Madagascar Incoming Correspondence
For the period up to 1899, prolific correspondents for the Madagascar mission field include David Jones (1818-1831), David Johns (1826-1843) and Joseph Freeman (1827-1836) in the period before the great persecution (1835 to 1860) and William Ellis (1861-1865), Robert Toy (1862-1880), James Sibree (1...
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CWM/LMS/Madagascar/Incoming correspondence/Box…etc
1774-1821 Box 1A*
1822-1823 Box 1B*
1824-1828 Box 2*
1829-1830 Box 3*
1831-1833 Box 4*
1834-1840 Box 5*
1859-1863 Box 6*
1864-1866 Box 7*
1867-1869 Box 8*
1870-1871 Box 9*
1872 Box 10A*
1873 Box 10B*
1874 Box 11*
1875 Box 12*
1876 Box 13*
1877 Box 14*
1878 Box 15*
1879 Box 16*
1880 Box 17A*
1881 Box 17B*
1882 Box 18*
1883 Box 19*
1884-1885 Box 20*
1886 Box 21A*
1887 Box 21B*
1888 Box 22A*
1889 Box 22B*
1890-1891 Box 23*
1892 and Imerina 1893 Box 24A*
Betsileo 1893 and all 1894 Box 24B*
1895 Box 25*
1896 Box 26*
1897 Box 27*
1898 - Imerina only Box 28A*
1898 (Betsileo) and all 1899: Box 28B*
1900-1901 Box 29
1902-1904 Box 30
1905-1907 Box 31
1908-1910 Box 32
1911-1913 Box 33
1914-1915 Box 34
1916-1918 Box 35
1919-1921 Box 36A
1919-1921 Box 36B
1922-1923 Box 37
1924-1925 Box 38
1926-1927 Box 39 |
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| Date(s) of creation: |
1774-1927 |
| Level: |
Sub-Series |
| Format: | Archive |
| URL: |
https://digital.soas.ac.uk/AA00001359/00039 https://digital.soas.ac.uk/AA00001359/00040 |
| Order number: |
CWM/LMS/Madagascar/Incoming correspondence/Box…etc
1774-1821 Box 1A*
1822-1823 Box 1B*
1824-1828 Box 2*
1829-1830 Box 3*
1831-1833 Box 4*
1834-1840 Box 5*
1859-1863 Box 6*
1864-1866 Box 7*
1867-1869 Box 8*
1870-1871 Box 9*
1872 Box 10A*
1873 Box 10B*
1874 Box 11*
1875 Box 12*
1876 Box 13*
1877 Box 14*
1878 Box 15*
1879 Box 16*
1880 Box 17A*
1881 Box 17B*
1882 Box 18*
1883 Box 19*
1884-1885 Box 20*
1886 Box 21A*
1887 Box 21B*
1888 Box 22A*
1889 Box 22B*
1890-1891 Box 23*
1892 and Imerina 1893 Box 24A*
Betsileo 1893 and all 1894 Box 24B*
1895 Box 25*
1896 Box 26*
1897 Box 27*
1898 - Imerina only Box 28A*
1898 (Betsileo) and all 1899: Box 28B*
1900-1901 Box 29
1902-1904 Box 30
1905-1907 Box 31
1908-1910 Box 32
1911-1913 Box 33
1914-1915 Box 34
1916-1918 Box 35
1919-1921 Box 36A
1919-1921 Box 36B
1922-1923 Box 37
1924-1925 Box 38
1926-1927 Box 39 |
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| Summary: |
For the period up to 1899, prolific correspondents for the Madagascar mission field include David Jones (1818-1831), David Johns (1826-1843) and Joseph Freeman (1827-1836) in the period before the great persecution (1835 to 1860) and William Ellis (1861-1865), Robert Toy (1862-1880), James Sibree (1863-1867, 1870-1877, 1883-1916) and many others thereafter. There is little missionary correspondence between 1835 and 1860, reflecting the expulsion of the missionaries and the repression of Christianity in Madagascar. However, during this time, some letters and reports of the situation are received from named Malagasy Christians. There are also copies of letters from the LMS directors to the Queen of Madagascar and her embassy in London. The flow of correspondence with the mission field resumes in 1861, including letters from the foreign secretary of King Radama II stating that there is no further hindrance for missionaries to come to Antananarivo. The 1862 correspondence file includes a translation of King Radama's grant of freedom of worship. From 1863/4, correspondence makes frequent reference to the building of the memorial churches, and includes copies of drawings and plans.
Early correspondence reveals the relationship between the LMS and other missionary societies in the Madagascar mission field. The LMS had contact with Anglican missionaries (SPG) in relation to respective districts; they worked well with the Quakers (Friends Foreign Mission Association) and ran a joint committee with them for medical mission, from which the reports by Tregelles Fox (1855-1937) as its chairman appear in the series from 1880 to 1887; and there is contact with the Norwegian Mission Association over a number of years and correspondence both from a missionary whose service with the Norwegians had been terminated but wished to join LMS (1880) and two letters from Christian Borchgrevinck in 1875 and 1898 – a senior official of the Norwegian mission. Towards 1896, when Madagascar became a French colony, there is correspondence with the Paris Evangelical Missionary Society. |
| Extent: |
47 boxes |
| Arrangement: | From 1875 the Betsileo and the Tananarive letters are separated (the mission to the Betsileo, now called Faritanin' i Fianarantsoa or Fianarantsoa Province) started in 1870 and the Betsileo District Committee first met in August 1872). |
| Access status: |
Open |
| Language: | English |
| Finding aids: |
*Detailed lists of Incoming Correspondence for Madagascar, 1774-1879 (list E2), and 1880-1899 (list E3), are available for consultation in the Special Collections Reading Room, SOAS Library. Digitised copies of these lists are available on SOAS Digital Collections - see URL links in this catalogue record. |
| Format: | Archive |