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Collection Level Description: Stevenson, R.C.
- Collection name: Stevenson, R.C.
- Collection code: GB 0033 SAD
- Date range: 1875-1990
- Extent: 3 boxes
- Language: English
- Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections
- Part of : Sudan Archive
Contents:
Reports and minutes relating to C.M.S. missionary and education work and the affairs of the Episcopal Church of the Sudan; official correspondence relating to C.M.S. affairs, the Diocese of Khartoum and the Nuba Mountains Fellowship; memorandum by D. Newbold on female circumcision, incorporating the views of DCs and tribal leaders, Kordofan, 1938 ; articles and lectures on local government and administration, linguistics and anthropology; 53 photographs and postcards, Nuba Mountains, Southern Sudan and Khartoum; 1 map; miscellanea; newspaper cuttings; printed material
About the creator:
Teacher and linguistic research worker in the Nuba Mountains for the C.M.S., 1937-1959 ; Department of Anthropology, University of Khartoum, 1959-1965 ; Head of Department of Sudanese and African Languages, Institute of African and Asian Studies, University of Khartoum
Provenance:
Presented by Dr A. Jacobi, 1992, & Mrs J. Ahmed, 1993-1998
Catalogues:
Online catalogue for material presented 1992-1997. Summary list only for gift of postcards, 1998
Index terms
Stevenson, R. C. (Roland C.), 1915-1991.Newbold, Douglas, Sir, 1894-1945.
Church Missionary Society.
Episcopal Church of the Sudan.
Khartoum (Sudan)
Nuba Mountains.
Education -- Sudan.
Missions -- Sudan.
Female circumcision -- Sudan.
Linguistics -- Sudan.
Anthropology -- Sudan.
Date last modified: 25 November 2008
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