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RMG 725 · File · 1869-1920
Part of Archive and Museum Foundation of the VEM (Archivtektonik)

Missions-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 Society
Fabri estate

Acquired 2009 by Antiquariat Steinkopf, Stuttgart, from the estate of Rössle]; Inspector Fabri's interpretation of 1 Cor. 12-15, written off by M. W. 1884, by Inspector K. Krafft (1862-1942) received 31.5.1939; Letter Jacobi from Inspector Dr. Fabri, written up in the Bible studies, various possession notes, written off probably 1865/1866; Fabri Matth. 13 and 1. Cor. 15, from possession F. Liederwald (1860-1947); Bible studies held by Insp. Dr. Fabri in the Mission House at Barmen, 1864-1866, various possession notes; Fabri, Dogmatics: The Means of Grace, received from Inspector K. Krafft 25.5.1939; Fabri, short outline of church dogmatics, received from Inspector K. Krafft 25.5.1939; The letter to the Ephesians, copy of Miss. Sundermann, 1942, also contains 1 page quotation Fabri "Der Krieg ist ein Gericht Gottes", drawn L. (Liederwald?); excerpts from a letter: Zur Biographie Heft III (Rössle); interpretation of Matth. 25,1-13, 9.10.1864, Nachschrift (Rössle?); booklet inscribed: Fabri's last speech in Nuremberg, issue IV, also contains; Letters to Fabri's sister Anna; Correspondence Rössle; Two speeches given at the funeral ceremony (of Fabri) in the church of Godesberg; 3 photos of Fabri; leaves of the memory of the beatified church councillor Dr. E. F. W. Fabri of Würzburg. Würzburg 1866, from the possession of the sister of Fabri?; Rössle's essay in the Deutsches Pfarrerblatt, 1943; various obituaries; notebook with various parts, mostly sermons; Die Ohnmacht des Amtes, 1864; Bible studies on the Philippian letter, Ringstedt 1859/1860; The Comforting Name of the Lord and other sermons; Experiences in Brazil, 1892-1900, "written by father 1901/1902", envelope Diarium Carl du ?, written by father Rössle?

Rhenish Missionary Society
RMG 1.102 · File · 1890-1929
Part of Archive and Museum Foundation of the VEM (Archivtektonik)

Protocols and correspondence on issues such as:; customs privileges; education; arbitrariness of colonial officials; whereabouts of mission property after World War I; internment and exchange of prisoners of war; overview of activities, assets and members of the mission in Southwest Africa and New Guinea, 1904; official stenographer. Report on speeches on the dissolution of the Reichstag and colonial politics, 47 p., Dr., 1907; Die deutsche Flagge im Stille Ozean, 25 p. m. Map, Dr., 1915

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RMG 1.099 · File · 1895-1927
Part of Archive and Museum Foundation of the VEM (Archivtektonik)

Minutes 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 Society
RMG 783 · File · 1939-1954
Part of Archive and Museum Foundation of the VEM (Archivtektonik)

Correspondence on administrative issues and individual employees; correspondence on medical care for missionaries and their families returning from internment; correspondence with the "German Labor Front" on the resignation of Prof. Dr. Fischer, 1939; Statutes of the DIFÄM, version 1939, 1950 1954; Annual Reports, 1939-1943 1949; Report of the Annual Meeting and Accounts, 1949; Prospectus of the Tropical Recovery Home, 1950; News from the Medical Mission, No. 1, 1950

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Hermann Berner (1888-1973)
RMG 454 · File · 1930-1949
Part of Archive and Museum Foundation of the VEM (Archivtektonik)

Director 1937-1958; Correspondence in missionary matters during his time as pastor in Minden, 1930-1936; Certificate of Appeal and Instruction, 1937; Negotiations on Connection to Pension Fund, 1937; Wishes to Take Office, 1937; Investigation on Tropical Fitness, 1939; Personnel Questionnaire on Political Past, 1945; Correspondence, 1937-1949

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Vedder, Henry (1876-1972)
RMG 1.660 a-g · File · 1894-1937:; 1947-1972
Part of Archive and Museum Foundation of the VEM (Archivtektonik)

1903-1947 in Walvis Bay, Swakopmund, Gaub, Okahandja, Praeses 1937-1947, then emer.., Senator South West Africa, 1950-1958, see also RMG 1,308, 1,344, 1,366, 1,426-1,431, 1,661, 2.694; extensive correspondence, reports, circulars, 1903-1947; application, curriculum vitae, medical certificate, 1894-1903; building plans for residential house Swakopmund, 1904; appeal by Lieutenant Kuhn to the scattered Hereros to surrender, 1904; petition to d. District office Swakopmund for the improvement of the conditions in the prison camps, 1905; report on the formation of the protestant parish of Swakopmund, 1906; letter of 9 Hererochristen with the request for translation of the Old Testament in Herero, 1906; "Gau-Sari-Aob" (The sower) newsletter for natives, 1907-1909; order e. printing press, brochure here about, 1909; budget d. Missionshaus in Swakopmund, 1909; transcript of the honorary doctorate of the University of Tübingen for Vedder, 1925; State Secretary of Lindequist: Please do not recall Vedder from Africa, 1927; conference negotiation of the church elders and evangelists in Okahandja, 1930; exam questions for diploma examinations of the University of South Africa, 1931; Zur Frauenfrage in Südwestafrika, Referat, 10.., ms. 1935; National Socialism and colored workers, essay, Karl Pegel, 11 p., ms., 1936; appointment of Vedder as "Konsistorialrat h. c" by the California Konsistorial Academic Society, copy of the deed, 1947; statutes of the Heinrich Vedder Foundation, 1954; honorary newspaper articles and obituary, 1961, 1966 and 1972

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