catalogue of the papers of w.a. porter

Catalogue of the papers of W.A. Porter

Date range of material: 1925-1954

Durham University LibraryMay 2021

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ContentsPreface ................................................................................................................ 1

Introduction .......................................................................................................... 2

Catalogue of material:

1. Official Papers..............................................................................................3(a) 1926-1928 Bahr el Ghazal ....................................................................................4(b) 1937 Upper Nile Province......................................................................................4(c) 1939 Kordofan........................................................................................................4(d) 1934, 1947-1951 Tokar, Kassala............................................................................4

2. Personal Papers...........................................................................................5

3. Miscellanea..................................................................................................6

4. Photographic Material..................................................................................7

5. Museum Objects........................................................................................19

6. Newspapers...............................................................................................20

7. Printed material.........................................................................................21

Preface

Creation of catalogueWP list JH June 2000. SGML RIH July 2000

Contact detailsDurham University Library: Archives and Special CollectionsPalace GreenDurhamDH1 3RNEnglandTelephone: 0191 334 2972Email: [email protected]: http://www.dur.ac.uk/library/asc/ark:/32150/s1nk322d38k

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Porter, William Allan

Introduction

Collection title: Porter, William AllanReference code: GB-0033-SADDates of creation: 1925-1954Extent: 1.5 boxesRepository: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections: Sudan ArchiveCreator: Porter, William AllanLanguage of material: English

William Allan Porter(1901 - 1980)

Inspector of Agriculture, Wau, Bahr el Ghazal1925-1928Inspector of Agriculture, Nuer Area, Upper Nile Province1928-1930Inspector of Agriculture, Gurier, Kassala1930-1931Inspector of Agriculture, Gash Delta, Kassala1931-1932Inspector of Agriculture, Tokar, Kassala1932-1934Inspector of Agriculture, Malakal, Upper Nile Province1934-1938Inspector of Agriculture, Talodi, Kordofan1939-1941Senior Inspector of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Institute, WadMedani, Kordofan

1941-1943

Senior Inspector of Agriculture, Hashaba, Blue Nile Province1943-1944Senior Inspector of Agriculture, Tokar, Kassala1944-1951

Accession detailsPresented by D.J. Clark, 1980, & D. Lewis, 1986

Arrangement1. Official Papers(a) Bahr el Ghazal(b) Upper Nile Province(c) Kordofan(d) Tokar, Kassala2. Personal Papers3. Miscellanea4. Photographic Material5. Museum Objects6. Newspapers7. Printed Material

Form of citationMaterial in the Sudan Archive is given a reference number, which is unique across thecollections of papers. Usually it is not necessary to give the name of the person ororganisation within which collection the item is found, although it may be convenient to doso.The short form of citation should be GB-0033-SAD reference numberMost printed references take the form: SAD reference number .To order items in the searchroom, use the collection reference code(s), derived by removingthe repository code (GB-0033-), followed by the reference number. Citing the section of thefinding aid is useful.

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1. Official Papers

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(a) 1926-1928 Bahr el Ghazal1926 May 25 - Jun 10SAD.700/11/1-6Report on cotton production, Eastern District, Bahr el Ghazal Provinceby W.A. Porter1928 Jan 1 - Feb 16SAD.700/11/7-15Diary of No. 1 Company, Equatorial Battalion punitive patrol S.9 toLake Jur, Nuer area, after the murder of Capt. V.H. Fergusson. W.A.Porter was attached to the Company as Political Officer. (Forphotographs of this patrol, see under Photographic Material,A77/53-68)

(b) 1937 Upper Nile Province1937SAD.700/11/16-34Report on costings of rain grown cotton, 1936-37

(c) 1939 Kordofan1939 Jun 24SAD.700/13/1-2Letter from W.A. Porter to G.F. March, Asst. Director of Agriculture rethe introduction of fluctuating cotton prices into Nuba Area cottonmarkets

(d) 1934, 1947-1951 Tokar, Kassala1934 Apr 12SAD.700/11/35-36Report on Tokar agricultural show 1934, by W.A. Porter1934 Jun 25SAD.700/11/37-40Note for Mr. Paterson by W.A. Porter on simsar's work and loans tocultivators, 1933-34 season1947 Jun 26SAD.700/13/3-4Letter from W.A. Porter to the Director of Agriculture and Forests rethe sowing grant for grain cultivation in Tokar Delta1947 Aug 10SAD.700/11/41-44Establishments Branch circular re redeployment of British officials onretirement from the Sudan1949SAD.700/11/45-57Preliminary report by D.W. Millison on research carried out in theTokar Delta between Oct 1948 and Mar 1949 (pp. 1-10 and 14, plusgraph)1950 Apr 15SAD.700/13/5Letter from W.A. Porter to the Secretary, Agricultural PublicationsCommittee re the proposed bulletin of Tokar Delta1950 May 7 - 17SAD.700/13/6-9Letter from P.B Broadbent, Asst. Governor, Kassala, to the CivilSecretary re Tokar land policy, with reply1951 Jun 8SAD.700/11/58-61Note by W.A. Porter on Tokar agricultural monthly reports, Mar - May1951

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2. Personal Papers

1925 Oct 11 - 1954 Aug 21SAD.700/12/1-110Official correspondence re W.A. Porter's career, including SudanGovernment contracts, 1925 and 1928 (700/12/2-11) and letters reappointments, retirement and commutation of pension

1951 Apr 20SAD.700/13/10-11Letter from Hashim `Abd al-Majid re a gift of cloth to Mrs. Porter

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3. Miscellanea

[n.d.] and 1937SAD.700/13/12-16Christmas cards showing Province emblems:

Bahr el GhazalSAD.700/13/12Darfur including photograph of Western Arab Corps manoeuvres,1937

SAD.700/13/13

Kordofan, including photograph of RashadSAD.700/13/14Red Sea ClubSAD.700/13/15White Nile ProvinceSAD.700/13/16

[n.d.]SAD.700/13/17-20Christmas cards from the Sudan Ambassador in London

[n.d.]SAD.700/14/1-3Sudan Railway's envelopes (3)

[n.d.], 1946, 1950SAD.700/14/4-14Tickets:

Khartoum MuseumSAD.700/14/4Port Sudan swimming poolSAD.700/14/5Zoological GardensSAD.700/14/6Khartoum Horticultural Society Flower Show, 1950SAD.700/14/7Sudan Light and Power Co., LtdSAD.700/14/8Tokar Cinema (2)SAD.700/14/9-10Sudan Railways to Erkowit Hill Station, 22 May 1946SAD.700/14/11-14

1951 May 14SAD.700/14/15-28List of W.A. Porter's household effects exported to the U.K. (2 copies)

1951 May 30SAD.700/14/29-32List of W.A. Porter's household effects sold at Tokar

[n.d. post 1963]SAD.700/14/33-34Appeal for funds for the Episcopal Church in Sudan

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4. Photographic Material

[1920s]SAD.A76/1-49Album of photographs taken in the southern Sudan, chiefly Bahr elGhazal, many of them unidentified but including:

[1920s]SAD.A76/1W.A. Porter with unidentified government officialSize: 84 x 60 mmOctober 1925SAD.A76/2“Gordon's square, Berber, Oct. 1925”Size: 58 x 83 mm1925SAD.A76/3“Old & modern modes of transport near Malakal. Camels in thefront & on the right a six-wheeled motor lorry”. Camel caravanin front of 6-wheeled motor lorry near MalakalSize: 58 x 83 mmOctober 1925SAD.A76/4“Fowlers car, El Bouga, Oct. 1925”Size: 58 x 83 mm[1925]SAD.A76/5“Iron swing Railway bridge across the Nile south of Khtm - atKosti”. White Nile bridge at KostiSize: 58 x 83 mmJune 1926SAD.A76/6“Billy, June 1926”. W.A. Porter possibly at WauSize: 58 x 83 mm1926SAD.A76/7“Ready for an elephant. Billy, July 1926”. W.A. Porter holding arifle, possibly WauSize: 58 x 83 mm[1920s]SAD.A76/8Unidentified man holding two tusks from elephant shot by W.A.Porter; ship in backgroundSize: 58 x 83 mmJuly 1926SAD.A76/9“With the tusks of my first elephant. Billy. July 1926”. W.A. Porterholding the tusks from his first elephant; ship in backgroundSize: 58 x 83 mm[1926?]SAD.A76/10Dead animal tied to a pole, possibly a white-eared cob, probablyBahr al-GhazalSize: 58 x 83 mm[1926?]SAD.A76/11Man swimming cattle across riverSize: 58 x 83 mmDecember 1926SAD.A76/12“With a road making gang in the swamps. Billy. Dec. 1926”. W.A. Porter standing in swampy ground with a road-making gang,probably Bahr al-GhazalSize: 58 x 83 mm

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[1926?]SAD.A76/13Two ivory elephant tusks, probably Bahr al-GhazalSize: 58 x 83 mm[1920s]SAD.A76/14-16Views of unidentified steamers[1920s]SAD.A76/17Unidentified shipNovember 1926SAD.A76/18-19“Corner Box Garden, Kerreri, showing lettuces, cabbages, kapoketc. Nov 1926”. Lettuces, cabbages, kapok and other producegrowing in a box garden on board the steamer Kerreri, probablyBahr al-GhazalSize: 58 x 83 mm[1926?]SAD.A76/20Steamer and barge, possibly the Kerreri, probably Bahr al-GhazalSize: 58 x 83 mm[1926?]SAD.A76/21Steamer and barge, possibly the Kerreri, moored, probably Bahral-GhazalSize: 58 x 83 mm[1926?]SAD.A76/22Group of men standing in long grass, possibly Nuer, working onthe construction of a road to Adok, probably Bahr al-GhazalSize: 58 x 83 mmOctober 1926SAD.A76/23“Fergie & Nuers at making of Adok Road”. Capt. V.H. Fergussonstanding with a group of Nuer men working on road constructionSize: 58 x 83 mm[1926?]SAD.A76/24Men, including V. H. Fergusson, in rowing boat in suddSize: 58 x 83 mm[1926?]SAD.A76/25Group of men standing in long grass, possibly Nuers workingon the construction of a road to Adok, probably Bahr al-GhazalSize: 58 x 83 mm[1926?]SAD.A76/26Southern Sudanese man wearing a pair of shorts, probably Bahral-GhazalSize: 58 x 83 mm[1926?]SAD.A76/27Southern Sudanese woman wearing a tobe with a young girlstanding next to her wearing a dress, probably Bahr al-GhazalSize: 58 x 83 mm[1926?]SAD.A76/28Two southerm Sudanese men holding spears, probably Bahral-GhazalSize: 58 x 83 mm[1926?]SAD.A76/29Group of Nuer men clearing ground during construction of a roadto Adok

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Size: 58 x 83 mm[1926?]SAD.A76/30Group of southern Sudanese men, possibly NuerSize: 58 x 83 mm[1926?]SAD.A76/33Two southern Sudanese men kneeling with spears, probablyBahr al-GhazalSize: 58 x 83 mm[1926?]SAD.A76/34,36,37SuddSize: 58 x 83 mm[1926?]SAD.A76/35Dulayb palm treesSize: 58 x 83 mmOctober 1926SAD.A76/38“The Port of Yoynyang, Ghazal River. Oct. 1926”. Signpostmarking landing stage at Yoynyang on the Bahr el Ghazal riverSize: 58 x 83 mmNovember 1925SAD.A76/40“Arrival of Kerreri at Yoynyang. Nov. 1925”. Passengersdisembarking from the steamer KerreriSize: 58 x 83 mmNovember 1925SAD.A76/41“Cotton ready for inspection at Yoynyang. Nov. 1925”. Manstanding next to samples of cotton awaiting inspection by W.A.PorterSize: 58 x 83 mm[1920s]SAD.A76/42Missionaries with pupilsNovember 1925SAD.A76/43“A small dance at Yoynyang on my first arrival, Nov. 1925”. Nuermen performing a dance to mark W.A. Porter's arrival atYoynyangSize: 58 x 83 mmNovember 1925SAD.A76/44“Mission people awaiting arrival of Kerreri at Tonga, Nov. 1925”.Mission workers and children on the bank of the Bahr el Ghazal,awaiting the KerreriSize: 58 x 83 mmOctober 1926SAD.A76/45“Mission House & Boys at R. C. Mission, Yoynyang, Oct 1926”.Group of Nuer boys in front of Roman Catholic mission house,YoynyangSize: 58 x 83 mm[1920s]SAD.A76/46“Baling cotton on the landing stage at Yoynyang”. Local peoplebaling cotton at landing stage ready for transportation by bargeSize: 58 x 83 mm[1925-1927]SAD.A76/47Float plane

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Size: 58 x 83 mmDecember 1925SAD.A76/48“Huts of Native Soldiers (6th Equats.) at Lake Yirrol, Dec. 1925”.Tukls housing Sudanese soldiers of the 6th Equatorial CorpsSize: 58 x 83 mm[1920s]SAD.A76/49Local people baling cotton at landing stage and loading on tobargeSize: 58 x 83 mm

1925-1930SAD.A77/1-96Album of photographs taken by W.A. Porter, Southern Sudan,including:

September 1927SAD.A77/1-3W.A. Porter on top of dead elephant, with portersApril 1928SAD.A77/4Mrs. Wyld and a group of porters sitting on dead elephant24 April 1928SAD.A77/5John Bevan, D.C., displaying two elephant tusks on the steamerKerreri[1925-1930]SAD.A77/6Elephant tusks on deck of steamer[1925-1930]SAD.A77/7Two men displaying 150lb tusks from elephant speared by Arabs[1925-1930]SAD.A77/8,10W.A. Porter displaying two elephant tusks on the Kerreri[1929]SAD.A77/9Man on raft leading horse across the Bahr el Arab during theBul patrol[1925-1930]SAD.A77/11-12Young captive elephant1929SAD.A77/13-16Cotton bales at Adok1928SAD.A77/17,19Experimental cotton plot, YodniMarch 1929SAD.A77/18G.F. March, Inspector of AgricultureDecember 1927SAD.A77/20W.A. Porter sitting on bale of cotton at Wad Jarkh[1925-1930]SAD.A77/21-28Landing stages and merchant shops at Yodni, Wad Jarkh, LakeNo and Yoynyang1929SAD.A77/29-32,35-36The Bul Patrol, including Capt. Roberts, Dr. Hall and Capt.Richards[1925-1930]SAD.A77/33-34First seaplane of the original Khartoum-Kisumu Air Mail atShambe with Capt. GladstoneJanuary 1930SAD.A77/37-38,44SGS Louise

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[1925-1930]SAD.A77/39Cattle barge at JurJuly 1929SAD.A77/40-42SGS Wingate, Bahr el GhazalApril 1928SAD.A77/43W. Ross and Capt. Kidd on a barge of the Kerreri, preparing togo on leave[1925-1930]SAD.A77/45-46Nuer men[1925-1930]SAD.A77/47-48Merchants and shop at Yodni, with Muhammad the cook[1925-1930]SAD.A77/49Nuer chiefs at Thar Jath1928SAD.A77/50Group of Nuer chiefs at Lake Jur after Patrol S.9, including ChiefRiang and Chief DhorJuly 1929SAD.A77/51Wife of a Dinka chief at BorJuly 1929SAD.A77/52Elderly Nuer chief at Ghabat el `Arab[1928]SAD.A77/53-68Patrol S.9. - punitive patrol after the death of Capt. Fergusson[1928]SAD.A77/53,60,64Captured cattle[1925-1930]SAD.A77/54,58W.A. Porter's makeshift hut[1925-1930]SAD.A77/55,62-63Soldier of No. 1 Co. Equatorial Corps clearing ground to constructa landing ground for the RAF[1925-1930]SAD.A77/56Equatorial Corps soldier at Amair camp[1925-1930]SAD.A77/57Soldiers' quarters[1928]SAD.A77/59Captured Nuers[1928]SAD.A77/61Gathering of Nuer chiefs[1928]SAD.A77/65Local chiefs and interpreters standing next to a flag marking thespot where Capt. Fergusson was killed[1928]SAD.A77/66-68Cairn erected in memory of Capt. Fergusson at Jur[1928]SAD.A77/69-76Road building at Lake Jur[1928]SAD.A77/69Men wading in Lake Jur before the causeway was built[1928]SAD.A77/70,72,75Surrendered Nuers and porters building the causeway[1928]SAD.A77/71,76Newly constructed causeway

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[1925-1930]SAD.A77/73-74Nuer men dancing[1925-1930]SAD.A77/77-78,80-84W.A. Porter's office and living-room on the Candace[1925-1930]SAD.A77/79Merchants' shops at Adok[1925-1930]SAD.A77/85Group of men with Nile perch at Lake No[1925-1930]SAD.A77/86Nile perch weighing 145lbs[1925-1930]SAD.A77/87Woodcutter with young Nuer woman[1925-1930]SAD.A77/88Nuer chiefs at Lake Jur[1925-1930]SAD.A77/89,91-92Tethered monkey on Candace[1925-1930]SAD.A77/90W.A. Porter with monkey on Candace[1925-1930]SAD.A77/93-96The sudd near Bor

[pre 1927]SAD.840/3/1Large portrait photograph of Capt. V.H. Fergusson (1891-1927), killedat Lake Jur by the Nuong Dinka

[1925-1937]SAD.701/1/1-36Photographs taken in the Southern Sudan during W.A. Porter's servicein Upper Nile Province. Some are duplicates of photographs in A76and A77 and most are unidentified:

19SAD.701/1/1-2W. Ross, Inspector of Agriculture, Wau and A.C. Walker sittingon sack of cotton at Adok, Dec 1925[1925-1937]SAD.701/1/3Unidentified man standing on hillock holding flag[1925-1937]SAD.701/1/4Unidentified men in swampy ground19SAD.701/1/5Mr. And Mrs. Knowles sitting by pile of wood, Malakal aerodrome,Apr 1937[1925-1937]SAD.701/1/8British woman wearing jodhpurs[1925-1937]SAD.701/1/9Football team including Capt. Kidd (holding ball)[1925-1937]SAD.701/1/10Unidentified man, possibly Inspector of Agriculture, being carriedacross river on an `anqarib[1925-1937]SAD.701/1/11Gregori, a Greek merchant who has lived at Shambe for 24 years[1925-1937]SAD.701/1/12-14Ivory tusks

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[1925-1937]SAD.701/1/17Group of people on river bank[1925-1937]SAD.701/1/19Group of boy scouts giving a gymnastic display[1925-1937]SAD.701/1/20Group of people dancing[1925-1937]SAD.701/1/21Southern Sudanese man, probably Shilluk, on river bank withambach canoes1928SAD.701/1/22-23Two men wading by newly constructed causeway built bysurrendered Nuers after Patrol S.91935SAD.701/1/24Meeting of Shilluk chiefs, Fashoda[1925-1937]SAD.701/1/26Unidentified Shilluk chief getting off aeroplane[1925-1937]SAD.701/1/27Group of men digging in swampy ground[1925-1937]SAD.701/1/28Camp under construction[1925-1937]SAD.701/1/29-30Group of men at work[1925-1937]SAD.701/1/31Group of soldiers1926SAD.701/1/32-33Missionary Fathers with group of Nuer boys at Roman Catholicmission school, 1926[1925-1937]SAD.701/1/34Nuer men clearing trees during road construction at Adok[1925-1937]SAD.701/1/35Two Shilluk men wearing togas[1925-1937]SAD.701/1/36Three Shilluk men in ambach canoe

[ca. 1925 - 1937]SAD.701/2/1-27Photographs taken by W.A. Porter in the southern Sudan, chiefly ofhousing:

[1925-1937]SAD.701/2/1-4Interior views of W.A. Porter's living quarters on barge 56[1925-1937]SAD.701/2/5Unidentified brick building, probably W.A. Porter's house[1925-1937]SAD.701/2/6-17,25Views of W.A. Porter's garden at Malakal[1925-1937]SAD.701/2/19Roadway leading from landing stage to R.C. Mission at Yoynyang[1925-1937]SAD.701/2/21Kaka rest house[1925-1937]SAD.701/2/24Unidentified circular mud-built houses, typical of Nuba Mountains

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[1925-1937]SAD.701/2/26[W.A. Porter] by thatched hut on the banks of the Sobat river[1925-1937]SAD.701/2/27Landing stage at Yoynyang with tukls in background

[ca. 1928 - 1937]SAD.701/3/1-17Photographs of transport, southern Sudan:

[ca. 1928 - 1937]SAD.701/3/1-11River steamers and barges, including the SGS Wingate, theKerreri, the Louise and a cattle barge at Jur[ca. 1928 - 1937]SAD.701/3/12-13Kosti bridgeOctober 1931SAD.701/3/14-15Motor transport including Black's lorry trying to cross the river[ca. 1928 - 1937]SAD.701/3/16-17Aeroplanes

1929-1937SAD.701/3/18-21Photographs of the cotton industry, southern Sudan:

[1929-1937]SAD.701/3/18Packing cotton into sacksDecember 1935SAD.701/3/19Sacks of cotton at Nasir, Dec 19351929SAD.701/3/20Cotton bales at Adok, 1929April 1937SAD.701/3/21Kilns burning cotton soil to make clinker for foundations of thenew runway for the RAF aerodrome, Malakal

1928-1929SAD.701/3/22-26Photographs of Patrol S.9 to avenge Fergusson's murder (1928) andthe Bul march (1929). See also A77/1-96 above:

[1928]SAD.701/3/22Captured cattle, Patrol S.9[1928]SAD.701/3/23Captured Nuer, Patrol S.9[1928]SAD.701/3/24W.A. Porter's headquarters during Patrol S.9May 1929SAD.701/3/25Porters crossing a khawr on the Bul marchMay 1929SAD.701/3/26Hall, the army doctor, attending sick on the Bul march

[1920s and 1930s]SAD.701/4/1-8Photographs of animals and birds, mainly southern Sudan:

[1920s and 1930s]SAD.701/4/1-3Pet monkey on the Candace[1920s and 1930s]SAD.701/4/4Captive baby elephant on the barge of the Kerreri[1920s and 1930s]SAD.701/4/5Herd of elephants

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[1920s and 1930s]SAD.701/4/6Elephant tusks[1920s and 1930s]SAD.701/4/7Stork

[1920s and 1930s]SAD.701/4/9-28General views, southern Sudan, mostly unidentified but including:

[1920s and 1930s]SAD.701/4/11The landing stage at Wad JarkhJanuary 1936SAD.701/4/12Trees at Shambe, Jan 1936November 1934SAD.701/4/19Landing stage at Kosti, Nov 1934[1920s and 1930s]SAD.701/4/20Landing stage at Bentiu[1920s and 1930s]SAD.701/4/21Bahr el Ghazal riverJanuary 1936SAD.701/4/22Elephant in the water at Luang, Jan 1936[1920s and 1930s]SAD.701/4/23Sobat river[1920s and 1930s]SAD.701/4/24Mouth of the Zeraf river[1920s and 1930s]SAD.701/4/25Suddite factory on Lake No[1920s and 1930s]SAD.701/4/26Sudd[1920s and 1930s]SAD.701/4/27Aerial view, possibly of Jonglei canal[1920s and 1930s]SAD.701/4/28Unnamed grave

1933-1935SAD.A78/1-103Album of photographs taken by W.A. Porter in Tokar, Kassala Provinceand Malakal, Upper Nile Province, including:

[1933-1935]SAD.A78/1Agricultural office, Tokar[1933-1935]SAD.A78/2Drying seed at Tokar[1933-1935]SAD.A78/3-4Habub at TokarAugust 1933SAD.A78/5-6The flood at Tokar, Aug 19331933-1934SAD.A78/7-26Stages of cotton growth, 1933-1934[1933-1935]SAD.A78/23Inspector's resthouse, Tokar delta[1933-1935]SAD.A78/27-29Effect of heavy rains on Tokar-Trinkitat railway line

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May 1934SAD.A78/30-31Cotton train from Tokar to Trinkitat, May 1934May 1934SAD.A78/32-33S.S. Tokar (cotton steamer) at Trinkitat, May 1934[1933]SAD.A78/34-35Khor Kamai after 1933 floodMarch 1934SAD.A78/36-37Tokar delta, Mar 1934[1933-1935]SAD.A78/38-40New extension to Hamareit bank, Tokar deltaJune 1934SAD.A78/41-45Motoring to Sinkat, Jun 19341934SAD.A78/46-55Tokar Agricultural Show, 1934 including the Governor-GeneralSir Stewart Symes1932SAD.A78/56“The Khalifa” (local shaykh)[1933-1935]SAD.A78/57The fort at El TebFebruary 1935SAD.A78/58-61Kodok, Upper Nile Province, Feb 1935[1933-1935]SAD.A78/58The Ghazal post boat standing at Kodok[1933-1935]SAD.A78/59-60Kodok landing stageFebruary 1935SAD.A78/61Cotton ready to sell in Kodok market, Feb 1935January 1935SAD.A78/62Meeting of Shilluk chiefs at Fashoda, Jan 1935[1933-1935]SAD.A78/63Buying cotton at Fashoda[1933-1935]SAD.A78/64Steamer Hafir and barge near MelutMarch 1935SAD.A78/65Shilluk cotton at Kaka[1933-1935]SAD.A78/66Kaka, markaz in distance[1933-1935]SAD.A78/67Shilluk hut, Fashoda[1933-1935]SAD.A78/68Shilluk on the river Sobat[1933-1935]SAD.A78/69River Sobat at Nagdia[1933-1935]SAD.A78/70Governor's garden, Malakal[1933-1935]SAD.A78/71Swimming pool at Malakal[1933-1935]SAD.A78/72-75W.A. Porter's house and garden, Malakal

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[1933-1935]SAD.A78/76-78Imperial Airways and RAF aeroplanes at Malakal[1933-1935]SAD.A78/79Kosti bridge open[1933-1935]SAD.A78/80Shilluk meeting at Fashoda[1933-1935]SAD.A78/81Kawa, north of Kosti[1933-1935]SAD.A78/82Kaka resthouse[1933-1935]SAD.A78/83-86,89Kodok cotton market[1933-1935]SAD.A78/81,88,90Shilluk men at Kodok and Adong[1933-1935]SAD.A78/91Shilluk cattle camp[1933-1935]SAD.A78/92Shilluk men bringing cotton to sell by canoe[1933-1935]SAD.A78/93Yodni on the Bahr el Ghazal river[1933-1935]SAD.A78/94R.C. Mission paddle launch at Yoynyang[1933-1935]SAD.A78/95Nuer huts at Wankai[1933-1935]SAD.A78/96Bentiu[1933-1935]SAD.A78/97Adok rest house[1933-1935]SAD.A78/98ShambeMarch 1924SAD.A78/99Drawing by Millais on the wall of Shambe rest house[1933-1935]SAD.A78/100Dulayb palms at Nagdia[1933-1935]SAD.A78/101The old fort at the mouth of the Sobat[1933-1935]SAD.A78/102Nasir wood station[1933-1935]SAD.A78/103The Tamai wooding at Nasir

[ca.1932 - 1948]SAD.701/5-701/9Photographs taken in the Tokar Delta, Kassala Province. Many areduplicates of photographs in A78:

[ca.1932 - 1948]SAD.701/5/1-21Cotton cultivation in the Tokar Delta[ca.1932 - 1948]SAD.701/6/1-28W.A. Porter's Tokar house and garden, with family and friendsincluding Dr. Knight and family

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[ca.1932 - 1948]SAD.701/7/1-12Motor transport[ca.1932 - 1948]SAD.701/8/1-10Views of Tokar delta, including Tokar cinema[ca.1932 - 1948]SAD.701/9/1-4Local people including Beni Amer at Aqiq[ca.1932 - 1948]SAD.701/9/5-7Miscellaneous, including Province staff?, Governor-General SirStewart Symes at Tokar Agricultural Show and market produce[ca.1932 - 1948]SAD.701/9/8-17Ten negatives of photographs of Tokar Delta, including negativesof 701/9/4 and A78/23

[n.d.] and 1942SAD.701/10/1-5Miscellaneous photographs:

[ca.1942]SAD.701/10/1Khartoum from the air showing the Cathedral and Clergy house[ca.1942]SAD.701/10/2Khartoum Cathedral[ca.1942]SAD.701/10/3General Gordon's statue, Khartoum[ca.1942]SAD.701/10/4Dhurah and fallow plots 38 and 39, Aug 11 1942[ca.1942]SAD.701/10/5Tractor ploughing field

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5. Museum Objects

Shield, reportedly belonging to the man who killed Capt. Fergusson.Rhinoceros hide on wooden staff

G//S 609/1

Half ambach canoe

Shilluk drumG//S 609/3Agriculture and Forests badge

Twenty-two brass buttons for trek jacketSAD.700/16/1-22Nine brass buttons and two hat badges, all marked S.C.S.

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6. Newspapers

1937 Jan 30SAD.702/1/1-4The Sudan Daily Herald, including note of the first auction of cottonat Tokar and the birth of W.A. Porter's daughter

1945 Sep 7SAD.702/1/5-8Sudan Star, 'end of the war issue'

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7. Printed materialPrinted material deposited with collection; now integrated into the library catalogueBuk mon nadh ke dholl?? sku, (Yoynyang, 1934) (Nuer reading book)Egypt and the Sudan 1930, Tourist development association of Egypt (Cairo)The Empire cotton growing review v 24 no 3, Jul 1947 including “A journey to Tokar” byE.O. PearsonSquires, H.C, The Sudan Medical Service, an experiment in social medicine, (London,1958)The Sudan Daily Herald nos 1961 & 1973, 26th year (Khartoum 2, 16 May 1936)The Sudan Diocesan Review no 23 v 8 (Oct-Dec 1955)Sudan news, 7 and 9 (Sudan Embassy, London, 1962)Henderson, K.D.D. and Owen, T.R.H. (eds), Sudan verse (London, 1965)Sudan Government list, 15 September, 1950, (Khartoum, 1950) Sudan Almanac 1930... [and] ... 1938, 2 v (Sudan Agency, Cairo)Sudan Government Railways, Sudan winter tours season 1930-31Sudan Government Railways, Lower Nubia and Wadi HalfaSudan Government British Pensioners' Association, First ... [to] ... fourth supplement tolist of Members, showing all changes up to the 31 May 1956 ... [to] ... 1959 ([London],1956-59)Sudan Government British Pensioners' Association: First supplement to second editionof list of members showing all changes up to the 31 May 1962 ([London], 1962)Sudan Government British Pensioners' Association: List of members, 2 v (London, 1960and 1978)Sudan Government British Pensioners' Association: Memorial to the late, the RightHonourable the Lord Rugby[Wallis, E.J.N.], “Dust” (an article describing the life of a D.C. in Tokar and includingreferences to W.A. Porter), Blackwoods Magazine (1934)

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catalogue of the papers of w.a. porter

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