Description of Special Collection

Collection Level Description: Orlebar, J.O.

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Collection name: Orlebar, J.O.

Collection code: GB 0033 SAD

Date range: 1882-1986

Extent: 2.5 boxes

Language: English

Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections

Part of : Sudan Archive

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Contents:
Official papers on Sudan Defence Force operations at Kufra oasis, Darfur, Kordofan, S. Sudan and the Kassala/Abyssinia border, mainly Second World War; personal accounts of former Sudan Defence Force officers; copy letters of Charles Davidson, Egyptian Army, 1882-1884 ; 106 photographs, mainly military subjects in Darfur, Khartoum, Kassala and Abyssinia; obituaries; 2 maps; newspaper cuttings; printed material
About the creator:
Sudan Defence Force, 1933-1943
Provenance:
Presented by Orlebar, 1981-1987
Catalogues:
Online catalogue
Bibliography:
Orlebar, J., (ed.), The tales of the S.D.F. (Newport, ca.1981)
Orlebar, J., (ed.), The story of the Sudan Defence Force (Newport, ca.1986)

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Index terms

Orlebar, John Hatton Rolt, 1907-1989.
Davidson, Charles, fl.1882-1884.
Sudan. Defence Force.
Kufra Oasis.
Khartoum (Sudan)
Darfur (Sudan)
Kordofan (Sudan)
Kassala (Sudan : Province)
Sudan -- History -- 1862-1899.
Ethiopia -- Description and travel.
Autobiographies -- 20th century.
Photographs.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Sudan.

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Date last modified: 25 November 2008