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Archivalie - Process

description: Includes:Acquisition: III/10/1937, III C [?] (2 quivers, 1 sword, Adamaua, N-Cameroon), gift. -- Letter of bar 12.10.1937: Estate of the brother-in-law Hugo Marquardsen. This was on behalf of the government together with a royal English commission 1903/1904 to survey the border Cameroon/Nigeria.

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Archivalie - Process
E 768/1889 · File · 1889-01-01 - 1889-12-31
Part of Ethnological Museum, National Museums in Berlin

description: Contains:Content: Letter from the Federal Foreign Office (1889.08.07.) requesting transfer of Anthropologica from Togo to Anthropol. Society. Three skulls and a piece of skin from the Wolf Collection are to be handed over to the Anthropologische Gesellschaft (Anthropological Society) Note by Luschan that these objects had been collected at the expense of the Reich, that they were in room 50 together with other anthropologists, and that they were listed in the "Erstes Verzeichniß der aus den Deutschen Schutzgebieten eingegangen wissenschaftlichen Sendungen" of 1889 (Druckschr., pp. 215-215/16). Wolf was not entitled to distribute the objects collected at Reich costs at his own discretion. The Federal Council decides on the same (1889.08.10.).- File note that the submission of the objects should be waited until the decision of the Federal Council.- Letter from the Holten printing works announcing the sending of the printing flags (1889.07.24.) from the "Instruktion für die Reisenden" and "Sammlungen aus den Reichskolonien".- Request from the Minist. of the Spiritual Minister of the Interior (1889.08.10.). Luschan's note on various recipients of the directory and reference to the publication of a "second directory". -- 1. directory: German protectorates received scientific broadcasts, expeditions up to July 1889, etc. research station Togo (Dr. Wolf)

Berlin Society for Anthropology, Ethnology, and Prehistory
Cameroon Letters
N.59-3 · File · 1927 - 1976
Part of Central Archive of the Pallottine Province

Contains:- Memoirs of Pierre Mebe, graduate of the Mission School of Mvolyé 1911, then co-worker of Mission Yaunde after 1914-1967, 14 page letters by Katharina Atangana, 1950-1975- letters from Cameroon, 1953-1975- letter by Pierre Mebe with notes on the founding history of the mission station Yaunde, with notes by Baumann, 1970- correspondence with abbé Theodor Tsala, taken from 1970-1976:- Portrait photo of Barthelemy Owona (Cameroon), 1927, taken from U.1-912- Photos by Katharina Atangana (Cameroon), 1970, taken from U.1-913- Photo by Pierre Mebe, 1966, taken from U.1-923

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BArch, N 2225/19 · File · Juni 1892, Nov. - Dez. 1904
Part of Federal Archives (Archivtektonik)

Contains: Transcripts and expert opinions on land issues and ownership in Cameroon, Togo and other African colonies - Transcripts of remarks on principles of the Land Commission - Membership card of the D e u t s c h e s c h e K o l o n i a l g e s e l l s c h a f t for J. Graf von Pfeil - Letter from Hohenlohe-Langenburg to Pfeil on: Election of Pfeils as a member of the committee of the D e u t s c h e K o l o n i a l g e s e l l s c h a f t of June 3, 1892

Pfeil, Joachim von

Miscellaneous, among other things: - Letter from Fr. Kopf from Groß-Batagna and from Fr. Ludwig Bange to Fr. Kopf, Superior in Gross-Batagna, 1901-1902; letter from Duala von Massmann, 1910; report of illness from Fridolin Mboranga, 1914; letter from Fr. Johann Wimmer from internment to Fr. Hoffmann, 1916; - picture postcards to PP. Hoffmann and Sasse with illustrations of: School youth in Cameroon, Catholic family of teachers in Cameroon, Christian natives after the service in Bonaberi, 1913; letters from former catechists to Fr. Sasse, 1927-1953; Marcus Hebga, 1949- with photos taken from U.1-2446 and U.1-2447; Meinrad Hebga, 1952; and: Benefit Gottfried Billason, 1928; Anton Fisenge, 1928; Br. Erwin Jung, 1926; Theodor Lengo, 1927-1929; Joseph Londo, 1927; Joseph Mandene, 1913; 1914; Charles Paul Mbime, 1929; Stanislas Miné, 1956; Pierre-Aloys Mpesa, 1949-1955; Albert Mpot, 1924-1929; Marcus Mankal, 1956; Johann Reyle, 1923-1928; Franz Sie, 1917-1926; Frédéric Songe, 1949-1952; Personal: u.a. Travel Permit for Sasse, 1913; Golden Jubilee 1955; pieces about Bishop Vieter ; Contains among others: Letter from Vieter to Halbing, 1899; Circular letter from Vieter in indigenous language concerning the anniversary indulgence, 1913th letter from Vieter to Sasse, 1914; suggestion by Fr. Alfons Weber to introduce the beatification of Bf. Vieter, 1965

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FA 1 / 79 · File · 1888 - 1894
Part of Cameroon National Archives

Nyong Expedition (Kund-Tappenbeck-Dr. Weissenborn) - Situation in Yaoundé after setting up the Station and reasons for returning after crossing the Sanaga and arriving at Nguila. - Extract from Tappenbeck's last letter, 1889 Scientific station in the territory of Cameroon (Captain Kund). - First Lieutenant Morgen takes charge of the Station Chief's affairs. - Transcript, 23.10.1889

Gouvernement von Kamerun
Göhring Cameroon
VII WS 96 · File · 1911-01-01 - 1913-12-31
Part of Ethnological Museum, National Museums in Berlin
  • Audio* description: Göhring received the phonograph from Franz Thorbecke. The collection was not galvanized, because it is mainly about speech recordings and Christian songs. There's a letter. Further information on the
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Helene Spiegelberg: Memories
Kempowski-Biografien 0035 · File · ca. 1917 - 1920
Part of Archive of the Academy of Arts

With drawings and poems <br />With transcript <br />With transcript <br /> With transcripts: Woman, bourgeois childhood 1875, Hamburg, First World War, end of war, November 1918 and others, German colonies 1898, design of a monument for Togo, painter biography Hösel<br />Meißen, porcelain, exposure of a forger (p. 9 and 10)<br />Discovery of valuable manufactories (p. 9f., p. 11)<br />>Also includes:<br />- Letter from Valentin Spiegelberg to Walter Kempowski, July 4, 1980, 1 sheet, Masch.<br />- Letter from Walter Kempowski to Valentin Spiegelberg, Dec. 5, 1980, 1 sheet, Masch.

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I,C-619 · File · 1939-01-20
Part of Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nuremberg, Historical Archive

Description of the acquisition of the Neuner Collection or Neuner's employment, so-called "museum matter" [in Munich/Stadtmuseum?]. Dispositions for the expansion of the Munich collection/acquisitions by Rück. Offers: Cameroon, Klimpern, wooden bell Sumatra, basket rattle from Togo, Laute Kamerun, Lyra; Count Flügel from 1820 in Vienna.

I,C-619 · File · 1940-07-30
Part of Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nuremberg, Historical Archive

Ask for money. Museum case: personnel contracts made, further planning. Acquisition interest Neuner: 7 African Nsansi [MMM 40-149 to 40-155], wooden bell Sumatra [MMM 40-156?], yoke veils Abyssinia [40-157?], pedunculate Cameroon [40-158?], braided rattle Togo [MMM 40-159?], ivory trumpet Cameroon [40-161?], belt rattle Bushman [MMM 40-162?], slit drum Africa [40-160? Literature purchase requests, catalogues. Journey to Romania.

NL 226/II/2/882 · File · 1904-08-18
Part of Leipzig University Library

Thanks for preserved English book of Montanaro and its improved translation by Glauning. Rudolf had sent the translation he had written in Cameroon to Glauning for revision during his holiday in Switzerland. Preparation of the translation for printing. Future travel plans.

A.11-313 · File · 1893 - 1915
Part of Central Archive of the Pallottine Province

Contains:- Letters from natives: Tred Mukuri, T. Walter Meso, Peter Ntouga, Andreas Mbange, Franz Mukuri, Martin Ekwembu, Audt Toko assistant teacher in Duala, 1893-1908;- Brother Wilhelm Borchert, 1893-1895;Including a letter from Brother Jost Imhof and a letter to Fr. Georg Walter;- Br. Engelbert Britz, 1904;- Br. Michael Busan, 1912- Br. Josef Fischli, 1895- Br. Karl Hirlmeier, 1897- Br. Bernhard Hoffmann, 1894-1895- Br. Josef Höver, 1895- Br. Johann Jäger, 1910- Br. Franz Käsling, 1911- Br. Albert Labonte, 1915- Br. Konstantin Kwiatkowski, 1903- Br. Jakob Meurer, 1902, 1907- Br. Hermann Raible, 1912- Br. Johann Schäfer, 1893-1894- Br. Alfons Schilitz, 1894- Br. Josef Stadlin, 1912- Br. Peter Staudt, 1901-1903- Br. Gregor Stenzel, 1903- Br. Wilhelm Stroer, 1898- Br. Heinrich Tenhof, 1905-1908;- Br. Johann Tenhof, 1907- Br. David Wilte, 1903- Br. Bernhard Wöhrmann, 1905

Pallottines
A.11-315 · File · 1924 - 1980
Part of Central Archive of the Pallottine Province

Contains:- "Meeting between Catholicism and the African nature religion in the Yaunde region", by Abbé Frédéric Essomba-Leschner, Liturgisches Institut, Trier, 1972- Regional overview of Cameroon- Cameroon: Yaunde - Eton. On the beginnings of Christianity in Yaoundé - Cameroon, on the 10th anniversary of the mission, by Fr. Johannes Baumann, 1971- Speech by Auxiliary Bishop Jean-Baptiste Ama on the evening of December 7, 1980 at the cemetery, where Bishop Vieter is buried; invitation of Archbishop Jean Zoa of Yaunde, 3. Dec. 1980 - Letter from a former Cameroonian from Togo to Father Eugen Weber, May 23, 1966- Letter from Father Schnitzler from London about the possibilities of our former Cameroon missionaries returning to their former mission area from Nov. 24, 1924 to Father Provincial.

Pallottines
A.11-430 · File · 1921 - 1958
Part of Central Archive of the Pallottine Province

Contains: - General Correspondence, 1921-1942- Statistics, 1922-1953 - Newspaper Reports 1927-1934, 1958 Taken from the newspaper collection "L'effort camerounai" of 31.08. 1958- Letters by Fr. Anton Stoll, Spiritaner in Cameroon, 1921-1933- Letters by Mgr. Vogt and other Spiritans from Cameroon 1922-1933, 1922-1935- Letter by Fr. A. Schmid to P. Voss with photo series about Cameroon including explanations of pictures, 1935- Efforts to return to Cameroon 1915-1924 - References Taken: - Two photos about the activity of the Spiritans in Akono (Cameroon), to letter from P. Stoll of 27 October 1933, taken from U.1-13381Consecration of a Lourdes cave2. Foundation walls of a church in Akono- A photo of the main building of the Small Seminary in Akono, 1933, taken from U.1-1339 - Twenty photos of P. A. Schmid from Cameroon, taken from U.1-1340

Pallottines
Relationships with Brothers
D.1-12 · File · 1914 - 1919
Part of Central Archive of the Pallottine Province

Includes:1. correspondence with Fr. Karl Hoegn, 19192. correspondence with Fr. Ludwig Mekes, 19153. correspondence with Fr. Ronuald Laqua, (1915)4. Correspondence with Brother Peter Staudt, 1918-19195 Correspondence with Fr. Franz Xaver Zeus and Fr. Ernst Ruf (extensive), 1916-1919; Including:- Letter from Fr. Ernst Ruf to Fr. Karl Hoegn, 1915- Letters and experience report from Fr. Simon Rosenhuber, 1914-1916- List of the whereabouts of the confreres and excerpts from letters of some confreres, 1916

Pallottines
RMG 2.597 · File · 1894, 1904-1913
Part of Archive and Museum Foundation of the VEM (Archivtektonik)

s.a. The Witbooi in Southwest Africa during the 19th century. Köln 2007 = 2-06267[in Archiv-Bibliothek]; "Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte d. Witbooischen" by Johannes Olpp, 10 p. hs., 1894; Correspondence with government offices and friendly mission societies about the fate of Witbooi Hottentots e. g. letter of teacher Hendrik Witbooi 1904-1913;

Rhenish Missionary Society