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Records of the United Society for the Propagation Gospel: Madagascar Mission - Collection 158

[Note: The BGC Archives does not have the original documents of this collection. What it does have is a microfilm edition of the papers, which it purchased from a publisher, as did many other archives and libraries.]



[Note: What follows is a description of the documents in this collection which are available for use at BGC Archives in Wheaton, Illinois, USA. The actual documents are not, in most cases, available online, only this description of them. Nor are they available for sale or rent.]

Table of Contents

Brief Description of This Collection

Title Page and Restrictions

Historical Background of the United Society for the Gospel: Madagascar Mission

An Essay on the Contents of the Collection (Scope and Content)

Lists of Microfilm in This Collection (Location Records)


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 Brief Description.
Microfilm of selected pages from the bound correspondence and reports series housed in the U.S.P.G. headquarters in London. Includes all missionary correspondence and reports from Madagascar, and some items concerning Mauritius and the Seychelles Islands. Letters refer to mission work, local customs, and politics. S.P.G. mission stations in Madagascar were at Tamatave, Foule Point, and Antananarivo. There are restrictions on the use of this collection. Vol: 4 Microfilm CN # 158 .

Collection 158
[March 16, 2001]
United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel; 1701-
Madagascar Mission Records; 1866-1900
4 Reels of Microfilm

Restrictions

Permission to quote from, publish, or reproduce any material from this microfilm must be secured from:

The Archivist
United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel
15, Tufton Street
London, S.W.1. ENGLAND

Historical Background

Church of England mission organization; formed in 1701 as the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts; renamed following a merger with Universities' Mission to Central Africa in 1965.

The Society had mission stations in Madagascar at Tamatave, Foule Point, and Antananarivo.

Scope and Content

The microfilm contains selected pages from the bound correspondence and reports series housed in the U.S.P.G. headquarters in London. It includes all missionary correspondence and reports from Madagascar, and some items concerning Mauritius and the Seychelles Islands. Letters refer to mission work, local customs, and politics.


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Provenance

The microfilm in this collection was purchased by the Center Library.

No Accession #
No date

LOCATION RECORD
No Accession #
Type of Material: Microfilm

The following items are located in the CENTER LIBRARY MICROFILM ROOM:


All reels are 35mm, positive copy.

Reels 1-4 - U.S.P.G. records and correspondence from Madagascar, Mauritius, and the Seychelles Islands.



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