Foley, G.F. and H.F.

This material is held atDurham University Archives

  • Reference
    • GB 33 SAD[280]
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1923-1994
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 2 boxes

Scope and Content

Letters home from H.F.F., 1933-1945 ; diary of H.F.F.'s voyage home from the Middle East accompanying 1,200 ex-P.O.W.s, 1945 ; texts of broadcasts; 610 photographs, chiefly of life in Khartoum and the Nuba Mountains and of the Stores and Ordnance Department; newspaper cuttings; printed material

Administrative / Biographical History

G.F. Foley: Western Arab Corps, Sudan Defence Force, 1920-1927 ; War Office, Khartoum, 1927-1930 ; Department of Economics and Trade and Stores and Ordnance Department, 1930-1946

Mrs. H.F. Foley: Hon. Sec. of the British Red Cross in the Sudan; Deputy Commissioner Sudan and Eritrea branch of the British Red Cross and St. John War Organisation of the Middle East, 1939-1945

Access Information

Open for consultation.

Acquisition Information

Presented by Mrs H.F. Foley, 1985 & 1988

Note

Part of : Sudan Archive

Other Finding Aids

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.

Bibliography

Foley, Helen, Letters to her mother: war-time in the Sudan 1938-1945 (Castle Cary, 1992)