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Miscellaneous documents on the Cameroon campaign (1914-1916): Campaign diary (Molundu), Documents on the Kunzulu camp, Orders of movements from various officers (Moulaert, Marin, Goranssen), Maps, sketches and route surveys, Reports, Instructions, Internal Notes, Circulars; Letters and copies of letters; Press extracts; Patents of honorary medals; Some documents are dated after 1934.

Documents concerning military operations in German East Africa.

Letter from Musinga, "Sultan of Rwanda", to the German resident Gudovius (Nyanza, 1909); Copy of an extract from a German telegram from the Reuter agency, signed by Captain Wintgens, relating the situation in Europe (August 1914); Communication from the imperial resident von Stümer concerning the measures taken on the occasion of the mobilization (August 1914); Communication of the measures taken in Rwanda concerning the defence of borders, signed by Captain Wintgens (August 1914); Maps of North-East Africa (including Abyssinia); Regulations of the Public Force in combat and in the field as well as command orders (1941); Notes, miscellaneous information, correspondence between English General Platt in Khartoum and the Belgian Congo; events in Luluabourg (20 February 1940); typed memorandum on the Nigerian campaign; Acts of cessation of hostilities in the Galla-Sidamo campaign (3 July 1941); Notes on the history and facts of the Abyssinian Campaign and related marching orders; Documents to be used for the history of the Public Force (10 May 1940 - 8 May 1945); Maintenance and restoration of public order (Senate, 1954); Memoirs of Bishop E. GRISON of Saint-Gabriel, Apostolic Vicariate of Stanleyville (1897-1900).

Correspondence: Letters exchanged with various people including H.M. Stanley (1881-1882), Letters, instructions and notes from Strauch to Lindner (1880-1882 and end of 1883-1886), from Strauch to Stanley (1881), Correspondence and miscellaneous papers relating to his missions in China (1900-1908); Various : Copy of his contract of engagement with the Bas-Congo Studies Committee, signed by Strauch (19 August 1880), Manuscript extracts from several works in which Lindner's activities are mentioned; Notes on his trip to China (1908); Drawings: Lindner's sketchbooks on Congo (1881-1882), sketchbook (landscapes, objects, wildlife, 1881-1882); Photographs : Photos of Congo, Zanzibar, China and Japan; Maps : Maps of Chinese cities (Soochow, Nanking) and the Beijing-Hankow railway;

scopecontent Travel diaries: Originals and some typed copies (December 1880December 1882, February 1884-August 1887, 23 November 1889-7 January 1899, 14 July 1892-24 October 1893); Various notebooks (1881-1899): Toponymic surveys, latitudes and longitudes from Loanda to Tabora (June 1881-September 1882), from the road to Tanganyika and Ujiji (1882), Lists of names, engaged for the caravan of 900 Bashilenge/Lulua, goods (1886-1887), prices at Luluiku (1884-1887), Itineraries and notes (1887), Topometric and hydrometric calculations, Zoological data, aneroids and temperatures (ca 1881), Boat sketches and descriptions (July 1892); Route booklet: Descent of the Kasai River from its confluence with the Lulua (5 June 1885-25 June 1885), Reconnaissance of the Bashilenge region, around the Lulua and Lubi (2 July 1886-12 July 1886), Reconnaissance of Luluabourg towards the Kitenge and Nyangwe regions via the Sankuru (20 November 1886-13 February 1887), Reconnaissance of the Muko River region towards Tanganyika (19 June 1893-26 July 1893), ethnographic distribution maps of the Bashilenge (region between Lubi and Kasai), its course towards the east (between Kwango, Kasai, Lubua, Sankuru and Lualaba) as well as the Mona Quimbundo region (Angola); A sketchbook, accompanied by notes, made from Lisbon to Loanda, then from Malange (Angola) (June 14, 1881): landscapes, local habitats, clothing, headgear, distinctive signs, scarifications, Mirambo's head, musical instruments; Correspondence: Correspondence to his family (1880-1905), Several letters from Suleman bin Nasir (Dar es Salaam, 1896), Schweinfurth (s.l., May 22, 1887) and Emin Pasha (Bagamoyo, April 23 and 28, 1890), as well as one from Mirambo, Typescripts of letters to his mother (1879 1884), Private correspondence with, among others, Verlegern, notary Lisko and other personalities (1872-1904); Various documents: Letters of account of the expedition for the AIA and then the ÉIC (1886-1891), Memorandum of the agreement between Winton and von Wissmann (Leopoldville, 28 August 1883), Act "Anwerbung von 300 Sudanesen betreffend (Wissmann'schen Seen-Expedition)" (autumn 1891) and Telegrams, "Bericht über das Tanganika-Dampfer Unternehmen : Kosten, Anschlag, Kontrakt zwischen der Kolonial Abteilung des Auswärtigen Amtes und dem Dampfer Comité, Anlagen" (1898), Barometric, thermometric, wind force, rain, etc. readings., prepared by BATEMAN, C.L., District Commander and Deputy to Dr Wolf (founds with him the post of Luebo); Documents concerning animal protection, hunting regulations and nature reserves in East German Africa (1897-1900); Documents useful for biography: diplomas, commissions, opinions, service records, decorations, curriculum vitae, thought book (memorial, written and decorated with drawings by his hand as well as photos of African personalities such as Macar, Le Marinel, etc.)), biographical note published in several German newspapers and magazines (1908), commemorative speech in his memory (1922), articles concerning him in some way (1905 and 1922), draft articles (?) relating to his African expeditions and missions (n.d.), map of the zeppelin Aether Saurus (Weissenbach, 1 July 1900); Photographs : Photos of von Wissmann in Africa, his family in Germany and his memorial as well as glass plates for conferences about Stanley and Livingstone.

Some 800 archival collections concern: European exploration of Central Africa from the second third of the 19th century onwards, the colonial expansion policy of Leopold II, the Independent State of Congo, Congo under Belgian colonial rule and Congo after independence in 1960.

Colonial career: Correspondence with colonial veterans (1929-1958); Photos of Kasai (1915); Medical Guide (1912); Administrator's letter Verhulst (1919); Photos of Stanleyville (n.d.) . Documentation: Koran received from an Arab leader "Amed" in Kirundu (n.d.); Military map of Rwanda, taken from a German prisoner (n.d.); The Geographical Movement (1884-1886, 1894).

Various photographs, especially of his military colleagues (1910-1948); Order book (Muhavura post, 1909-1910); Documents relating to the border incident at Ufumbiro (1909) and minutes of the surrender and takeover of the Ruzizi-Kivu territories (September 1910); Documents (minutes, orders) on the offensive campaign of the South Brigade in German East Africa and on the capture of Tabora (1916); Biographical notes, written by A. Lederer and press clippings; Appointments and decorations (1918-1958); Copies of telegrams relating to border defence (1918); Maps : Maps of Lusambo, BumbaBasoko, Coquihatville, Leopoldville, Kikwit as well as a general map of the marches and battles of the Southern Brigade (offensive campaign, April-October 1916) and a German road map (Kasaka mission, July 08, 1916); General instruction of Colonel Ermens to the General Staff of the Public Force (1925); Documents on the Commission for the Protection of Indigenous Peoples (1930-1931); Invitations to meetings of various associations and testimonies of satisfaction and thanks for it (1915-1920); Various papers concerning its naturalization (1920); Handwritten and typed copies of his article on "Les avatars et les desiderata de la navigation sur le Haut-Fleuve". Olsen's biographical file: Information on General Olsen transmitted to A. Lederer by Major Steenbech (Letter from Olsen to his family in 1901, photo of his birthplace in Denmark, biographical note)

scopecontent Eight travel journals (5 April 1880-21 November 1885); Correspondence: Autograph letters from various explorers (Becker, von Wissmann, Schweinfurth, Bastian, etc.)) and other personalities, in particular the International African Association (1878-1929), as well as Selim ben Rashid (1885); Correspondence from RÉIChard to the Head of Section of Moral, Political and Historical Sciences of the Belgian Congo Museum, Frantz Cornet, concerning the acquisition of three paintings painted by RÉIChard and information about Msiri (1930-1931);

scopecontent A postcard from G. Schweinfurth sent to Dr L. Trabut, Director of the Algerian Botanical Service (Biskra, 22 January 1901); Family tree of the Schweinfurth family; Press clippings on Georges Schweinfurth (1914, 1925, 1936) in French and German

Documents concerning the Belgian campaign and occupation in German East Africa (AOA) (1916-1918): Reports and summaries of military operations (including operations south of the rail and north of the rail against Naumann), reconnaissance reports, telegrams sent by Thomas, Headquarters instructions (Colonel A. Huyghe), Reports of the North Brigade Headquarters concerning the march of battalions and columns, fighting (Mkalama, Ikoma), Brigade Intelligence Bulletins, Thomas' instructions to various columns, Reports on the situation of the South and North Brigades battalions to commanders Thomas and Olsen, Topographical surveys and sketches of operations, Answers' answers to questions from several commanders to the Commander-in-Chief, Colonel Huyghé (situation, state of porters, route reconnaissance (Ilundi-Urwira), indicators from the Northern Brigade Headquarters, various documents from AOA Catholic missions (Usumbura, Buhonga) and the German government, the imperial residence and military command as well as press clippings and private correspondence, AOA maps, stewardship and stores (invoices and requests); Reports of the liaison officer to the British main headquarters, Copy of the Second Lieutenant J.'s field diary. Galli (second campaign of May 1917), Reports on the takeover of Usumbura; Thomas' administrative documents: Engagement, Accounting, etc.; Miscellaneous: Miscellaneous notes (instruction and skills of black troops, women in the colonies, missionaries, Karema staff, porters), War Notebooks in Belgium (12 October 1914-1 January 1916), 3rd Line Regiment (1919-1920), Agenda and campaign journals, Correspondence and copy letters.

Colonial quarry: "Tagebuch 1885-1886; Central Afrika. XIII. Heft", Handwritten and typed copies of one of Wolf's diaries (December 12, 1885 - March 17, 1886) in which he describes Luluabourg, a newly built and already prosperous city (rice plantations, manioc, corn, beans, groundnuts and sugar cane), his interviews with Chief Kalamba, his passage to the station of Luebo, his embarkation on the En Avant with the aim of going up the Sankuru to the future Lusambo (confluence of Lubi-Sankuru), then his discovery, upstream of Pania-Mutombo, of the falls that will bear his name. Documentation: Photo-portrait (1887); Announcement and article on the death of Ludwig Wolf (1889)