This is a print edition, issued in 1998. To ensure that you are reviewing current information, see the online version, updated in the SOAS Archives Catalogue. http://archives.soas.ac.uk/CalmView/ Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=PP+MS+63 PAPERS OF J. T. HARDYMAN PP MS 63 July 1998 J. T. HARDYMAN PP MS 63 Introduction James Trenchard Hardyman was born in Madagascar in 1918, son of missionaries A. V. Hardyman and Laura Hardyman (nee Stubbs). The Hardymans married in 1916 and worked in Madagascar for the London Missionary Society from that year until 1938 and from 1944 to 1950. As a child J. T. Hardyman was sent to England to be educated under the guardianship of the Rev. and Mrs J. H. Haile. Hardyman became a missionary with the London Missionary Society in 1945, in the same year that he married Marjorie Tucker. From 1946 until 1974 the Hardymans lived in Madagascar at Imerimandroso. As well as his missionary work within the Antsihanaka area, Hardyman became the Principal of the Imerimandroso College training Malagasy pastors. Following his return to England, Hardyman worked as Honorary Archivist of the CWM at Livingstone House (1974-91) and for the CBMS (1976-1988). In this capacity he oversaw the deposit of both archives at SOAS. From 1974-83 he also worked for the Overseas Book Service of Feed the Minds. J. T. Hardyman died on 1 October 1995. At the age of eleven, Hardyman was given by Haile a second-hand copy of a book on Madagascar published anonymously by 'a resident' in the 1840s, and this began his collection of published and unpublished material relating to Madagascar; a collection which was to become possibly the most comprehensive private collection in the world. His policy on collecting was simple: 'In principle anything to do with Madagascar might have been included. But in practice some subjects close to my main interests are much better covered than others; e.g. history rather than natural sciences'. The archive explicitly reflects the overlaps between Hardyman's professional life in Madagascar as a missionary and his interests concerning the island. The collection is particularly rich in material relating to missionary, in particular LMS, activity in Madagascar. Much of this material was used by Hardyman in the thesis he wrote as part of his BD, awarded by St. Edmund's Hall, Oxford in 1952, but he continued to collect information on this subject throughout his life. The material relating to the history of the Christian church in Madagascar is supplemented by articles and reports written by Hardyman in his ca:mcity as a missionary working amongst the Sihanaka. The heavy representation ofHardyman's own writings and publications, on a wide array of subjects, is as much to do with his position as a respected scholar as his bibliophilia. Hardyman's correspondence with a wide range of academics and writers also indicates the high esteem in which he was held by fellow scholars of Malagasy history and culture. The collection contains writings on Madagascar in a number of languages, most predominantly English, Malagasy and French, and Hardyman's own articles appeared in all three languages. 11 Arrangement: The material has been arranged in the following classes: 1. Hardyman 2. People 3. Subject 4. Photographs 5. Visual Material 6. Maps Where possible original file titles and ordering has been retained. Hardyman did use his own classification system for his Library and some of the Archive material was included in this system. Where applicable these reference numbers have been included. Provenance: Hardyman donated his Library to SOAS in 1991 and further archival material was bequeathed in 1995. Requisition information: Order as PP MS 63, Hardyman, Box ..... Class/Section: Hardyman Files Box 1-7 1 8-12 2 13-14 3 15-22 4 23-32 5 33-39 6 40-44 7 Class/Section: People Files Box 1-9 8 10-16 9 17-30 10 31-43 11 44-56 12 57-60 13 61-70 14 71-79 15 80-81 16 82-83 17 84-86 18 87-100 19 101-112 20 113-123 21 124-136 22 137-144 23 145-149 Pt II 24 Class/Section: People Files Box 149PtIII-VI 25 150-160 26 161-170 27 170-177 28 178-183 29 184-187 30 188-198 31 199-208 32 209-222 33 223-236 34 237-244 35 245-254 36 255-264 37 265 38 266-274 39 275-286 40 287-298 41 299-306 42 Class/Section: Subject Files Box 1-10 43 11-14 44 15-18 45 19-22 46 23-25 47 26-32 48 33-36 49 37-42 50 43-45 51 46-,54 52 55-66 53 67-78 54 79-80 55 81-91 56 92-98 57 99-106 58 107-110 59 111-116 60 117-123 61 124-132 62 133-140 63 141-154 64 155-165 65 166 Pt 1-4 66 166 Pt 5-168 67 169-174 68 lV Class/Section: Subject Files Box 175-185 69 186-190 70 Class/Section: Photographs Files Box 1-7 71 8-13 72 14-19 73 20-24 74 25-31 75 32-37 76 38-44 77 45-49 78 50-56 79 57-63 80 64-69 81 70-78 82 79-81 83 Class/Section: Visual Material Files Box 1-18 84 19 85 Class/Section: Maps Please give file number as reference (all maps are stored in Map cabinet) Index Class Pages 1. Hardyman 1-9 2. People 10-60 3. Subject 61-99 4. Photographs 100-127 5. Visual Material 128-130 6. Maps 131-142 PP MS 63 Class/section: Hardyman Class/Section: Hardyman Description: This class contains writings by Hardyman in the form of published articles, presscuttings, typescripts, manuscripts and n0tes. It also includes some general files created by Hardyman, including correspondence to and from him. The material relates both to his various interests in Malagasy history and culture, and to his missionary work. The material is arranged chronologically. Writings and correspondence by Hardyman also appear in the People and Subject classes and there is some duplication of materials. Dates: 1930s - 1991 Quantity: 44 files File Number Description Date 1. Cuttings from The Life ofFaith, The 1930s - 1950s File: Presscuttings by Christian Herald, Walthamstow Guardian, Hardyman The Preachers' Magazine, Chronicle, The Children's Newspaper, Cape Times, British Weekly, The Congregationalist, The Christian World, Welsh Gazette, Stamp Collecting. 2. Cuttings, correspondence, copy 1934 - 1939 File: Hardyman 1934-9 correspondence, and writings by Hardyman, mostly relating to church matters or Hardyman's own writings. [In English, Malagasy and French] PP MS 63 Class/section: Hardyman 3. Including from Chronicle, Oct 1952, Dec 1935 - 1975 Presscuttings by 1956, Sep 1960; The Life ofFaith, 1 Oct Hardyman 1947, 19 Jan 1949, 26 Oct 1949, 8 Feb 1950, 10 May 1950, 11 Oct 1950, 10 Oct 1951, 6 Feb 1952; Welsh Gazette, May 1941; R.E.S., 1948; Stamp Collecting, 22 Sep 1934; The Christian Herald, 11 Jun 1936; Walthamstow Guardian, 9 Jun 1939; Spectator, 24 Apr 1942; Manchester Evening News, 14 Sep 1942; British Weekly, 24 Sep 1942, 3 Oct 1946, 10 Jul 1947; Isle ofEly and Wisbech Advertiser, 6 Sep 1944; Sunday Times, 16 Jul 1939; Times Higher Ed1fcation Supplement, 18 Jul 1975; Paignton News, 28 Mar 1942, 26 Aug 1944; Journal of Documentation, Jun 1947; Torquay Times, 1 Jan 1943; Frontier, Contemporary Review, - International Review ofMissions, Apr 1961; Madagascar Mission, May 1942, Oct 1942; Congregationalist, Oct 1947; Radnor Express, 22 Nov 1945; Notes and Queries, 17 Nov 1945; Progress; Oldham Evening Chronicle, 16 Sep 194(?); Carmarthen Journal, 9 May 1952; Congregational Quarterly, Jan 1952. 4. Notes by Hardyman on his publications and 1936-1952 Bibliography typescript bibliographies. 5. Cuttings, correspondence, copy 1939 - Hardyman 1939-47 correspondence, and writings by Hardyman, Apr 1947 mostly relating to church matters or Hardyman's own writings. [In English, Malagasy, French, and Welsh] 6. Correspondence with Hardyman relating to 1940s - 1950s General Madagascar, especially publications on Correspondence A-H Madagascar and individuals who lived there. 7. Correspondence with Hardyman relating to 1940s - 1950s General Madagascar, especially publications on Correspondence H-Z Madagascar and individuals who lived there. 2 PP MS 63 Class/section: Hardyman 8. Cuttings, correspondence, copy 1940s - 1950s Hardyman 1940s-50s correspondence, and writings by Hardyman, mostly relating to church matters or Hardyman's own writings. [In English, Malagasy and French] 9. Circular letters from Hardyman to the Devon 1945-1970 Correspondence and Cornwall Congregational Union, 1968- 70; Correspondence to Hardyman from Reading Public Libraries, Dorothea Farquharson, Mary Wilson and Kingdon Printing. 10. Cuttings, correspondence, copy May 1947 - Hardyman 1947-50 correspondence, and writings by Hardyman, 1950 mostly relating to church matters or Hardyman's own writings. [In English, Malagasy and French] 11. Cuttings, correspondence, copy 1949 - Jul 1952 Hardyman 1949-52 correspondence, and writings by Hardyman, mostly relating to church matters or Hardyman's own writings. 12. Typescripts and manuscripts of sermons by [c.1950s] Sermons Hardyman. PP MS 63 Class/section: Hardyman 13. Writings by Hardyman including: 1950 - 1991 Writings Antsihanaka Rural Survey Series no. 7, Dec 1957 'Notes on the Voanjobory in the Lake Alaotra area of Madagascar' 'The Beginnings ofManankavaly', Aug 1956 'Memorandum on European and Malagasy staffing in Antsihanaka', 1950 'Studying local history in Madagascar', 1967 'Notes on Sakalava sculpture' 'Missions and Church Union', Feb 1980 'Notes on Rasomiasamanana', Feb 1980 Antsihanaka Rural Survey Series no. 5 'Notes on the Teaching of English and Malagasy by the missionaries in Madagascar, 1870-1895', 13 Mar 1985 'London Missionary Society and Madagascar: 1795-1878' ( draft) 'The Book that would not burn', 27 Feb 1971 Letters for Missionary Minute Vol II Lecture for London Missionary Society Triple Jubilee 'Early LMS', Draft text, Jan 1991 'Madagascar: a new member of the United Nations', Jan 1961 'Un catalogue des objets malgaches en An~leterre'.