Janus: I.C. Redwood Collection

RCS contains:
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Y304296A	J.W.S. Macfie Ethiopian collection 1935-36
Y3042A	Suakin [i.e. Sawakin] 1885
Y3042B	Photographs of Egypt and the Sudan, 1870s-80s
Y3042C	Khartoum 1898
Y3042D	Hicks Pasha and his staff
Y3042E-J	I.C. Redwood Collection
Y3043A-B	Trousdell Southern Nigeria Photographs, 1905-7
Y3043AA	Grave of Commander Hugh Clapperton, Sokoto
Y3043BB	British Cameroons 1937-42
Y3043C	J.W.S. Macfie West African collection. 1910-22
Y3043CC	Portrait of Sarah Forbes Bonetta, c.1862
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I.C. Redwood Collection

Title	I.C. Redwood Collection
Reference	GBR/0115/Y3042E-J
Creator	Redwood, Ivor Charles, 1891-1964, engineer
Covering Dates	1891–1964
Extent and Medium	834 images in 6 albums; The photographs are generally good to fair condition.
Repository	Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library

Content and context

Ivor Charles Redwood was born on 13 June 1891 and served in World War I as an officer of the Royal Engineers, in France and on other fronts. He then went to the Sudan as an engineer and was particularly involved in water supplies. He retired after World War II but later accepted an invitation to return to the Sudan. At some stage (presumably between his two Sudan engagements) he worked in Saudi Arabia. He was a keen amateur photographer, and a philatelist who left his stamp collection to be sold in aid of the Sudan Mission. After his retirement to England he spent his winters in warmer climes. He died on 4 July 1964.

A collection of albums containing prints, in addition to a further 4 albums of photographs and postcards of World War I not listed here. The majority of the photographs are stuck in the albums, but there are also 69 loose ones. Many of these are Redwood's own enlargements from his smaller photographs, and have been removed from passe-partout framing and, in most cases, inserted in the album containing the smaller versions. There are some captions, but these vary in detail and it has been necessary to add descriptive captions in many cases. The albums do not appear to have any very clear chronological or geographical pattern, and with the obscurity of some of the place names, and the resemblance of pipe-laying in the Sudan to similar work in Saudi Arabia, some errors may have occurred. The dates on some of the captions suggest that Redwood worked in Saudi Arabia between 1948 and 1954.

Presented by Sir Thomas Redwood, Ivor's cousin, and Lady Redwood of Flushing, Falmouth, in December 1964, on the initiative of another cousin, Miss Gwendolen Mary Redwood, who had also given photographs to the RCS (see Y3058A).

Access and Use

Please cite as Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library, I.C. Redwood Collection, Y3042E-J

Further information

Indexed

This collection level description was entered by SG using information from the original typescript catalogue.

This collection is available on microfiche: Africa, fiche numbers 21-26.

Index Terms

Redwood, Ivor Charles (1891-1964) engineer

RCS/Y3042E-J contains:

Y3042E

Album 1. An album of small photographs, mostly stuck in but with 5 loose, and includes 3 enlargements. There are some captions, but without dates. 1-7 show Marseilles, 8-10 Italy, 11-186 Egypt and the Sudan especially the Hag Abdulla Pumping Station.
186 images in 1 album; The album lacks a back cover and has some buckling of the front cover due to water, although the contents are not affected. The photographs themselves are in fair condition, with some fading and yellowing..

circa 1920

Y3042F

Album 2. An album of small photographs, mostly stuck in but with 22 loose. There are rather sketchy captions. 1-278 and 283 are of Egypt and the Sudan including the Sennar (Makwar) Dam and the Kor Arbaat project, 279 of Venice and 280-282 of Germany.
288 images in 1 album; The photographs are in fair condition, with some fading and yellowing..

circa 1921-circa 1923

Y3042G

Album 3. An album of photographs, mostly stuck in but with 15 loose. Very few are captioned. 1-114, 122-140 show Egypt and the Sudan, 115-121 are of Jeddah and Abu Shaib 1948-49. 122-123 show Khor Arbaat in 1958.
140 images in 1 album; Reasonable condition with the spine repaired. The photographs themselves are in fair condition, some fading and yellowing..

circa 1948-circa 1958

Y3042H

Album 4. An album of photographs with captions, the later ones more detailed. 1-27 are of Egypt and the Sudan, 28-55 of East Africa.
55 images in 1 album; The album is fragile, the photographs themselves are generally in fair condition, with some fading and yellowing..

1891–1964

Y3042I

Album 5. A series of sheets apparently torn from a photograph album, with most stuck on the pages and 8 loose prints, chiefly enlargements of those preceding. Not all are captioned. 1-16 and 92 relate to Egypt and the Sudan, 17-47 to Uganda, including the Owen Falls Dam, built 1949-1952, and the remainder probably of Saudi Arabia.
65 images; The photographs are in good condition..

1891–1964

Y3042J

Album 6. An album of photographs, mostly stuck in but with 19 loose, many duplicating items already listed. 1-40 are photographs of Cyprus, 41-82, dated between 1948 and 1954, are probably all of Saudi Arabia.
100 images in 1 album; The photographs are in fair condition, with some fading and yellowing..

circa 1948-circa 1954