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Board meetings of the Colonial Society.

Contains: Duplicated, partly printed minutes of board meetings, invitations, agendas and individual correspondences (amendment of articles 1885).

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Chairman of Ernst II's Committee for the Promotion of the Africa Expedition of Duke Adolf Friedrich von Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1873-1969) [nephew by marriage].

Contains: Correspondence concerning planning and financing (e.g. creation of an expedition fund) as well as follow-up (e.g. operation of the order award to the patron Hugo von Gahlen, owner of factory and manor); scientific expert's opinion: ...

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Colonial enterprises in Brazil.

Contains: 1. individual correspondence on Brazilian affairs, 1884-1891; 2. information trip by Professor Keller-Lenzingen, Stuttgart, to Brazil on behalf of the Colonial Society to examine the conditions of settlement; reports by Professor Keller;...

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Colonial enterprises in Canada; inquiries, information, proposals for individual enterprises; correspondence with the Canadian High Commissioner Sir Charles Tupper and lawyer Dr. Otto Hahn, Reutlingen.

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Colonial undertakings in Palestine: 1st railway project Acca-Haifa-Damascus (with maps); 2nd affairs of the Templars; correspondence with A. Graeter, e.g. about the reacquisition of the dignity of citizenship by the Templars, about the disputes with the monastery Karmel, about the sale of the products of the Templars and interventions of Prince Hermann in favour of the Templars.

Darin: 1. statute of the association for trade, commerce and agriculture in Palestine, 1884; 2. photograph of the entertainment of the music band of the ship "Moltke" on the Württemberg colony Haifa, 1896.

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Correspondence with Dr. R. Jannasch, Chairman of the Central Association for Commercial Geography; confrontation with Dr. Jannasch over an open letter published by him about the organization of a colonial congress in 1886.

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Correspondence with Heinrich Scharrer, Managing Director of the Witu Society for Europe, about matters in Witu; expedition to support Emin Pasha, use of funds collected for this purpose, etc.

Expedition zur Unterstützung Emin Paschas, Verwendung der zu diesem Zweck gesammelten Gelder u.a..

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Establishment of a German native school in Dar es Salaam at the suggestion of the governor of D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a Freiherr von Soden; recruitment of a teacher by the German Colonial Society; correspondence with von Soden, the Württemberg Minister of Churches and Education Sarwey and applicants for the position; acceptance of teacher Barth from Friedrichshafen to complete a Swahili language course; establishment of the school in Tanga; complaints by Barth about lack of support and his return to Germany.

Darin: 3 photographs of the school in Tanga, 1894.

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Execution of an anti-slavery lottery; appointment of Prince Hermann to the Executive Committee; support of the Wißmann Sea Expedition and the Wißmann Steamship; expedition in D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a; dispute between the Carl-Peters Foundation and the Anti-Slavery Committee about the use of foundation funds; correspondence with the Federal Foreign Office (Dr. Kayser), Prince Wilhelm zu Wied, Bergrat Dr. M. Busse; Koblenz and others; minutes of meetings, printed matter, press releases.

In: Estate of Prince Hermann zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (*1832, 1913) (holdings) >> Fourth, Prince Hermann and colonial policy. >> 4.3 Colonial enterprises of the colonial society. >> 4.3.2 Scientific and cultural enterprises in Africa

Foundation of a Cameroon expedition committee; assumption of honorary presidency by Prince Hermann; correspondence with the chairman of the managing committee Ernst Vohsen; execution of the Cameroon expedition by Baron von Uechtritz in 1893/1894.

In: Estate of Prince Hermann zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (*1832, 1913) (holdings) >> Fourth, Prince Hermann and colonial policy. >> 4.3 Colonial enterprises of the colonial society. >> 4.3.2 Scientific and cultural enterprises in Africa

Foundation of a settlement company for Southwest Africa (Syndicate for Southwest African Settlement); preparatory exploration in the Windhoek area; correspondence with the Colonial Department of the Foreign Office; allocation of settlement land by the Colonial Department; establishment of a regular steamboat connection to Walfischbay; establishment of a protection force.

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Foundation of the Deutscher Kolonialverein.

Contains: 1st correspondence with individual personalities intended for the executive committee (e.g. Maltzan, Varnbüler, Arnim-Boitzenburg, Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Jobst, Friedenthal, Stumm-Halberg, Stolberg-Wernigerode, Victor zu ...

In: Estate of Prince Hermann zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (*1832, 1913) (holdings) >> Fourth, Prince Hermann and colonial policy. >> 4.1 Deutscher Kolonialverein and Deutsche Kolonialgesellschaft. >> 4.1.1 Foundation and organisation

General correspondence of the Witu Society; expedition under Captain Rabenhorst to take possession in the autumn of 1886; weapons provided by the Prussian War Ministry; negotiations on the sale of Witu to the British East African Society.

Expedition unter Hauptmann Rabenhorst zur Besitzübernahme im Herbst 1886; Stellung von Waffen durch das preußische Kriegsministerium; Verhandlungen über den Verkauf von Witu an die Britisch-Ostafrikanische Gesellschaft.

In: Estate of Prince Hermann zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (*1832, 1913) (holdings) >> Fourth, Prince Hermann and colonial policy. >> 4.3 Colonial enterprises of the colonial society. >> 4.3.1 Afrika >> 4.3.1.1 Wituland.

General development in Witu: Reports of the authorized representative of the Witu Society in Lamu Kurt Toeppen to the Board of Directors and the authorized representative of the Society in Germany Heinrich Scharrer; transmission of Toeppen's correspondence (in copy) to Prince Hermann; correspondence of the Prince with Toeppen; merger of the Witu Society with the German East African Society; efforts to obtain an imperial award for Consul Schwabe; dismissal of Toeppen.

Übersendung der Korrespondenz Toeppens (in Abschrift) an den Fürsten Hermann; Korrespondenz des Fürsten mit Toeppen; Fusion der Witu-Gesellschaft mit der Deutsch-Ostafrikanischen Gesellschaft; Bemühungen um eine kaiserliche Auszeichnung für Konsul...

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German Togo expedition; correspondence with consul Ernst Vohsen; establishment of a Togo Committee; assumption of honorary presidency of the Togo Committee by Prince Hermann.

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Membership of Ernst II. in the board of the Deutsche Kolonialgesellschaft.

Contains: Correspondence of Ernst II. with the President (concerning Ernst's elections to the Executive Board); circular letter; meeting documents (e.g. documents, lists of names, reports); report of the Finance Commission, with account for 1...

In: Estate of Prince Ernst II. (*1863, 1950) (holdings) >> 1. fact files >> 1.10 Memberships in other clubs, associations and federations. >> 1.10.3 Colonial Clubs