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Collection Level Description: Robertson, J.W.
- Collection name: Robertson, J.W.
- Collection code: GB 0033 SAD
- Date range: 1898-1969
- Extent: 17 boxes
- Language: English
- Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections
- Part of : Sudan Archive
Contents:
Official papers mainly from service in the Civil Secretary's Office: papers re the 6th and 8th sessions of the Advisory Council for the Northern Sudan, 1946-1948 ; papers re the Juba Conference, 1946-1947 ; papers re constitutional developments, 1943-1951 ; papers of the Sudan Church Council; letters from Douglas Newbold; correspondence between the Civil Secretary and the Sudan Agent in London and the Sudan Agent in Cairo; monthly letters from the Civil Secretary to province governors, 1945-1953 ; letters to Robertson from serving officials, both inside and outside the Sudan; letters home, 1922-1954 ; articles and speeches; copy letter concerning the battle of Omdurman, 1898; miscellanea; 13 photographs; newspaper cuttings; copies of Background to Sudan News, 1953-1954 and of Public Relations Office publications, 1953-1954 ; printed material
About the creator:
Sudan Political Service, 1922-1953 , including appointments in Blue Nile, White Nile, Fung and Kordofan provinces; Civil Secretary 1945-1953
Provenance:
Presented by Robertson, 1977, by A.H.M. Kirk-Greene, 1984, & Sir James' son, J. Robertson, 1995
Catalogues:
Draft catalogue (1977 & 1984 material). Summary list only for 1995 gift
Related collections held at Durham:
For Robertson's letters to G.F. Thomas, see his papers [G//S 1106]
Related collections elsewhere:
Robertson's papers relating to Nigeria are held at Rhodes House Library, Oxford
Bibliography:
Robertson, Sir James, Transition in Africa: from direct rule to independence. A memoir by Sir James Robertson (London, 1974)
The last of the proconsuls: letters from Sir James W. Robertson KT, GCMG, GCVO, KBE, Order of the Nile (4th class), KStJ, Civil Secretary of the Sudan, 1945-1953, Governor-General of Nigeria, 1955-1960, ed. Graham F. Thomas (London, 1994)
Index terms
Robertson, James Wilson, Sir, 1899-1983.Newbold, Douglas, Sir, 1894-1945.
Juba Conference, 1947.
Sudan Church Council.
Sudan -- History -- 1862-1899.
Sudan -- Foreign relations -- 20th century.
Correspondence -- 20th century.
Date last modified: 25 November 2008
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