1) Photographs of A.S. Hornby ['ASH'] as a young teacher at Oita Higher Commercial School, Kyushu, Japan, in the 1920s [from a graduation album donated to the ELT Archive by his daughter, Phyllis Willis].

   

 

2) Hornby, A.S. 1934. 'The rationalization of grammar'Link opens in a new window. In Naganuma, N. (ed.), A Commemorative Volume Issued by the Institute for Research in English Teaching on the Occasion of the Tenth Annual Conference of English Teachers Held under its Auspices. Tokyo: Kaitakusha, pp. 64–70.

 

3) Issue no. 125 of the Bulletin of the Institute for Research in English TeachingLink opens in a new window, edited by ASH soon after he took over leadership of IRET research activities from Harold E. Palmer in 1936. [donated to the ELT Archive by Richard Smith]

 

4) Kaitakusha catalogue, 1942Link opens in a new window (in Japanese), including many Institute for Research in English Teaching publications and full-page advertisement for A Beginners' English–Japanese Dictionary (co-compiled by A.S. Hornby and Ishikawa, Rinshiro, publ. 1940). [donated to the ELT Archive by Paul Snowden]

 

5) A.S. Hornby's invited lecture on 'A Direct Oral Method' in 1956 in TokyoLink opens in a new window, when he made his first return visit to Japan after World War II. Side 1 of digitized cassette tape published by ELEC, with our transcript hereLink opens in a new window. Side 2 of the cassette tape is hereLink opens in a new window, with our transcript of Side 2Link opens in a new window here. [donated to the ELT Archive by Richard Smith]

 

6) Digitized photograph of ASH (probably in 1960s), captioned 'Summer School, Cordoba, Argentina') [supplied by Oxford University Press].

 

7) A.S. Hornby interviewed in October 1969 by Yoshio Ogawa for N.H.K. radioLink opens in a new window (on the occasion of his second return visit to Japan after World War II), with annotated transcript and summaryLink opens in a new window [donated to the ELT Archive by Paul Snowden; transcriber / summarizer unknown]

 

8) Hornby on HornbyLink opens in a new window A.S. Hornby interviewed in 1974 by Christina Ruse: digitized version of cassette tape published in Tokyo by Oxford University Press [copy supplied by A.P. Cowie].

 

9) Transcript of a speech by Randolph Quirk about A.S. HornbyLink opens in a new window at a celebration lunch for the A.S. Hornby Educational Trust, 6 July 2007. [recorded and transcribed by Richard Smith]