In: Unser Blatt, Basler Mission, Nr. 1.

Contains among other things: Statutes of the church community on Kleinschmalkalden; book of the Pfennig Association for the Protestant Mission in German East Africa; membership cards of the Protestant Federation for the protection of German Protestant interests and the Federation of German Men and Women for the protection of personal freedom and life of Wilhelm II; field postcard "Conquered Warsaw

Essay "Die Werbearbeit der Bethel-Mission, (presumably 1920-er Jahre), 16 p., N. N.; advertising material of other mission societies; member card Bethel-Mission e. V.

Annual accounts of the Bethel Mission, partly also of the Africa Association, 1927-1947; final sums according to the annual accounts, 1900-1929; grants from Bethel Institute for the Bethel Mission, 1930-1939; annual accounts and budget estimates, 1948-1960

printed annual reports, 1906-1912 and 1939-1965; typewritten annual reports, 1926-1964

Contains: - 25th Annual Report of the Association for Protestant Mission in Cameroon and Northern Togo for 1911 (Pages for the Friends of Protestant Mission in Cameroon and Northern Togo)- Fr. Karl Hoffmann, The German Language in the Cameroon Missionary Schools, in: Katholische Missionskorrespondenz, Berlin 1. Sept. 1913- A missionary anniversary in difficult times, in: Germania, Zeitung für das deutsche Volks, 26 Oct. 1915 - Article about the German elementary school and the African teachers in Cameroon, especially about Heinrich Tsala, unlabelled proof

Correspondence with consistories; collection lists (Silesia); lists of donations; detailed description of the situation of the Bethel mission in 1940 and 1943

6691/1:<br />August Schreiber (1839 Bielefeld - 1903 Barmen): Diaries and workbook:<br />- Diary, Sumatra, July 1867 - Dec. 1872<br />- Diary Jan. 1873 - Febr. 1903 (Jan. 1903) 1873 - April 1874 daily entries, thereafter only list of the places), thereby: statement of assets, 1898 and insurance policy, 1877<br />- diary, South Africa, Jan. - Aug. 1894<br />- work book, 1874 - 1903 (the one on the hs. List of mentioned diary 'England and Scotland 1864/1865' missing)<br />6691/2:<br />August Schreiber: Autobiographische Schriften<br />- 'Erinnerungen an Sumatra', 1866 - 1872, Handschrift<br />- 'Kollekten-Blätter für die Rheinische Mission', 1883 (the contributions probably originate mainly from A. Schreiber)<br />- 'Third Visit to Sumatra', brochure, Barmen, 1891<br />- 'Five Months in Security', book, Barmen, 1894<br />- 'A Mission Journey to the Far East', book, 1898 - 1999, Bertelsmann 1899 (?)<br />6691/3:<br />August Schreiber: Aufsätze und Veröffentlichungen:<br />- ' Die inneren Schwierigkeiten des Missionarufes', Lecture, Halle, 1901<br />- 'Die Menschenrechte der Eingeborenen in den Kolonien', Bremen, 1901<br />- 'Cultur und Mission in ihrer Einfluss auf die Naturvölker', Barmen, 1882<br />- 'Missionspredigt und angesprochen ....', Weilburg, 1881<br />- 'On the Characteristics of the Mission Areas of the Rhenish Mission', Barmen, 1883<br />- 'The work of the Rhenis Miss. Society amongst the Battas of Sumatra', Barmen, 1893<br />- 'The Evangelical Mission, a Proof of the Truth of Christianity', Erfurt, 1894<br />- 'Mission and Colonization', Kiel, 1885<br />- 'The Battas on Sumatra', Barmen, 1876<br />- 'The Battas in their relation to the Malays of Sumatra', Barmen, 1874<br />- 'Short outline of a Batta' theory of forms ....', Barmen, 1866<br />- 'The Gospel According to S. Matthew' (in Batta script), 1878<br />6691/4:<br />- [o.A. Author]: 'Aus der Lebensarbeit des ...', Barmen, 1906, 3 Ex.., Text identical in: 'Christlicher Volks-Kalender 1905'; Subject: Biography August Schreiber:<br />6691/5:<br />- August Schreiber: Letters to the Family, 1840s - 1903, Konvolut<br />6691/6:<br />- August Schreiber: Letters to his later wife Anna, née Möller (Bridal Letters), 1862 - 1867, Convoluted <br />6691/7:<br />- August Schreiber: Manuscripts of sermons and devotions <br />6691/8:<br />- August Schreiber: Convoluted excerpts from his letters and sermons (presumably written by his son August Wilhelm), Manuscript <br />6691/9:<br />- Letters, v.a. to Anna Schreiber, née Möller, 1860s and later (the inscription 'An Frau Pastor Frieda Zahn', Anna Schreiber's daughter, is not applicable), Karton<br />6691/10:<br />- Letters of condolence, obituaries, etc. zum Todde August Schreibers, 1903, Konvolut<br />6691/11:<br />- Franz Zahn: Letters and Reports of the Pastor and Missionary, China, 1899 - 1908, Konvolut<br />6691/12:<br />- Franz Zahn: Sermons, China, 1915 - 1916, 1924 - 1925, 1931 - 1940, China<br />6691/13:<br />- Franz Zahn or August Wilhelm Schreiber: Manuscripts, essays from China, presumably for 'Ostasiatischen Lloyd', approx. 1920, typewriter<br />6691/14:<br />- Anna Zahn: Diary, China, 1901<br />- 'Der kleine Missionsfreund', booklet, in it: Anna Zahn: 'Aus dem Leben einer chinesischen Frau'<br />6691/15:<br />- 'China's Millions', 'Missionsblatt Barmen', 'Der Ostasisiatische Lloyd', Various copies of magazines, 1901 - 1909<br />6691/16:<br />- W. Dietrich: 'Rückblick auf die fünfjährige Arbeit der Rheinischen Missions in China', 1897, manuscript, handwriting<br />6691/17:<br />- Materials for the estate: e.g. circular letter of the Barmer Mission from 1931<br />contains also:<br />- Photo of members of the mission house Barmen, 1902, on it also members of the family Schreiber, oversize, last box

Correspondence on border issues in the mission hinterland; correspondence on the handover of Borneo to Basel; contract of service between Miss. doctor Dr. Boeckh and Basler Mission, 1921; contract between "De Classical Zendingscommissie te Amsterdam" and Basler Mission, 1925; appeal to the Basler Mission, flyer, 1927

Correspondence on the question of the mission hinterland; Correspondence on the fate of the missionaries affected by the Second World War; Agreement between the Basler and the RMG on work in the common home area of Kurhessen, 1942; Notice of death for the former president Rev. Dr. Wilhelm Burckhardt (1856-1943), 1943; To the registered friend of the Basler Mission, Dr...., 1944; From our medical mission, pamphlet, 1944 1945; minutes of the meeting on 19.10.1945 m. President D. Köchlin, 1945; Letter from Prelate Dr. Hartenstein on this, 1945; Guidelines of the Basel Mission in the Question of Relationship to the German Home Church, 1945

Correspondence on the fate of missionaries abducted in China; Statutes of the Basler Mission Home Church Representation, 8 p., Dr., 1929; New Guidelines for the Reorganization of the Chinese Church, 1931

Beratungen über Aussendung von Missionaren zur Krim, 1820; Jahresrechnung, 1821; Jahresbericht, 1821; Erläuterungen hierzu von Insp. Blumhardt, 1822; 3 letters by Blumhardt; Wilhelm Kruse über das Missions-Seminar Basel, 1823; Jahresrechnungen, 1824, 1831, 1834, 1836 1842; 8 letters by Blumhardt, 1826-1830; 8 circular letters, 1828-1833; draft e. Missionsbund zwischen Basel, Barmen u. Bremen (Blumhardt, Dr. Richter u. Brauer), 1837; Invitations to the Basel Mission Festival, 1840-1843; Confidential communications from A. Bräm, Neukirchen on the Basel Mission, 1844; letter from Insp. Hoffmann, 1844

Correspondence on border issues in the hinterland of the mission; correspondence on the handover of Borneo to Basel; founding of a missionary association for the Protestant church in Nassau, statutes and founding protocol, 24 p., Dr.., 1859; Olpp, Pastor: Das neutr Missionshinterland im Nordwesten Deutschlands und seine gegenwärtigen Beziehungen zur Rheinischen Mission, Vortr., 24 p., ms., 1908; Statutes of the Oberhessische Hilfsverein f. d. Rheinische Mission, 1910; Protokoll über Vertrauensmänner-Versammlung, Dr., 1911

Correspondence, circulars, etc.; "Die Berliner Mission in Ostafrika 9 S., ms., N. N., ca. 1943; "The German and non-German Evangelical Missions in German East Africa, Rwanda, Burundi, Cameroon, Togo, German Southwest Africa, ca. 1943; "Brief overview of the Bethel Mission, 5 S. by Curt Ronicke, ca. 1944

[Ev. Missionsgesellschaft für Deutsch-Ostafrika/EMDOA - since 1920: Bethel-Mission]; Correspondence and agreements on a planned cooperation between Berlin III and RMG

Correspondence and agreements on the cooperation and working group of Bethel and RMG

Brief summaries of the printed "News of the East African Mission and "News of the Bethel Mission, 240 p., ms., with duplicate

Site plan of the leasehold property from 1908; survey report by Bodelschwingh'. Institutions, 1948

1870-1872 teacher at the Seminar d. RMG, 1873-1880 in Otjimbingue, 1880-1887 pastor in Königsberg, 1887-1889 inspector of the East Africa Mission and lecturer at the Oriental Seminar Berlin III; Letters and Reports, 1872-1880; Protocoll about the abolition of the forging of the Mission Colony Otjimbingue, 1874; Regen im Damralande, 7 p., hs., 1875; Löwengeschichten, 10 p. hs..., 1875; Sociale Verhältnisse im Hereroland, 36 p., hs., 1876; Die Bergdamra, 16 p., 1877; Wege im Damaraland, 16 p., 1877; 2 letters of J. Chr. Goliath from d. Augustineum, 1877; The Augustineum in Otjimbingue, 5 p.., hs., 1877; school visit in Hererolande, 20 p., hs., 1879; church consecration in Scheppmannsdorf, 10 p., 1879; September 1990 preserved: Personal Diarium of Büttner from the years 1867-1871; biographical material on Büttner (copies) by Prof. Ernst Hans Dammann;[Büttner's letters contain interesting information on the Mission Trade Society and on political conditions in Southwest Africa, see also Bethel Mission];

Correspondence of Rorarius, Accounts, etc., 1937-1938; A Few Pen-pictures from the Work of the Bethel-Missionary Society; Mother's Love in the Heart of Africa, 4 p., print, 1938; "The Usambara Association (the Settler) - A Memorandum on the Objectives and Objects of this Association, June 1938

Correspondence from Rorarius, accounts, etc.; "Christmas Greetings from Bethel, 4 p., printed, December 1935; flyer "We have promised our help from Friedrich von Bodelschwingh with an essay "Das rufende Land (Usambara) von Rorarius, September 1935

Correspondence from Rorarius, 1929-1934; Correspondence concerning the return of mission property, 1930; Draft of a Land Order of the Bethel Mission, 1931; So-called "Landsache, July 1934; Draft of an Order for the Usambara Church Treasury, 1934

[see also RMG 815]; correspondence on cooperation in Borneo; correspondence in matters de Vries and Hendrich; De Classical Zendingsbode: No. 30, 1921 33, 1923; report by Praeses Epple on the Kazongan case, 1923; contract with Miss. Vieker, 1923; Contract with Miss. Bakker, 1924; Contract with Basler Mission to take over the Kantigan area on Borneo, 1924

A booklet with photos, poems, newspaper clippings, etc. about the mission in Africa, especially the Bethel mission, from the possession of Elisabeth Küchler's mother in Detmold.

Submissions, Applications, Circulars; Correspondence mainly for the establishment of e. Chair f. Islamic Studies and Missionary Lectureship Bethel; F. v. Bodelschwingh: The Free Theological School of Bethel b. Bielefeld, 8 p., Dr., 1905; F. v. Bodelschwingh: Epilogue, 13 p., Dr., 1905; The Theol. school in Bethel, Prospekt m. Abb, Dr., ca. 1910; F. v. Bodelschwingh: Die tiefere Einwurzelung d. Mission in die Kirche, pamphlet, 4 p.., Dr. 1905; Statutes of the Association for Foundation and Entertainment e. Practical Theological School in Bethel, 4 p., Dr., 1906; RMG: Our Relations with the Theolog. School in Bethel and the East African Mission, 3 p., Dr., 1912

Information about German hospital in Zanzibar and on the mainland; correspondence with Wichern and Baron von Nettelbladt; reports from Nettelbladts to EMDOA about hospitals in Zanzibar, Dar-es-Salaam, Bagamojo; correspondence with the Foreign Office and field ministers for caretakers

Copies of handwritten letters from Mission Inspector Winkelmann, 1895-1897; copies of handwritten letters from Mission Inspector Trittelvitz, 1899-1909

Copies of handwritten letters from Mission Inspector L. Beyer, 1889-1890; copies of handwritten letters from Mission Inspector Hagenau, 1890-1892

Letters and papers of the Board of Foreign Missions cover activities in Liberia, Spanish Guinea, Cameroon and Gabon

Protest of the North German Mission to start a mission in Bremen against plans of EMDOA in Togo; letters from Zahn and Vietor; letters from A. Schreiber, Barmen and Rundbrief der Deputation; letters from L. Dieselkamp, Dr. Latrille, Paul Wohlrab and L. Beyer; contract between the Bielefelder Anstalten and EMDOA for the training of mission personnel; contract between EMDOA and Neuendettelsau for leaving missionaries, 1886

A letter from Winkelmann from Zanzibar, 1893; Minutes of the General Assembly and Board meetings, 1897-1898; Minutes of the Mission Conferences in Dar-es-Salaam, 1897-1898; Chronicles of Hohenfriedeberg and Bethel, 1897-1898; Copies of letters from missionaries in East Africa

Contains among other things: Living with the Curtius family in Strasbourg and Heidelberg; [Johann Jakob] Jaus, missionary of the Basel Mission in Kalkultta (5.6.1916); painting for war-damaged (23.10.1916 et al.); Swiss attitude towards Germany (9.8.1919)