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August Kraemer (1862-1896)

Testimony on Theological Examination, 1888; Engagement Notice, 1888; Equipment List for Africa and Newspaper Report on the Farewell at the Port, 1888; Correspondence and Diary Excerpts, 1888-1895; Reports on "Rekognoszierungsreise behufs Anlegung einer neuen Station (Tanga), 1889; "Bilder aus Tanga, 1890; "Which difficulties oppose an emigration to East Africa? (Lecture), 1893; Report on the death of A. Kraemer in Egypt, 1896; Correspondence with Martha Kraemer, née Wegener, 1896-1901

Evangelical Missionary Society for German East Africa

Report of a journey from Bethel to Tanga, 1912; Letter of African women to "Bibi Auersch (copy), 1915; Employment certificate for Erich Auersch, 1920; Communication on Yakobo Ngombe in a letter from Erich Auersch to Inspector Curt Ronicke of 09.03.1950; Correspondence, 1950-1972; Notifications of a descendant of Erich Auersch, 1987

Evangelical Missionary Society for German East Africa
Erich Leistner (1893-1975)

Curriculum vitae, health certificates, vows of secondment, 1936; farewell sermon by Erich Leistner in Leipzig, 1936; letters from teacher Hirsch in Mlalo, 1936; work reports, letters of friendship, correspondence, 1936-1939; contract between the Bethel-Mission u. of the Protestant Church in Tanga, 1936; "Volksmission im Lande des Night-Porter, by Erich Leistner, 1938; "Soldaten enliven eine Gemeinde von Erich Leistner, 1938; Agreement between the Bethel-Mission u. Kontraktor Kirschinger, 1938; Conference of Shepherds and Elders of Shambalei and Digolandes, 1938; Overview of school work in Usambara-Bergland, 1938; correspondence because of Leistner's leave of absence with the LKA Dresden, old-age pensions, etc. Kindergeld, 1936-1946; Correspondence with the Leistner family during internment, 1940-1947; Correspondence concerning entry into the Berlin Mission Society, 1947; Correspondence with the Leistner couple during their work in Cape Town: Protokolle, Berichte, Aufsätze, 1947-1975; Geburtsurkunden von Ehepaar Leistner, 1950; "Zu den Füßen des Tafelbergs von Erich Leistner, 1950; "Aus dem Leben der braunen Gemeinden in u. around Cape Town by Erich Leistner, 1953; conference report of the Protestant Academy at the Cape, 1955; curriculum vitae and speech at the funeral of Erich Leistner, 1975

Evangelical Missionary Society for German East Africa
Ernst Dammann (1904-2003)

Medical testimonies for the Dammann couple, 1932; curriculum vitae, instructions, vows of secondment, 1933; "First impressions from Tanga and Digo, 1933; Statistics of the German Protestant Church in Tanga, 1933; Programme of a field service in Tanga (Druck), 1934; "Die Mitarbeit der Bethel-Mission an der Suaheli-Literatur, 1934; Correspondenz, 1929-1937 u. 1949-1977; reproduction of a letter by Jakobo N. Lumwe and J. Ngombe, 1950; "Zur Wiedergabe biblischer & christlicher Personennamen in Suaheli, 1953; Bibliographie von Ernst Dammann (Druck), 1969

Evangelical Missionary Society for German East Africa
Franz Gleiss (1868-1939)
M 218 Bd. 6 · File · 1928-1930
Part of Archive and Museum Foundation of the VEM (Archivtektonik)

"Kirchweih des Evangelischen Kirchleins in Tanga, August 1930; Mission Conference of Protestant Missions in Tanzania (German East Africa) in Marangu, September 1930; General Correspondence, Reports, Stories, 1928-1930

Evangelical Missionary Society for German East Africa
Franz Gleiss (1868-1939)
M 218 Bd. 4 · File · 1919-1925
Part of Archive and Museum Foundation of the VEM (Archivtektonik)

Chronicle of Bungu-Lutindi, 1920; Dr. Arthur's visit to Wuga, 1920; On the ordination of our 7 clergy in Wuga, 1920; How will missionary work in Usambara and Tanga-Digo, 8 p., 1921; Report on the life and death of Laura Gleiss, née Kniess, 1921; Lukas Sefu, 1923; Letters by Jakobo Ngombe and Hermann Kanafunzi, 1922, 1923

Evangelical Missionary Society for German East Africa

Medical questionnaires for Heinrich Waltenberg and Hildegard Bokermann (his bride), 1929; vows of the Evangelischer Afrikaverein for Heinrich Waltenberg, 1930; correspondence, reports and stories, also by Hildegard Waltenberg, 1930-1946; "Meine Ferienreise durch Usambara im Jahre 1947, 26 S., ms.; Accounting

Evangelical Missionary Society for German East Africa
Hermann Becker (1865-1929)

Letters and reports, excerpts from the diary, 1892-1899; private letters, 1892-1895; "Something about the magicians of the Wasuahili, 1892; Report on the baptism of Nathaniel and Benjamin (Hamis and Mroafaris), 1893; "My journey from Tanga to Hohenfriedeberg, 1893; "Baptism of Daudi, 1894

Evangelical Missionary Society for German East Africa
Hermann Personn (1889-1960)
M 237 Bd. 1 · File · 1912-1933
Part of Archive and Museum Foundation of the VEM (Archivtektonik)

Correspondence, travel diaries, reports, etc., 1912-1933; engagement announcement with Mariechen Strecker, 1918; vows of secondment and instructions, 1925; Our Central School in Lwandai, Rück- u. Ausblick, 1928; sketched plans of the Central School; Letter of Solomon Shangali, Ngwelo, 1929; inspection report of the English authorities at the School of Lwandai u. a timetable, 1930-1931 and 1933; Correspondence of the Lutheran Missions from the Tanganyika Territory in Dar-es-Salaam, 1930; The Becoming of the Churches on the Mission Field, 7 p.., ms, 1932; Report on the meeting with the "Führer des "Deutscher Bund concerning questions of the German school system in our mandate area, Tanga, August 1933; biography of the community elder Yeremia Kuasagha and his mother, Mamdowe in Mbalamo, 1933

Evangelical Missionary Society for German East Africa
Hermann Personn (1889-1960)
M 237 Bd. 4 · File · 1939-1965
Part of Archive and Museum Foundation of the VEM (Archivtektonik)

"Inexhaustible wealth, Africans report on their journey to Jesus, 30 p., 1939; obituary of Martin Personn (son), 1939; The districts of Wuga and Bumbuli in the war (towards the end of 1939); deed of ownership of the burial place of Martin Personn in Bethel, 1942; map of Usambara and Buhaya, n.d. ; A walk through the parishes of Usambara and Tanga-Digo today, 8 p. ms.., 1958; death announcement by Hermann Personn, 1960; correspondence with Marie Personn (wife), 1961-1965

Evangelical Missionary Society for German East Africa

Handwritten report on the Saxon Mission Conference in Halle (Saale), 55 p., 1903; Memories of the Battle of Tanga, 1914; Two essays on Mission in Tanga: Siegfried Delius: Saat auf Hoffnung & Doctor Damann: How can a Christian community on the coast be built? o.J.; On the "Shepherds, Memories of Jubilees and Festivals, also photo of Missionary Women's Leisure Time, 1930-1933; Various newspaper articles by and about Siegfried Delius, 1904-1929; Various articles on East Africa and the mission in "Übersee- u. Kolonialzeitung, 1928-1932; Various newspaper articles by members of the Bethel Mission (including Ronicke and Mensching), 1928-1930

Evangelical Missionary Society for German East Africa
Paul Wohlrab (1866-1949)

CV from 1891; Letters, circulars, reports, 1890-1907; "Bewegliche Stunden, Bericht über die Beginn der Mittelschule in Lwandai, ca. 1902; Korrespondenz (allgemein), i.a. deutsche Schule u. Mittelschule, 1908; Agreement between the Evangelische Mission u. der Katholischen Mission wegen demgrenzung der Arbeit, 1909; Correspondenz u.a. with W. Trittelvitz, 1910-1912; Überlegungen zur Errichtung einer Gewerbeschule, 1911; Correspondence during our stay at home, 1914-1927; "Urgent tasks for our female youth in Central Africa, 1927; "Wiederaufbau unserer Arbeit in Tanga, 1927; Important correspondence with the "Education Director u.a. because of English as a school language, 1928; decisions of the Mission Conference in Marangu, September 1928; "Serious questions and major tasks concerning mission schools, 1928; general correspondence, 1929-1933; correspondence Paul Wohlrab u. Daughter Frieda, 1934-1947; Obituary of Paul Wohlrab, 1949; Correspondence Margarethe Wohlrab (wife), 1951-1962; Correspondence Frieda Wohlrab (daughter), 1942-1972; Xerokopien betreffend Schulfragen, 1902-1908

Evangelical Missionary Society for German East Africa
Siegfried Delius (1875-1935)

Christening ceremony in Tanga, 1904; trip to Gombera, 1904; report about the visit of Professor Haussleiter in Tanga, 1909; thanksgiving song of Africa to the emperor, in Swahili by Jakobo Ngombe, teacher in Tanga, translated into German. by Siegfried Delius, 1910; How our native helpers preach the gospel to the Gentiles, report by Petro Sebwijo in Kibafuta near Tanga, 1914; In Maasailand, our relations with the Maasai and the resulting tasks, 10 pp, ms, 1914; Journey to Maasailand, June 1915; The mission work in Digoland during the war, 1914-1917; The mission work in Tanga and in the hinterland during the years of war, 1914-1917; Health certificates because of retirement, 1926; Five letters from Jakobo Ngombe, 1930-1936; Correspondence with Helene Delius, 1944-1967; Notice of death from Helene Delius, née Layer, 1968

Evangelical Missionary Society for German East Africa

Martin Ostwald, August 1896 to December 1896; S. Delius, April 1905 to May 1910; F. Gleiss, December 1910 to August 1911; S. Delius, October 1911 to December 1916; municipal statistics of the Tanga station; lists of names of parishioners; lists of pupils; entries similar to church records on baptisms, weddings, deaths, 1902-1916

Evangelical Missionary Society for German East Africa
Station Thong

Letters, reports and statistics about the work in thong, 1894-1900; letter from thong as printed by Mrs. Baudirektor Hoffmann to her husband in Berlin, February 1898; report about the consecration of the church in thong, February 1898; letter of the indigenous Christian Emil Barut to father Bodel-schwingh, November 1899

Evangelical Missionary Society for German East Africa
Station Thong

Letters, reports, invoices, 1901-1910; So-called "Burensache, i. e. the employment of two Boers from Transvaal, father and son of Folker, who could not return to their homeland, 1902-1903; "Baptism of the first fruits of Gombero, December 1906; Plan of the Mission House in Gombero (Digo), 1907; Call to Organize a German Protestant Church in Tanga u. in the hinterland, printed flyer, 1909; A copy of the "Usambara-Post with an essay by Delius about "Die deutsche evangelische Kirchengemeinde von Tanga u. Hinterland vom September 1909

Evangelical Missionary Society for German East Africa
Usambara Prescripts

Correspondence with the Missionary Brothers and Sisters and the Home Administration, 1914-1915; Correspondence with various local persons and imperial authorities because of the war events, 1914; War Reports by D. Delius, 30.10.1914-20.12.1914; Order for the field service in Moshi, Christmas 1914; collection of special sheets of the "Usambara Post on Austria's declaration of war in Serbia and the war situation in Germany and East Africa, August 1914; Official announcement of the district official Köstlin in Wilhelmstal, 1914; "The Battle of Tanga, report by S. Delius, November 1914

Evangelical Missionary Society for German East Africa
Usambara Prescripts

Correspondence with the English Political Officer, 1917-1922; lists of German prisoners of war in thong, 1917; correspondence with German prisoners of war, especially with S. Delius, 1917; order of the District Political Officer for the deportation of Germans to South Africa resp. Egypt (print), November 1917; Korrespondenz mit Ehepaar R. u. A. Köstlin, formerly Kaiserlicher Bezirksamtsmann in Wilhelmstal, 1917-1918; Verordnung zur Rückführung der deutschen Zivilisation als Druck, December 1918; Statistik von Hohenfriedeberg, December 1919; Proklamation über die Repatriierung früherer Feinde, 16 p.., printed in January 1920; "Zur Weihe eingeborener Prediger 8 S., ms. von F. Gleiss, ca. 1920; 2 issues of "Tanga Post, 1919 u. 1920; 2 newspaper clippings on "Native Policy by speaker Owen in "The East African Standard, 1920

Evangelical Missionary Society for German East Africa
Usambara Prescripts

Correspondence and reports, 1910-1914; Advice for outgoing siblings, c. 1910; Minutes of the annual conference of Usambara in Mlalo as copy, 1912; Minutes of the meeting of community elders of Usambara in Tanga, February 1914; Statistics, 1914

Evangelical Missionary Society for German East Africa
Various Correspondences

Minutes of the board meetings EMDOA; Letters from Pastor Hagenau, 2nd chairman of the EMDOA, to F. von Bodelschwingh, 1890-1891; Request of the DEMA to Ev. Oberkirchenrat for service of theologians in the mission (printed; written at the conference in Halle), Nov. 1890; Letter from Doctor Gustav Warneck to F. von Bodelschwingh, May 1891; Report on the planned new construction of the hospital in Zanzibar (printed with illustrations), December 1891. 1890; Minutes of the board meetings EMDOA and copies of letters from missionaries in Africa, 1890-1894; "Die Anfänge der Evangellislisationsarbeiten eines Landdiakones im Münsterland, Aufsatz, 1890; Bekämpfung der Malaria durch Luftfiltration, von Doktor K. Möller (Druck), 1890; "Vicelin, der Apostel der Wenden, Erzählung, N.N.., o.J.; travelogue of Wohlrab and Johanssen from Tanga to Mlalo in northernusambara in April 1891; song sheet "One it is, whom I love, N. N., not stated; Christmas newsletter from F. von Bodelschwingh, 1891

Evangelical Missionary Society for German East Africa
war reports

Reports on the war in East Africa by Pastor Siegfried Delius, 1914-1917; reports on the battle at Jassini, sinking of the "Königs-berg, Battle of Tanga, etc. by Weiss, Nickel, Gregorius and Warth

Evangelical Missionary Society for German East Africa
Wilhelm Kuhl (1899-1989)

Korrespondenz, 1930-1962; Ärztliches Gutachten für P. F. Gleiss, 1931; Ärztliches Gutachten für Schwester Friederike Schumacher, 1932; "Weihnachten im Hospital Bumbuli, 1931; Nachricht über den Tod von Gertrud Kuhl, Foto des Grabes in Lupembe, 1934; Erinnerungen an Tanga u. an Jakobo Ngombe, 1934; "Mfizi u. seine Gefährten - Geschichten aus Deutsch-Ostafrika, 24 p.., ms. 1937; "Visit to an old missionary (Hosbach), by Wilhelm Kuhl, 6 p., ms., about 1962; reports and essays, 1933; "Freizeit in Kigalama mit Fotos, 1933; "Reise von Bumbuli nach Kamachumu mit Fotos, 1932; "Fahrt zum Kilimandjaro mit Fotos, 1932; "Eine Unterrichtsstunde im Hospital, 1932; Lebensgeschichte u. Letters from the warden Mfizi from Kamachumu, 1933-1935; "Memories of black people, manuscript, 1937; "Als Arzt u. Erzieher in Ostafrika (Druck), 1936; "Tutaonana - wir werden wiederehen, Geschichten aus dem alten Afrika, o.J. ; "Bahati, Geschichte eines Mädchens, 1953

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