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ALMW_II._MB_1898_27 · File · 1898
Part of Francke's Foundations in Halle

Author: Report by Miss. Müller in Madchame, June 1898. Scope: pp. 365-371. Includes among others: - (SW: search for new mission areas; lending a tent from Schangali; chief of Kiboscho - Mlelya; meeting with chief Ngalami; gifts; visit to chief Membi; securing land; agreement of the chiefs; Wandorobbo at the Kware river; dialect of the Sira people) Darin: Illustration "Membi and Ngalami, chiefs of the Sira landscapes with their entourage in the camp of Miss. Müller."

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ALMW_II._MB_1894_4 · File · 1894
Part of Francke's Foundations in Halle
  • Author: According to Miss's diary. Päsler. Scope: pp. 74-78* 89-93. Includes, but is not limited to: - (SW: visit to Chief Schangali; language studies; exchange and gifts; Swahili service; contact to Madchame people; construction work hindered by the beginning of the "small rainy season") - (SW: food and cattle breeding; postal traffic with "home"; legal ownership of a piece of land - Kwarango - new station name; Christmas and New Year festival; fire at the station)
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Affairs of Chiefs; Volume 3
FA 1 / 38 · File · 1908 - 1910
Part of Cameroon National Archives

Installation of minor Edingele Meetom as chief of Meetom village (Bonakuamang), 1908 [fol. 1 - 2] Njoya, paramount chief of Bamum (Fumban). - Visit to Buea and Duala. - Report by Governor Dr Seitz to the Imperial Colonial Office, January 1908 [fol. 9 - 13] Njoya, Chief of Bamum (Fumban). - Presentation of the throne chair as a birthday present for the Emperor on the occasion of the celebrations in Buea, 1908 [fol. 9 - 13] Njoya, Chief of Bamum (Fumban). - Sending the gifts to the Emperor (sword in embroidered scabbard with hanger, embroidered chieftain's cap and a pipe), 1908 [fol. 14 - 19] Buea. - Statement of expenses for the visit of Chief Njoya from Bamum (Fumban) in January 1908, 1908 [fol. 20 - 24]

Gouvernement von Kamerun
Archivalie - Process
E 1043/1908 · File · 1908-01-01 - 1908-12-31
Part of Ethnological Museum, National Museums in Berlin

description: Contains:Acquisition: III/28/1911: VIII A 5811-5853, Photos (West Africa, S.Cameroon, S.Nigeria, Gold Coast), Donation Max v. Stefenelli -- [New acquisition under III/16/1950: VIII 3492-3526 as gift v. Stephenelli] -- Contains: Letter of 14 May 1908 from Stefenelli to Luschan [?], Bad Liebenstein (Thuringia), Hotel Guisisana (Qui-si-sana). Sends 154 photos in Couvert I II (Note: 153 80 73) - 108 Cameroon - 34 South Nigeria - 6 Togo - 5 Benin - 1 Accra. Stefenelli would like to come to Berlin at the end of the month to receive a list of Benin antiquities in person. signed Stefenelli -- Reply letter by Luschan, Berlin 12.6.1908 to Max von Stefenelli in Calabar, Southern Nigeria: concerning the letter by Stefenelli of 2.5.Luschan sends attached list with questions for king, preparation of a panel work on Benin antiquities, copy for king would be possible (reverse 2 drafts by Luschan concerning acquisition of the photographs, acknowledgement) Inv. note III/28/1911 VIII A 5811-5853, G. Kilz, pp. 7.6.1911) three-page questionnaire of the MV

Luschan, Felix von
Latest news from Kilimanjaro
ALMW_II._MB_1894_3 · File · 1894
Part of Francke's Foundations in Halle
  • Author: According to Miss's letters. Päsler and Fassman in Madchame. Scope: p. 21-27* 37-38. Includes, among others: - (SW: travel report of the missionaries from Mombasa to Madchame; first building activities and agricultural work; visit of the chief Schangali with gifts; Kidschagga) - (SW: illness of Miss. Böhme; construction of temporary houses for schools, stables etc.)
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News from Madschame
ALMW_II._MB_1900_8 · File · 1900
Part of Francke's Foundations in Halle

Author: By Miss. Muller. Scope: pp. 160-163. Includes, among other things: - "In September." (SW: pews; baptismal students; arrival of Miss Fuchs; lessons) - "2 October." (SW: language studies; banana grove; 6th anniversary of the arrival in Madchame; birthday of Miss. Müller - gifts) - "November and December." (SW: starving Wataita eat several soldier boys at Moshi; school of food; Shangali no longer wears magic; celebration of Christmas)

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News from Mamba
ALMW_II._MB_1899_10 · File
Part of Francke's Foundations in Halle
  • Author: According to Miss's diaries. Althaus and Bleicken. Scope: p. 158-161* 181-185. Includes, among others: - "First of October." (SW: guests from the English neighbouring station Taweta; printing house; showing pictures; lessons in Mwika also by chief Mbararia; lessons with chief Koimbere) - "2. work on the female sex, new christening candidates etc.". (SW: lessons for women; school building in Marangu by chief Mareale; baptismal requests; Miss. Bleicken after Moshi; weather observations; formation of local teachers; repair of the church; attendance at church service) - "3. admission of two boarding students." (SW: Construction of a girl's house; church services with presentation of pictures) - "4th Christmas." (SW: feast; giving of AT and NT in Kiswahili; attendance at church service; Christmas in Mwika)
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News from Mamba
ALMW_II._MB_1899_15 · File · 1899
Part of Francke's Foundations in Halle
  • Author: From Miss's diary. Althaus. Scope: p. 284-286* 303-306. Contains, among other things: - "First consecration of a bell and baptism of a heathen." (SW: Arrival of the siblings room and the Miss von Hopffgarten; choice of name at the baptism; 4 baptism candidates) - "2. new baptism candidates." (SW: presentation of the applicants; collection of collections - church treasury) - "3. Mareale and his people." (SW: Problems with the teaching; illness of the chief; cross from the catholic bishop of Zanzibar as a gift; other gifts) - "4. The building of the house. "Five. Three lions killed in Mamba." (SW: chief Koimbere; hunt of a lion; 3 injured people; lion - front teeth and claws for magic; fur removed from missionaries) - "6. recreation stay of Miss. Fox in Mamba." (SW: Arrival and departure)
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News from Moschi
ALMW_II._MB_1899_14 · File · 1899
Part of Francke's Foundations in Halle
  • Author: From Miss's diaries. Fassman and Bleicken. Scope: p. 266-269* 281-284. Contains, among other things: - "First work on the heathens." (SW: Miss. Fassmann - Landscape Pokomo; Subchief Mlatie; Beer; Teaching house; Residents' concerns about the mission; Sermon; Chief Meli - Attending church service; Thoughts of a baptismal disciple) - "2nd school. (SW: Miss. Bleicken takes over the lessons; girls take part; separation of the school into two departments; school set on imperial station) - "3rd Christmas. " (SW: gifts; complaints about Chief Meli for assault) - "4. Locusts and shortages. " (SW: hayflock swarms; food shortage; mission garden; water shortage) - "5th Conference of Missionaries." (SW: language exam; station work and construction) - "6. All sorts from the month of March." (SW: Lessons with Meli restricted; successes in Moshi; attendance at church service; children's service) Darin: Illustration "Our mission school in Moschi.
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ALMW_II._MB_1895_33 · File · 1895
Part of Francke's Foundations in Halle

Author: According to Miss's diaries. Müller and Faßmann. Scope: p. 458-461. Includes, among other things: - (SW: School; language studies; plantings; construction activities; contacts to the Catholic stations Kiboscho and Kilema; Chief Sinna; devotion; animals - killing of a wildcat; visit of company commander Johannes, Lieutenant Eberhard and Dr. Widenmann; war against Maasai; arrival of Miss. Ovir; gifts from Schangali)

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