Catalogue of the papers of Sir A. Balfour Date range of material: 1899-1978 Durham University Library October 2009
Contents Preface...1 Introduction...2 Catalogue of material: 1. Personal Papers...3 2. Articles...5 3. Newspaper Cuttings...6 4. Printed Material...7 (a) In Archive...7 (b) In Library...7
Preface Creation of catalogue WP list JH December 1991, with revisions August 1992 and July 1993. SGML RIH August 1997 Contact details Durham University Library: Archives and Special Collections Palace Green Durham DH1 3RN England Telephone: 0191 334 2972 Email: PG.Library@durham.ac.uk URL: http://www.dur.ac.uk/library/asc/ http://endure.dur.ac.uk:8080/fedora/get/ukdhu:eadcatalogue.0214 1
Introduction Collection title: Balfour, Sir Andrew Reference code: GB-0033-SAD Dates of creation: 1899-1978 Extent: 0.5 box Repository: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections Creator: material relating to service in the Sudan Language of material: English Sir Andrew BALFOUR (1873-1931) 1900-1901 Civil Surgeon in the S. African war 1902-1913 Director, Wellcome Tropical Research Laboratories, Khartoum 1904-1913 Medical officer of Health, Khartoum Sanitary Adviser to Sudan Medical Department 1915-1916 Member Medical Advisory Committee Mediterranean War Area 1916-1917 President Medical Advisory Committee, Mesopotomia 1917 Scientific Adviser to the Inspecting Surg-Gen British Expeditionary Force, E. Africa 1918 President, Egyptian Public Health Commission. Member Colonial Advisory Medical and Sanitary Committee. Member Medical Research Committee 1921 Health Commissioner, Mauritius 1923 Health Commissioner, Bermuda Director-in-chief Wellcome Bureau of Scientific Research, London, until 1923 1924 Director of new School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London 1925-1927 President Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Arrangement 1. Personal Papers 2. Articles 3. Newspaper Cuttings 4. Printed Material Form of citation Material in the Sudan Archive is given a reference number, which is unique across the collections of papers. Usually it is not necessary to give the name of the person or organisation within which collection the item is found, although it may be convenient to do so. The short form of citation should be GB-0033-SAD reference number Most printed references take the form: SAD reference number. To order items in the searchroom, use the collection reference code(s), derived by removing the repository code (GB-0033-), followed by the reference number. Citing the section of the finding aid is useful. 2
1. Personal Papers SAD.606/3/1-3 1978 Feb 19 Explanatory note by E.A. Balfour, son of Dr. Andrew Balfour on his parents' letters home (see below) SAD.606/3/4-27 1903 Jan 9-Dec 22 Letters from Balfour and his wife Grace to Mrs. Balfour's parents describing their journey to and early days in the Sudan: SAD.606/3/4-5 1906 Jan 19 Balfour at Ville Vittoria, Cairo to George Nutter (Mrs. Balfour's father) re visits to the Medical School and shopping for furniture and stores of food SAD.606/3/6 1903 Jan 22 Postcard of the Colosses of Memnon sent from Wadi Halfa SAD.606/3/7-10 1903 Jan 25 Grace Balfour at the Grand Hotel, Khartoum to her father describing buildings and building work in Khartoum including the hotel and Gordon College; meeting J. Currie; journey up the Nile to Khartoum; Cataract hotel at Aswan; journey by post boat from Aswan to Wadi Halfa; train journey to Khartoum; description of terrain; comparison between Egypt and the Sudan SAD.606/3/11-14 1903 Feb 1 Grace Balfour at Khartoum to her mother describing Khartoum; afternoon tea with Lady Wingate; dinner at the Palace, meeting the Bernards and E. Bonham-Carter; tourists; visit to Omdurman SAD.606/3/15-16 1903 Mar 13 Balfour to Mr. Nutter re difficulties of daily life SAD.606/3/17-19 1903 Mar 17 Grace Balfour to her father describing their hotel rooms; purchase of a horse; Bairam celebrations; visit to 15th Sudanese camp to watch sports; Sudanese dancing; bungalow available SAD.606/3/20-27 1903 Dec 15-22 Grace Balfour on board the S.S. Amka on the River Sobat to her mother describing a visit to Tawfikia, wood station and American mission station; game; dances performed at Nasser; hunting elephant; trip up the Sobat abandoned before the Abyssinian border because of low water; exploration of Pibor river; travelling through sudd; visit to Nuer tribe and presentation of gifts to headmen SAD.606/3/150-151 SAD.606/3/28-29 [n.d. pre 1914] Letters from Slatin Pasha and Lord Cromer to Balfour inviting him to dine 1924 Dec 7 Letter from R.G. Archibald, Director Wellcome Tropical Research Laboratories, Khartoum, to Balfour on the events of 27-28 Nov 1924 when men of the 11th Sudanese mutinied and marched on the Musketry School where they armed. Archibald describes the ensuing 3
fighting and the bombardment of the Military Hospital which ended the mutiny SAD.606/3/31-34 1924 Dec 17 Letter from Geraldine Forster, wife of Arnold Forster of the Finance Department, to Grace Balfour describing the mutiny for which she felt the British were largely to blame 4
2. Articles SAD.770/1/1-47 c.1918 Article by Balfour entitled A bit of the Bog, written shortly after WWI about a trip to Bahr al-ghazal in 1910 and describing principally the flora and fauna. Also includes references to visits to Meshra and Wau. Draft and final version of the article which was subsequently published in Blackwood's Magazine 5
3. Newspaper Cuttings SAD.724/14/1-42 1899-1914 Album of newspaper cuttings chiefly concerned with the work of the Wellcome Research Laboratories at Khartoum and the Gordon College and including: SAD.724/14/1 1914 Apr 25 The memory of Gordon from The Outlook SAD.724/14/2 1899-1902 Articles on the academic career of Balfour SAD.724/14/3-8 1904-1905 The Eton of the Soudan. Gordon College at Khartoum from The Sphere ; account of the eradication of the mosquito from Khartoum from the Scotsman and others; first report of the Wellcome Research Laboratories from various newspapers; Balfour's appointment to Gordon Memorial College SAD.724/14/9-10 1906 Nov 3 Second report of the Wellcome Research Laboratories, from the British Medical Journal and The Scotsman SAD.724/14/11-23 1909 Third report of the Wellcome Research Laboratories from Nature, The Medical Times, American Journal of Science, etc. SAD.724/14/24-37 1911-1912 Fourth report of the Wellcome Research Laboratories from the Standard, Science, British Medical Journal etc. SAD.724/14/38-42 1911 Nov Article on the Wellcome Research Laboratories by James Wharton, entitled A laboratory in the desert, from World's work pp.625-634 SAD.759/12/1-22 1906-1907, 1919-1923 Album of newspaper cuttings concerning the work of the Wellcome Research Laboratories at Khartoum, including: SAD.759/12/1-18 1906-1907 The second report of the Wellcome Research Laboratories, from the Manchester Guardian, The Hospital, Pall Mall Gazette, etc. SAD.759/12/19 1919 Oct 25 Annual dinner of the London School of Tropical Medicine, attended by Balfour, from The British Medical Journal SAD.759/12/20-21 1923 Balfour's appointment as director of the School of Hygiene, from the British Medical Journal and the Daily Telegraph 6
4. Printed Material (a) In Archive SAD.607/1 SAD.607/2 SAD.607/3 SAD.607/4 SAD.608/1 SAD.608/2 SAD.608/3 (b) In Library 1904 First report of the Wellcome Research Laboratories at the Gordon Memorial College, Khartoum, by the Director Andrew Balfour, M.D. (Leather binding) (Department of Education: Khartoum, 1904) 1906 Second report of the Wellcome Research Laboratories... (Leather binding) (Khartoum, 1906) 1908 Third report of the Wellcome Research Laboratories (Leather binding, autographed copy) (Khartoum, 1908) 1908 Review of some of the recent advances in tropical medicine... supplement to the third report of the Wellcome Research Laboratories by Andrew Balfour M.D. and R.G. Archibald M.B. (Leather binding, autographed copy) (Department of Education: Khartoum, 1908) Fourth report of the Wellcome Tropical Research Laboratories at the Gordon Memorial College volume A. Medical by Andrew Balfour, Director Fourth report of the Wellcome Tropical Research Laboratories... volume B. General Science 1911 Second review of some of the recent advances in tropical medicine, hygiene and tropical veterinary science being a supplement to the fourth report of the Wellcome Tropical Research Laboratories... by Andrew Balfour M.D. and Capt. R.G. Archibald, M.B. (Leather binding) (Department of Education: Khartoum, 1911) Durham University Library Printed material deposited with collection; now integrated into library and catalogued on OPAC African world Special edition on The Royal visit to the Sudan (George V's visit to Port Sudan) Dupl. 1912 7