Jackson, H.C.

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 33 SAD[324]
  • Dates of Creation
      ca.1899-1961
  • Language of Material
      English
  • Physical Description
      24 boxes

Scope and Content

Papers of Bishop Gwynne used in compiling a biography; part draft copies of Sudan days and ways and biographies of Wingate and Gwynne; draft articles such as Geographical and ethnographical work of the Catholic missionaries in the Sudan in the past centuryby Father Elia Toniolo; memoirs of Lillian Oyler, American missionary; notes on Zubayr Pasha; screenplay for a film on Gordon; trek notes and route reports, Halfa and Red Sea Provinces; notes on aviation; notes on 1924 mutiny; notes on Halfa Province (bound with photographs); personal correspondence 1899-1961 ; 2,543 photographs, negatives and lantern slides covering Sudan service

Administrative / Biographical History

Sudan Political Service, 1907-1931  including appointments in Civil Secretary's Office & Sennar, Blue Nile, Upper Nile, Red Sea, Berber, Bahr el Ghazal and Halfa provinces

Access Information

Open for consultation.

Acquisition Information

Presented by Jackson, 1958-1959 & after his death, by his son D. Jackson, 1963-1973

Note

Part of : Sudan Archive

Other Finding Aids

Draft catalogue. Summary list only for 274 glass slides.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to make any published use of material from the collection must be sought in advance from the Sub-Librarian, Special Collections (e-mail PG.Library@durham.ac.uk) and, where appropriate, from the copyright owner. The Library will assist where possible with identifying copyright owners, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user of the material.