Festschrift "Zum 100-jährigen Arbeitsjubiläum d. RMG in Südwestafrika", 1842-1942, 31 p., Dr., by Heinrich Vedder, with handwritten dedication to H. Söhnge;
Rhenish Missionary SocietyCollection of newspaper articles
Rhenish Missionary SocietyOrganizational preparation; program drafts; list of invited guests; congratulations and thanks
Rhenish Missionary SocietyReports of celebrations in Africa and Asia; list of children and grandchildren of Rhenish missionaries in the Capeland who have sent a donation
Rhenish Missionary SocietySuggestions for design, preparatory correspondence; keynote speeches
Rhenish Missionary SocietyLetters from befriended missionary societies
Rhenish Missionary SocietyKorrespondenz, 1837-1887; Statuten, 1827; Satzung, 1917; Programm d. Hundertjahrfeier, 1918, Dr.; Zeitungsber. v. 14. 10. 1918 in "Westdeutsche Rundschau" über 100jähräum, 1918; E. Kriele: From the old Barmer Missionsgesellschaft, Dr.
Rhenish Missionary SocietyNachlaß:; Portfolio 1: 1 notebook with diary records from the time of the Herero Uprising, also contains sermon preparations partly for fallen German protection troops and other notes, 1904-1906; Portfolio 2: Report by E. Stumpfe about the Herero Uprising and others; Various notes and eyewitness reports about the Herero Uprising and others. Herero Uprising 1904, list of the dead, name of the presumed murderer etc.; copy from the parish chronicle of Lüderitzbucht about the events in the years 1904 to 1905, as recorded by missionary Karl Emil Laaf, sent to Carl Berger by missionary Friedrich Hermann Rust, 1950; 2 eyewitness reports to the. Events in October 1904 in the area around Ghochas, N. N.; Folder 3: 1 red notebook with Carl Berger's newspaper articles, d. published under the headline "Vom Auob" in Windhoeker Zeitungen. Includes also "Die Orgel von Taurow", Fronterlebnis, by Dr. H. Reimer, Tailfingen, 5 p., ms.; Folder 4: "Die weiße Frau von Haruchas", memoirs of Mrs. Ida Berger, née Bergmann, verw. Albath, from the years 1897-1920, 2 exercise books, 35 p..., folder 5: Various Manu and type scripts by Carl Berger:; Christmas with the shepherd on the field, 8 p., hs., 1951; The history of the altar cloth of Mariental, 3 p., hs., o. J.; mineral deposits in the area of Auob, 3 1/2 p.., ms., no year; The camel stud of the German protection troops in Hofmeyr (formerly Kalkfontein-Nord), 6 p., ms., no year; Memories of the fallen German protection troops and their grave monuments in the area of Ghochas (with 2 photos), 8 p..., 1958; Folder 6: Notes on Hendrik Witbooi, collected from various sources, 1 booklet, 15 p., hs., o. J.; Folder 7: Das Leben Hendrik Witboois, Manuskript, 105 p., ms., o. J.; also contains: 1 original signature Witboois
Rhenish Missionary SocietyMissions-Kirchenordnungen, Dr., 1869, 1875 o.J.; Agreement on the transfer of the Hakka Mission (China) to Berlin, 1882; Negotiations on a joint teacher training institution and on the ordination of colored helpers in Africa, 1903; Negotiations on the coordination of the work at the Cape, 1904; Report on the death of Insp. Sauberzeig-Schmidt in Hong Kong, Dr., 1906; J. Neitz: Report of a journey to Samuel Maherero, 13 p., 1907; Foundation of church coffers in China, Vorschlag Glüer, 1907; Satzung d. Berliner Missionsgesellschaft, Dr., 1907; Die Aufsicht über die Missionsarbeit d. Berliner Mission, 18 p., ms., ca. 1908; Admission of Miss. Behrens/Hermannsburg, 1913; Reports of fights in Tsingtau, 1914; Vertraul. Report on obstruction of missionary work by World War I, 18 p., ms., 1915; conflict with P. Theo. Fliedner/Madrid, 1920; What still holds us to the pagan mission today, pamphlet, ca. 1920
Rhenish Missionary SocietyPrograms; Insp. Haussleiter: From the Christmas Tree to the Mission Tree, Appeal for a special Christmas gift for the children. Africa after Herero Uprising, Dr., 1906
Rhenish Missionary Society3 issues Tabular compilation of all dates and events; in Damraland, 1864-1886 1887-1888; in Greater Namaqualand, 1867-1884;
Rhenish Missionary SocietyChildren's house; confirmation of the professional contract by the city of Barmen, 1858; Some messages from the last days of the sel. mother Busch, 1886; celebration at the funeral of mother Busch, 28.6.1886; Some things from Conrad Busch's life, 1959
Rhenish Missionary SocietyCorrespondence with the American Iowa Synod, Lutheran Church of Australia and the Neuendettelsau Mission from 1919-1926; "Die evangelische Vorwärtsbewegung" (in Amerika) - an introductory presentation, St. Louis, Dr., 1921; "Unsere Neuguineamission" - Berichte u. Mitteilungen, Ed.: Evang.-Luth. Synode von Iowa, 32 p., Dr., ca. 1922
Rhenish Missionary Society1875-1911 in Omburo, Omaruru, re-emigration 1914-1915 to Tenerife, after months of imprisonment back to Germany, home service, cf. also RMG 1.613 c; letters, annual reports, station reports, travel reports, 1871-1915; essays:; Eine Totenfeier bei d. Ovaherero, 1876; Kirche u. Gottesdienst auf Omburo, 1877; Allerlei von allerlei Kindern in d. Heidenwelt, 1879; Report on a preaching trip to the north of Hereroland, 1879. North of Hereroland, 1880; Reports from Omburo by Mrs. Emilie Bernsmann, née Westkott, 1891; Letter from Cornelius Zwartbooi, 1891; Letter from Chief Juda Mungunda, 1893; Private letters, also from female family members, to Insp. Johannes Wilhelm Karl Spiecker, 1886-1902; essay: The Bergdamra Mission, 1892; reports on the Herero uprising, 1904; obituary for Mrs. Auguste Dannert, née Dahl, 1927;
Rhenish Missionary Societypersonal records taken every seven days. They begin with the handover of the Inspectorate to v. Rohden, but also contain earlier events, chronic;[see also RMG 469].
Rhenish Missionary SocietyNote: Reports on life in the mission house and events on the mission fields, as well as on the fate of the missionaries in the field in the years 1916-1918; see also the weekly reports of Inspector Becker RMG 473.
Rhenish Missionary Society1868-1920 in Okahandja, Usakos; Reports & Letters, 1868-1918; Notes about the first baptism on Okahandja, Jan. 1873; Short history of: Jonker Afrikaner, as he met Damras, March 1873; station reports by Okahandja, 1888-1893; letters to and from missionary Peter Heinrich Brincker, 1888 1890; copy of correspondence with commissioner Nels u. Maharero Tjamuaha, 1890; Report of the Evangelist Elia Kandirikirira, 1891; Presentation: "Is it appropriate that Christians won by evangelists gather in parishes or return to their relatives", 6 pages, hs., 1891; Friedrich Wilhelm Gottlieb Viehe: Opinion on Herero land sales, 1887; Report on the increase in Herero's impoverishment through robbery, request for ideas from the German government, 1902; Reports on the Herero Uprising, 1904; Contract on the sale of land in Windhoek to the German tax authorities, 1904; Loss of property of the Mission and others, 1904; Contract for the purchase of the so-called "Borchard House" in Otjimbingue to Philipp Diehl, 1908; deed of donation of 5,000 marks from Philipp Diehl to Mission, 1912; congratulatory letter and laudatory speech for Philipp Diehl on his 50th ordination anniversary, 1918
Rhenish Missionary Society[see also RMG 556]; Korrespondenz, 1826-1931; Ordnung d. Jahrhundertfeier, Dr., 1899; Elberfelder Missionsgesellschaft von 1799-1899, Dr.; Speeches at the 150-Jahr-Feier, 1949
Rhenish Missionary SocietyMinutes and correspondence concerning; claims on land; mistreatment of prisoners; Herero war; exile of Witbooi; site plan and profile railway Swakopmund-Windhuk, 1:1.200.000, 1901; correspondence with the president of the German colonial society concerning the lecture by Insp. Hannig in Bielefeld, 1927 (see also RMG 1.092)
Rhenish Missionary SocietyProposals for the Celebration of e. Community Mission Festival, 1828; Minutes of the Barmer Missionsgesellschaft, 1828; Instruction for the Deputies of the Cologne Miss-Ges., 1828; Statutes of the Deputation of the Rhine. Miss... Draft, 1828; Lecture by the deputies of Cologne, Wesel, Elberfeld and Barmen, July 1828; Protocol on the unification negotiations of the Four Misses, July 1828; Draft of the Statutes and continuation of the constituent negotiations in Cologne, Sept. 1828; Extracts from the minutes of the constituent negotiations, Sept. 1828; Justification of the Wesel Misses.Ges. not to join the Association, Sept.1828; Dec. 1828; Dec. 1828; Proposals to the Statutes of the Cologne Miss. company, January 1829; Letter Pastor Klönne, Kalkar, concerning the union of Wesel, Febr. 1829; Letter Pastor Klönne, Kalkar, about election of deputy Davidis, August 1829
Rhenish Missionary SocietyRemote stations: Tsumamas, Sesfontein, served from Outjo from 1906, see also RMG 2.529, Farm s. RMG 2.544; annual and station reports; annual reports, by Heinrich Riechmann and Heinrich Johann Brockmann 1899-1906, among others about the Battle of Waterberg, 1904; Evangelist Nikodemus and Lieutenant Franke, report, 1902; Minutes of the Court Meeting of Fransfontein, 1901
Rhenish Missionary SocietyCorrespondence on administrative and organisational issues; correspondence on patients and staff; Dr. Olpp: Lepra, 20 p., S.-Dr., 1930; Dr. Johannsen: On the 25th anniversary of the DIFÄM, 5 p., ms. 1934; W. Over: The 25th anniversary of the DIFÄM, 9 p., ms., 1934; Annual Reports, Dr., 1933-1937; Richtlinien f. d. zukünftigen Aufgaben d. d. d. Verein f. ärztl. Mission, Dr., 1934
Rhenish Missionary SocietyReports from Southwest Africa, opinions of the Mission on the Uprising
Rhenish Missionary SocietyNewspaper clippings (photocopies)
Rhenish Missionary Societyletters from Germany in particular
Rhenish Missionary SocietyDeclarations of consent of some Rhenish and Westphalian synods to the RMG;
Rhenish Missionary SocietyNewspaper clippings (originals)
Rhenish Missionary SocietyCorrespondence with house parents regarding education of children and administration; land deeds; building plans 1880; statutes 1881; model e. certificate of appointment for house inspector; house rules of the Rhine. Mission children's house, designed according to the statute of the educational institutions of the Brotherhood, 1856; Die Fürsorge für unsere Missionarskinder, 11 p., Dr., 1880; Festvereinbericht über 25jähriges Jubiläum d. Johanneums, 1880-1905, 32 p., Dr., 1905
Rhenish Missionary Society1898-1945 in Okazewa, Otjimbingue, Omburo, Omaruru, see RMG 1.482 estate; letters and reports, private letters, 1898-1945; curriculum vitae, application, certificates, recommendations, 1892; seven weeks under d. Insurgent Hereros, report, March 1904; marginal notes on the Herero War, critical statement, May 1904; Our Herero Christians in the War Camps, May 1904; The Lie in the Herero War, June 1904; August Kuhlmann's request for pardon from the Hereros, reply by Trothas to this, Febr. 1905; Report about peace mediation attempts in Otjimbingue, Febr. 1905; Supplements to "Windhoeker Nachrichten" with attacks against mission, June 1905; Report about the prisoner on the shark island near Lüderitzbucht, Aug. 1905; Report about the work in Karibib and at the prisoners of war at the Otavi Railway, Aug. 1905; Reports from the collection camps for Hereros in Omburo, 1906; leaflet "Three Christmas in German Southwest Africa", Dr., 1904-1906; Lecture: "What can and must happen to follow the scattered heathens and Christians", 11 p., hectographed, 1909; Lecture: "Zur Psychologie d. Glaubenslebens unserer afrikanischen Christen", 14 p., ms., 1913; Lecture: "Das Problem d. christlichen Ehe unter d. afrikanischen Heidenchristen", n. J.; Correspondence with Mrs. Elisabeth Kuhlmann, née Dannert u. Familie, 1946-1965
Rhenish Missionary Society1913-1953 in Rietfontein, Keetmanshoop, Rehoboth; Letters, reports, correspondence with various personalities of the mission leadership, 1912-1966; curriculum vitae, testimonies, 1906 1912; From the History of the Missionary Station, (Rehoboth), 5 p. ms. Fragment, 1945; From people I met on the country road of my life until my 75th birthday, 80 p. ms. (p. 51-64 missing), 1958; Correspondence Siegfried Groth with Wilhelm and Bertha Lind, née Winkel, 1962-1967; obituary for Wilhelm Lind, 1966;
Rhenish Missionary SocietyCorrespondence on the Rhine. Mission and Associated Auxiliary Acts, 1837-1874; Protocol of the General Assembly 1845, with Statutes; Minutes of the General Assembly, 1857-1871; Circular 1858 1866; Historical Development of the Märkische Missions-Ges., von Geh.-Rat von Rappard, 1845; Statutes of the Märkischen Missions-Ges., 1860, Dr.; Statuten d. Rhein.Missions-Ges., 1829 1873; Rhine. Missionsges. in June 1869, Eine Denkschr. with all kinds of reflections on general mission questions, Dr.; Rhein. Missionsges. in March 1873, Dr.; Song collection for missionary hours and festivals, not stated, Dr.
Rhenish Missionary SocietyReply of the Deputation; circular letter as "Shepherd's Letter" of the Conference to their parishes, 1926; Conference of the Rhenish Missionary Sisters, Protocol, 1927; Church Elders of Rehoboth to the Conference Members, 1927; "Mother Barmen to her children" in Herero and Namaland, Letter for the 100th birthday of the RMG, 1928
Rhenish Missionary SocietyInventories; Correspondence; Festivities and Celebrations; Mission and Annunciation Games by Sister I. Meyer
Rhenish Missionary SocietyHistory; statutes; festivals and celebrations
Rhenish Missionary SocietyInspector and Housefather 1913-1923; weekly reports on life in the mission house, events on mission fields, fate of mission members in home and fields[sent to the seminarians standing in the field].
Rhenish Missionary SocietyFive and twenty years of our missionary work in Ovamboland, by August Wulfhorst, 131 p., ms., 1917; "The Great Day in Engela in Ovamboland", report on the 100th anniversary of the Finnish mission of J. B., 6 p., ms., 1966;
Rhenish Missionary SocietyCorrespondence; collective books; membership cards; communications and ID cards for collectors; J. Olpp: From God's Treasury. Narratives of happy donors and gifts for the 50th anniversary of the association, 93 p., Dr., 1909
Rhenish Missionary SocietyDeputy Director since 1925, Director 1926-1929; Appointment Certificate as Deputy Director, 1925; Acceptance of Vocation, 1925; Correspondence, 1927-1929; Letters to him during his visitation, especially Insp. A. Hoffmann about events in Barmen, 1928-1929; Obituaries of Deputation and the Family, Sept. 1929; Order of the Memorial Service, Dr.., 1929; Description of the illness and its causes by the son, 1929; condolences and telegrams, 1929; obituaries in various newspapers, 1929; correspondence with the family, 1956-1964
Rhenish Missionary SocietyMemories of d. Witbooi Uprising in Gibeon, by Else Spellmeyer; Experiences from the first days of the occupation of Gibeon by the troops of General Mackenzie, by Else Spellmeyer; Ochsenwagen journey to the new beginning e. Mission at the edge of the Kalahari desert (!Gochas) from 27 August to mid October 1901, by Else Spellmeyer; A visit to the diamond fields near Lüderitzbucht; Report on a branch trip (1923), by Christian Spellmeyer; "Gibeon without a missionary", letter by Christian Spellmeyer to d. Brüder d. Vorstandes, January 23, 1936; Various newspaper articles;
Rhenish Missionary Society