive

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Contents:
Papers relating to Nile Waters, 1920-1969 ; Lake Tsana, 1920-1955 ; Gezira, 1925-1969 ; Sennar Dam, 1926-1969 ; White Nile, 1936-1950 ; Iraq, 1940 ; Upper Nile and Equatoria, 1945-1953 ; fourth cataract project, 1946-1953 ; projects in Egypt, 1950-1959 ; Atbara River, 1956 ; River Gash, 1956 ; economy of the Sudan, 1958 ; Darfur, 1958 ; Technical Mission on Sudan Irrigation, 1959 ; Khashm el Girba, 1964-1966 ; printed material relating to irrigation
About the creator:
Irrigation Department, 1927-1946 ; Irrigation Consultant to Sudan Government, 1946-1969
Provenance:
Presented by Allan, 1971-1984, and by Mrs H. Allan, 1985
Catalogues:
Online catalogue for the four main donations of material received from Allan. Summary list only for material received after his death, including photographs and slides

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Index terms

Allan, William Nimmo, 1896-1984.
Sudan -- Economic conditions.
Nile River.
Tana, Lake (Ethiopia)
Gezira (Sudan)
White Nile River (Sudan)
Upper Nile Province (Sudan)
Atbara River (Ethiopia and Sudan)
Gash River (Sudan)
Darfur (Sudan)
Equatoria (Sudan)
Khashm el Girba (Sudan)
Scientific papers.
Irrigation engineering -- Sudan.
Irrigation engineering -- Iraq.
Irrigation engineering -- Ethiopia.
Irrigation engineering -- Egypt.

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Date last modified: 25 November 2008