Sudan Mercantile Company (Motors)

This material is held atDurham University Archives

  • Reference
    • GB 33 SAD[695]
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1920s-1930s
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 5 albums

Scope and Content

406 photographs, taken by a manager in the company; includes one album (24 photographs) of scenes in South Sudan and Uganda

Administrative / Biographical History

The Sudan Mercantile Company was founded in Port Sudan 1905; came under the Managing Agents Keymer Son and Co. c. 1912 ; established Motors division in 1929  (Ford distributorship); nationalised 1970

Access Information

Open for consultation.

Acquisition Information

Purchased, 2019

Note

Part of : Sudan Archive

Other Finding Aids

Summary list

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.

Genre/Form

Photographs