Reference code: GB-0033-SAD
Title: Hillelson, Sigmar
Dates of creation: [c. 1911-1933]
Extent: 1 box
Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections
Created by: Hillelson, Sigmar
Language: English and Arabic
(c. 1883 - 1960)
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| 1911 | Appointed lecturer, Gordon College, Khartoum |
| 1914 | Instructor, Gordon College, Khartoum |
| 1916 - 1925 | Lecturer, Gordon College Higher School, Khartoum |
| 1926 | Appointed to Civil Secretary's Department |
| 1927 | Assistant Director, Sub-department of Intelligence, Khartoum |
| 1928 | Attended Rejaf Conference on Language, Mongalla |
| 1929 - 1933 | Assistant Civil Secretary, Khartoum |
| 1933 | Retired from Sudan Service |
1. Articles, Books and Broadcasts
2. Newspaper Cuttings
3. Photographic Material
4. Printed Material
Presented by Mrs I. Hillelson, 1961
Catalogue
1. Articles, Books and Broadcasts
SAD.425/5/1-19
[ca. 1932]
Sayings of Shaykh Farah wad Tuktuk, collected in the neighbourhood of Sennar by A.J. Arkell, with biographical notes on Shaykh Farah wad Tuktuk and covering letter from A.J. Arkell to Hillelson (H.83)
Language: Arabic and English
SAD.425/6/1-15
[ca. 1930s?]
Article, in the hand of A.J. Arkell, on Shaykh Farah wad Tuktuk
SAD.425/6/16-46
[ca. 1930s?]
Collected poems and sayings of Shaykh Farah wad Taktuk, Arabic with English translations, presumably by Hillelson (H.84)
Language: Arabic and English
SAD.425/7/1-38
[1952?]
“Riwayat masra` Tajuj wa Mahallaq”, copy in the hand of S. Hillelson. (See also: Ihsan Abbas 'Tajuj fi l-adab al-sudani', al-Kalam al-Jadid, 4 (1952), pp. 27-38) (H.9)
Language:
Arabic
SAD.425/8/1-57
[ca. 1950s]
Collection of notes and scripts relating to broadcasts made by the Arabic Service of the BBC, London:
SAD.425/8/5-7
1954
Pamphlet entitled
“A series of special programmes about the Arabic Service”, detailing the schedule and organising committee, of which Hillelson was a member
SAD.425/8/1-4
1954
Arabic version of SAD.435/8/5-7 above, published by the BBC Arabic Service for general circulation
Language:
Arabic
SAD.425/8/8-13
[ca. 1950s]
Handwritten and typescript notes on the language of the Arabs
Language: English and Arabic
SAD.425/8/14-25
[ca. 1950s]
Typescript by Hillelson entitled
“Material for Arab language feature”.
SAD.425/8/26-57
[ca. 1950s]
Broadcast script by Hillelson for the Arabic Service's series of feature programmes on the Arabic language:
“The Arabic of Sudan” (SAD.425/8/26-42) with final draft (SAD.425/8/43-57)
2. Newspaper Cuttings
SAD.425/8/58
1957 May 18
Page from
The Morning News containing two articles about the Sudan, one on “Aidhab: once a thriving port” and the other by A.W.M. Disney entitled “Friendliness,
humour, commonsense: the three abiding qualities of the Sudanese”
3. Photographic Material
SAD.2/24/1-24
1928 Apr 9-14
Photographs taken at the time of the Rejaf Language Conference:
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/1
1928 Apr 9-14
Members of the Rejaf Language Conference, 1928, including J. G. Matthew, Secretary for Education and Health and chairman of the conference (seated centre). Possibly also including: S. Hillelson, Assistant Director of Intelligence; N. B. Hunter,
Inspector, Southern Education; A. G. Hickson, Inspector, Southern Education; Monsignor J. Zambonardi; and E. R. J. Hussey, Director of Education, Uganda
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/2
1928 Apr 9-14
Three members of the Rejaf Language Conference
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/3-4
1928 Apr 9-14
Members of the Rejaf Language Conference, 1928, possibly including J. G. Matthew, Secretary for Education and Health and chairman of the conference; N. B. Hunter, Inspector, Southern Education; and Professor D. Westermann, Director, International
Institute of African Languages and Cultures
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/5,8-9
1928 Apr 9-14
Members of the Rejaf Language Conference, 1928, including missionaries, government officials and their wive
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/6
1928 Apr 9-14
Members of the Rejaf Language Conference, 1928, possibly including Monsignor J. Zambonardi
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/7
1928 Apr 9-14
Members of the Rejaf Language Conference, 1928, possibly including N. B. Hunter, Inspector, Southern Education and Monsignor J. Zambonardi
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/10
1928 Apr 9-14
Thatched hut where the Rejaf Language Conference, 1928, took place
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/11
1928 Apr
Sudanese woman standing in front of a man carrying a bundle on his head, with Rejaf hill in the background
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/12
1928 Apr
European man standing in a village, probably Rejaf
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/13
1928 Apr
Group of young Sudanese women and children, with a motorcycle and a truck in the background, probably Rejaf
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/14
1928 Apr
View on the road between Yei and Rejaf, with Rejaf hill in the distance
Photographic prints
SAD.2/14/15-16
1928 Apr
View of Rejaf hill from a steamer
Photographic prints
SAD.2/14/17
1928 Apr
Group of young Bari women at Rejaf, two carrying baskets on their heads and one carrying a baby in a sling across her back
Photographic prints
SAD.2/14/18
1928 Apr
Young Bari woman at Rejaf carrying a bundle of firewood on her head
Photographic prints
SAD.2/14/19
1928 Apr
Group of Lakoiya children at Liria
Photographic prints
SAD.2/14/20-21
1928 Apr
View of the
sudd, possibly Upper Nile Province
Photographic prints
SAD.2/14/22
1928 Apr
Rest house at Shambe
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/23
1928 Apr
View of the
sudd at Simsima, possibly Upper Nile Province
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/24
1928 Apr
Tukl in front of Jabal Lomurre
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/25-55
[1928]
Photographs taken in Mongalla:
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/25
[1928]
Man with tribal scarring wearing an amulet around his neck and holding a spear, possibly Mongalla
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/26
[1928]
Village at the foot of a hill, possibly Mongalla
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/27
[1928]
Tukl in a village, possibly Mongalla
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/28
[1928]
Group of people dancing in a village, possibly Mongalla
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/29
[1928]
Tukls surrounded by a tall fence, possibly government buildings, Mongalla
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/30
[1928]
Group of young men lighting a fire with sticks, possibly Mongalla
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/31
[1928]
Village on a hillside, possibly Mongalla
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/32
[1928]
Distant view of a Latuka village, with a
zariba on the left, possibly Mongalla
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/33
[1928]
Group of Latuka people in a village surrounded by a tall fence, possibly Mongalla
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/34
[1928]
Latuka man wearing a helmet decorated with ostrich feathers, possibly Mongalla
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/35
[1928]
Group of Latuka people dancing around a pile of tall grasses in a village surrounded by a tall fence, possibly Mongalla
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/36
[1928]
Man, possibly Latuka, blowing a long horn, possibly Mongalla
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/37-38
[1928]
Tukls in a village, possibly Mongalla
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/39
[1928]
Steamer in the
sudd, possibly Mongalla
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/40
[1928]
Group of men with bundles of sticks or
dhurah stalks, possibly Mongalla
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/41
[1928]
Group of men stretching out an animal skin, possibly for use as a drum, possibly Mongalla
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/42
[1928]
Villagers sitting in front of a
tukl, possibly Mongalla
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/43
[1928]
Group of people sitting under a tree, possibly Mongalla
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/44
[1928]
Man preparing to throw a spear, possibly Mongalla
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/45
[1928]
Man holding a spear standing in front of a group of
tukls surrounded by a fence, possibly Mongalla
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/46
[1928]
Group of people running, some with spears, possibly Mongalla
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/47
[1928]
Tukls in a village surrounded by a fence, possibly Mongalla
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/48-50
[1928]
People standing in front of
tukls in a village surrounded by a fence, possibly Mongalla
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/51
[1928]
Crowd of people at a gathering in a village, with
tukls in the background, possibly Mongalla
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/52
[1928]
Shilluk warriors, some wearing leopard skins around their waists, dancing at a gathering at Fanikang
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/53
[1928]
Group of men, some wearing leopard skins around their waists and holding sticks, dancing at a gathering in a village, possibly Mongalla
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/54
[1928]
Long-bladed spears propped against the side of a
tukl during a gathering in a village, possibly Mongalla
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/55
[1928]
Group of men surrounding a calf, possibly preparing for a sacrifice during a gathering in a village, possibly Mongalla
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/56
1913 Jan 17
Photograph of spectators at a King's day sports event in the grounds of Gordon College
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/57
[ca. 1911-1933]
Full-length portrait of a Hadanduwah man holding a spear, probably Red Sea Province
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/58
[ca. 1911-1933]
Photograph of
mihrab in the ruins of the mosque at Old Sennar
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/59
[ca. 1911-1933]
Photograph of Sayyid 'Abd al-Rahman al-Mahdi's house in Khartoum
Photographic prints
SAD.2/24/60-61
[ca. 1911-1933]
Photographs of sphinx, place unknown
Photographic prints
4. Printed material
Separated printed material now in Durham University Library
Printed material deposited with collection; now integrated into the library's printed collections and catalogued on the Open Public Access Catalogue
