Thomson, D.S.B.

This material is held atDurham University Archives

  • Reference
    • GB 33 sad[457]
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1905-1950
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 3.5 boxes

Scope and Content

Correspondence 1927-1937 ; trek notes, Blue Nile 1905-1908  and Lake Tsana, 1916 ; correspondence re South Arabian inscriptions; reports and correspondence on Assyrian settlement, 1924-1936 ; 677 photographs - Sudan, Abyssinia, Arabia, Iraq and Syria; printed material

Administrative / Biographical History

Sudan Political Service, 1909-1932  including appointments in Sennar Province, the Repression of Slave Trade Department; Commandant of Police, Port Sudan; from 1934  Assyrian Settlement Officer

Access Information

Open for consultation.

Acquisition Information

Presented by Mrs E.M. Thomson, 1958-1966

Note

Part of : Sudan Archive

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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.

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