Martin, G.H.

This material is held atDurham University Archives

  • Reference
    • GB 33 SAD[586]
  • Dates of Creation
    • ca.1900-1974
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 9 boxes

Scope and Content

Official papers relating to the Sudan Northern Archdeaconry Council/Rural Deanery Council, Khartoum Parochial Church Council, the Financial Sub-Committee of the Synod, the Chaplains' Sustentation Fund, the Diocesan School for British Children, Khartoum Rotary Club and the Church saloon; personal correspondence, mostly concerning church affairs; 1007 photographs, mostly of religious and public ceremonies in Khartoum, social gatherings including children's parties at the Clergy House, church schools, a trade/industry fair, the Queen's visit to Sudan in 1965 and one album of photographs of Eritrea and Ethiopia taken during the second Italo-Abyssinian campaign; newspaper cuttings; miscellanea

Administrative / Biographical History

C.M.S. Missionary Teacher, Nugent School, Loka, 1928-1932 ; Teacher, Bishop Gobat School, Jerusalem, 1933-1939 ; Chaplain of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 1940-1945 ; Provost of Khartoum Cathedral, 1946-1966 ; Archdeacon of the Northern Sudan, 1950-1966

Access Information

Open for consultation.

Acquisition Information

Presented by H.C. Jackson, 1959. Later gifts by Dr S.R. & Mrs. A.M. Brooks, 1992 & 1993 (which included the papers of Bishop L.H. Gwynne, now catalogued separately).

Note

Part of : Sudan Archive

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