Description of Special Collection

Collection Level Description: Newbold, D.

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Collection name: Newbold, D.

Collection code: GB 0033 SAD

Date range: 1913-1966

Extent: 7 boxes

Language: English

Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections

Part of : Sudan Archive

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Contents:
War service journal, 1915-1918 ; report on archaeological and exploratory tour in N.W. Kordofan and W. Dongola, 1923 ; articles; 489 photographs including Libyan Desert, Sinai and Palestine; assorted museum objects; printed material
About the creator:
Sudan Political Service, 1920-1945 including appointments in Kordofan and Red Sea provinces; Civil Secretary 1939-1945
Provenance:
Presented by Sir Gawain Bell, 1970 & Miss A. Terry, 1978
Catalogues:
Draft catalogue
Related collections held at Durham:
There are numerous letters from Newbold spread throughout collections in the Sudan Archive
Bibliography:
Newbold, Sir Douglas, The making of the modern Sudan: the life and letters of Sir Douglas Newbold, ed. K.D.D. Henderson (Westport, 1974)

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Index terms

Newbold, Douglas, Sir, 1894-1945.
Sudan -- Antiquities.
Dongola (Sudan : Province)
Kordofan (Sudan)
Egypt -- Description and travel.
Palestine -- Description and travel.
Sudan -- Description and travel.
Libyan Desert -- Description and travel.
Diaries -- 20th century.
Artefacts.
Photographs.
World War, 1914-1918.

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Date last modified: 25 November 2008