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ALMW_II._MB_1895_6 · File · 1895
Part of Francke's Foundations in Halle
  • Author: By Miss. Müller in Kwarango in Madchame. Scope: p. 94-96* 103-108. Includes, but is not limited to: - (SW: communication with KiMadchame; nutrition; women and children may eat locusts and ants) - (SW: agricultural cultivation - products; alcohol; snuff; will to work)
Leipziger Missionswerk

Length: 207 sheets.Reference number:HI XIII 3c 3IIA11 I 7 347-52,245.Damage: cat. B (can only be used as a digital copy) Contains: Gift from various groups of fish, including migratory fish of the Rhine from E. vom Rath, wildlife in the Gulf of Naples from Louis Hagen, wildlife of East Africa from the Africa traveller B. Kreuser by the board of the Verein zur Förderung des Museums für Naturkunde (Eduard Lent), approval of funds for the establishment of the animal groups (1907, with cost estimate of the taxidermist Heinrich Sander, Cologne, and plan for the establishment of the East African animal groups, provision of funds by the association); willingness of the Museum für Handel und Industrie, Wiedenfeld, to provide limited rooms in the Severinstorburg for the preparation (July 1907); contract between the city, Laué, and Sander regarding the preparation of the East African animals (31. July 1907); reports of the director Janson about the progress of the preparation work, inspection with Lent (1907/1908); acceptance of the work, listing of the animal groups, payment of the installments to Sander by the association (1908/1909); collection of association contributions for the museum promotion (1910/1923); donation of a collection of bird skins and other animals by the district judge Dr. Steinkopf, now Mülheim, which he captured in Cameroon, granted funds for preparation (1910); donation of a gorilla by the association, Lent (1910); correspondence with Hansen concerning payment of the tax on a donation by Franz Clouth for purchase of the Jakob Scheiner collection, Torburgen and street pictures (March 1911); complaint by Janson concerning donation of a butterfly collection by Miss F. Voelkers, Rodenkirchen, suggestion for the donation for drawing lessons in schools and sale of surplus pieces (February-March 1910, with statement of the heads of the secondary schools); report of Willi Foy concerning the use of the granted funds for the acquisition of objects of South East European gypsies, arrows from southwest New Guinea, cult figures of the Pueblo Indians, a collection of the Caroline Islands (September 1911); donation of animals by the physician Dr. Bermbach (November 1911); purchase from the Zoological Station in Naples (1911); application Jason for the processing of the butterfly collection of Eduard Lent by the head teacher Dr. Rupp (1912); purchase of a collection of Dr. Steimann, Bonn, concerning petrefacts from the Eifel from the Middle Devonian with the support of the association, especially from Theodor von Guilleaume and Richard Grüneberg (1912); determination of the invoice for von B. Wiemeyer, Warburg, sold rocks (August 1912); donation of a bust of Lent by the heirs, installation in the museum, procurement of a granite plinth (1911-1912); cost estimate of the carpenter C. Stratmann concerning two exhibition tables (1912); transfer of funds from the association, Heidmann, Louis Hagen, concerning an elephant group (1912); reorganization of the beetle collection of Lamers, Düsseldorf, by the rector W. Geilenkeuser, Elberfeld, grant of funds (1910-1911, with claim of Geilenkeuser); sale of duplicates from collections, permission, booking of income; regulation concerning the purchase of objects from collections of foreign mission stations by the Museum für Volkshygiene, the Natural History Museum and the Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum (1912); consultation of the constitutional commission concerning the acquisition of collections, butterfly collection of Philipps (1913); Acceptance of Becker's donation to the Museum of Natural History (1913); submission by Major Scheunemann concerning the purchase of two monkeys from Cameroon belonging to him and exhibited in the museum, a gorilla and a great ape (1913); offer by the carpenter Caspar Stratmann concerning three viewing tables (1913); offer by the taxidermist concerning a bison bull received at the zoo (July 1914); letter by Dr. Wildschrey concerning a rock loop in the Devonian slate of the Siebengebirge, work on the geology of the Siebengebirge, acquisition of the rock collection of the main teacher Schonauer in Cuxenberg near Oberdollendorf concerning the Siebengebirge (1913); order of a collection of the deceased taxidermist Jehn in Rheinbreitbach donated by the association by Prof. Dr. Dr. Wildschrey, a professor of geology of the Siebengebirge and a professor of geology of the Siebengebirge. Rupp, remuneration (1914); Janson's submission concerning the takeover of the colour show from the Werkbund exhibition, considerations on the construction of a sample show concerning natural colours (July 1914); Heinrich Sander (July 1914) rejects the offer of a collection by the taxidermist; correspondence with Jason and Czaplewski concerning the selection, purchase of objects from collections of foreign mission stations (1914); Verein zur Förderung des Museums für Naturkunde, Gustav v. Mallinckrodt concerning Dr. Janson from his activity as a senior teacher at the Gymnasium in the Kreuzgasse, rejection because of the wartime ((1915); remarks by Heinrich Sander "Die Tierwelt in moderne volkstümlichen Museum für Naturkunde (1914, machine writing, 6 pages, written for the Kölner Zeitung); offer Sander concerning his exhibition in the Werkbund exhibition "Farbenquellen aus der Tierwelt, Verkaufsangebot, abgelehnt (1915); Inheritance Carl Bodewig, correspondence with the executor Alfred Schmidt, inheritance tax (1915, excerpt from will); donation of a collection of small butterflies by consul Hans Leiden (1917); inheritance of a butterfly collection of the pensioner Gustav Stroemer, correspondence with the executor Ludwig van Rossum (1918/1919); order of butterflies from collections of different mission stations by Prof. Dr. Peter H. H. Schmidt; order of butterflies from collections of different mission stations by Prof. Dr. H. H. H. H. H. Rupp (February 1916); donation of a collection by Minister-Resident Max Freiherr von Oppenheim, consisting of minerals, bird eggs and nests, conchylias and corals (May/June 1919); cash affairs, double payment of an invoice amount to the company A. Zausmer, Gdansk (1914); donation of a collection of fossils by Prof. F. Winterfeld, Mülheim, by the association (April 1920); proposal of the consul Heinrich Maus concerning the exchange between the Cologne Museum and the Museo Nacional de Historia Natural in Mexico (1920); donation of a sum of money by Paul Franke for the purpose of preserving the collection objects by the taxidermist Sander (July 1920); correspondence with Dr. Walter Voigt on the collections and library of the Naturhistorischen Verein der prussischen Rheinlande und Westfalens und Übernahmeangebot von Köln und Düsseldorf (1912-1920); donation of a group of kingfishers by Max Kunkel, Cologne, gift tax (1922); gift tax on the donation of the physician Dr. Frey, Wesdorf, bird group Haubentaucher am Nest (1921/1922); Please W. Voigt concerning meeting date because of emergency of the association by the money devaluation (1922, with report Janson about the inspection and the collections of the natural historical association, 14. November 1922, with the note Adenauer concerning advice in the administrative conference, investigation of storage rooms, withdrawal of an offer of surrender by the association due to support from the University of Bonn (1922-1923); circular letter of the association for the promotion of the Museum für Naturkunde (Richard v. Schnitzler and Gustav v. Mallinckrodt, concerning increase of the membership fee due to the devaluation of money) (1923); donation of the Karl Grube over 4 billion Marks (1923).

ALMW_II._MB_1896_10 · File · 1896
Part of Francke's Foundations in Halle

Author: According to Miss's letters. Room, Hofmann and Säuberlich. Scope: pp. 157-160. Contains, among other things: - (SW: insecurity due to wars in the region; plague of locusts; continuation of missionary activities)

Leipziger Missionswerk
ALMW_II._MB_1895_11 · File · 1895
Part of Francke's Foundations in Halle

Author: Excerpt from Miss's diary. Althaus. Scope: pp. 147-149. Contains, among other things: - (SW: Completion of the house; many wildcats; locusts; theft; final conclusion of the purchase contract between Miss. Althaus and Chief Koimbere about the station property)

Leipziger Missionswerk
Marie Melzer (1901-1987)

Curriculum vitae, 1927; instructions and Vow of Deputation, 1929; Correspondence with Marie Melzer (also during internment), 1929-1945; Berichte von Ferientage in den Usambarabergen, 1930; Ein Wedding Nachmittag in Mlalo (Report), 1930; Mein erstes Weihnachten in Afrika (Report), 1930; Wie man Weddings im Herzen Afrikas feiert (Report), 1930; Heuschrecken im Bukobaland (Report), 1931; Aufzeichnungen über die Haya-Götter (Report), 1936; Aus der weiblichen Erziehungsarbeit in Buhaya (Report), 1938; Testimony to Marie Melzer, 1932; Ärztlicher Befunde (Report), 1934; Contract with the Bible House "Malche wegen der Übernahme von Marie Melzer in den Schwesternverband, 1942; Briefe u. Reports from Cape Town (South Africa), among others, in the service of the Brotherhood, 1946-1970; Medical findings, 1954, 1961 and 1970

Evangelical Missionary Society for German East Africa
BArch, RM 3/3030 · File · 1911
Part of Federal Archives (Archivtektonik)

Contains among other things: S. M. S. "Freya": Tenerife, Southampton S. M. S. "Bremen": Valparaiso,Coronel, Punta Arenas, Panama, Bahia, Blanca, Pernambuco, St. Lucia, St. Lucia, St. Lucia Thomas, Montreal, Halifax, Charlottetown, Rio de Janeiro, Baltimore, Newport News S. M. S. "Sea Eagle": Colombo, Bombay, Aden, Durban, Port Victoria S. M. S. "Gneisenau": Bombay, Cochin, Colombo, Diamond Harbour S. M. S. "Jaguar": Hankau (riots) S. M. S. "Loreley": Trieste, Constantinople, Eastern Mediterranean S. M. S. "Condor": Auckland, Brisbane, Samoa Cruise Wing: China, Japan S. M. S. "Von der Tann": St. M. S. "Loreley": Trieste, Constantinople, Eastern Mediterranean S. M. S. "Condor": Auckland, Brisbane, Samoa Cruise Wing: China, Japan S. M. S. "Von der Tann": St. M. S. "Von der Tann": St. M. S. "St. Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Bahia Blanca, Itajahy, Blumenau, Buenos Aires S. M. S. "Panther": Southwest Africa, Cape Town, Monrovia S. M. S. "Nuremberg": Truk S. M. S. "Sperber": Dar es Salaam, Alexandria, Palermo, Cadiz, Torquay S. M. S. "Emden": Ponape S. M. S. "Eber": Freetown, Bathurst, Las Palmas, Santa Cruz, Cadiz, Casablanca, Dakar, Conakry S. M. S. "Iltis": Canton (riots), Shanghai S. M. S. "Geier": Cadiz, Palermo, Port Said, Aden, Port Victoria S. M. S. "Cormoran": Matupi, Brisbane, Sydney S. M. S. "Planet": Brisbane, Samarai S. M. S. "Seagull": Ferrol, Cadiz S. M. S. "Hansa": Edinburh, Norway S. M. S. "Hertha": Stockholm, Norway S. M. S. "Vineta": Norway S.M.S. "Lynx": Hong Kong S.M.S. "Scharnhost": Hong Kong, Saigon, Singapore, Batavia Brochures about school in Hampton

German Imperial Naval Office
BArch, RM 3/3041 · File · 1914
Part of Federal Archives (Archivtektonik)

Contains among other things: S.M.S. "Nuremberg": West Coast Mexico (political unrest) Panama S.M.S. "Dresden": Tampico, Vera Cruz, Pto. Mexico (political unrest) S.M.S. "Geier": German East Africa Detached Division: Punta Arenas, Bahia, Blanca, Vigo, Kiel, Santos, Blumenau, Joinville, Florianopolis, Chile, Rio de Janeiro, report on condition of vessels and crew Mediterranean Division: Constantinople, Almeria, Caligari, San Remo, Naples, Santorini, Athens, Troy, Cyprus, Crete, Fathers, Corfu, Durazzo, Pola, ports of the Baghdad Railway S., Pola, ports of the Baghdad Railway S.M.S. "Cormoran": South Bongainville, Solomon Islands (punitive expedition), Caroline Islands, Mariana Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Rabaul, Tsingtau S.M.S. "Tsingtau": Piracy on the western river S.M.S. "Vineta": Stockholm, Wisby, Gotenburg S.M.S. "Hansa": Malmö S.M.S "Staßburg": Port-au-Prince - Puerto Plata, San Pedro de Macoris, St. Thomas - Horta - Wilhelmshaven S.M.S. "Fatherland": Han-Fluss S.M.S. "Eber": Cameroon, Duala, Lome, Lagos, Coviscobucht (survey) S.M.S. "Karlsruhe": Ponta-Delgada (Azores), St. Thomas, Port-au-Prince S.M.S. "Augsburg": Dundee S.M.S. "Breslau": Durazzo (political unrest) S.M.S. "Leipzig": Tsingtau - Mazatlan

German Imperial Naval Office
BArch, RM 3/3015 · File · 1903-1904
Part of Federal Archives (Archivtektonik)

Contains among other things: Thomas, Bermuda, Santa Cruz, San Domingo, Kingston, Port-au-Prince, S.M.S. "Moltke": Livorno, Abbazia, Fiume, S.M.S. "Loreley": Piraeus, Constantinople, S.M.S. "Loreley": Piraeus, Constantinople, S.M.S. "Livorno, Abbazia, Fiume, S.M.S.": Piraeus, Constantinople, S.M.S. "Loreley": Piraeus, Constantinople, S.M.S. "L.": Piraeus, Constantinople, S.M.S. "Loreley". "Cormoran": Jaluit, Ponape, Ruck-Atoll, Jap, Guam, Saipan, Sydney, Jervis-Bey, Thursday-Island, Bismarck-Archipelago, Herbertshöhe, Matupi, New-Mecklenburg, Solomon Islands S. M. S. "Charlotte": Horta, Port of Spain. Trinidad S. M. S. "Wolf": Cameroon, Loanda, Cape Town, Duala, Southwest Africa, Cape Lopez S. M. S. "Stosch": Zibau, Madeira S. M. S. "Gazelle": Newport News, Charleston, Kingston S. M. S. "Sparrowhawk": Zansibar, Dar es Salam S. M. S. "Panther: Annapolis S. M. S. "Vineta": Halifax S. "Vineta": Halifax S. "Zansibar", Dar es Salam S. M. S. "Panther: Annapolis S. M. S. "Halifax S. M.S. "Falcon": Port Antonio, Port-au-Prince, Santiago de Cuba S.M.S. "Condor": Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Jervis-Bay, Freemantle, Brisbane, Fidji, Apia, Samoa

German Imperial Naval Office
News from Ikutha
ALMW_II._MB_1898_16 · File · 1898
Part of Francke's Foundations in Halle

Author: According to Br. Hofmann's diary. Scope: pp. 195-199. Includes, inter alia: - "First God's protection in snake danger." (SW: snake killing) - "Second drought and inflation." (SW: Drought; victims; capture of old debtors by some Wakamba) - "3. Our Christmas party." - "Fourth move and move. New division of Ukamba Province." - "Fifth Missionary Work." "6th Br. Säuberlich's Arrival."

Leipziger Missionswerk
News from Ikutha
ALMW_II._MB_1899_7 · File · 1899
Part of Francke's Foundations in Halle

Author: From Miss's diary. Hofmann. Scope: pp. 117-121. Includes, among other things: - "First, the baptism of the first in Ikutha." (SW: Baptismal Ceremony and Baptisms) - "2. All sorts of hardships." (SW: famine; locusts; hunting of an antelope and a giraffe; illness of the district official of Kibwezi Mr. Tate; illness of Miss's wife and son. Clean) Darin: Figure "Wakamba children of the school in Ikutha. (Miss. Hofmann and wife.)"

Leipziger Missionswerk
News from Ikutha
ALMW_II._MB_1898_7 · File · 1898
Part of Francke's Foundations in Halle

Author: According to Miss's diary. Hofmann. Scope: p. 99-102. Contains, among other things: - "First ghost sacrifice to obtain rain." (SW: little rain; magic - offering of sacrifices; drums; Kilumi-range) - "2. famine, snakes etc." (SW: famine and atrocities in the north - rural exodus; hunting; snake doctor Kimia) - "3rd mission work." (SW: School and Education; Divine Service)

Leipziger Missionswerk
News from Jimba
ALMW_II._MB_1900_4 · File · 1900
Part of Francke's Foundations in Halle

Author: According to Miss's diaries. Pfitzinger and Mendner. Scope: p. 61-63. Contains, among other things: - "The mission work." (SW: lessons and church services; indigenous helpers give reading and writing lessons) - "All sorts of tribulations." (SW: famine; smallpox; theft; snake bite)

Leipziger Missionswerk
News from Moschi
ALMW_II._MB_1898_25 · File · 1898
Part of Francke's Foundations in Halle

Author: By Miss. Cooper. Scope: p. 344-348. Contains, among other things: - "First trip to the mountains, new catechumens, etc." (SW: saddle plateau between Kibo and Mawensi; baptismal request and plague of locusts; visit of Liebert) - "2. The station pupils and their achievements." - "The schoolhouse." - "The school." Darin: Picture "Melis Boma in Moschi."

Leipziger Missionswerk
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.
Leipziger Missionswerk
ALMW_II._MB_1895_17 · File · 1895
Part of Francke's Foundations in Halle

Author: Anonymous. Scope: pp. 226-228. Includes, among others: - "First famine in East Africa." (SW: locust plague; distribution of food to schoolchildren) - "2nd baptism in Jimba." (SW: baptism - Theodor; confirmation)

Leipziger Missionswerk
ALMW_II._MB_1895_12 · File · 1895
Part of Francke's Foundations in Halle
  • Author: Communicated by Senior Ittameier in East Africa. Scope: pp. 165-168* 187-190. Includes, among others: - "First, the plague of locusts in East Africa." (SW: devastation of the fields; loss of harvest; expected famine) - "2. A cry of distress from Ukamba." (SW: Miss. Hofmann in Mbungu; Locusts; Miss. Clean in Ikutha - malaria; preaching places and church services; missionary problems) Darin: Illustration "African grasshopper in life size" (drawn after life in Rovuma country, 19 Jan 1895)
Leipziger Missionswerk
The Jimba Station
ALMW_II._MB_1899_11 · File · 1899
Part of Francke's Foundations in Halle

Author: According to Miss's diaries. Pfitzinger and Feeler. Scope: pp. 179-181. Contains, among other things: - "First of all, many tribulations." (SW: Miss. Pfitzinger - Head of the station; wedding of Miss. Room with Mrs. Wärthel; Miss. Fickert for founding new station Kitwi; school building; illness; famine; other building activities; locust plague) - "2. from the mission work." (SW: declining visitor numbers; Christmas)

Leipziger Missionswerk