Africa miscellanea

Dr Richard Gray (b. 1929) was Professor Emeritus of African History at the University of London, and lectured for several years at the University of Khartoum.

Letters in German from Austrian Consuls-General at Cairo and their agents at Khartoum dealing with events in Southern Sudan, including the work of the Vicariate of Central Africa, consular returns from Khartoum and provisional instructions for the Consulate at Khartoum, c. 170 pages. The letters were transcribed from originals in the Östereichisches Staatsarchiv in Vienna by Richard Gray for his 'A history of Southern Sudan' (1961).

Presented by Dr Richard Gray, c. 1959.

For further information about the letters see Richard Gray, 'A history of Southern Sudan' (1961).

The R.C.S. Manuscripts Collection includes further transcriptions made by Gray for 'A history of Southern Africa', RCMS 113/9.

Donald H. Simpson, ed., 'The manuscript catalogue of the library of the Royal Commonwealth Society' (London, 1975), pp. 83. Indexed