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Aberle, Anna (1876- )
RMG 1.748 · File · 1910-1911
Part of Archive and Museum Foundation of the VEM (Archivtektonik)

in Okahandja, taken over by the Miechowitz sisters; letter from Sister Eva von Thiele-Winkler, 1910; letter from the deaconess house Friedenshort in Miechowitz, 1910; instruction for Sister Anna Aberle, 1910; letter from Sister Anna Aberle, 1911;

Rhenish Missionary Society
Albert Hoffmann (1865-1942)
RMG 476 · File · 1901-1953
Part of Archive and Museum Foundation of the VEM (Archivtektonik)

Letters and station reports from Bogadjim, Sidney, Ragetta & von Heimreise, 1901-1905; letters during work in Meiderich, 1908-1911; certificate of appointment as local inspector, 1914; work report for the winter half-year, 1918/1919; acceptance as evangelist in d. Innere Mission, 1921; Negotiations for the release, 1924; Correspondence, mainly with Heinrich Jopp, Herborn, 1925-1935; death announcement and life data of wife Henriette, née Dielmann, 1937; Correspondence, 1937-1941; death announcement and life dates, 1942; Correspondence with family, 1942; Letter by H. Vedder/Okahandja with 3 poems by Hoffmann from 1890-1893, 1953

Rhenish Missionary Society
RMG 2.143 · File · 1889-1894
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Letters and reports from New Guinea, 1889-1892; paper "What dangers do the accumulation of plantations pose to our people and what tasks do they pose to missionaries? ca. 1892; Report by Elli Arff, née Schumacher, on the last days of her husband's life, 1893; private letters to inspectors of the RMG, also by Elli Arff, 1890-1894; A letter by missionary Johannes Barkemeyer from Siar to the RMG, 1894; letters by Elli Arff from New Guinea, 1893-1894

Rhenish Missionary Society
RMG 719 · File · 1933-1941
Part of Archive and Museum Foundation of the VEM (Archivtektonik)

Correspondence on questions of the mission hinterland; correspondence on questions of the China missionaries; Insp. Delius (RMG), Das Hinterland der RMG im Gebiet der Landeskirchen Waldeck, Nassau, Hessen-Kassel, Hessen u. Frankfürt, Declaration of Principles m. 6 Annexes, 1933; appeal for donations: To the Pastors of the Evangelical Church of Kurhessen-Waldeck, Dr., 1936; Letter Report of Miss. who had been imprisoned in China. Ernst Fischle, with map sketch, 1940; Ernst Fischle: Report on the Japanese-Chinese War 1937-1940, 55 p., ms., 1941

Rhenish Missionary Society
RMG 720 · File · 1942-1946
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Correspondence on the question of the mission hinterland; Correspondence on the fate of the missionaries affected by the Second World War; Agreement between the Basler and the RMG on work in the common home area of Kurhessen, 1942; Notice of death for the former president Rev. Dr. Wilhelm Burckhardt (1856-1943), 1943; To the registered friend of the Basler Mission, Dr...., 1944; From our medical mission, pamphlet, 1944 1945; minutes of the meeting on 19.10.1945 m. President D. Köchlin, 1945; Letter from Prelate Dr. Hartenstein on this, 1945; Guidelines of the Basel Mission in the Question of Relationship to the German Home Church, 1945

Rhenish Missionary Society
RMG 715 · File · 1820-1844
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Beratungen über Aussendung von Missionaren zur Krim, 1820; Jahresrechnung, 1821; Jahresbericht, 1821; Erläuterungen hierzu von Insp. Blumhardt, 1822; 3 letters by Blumhardt; Wilhelm Kruse über das Missions-Seminar Basel, 1823; Jahresrechnungen, 1824, 1831, 1834, 1836 1842; 8 letters by Blumhardt, 1826-1830; 8 circular letters, 1828-1833; draft e. Missionsbund zwischen Basel, Barmen u. Bremen (Blumhardt, Dr. Richter u. Brauer), 1837; Invitations to the Basel Mission Festival, 1840-1843; Confidential communications from A. Bräm, Neukirchen on the Basel Mission, 1844; letter from Insp. Hoffmann, 1844

Rhenish Missionary Society
Berger, Carl (1871-1962)
RMG 1.341 b · File · 1897-1963
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Portfolio 8: Miscellaneous; "Der kleine Missionsfreund", No. 1, No. 4-11, 1899, Letter from Carl Berger in No. 9; Letter from the Natural History Museum Wiesbaden (copy) with thanks for collected natural objects, in part after Berger (bergeri), 1922; postcard by Missionar Mindermann, Saarbrücken, 1948; correspondence with Mrs. Smeer, Karibib 1950; various newspaper articles by Carl Berger, 1933-1963; collection of postcards, stored separately;[delivered 1971 by the daughter, Mrs. Margarete Berger, Neuwied];

Rhenish Missionary Society
RMG 2.140 · File · 1880-1952
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Vol. 1; Letters and Reports from Siar, 1900-1904; General Report of the New Guinea Mission for 1900 (1901); Conference Report on the Establishment of a Health Station, c. 1901; Conference Paper "The Importance of Literature among a Literature-less People! 1901; condolence of the imperial governor to Bergmann's death, 1904; correspondence with the German Foreign Office in Berlin for seduction of a Papuan girl by a German official, 1902-1904; correspondence with and for wife Karoline Bergmann, née. Ott, 1931-1950; Ein Brief des Siar-Christen Bel an Frau Bergmann, 1950; Obituary for Karoline Bergmann, with letter of condolence, 1952; Vol. 2; Letters and Reports from Siar (circulars, travel letters etc.), 1888-1896; Vol. 3; Letters and. Reports from Siar, 1896-1898; private letters to inspectors of the RMG, 1887-1900; letter from Missionary Bamler from Tami to Gustav Bergmann, 20.09.1896; vol. 4 Nachlass; Bergmann to his parents and siblings, 1880-1897; program of the memorial service for housemother Busch, 1886; comparison of words of the Siar- and. Bogadjim language, not published; Karoline Bergmann to the Bergmann family, 1887-1893; various correspondence to the Bergmann and Ott families, 1887-1946; Ida Helmich to Karoline Bergmann and son Theo, 1906; report on the first christening ceremony at Siar Ragetta, 1906; letters from Papua school children to son Theo, 1906

Rhenish Missionary Society
RMG 724 · File · 1822-1845
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4 letters from Johann Jänicke and M. Rückert, 1822-1824; correspondence with v. Gerlach and Laroche, 1828-1837; Circular über Aussendung d. ersten Missionare, 1833; extract from account book on the costs of sending their first missionaries, 1835; letter Missionar Döhne an Miss. Lückhoff in Stellenbosch, 1837; Instruction for the missionaries of the Berliner Mission, 40 p., Dr., 1837; Offenes Schreiben zur Neuordnung der Jänickeschen Missions-Ges. in Berlin, 8 p., Dr., 1840; pamphlet against the attacks of the preacher Rückert, 1844; letter of comfort to the "Brothers beloved in Christo on Tahiti", 1844; correspondence with Insp. O. Sheet metal, 1845

Rhenish Missionary Society
RMG 1.643 · File · 1898-1900, 1938
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Engineer, 1898-1900 in Otjimbingue, later professor in Poznan/West Prussia; correspondence, expert opinions, reports on the improvement of water supply and farm management, 1898-1900; instruction for Walter Borchardt, 1898; Friedrich Wilhelm Gottlieb Viehe on Walter Borchardt's plans for a new water supply system, 1898-1900. d. Bewirtschaftung von Gaub, 1900; Plan sketch of Otjimbingue, 1:100,000 (damaged), 1899; Map sketch of Gaub, 1899; Profil e. Test drilling for e. cattle drinkers in Otjozonjupa, 1899; Letter of the daughter with death announcement, 1938;

Rhenish Missionary Society
RMG 2.142 · File · 1889-1903; 1936
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Letter from H. Emde (father of Lina Emde, Bösch's wife), 1889; private letters to inspectors of the RMG, 1890; letters and reports from New Guinea, 1889-1891; invoice for declaration of death, 1902; inheritance matter, 1903; letter from Mrs. Heemeier, Gelsenkirchen, to Missionary Diehl with thanks for a book about "Uncle and Aunt Bösch", together with pictures, 1936

Rhenish Missionary Society
RMG 2.573 · File · 1864-1885
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Farm s. RMG 2.561 a b; Letters, by Franz Tamm, colonist, 1864; Letters, by Eduard Hälbich, colonist, 1864-1870; Letters, by Christian Philipp Johann Baumann, colonist, 1866-1872; Letters, by Wilhelm Johann Redecker, colonist, 1866-1870 1885; Letters, by Heinrich Felling, colonist, 1867-1870; Letters, by Louis Georg Knab, colonist, 1869; in addition 1 letter each from B. Björklund 1869, K. Kleinschmidt 1870 and Dr. Theophil Hahn to H. van Zyl 1875; contract for mission agent Ludwig Koch, Walvis Bay, ca.1872;

Rhenish Missionary Society
RMG 1.615 a-d · File · 1871-1915, 1927
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1875-1911 in Omburo, Omaruru, re-emigration 1914-1915 to Tenerife, after months of imprisonment back to Germany, home service, cf. also RMG 1.613 c; letters, annual reports, station reports, travel reports, 1871-1915; essays:; Eine Totenfeier bei d. Ovaherero, 1876; Kirche u. Gottesdienst auf Omburo, 1877; Allerlei von allerlei Kindern in d. Heidenwelt, 1879; Report on a preaching trip to the north of Hereroland, 1879. North of Hereroland, 1880; Reports from Omburo by Mrs. Emilie Bernsmann, née Westkott, 1891; Letter from Cornelius Zwartbooi, 1891; Letter from Chief Juda Mungunda, 1893; Private letters, also from female family members, to Insp. Johannes Wilhelm Karl Spiecker, 1886-1902; essay: The Bergdamra Mission, 1892; reports on the Herero uprising, 1904; obituary for Mrs. Auguste Dannert, née Dahl, 1927;

Rhenish Missionary Society
RMG 435 · File · 1866-1956
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  1. inspector 1857-1884; Description of the attack by Jonker Afrikaner in Walfischbai by the Dane Iversen, English German, 1866; translation of an English newspaper article about fighting in Damraland, 1867; H. von Rague rejects appointment as deputation member, 1871; Program of the funeral in Godesberg, Dr., 1891; E. Kriele: Personal memories of Dr. Fabri, Dr., 1924; Correspondence about Fabri's youngest son Dr. Hermann Fabri, 1925; E. Kriele to Traugott Hahn about Fabri's relationship with Carl Hugo Hahn, 1927; Kölnische Zeitung, No. 205: Dr. Friedrich Fabri, a deserving colonial politician, 1937; General-Anzeiger d. City of Wuppertal, No. 234: Wuppertal and German colonies, memorial sheet to Dr. Fabri, the colonization pioneer, 1937; correspondence with A. Rosenkranz about Fabri dates, 1953; efforts for the manuscript estate, which was lost, 1956; [ Fabri Exegese 1. Joh.-Letter and 1st Cor. letter, co-authored by H. Sundermann, in RMG 1.844]
Rhenish Missionary Society

Report of a journey from Bethel to Tanga, 1912; Letter of African women to "Bibi Auersch (copy), 1915; Employment certificate for Erich Auersch, 1920; Communication on Yakobo Ngombe in a letter from Erich Auersch to Inspector Curt Ronicke of 09.03.1950; Correspondence, 1950-1972; Notifications of a descendant of Erich Auersch, 1987

Evangelical Missionary Society for German East Africa
Ernst Johanssen (1864-1934)

Private letters, 1890-1893; travelogues, diary notes, correspondence with Trittelvitz, 1905-1914; manuscripts, fragments, diaries, etc.: "The first visit of German children to Queen Msinga of Rwanda, "Back to Queen Msinga, "Observations on the Characteristics of Natives, 1907-1908; General Correspondence and Monthly Reports, 1927-1929; Bugufi calls us - Bugufi needs us, 1929; Letter of Native Christians from Bukoba to the Bishop of Central Tanzania, 1929; Impressions and thoughts during a journey into the landscapes of Mischenye u. Karagwe, 1929; Questionnaires with personal data and birth dates of 14 children, 1930; "Church Mission Society u. Bethel-Bielefeld Mission in Bukoba, German and English version by E. Johanssen, 1930; Correspondence with E. Johanssen, 1930-1933; death notice and memorial certificate, 1934; correspondence with Martha Johanssen, 1934-1940; "On the 100th birthday of E. Johanssen, 1964; "On the 100th birthday of E. Johanssen, by J. Busse, with the addition of Albrecht sen.., 1971

Evangelical Missionary Society for German East Africa
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 875 · File · 1934-1937, 1960-1961
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Correspondence, Communications, Minutes; Obituary for Prof. Haussleiter, 1934; Report on the 11th Mission Week in Tübingen, 1934; Hinr. Johannsen: From our conference life, 1934; Dir. Knak zur Lage d. Mission, 13 p., ms., 1935; Ein Wort der Mission zur Raassenfrage, 3 p., ms., 1935; Freytag: Impressions from the visit of German mission fields in South Asia, 7 p., ms., 1935; P. v. Bodelschwingh: Letter to associations and works of the. Church, 10 p., ms., 1926; Negotiation report of the 12th Herrnhut Mission Week, 20 p., Dr., 1937

Rhenish Missionary Society
Fenchel, Tobias (1849-1910)
RMG 1.617 a-f · File · 1876-1911
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1877-1910 in Keetmanshoop, s.a. RMG 1.420 for a life picture; letters, station reports, conference and travel reports, 1876-1910; life sketch d. Chief Fredrik Willem, Tseib/Keetmanshoop; The beginnings of the mission in Greater Namaqualand and the first martyrs in it, 12 p., hs, 1885; Versuch e. Hausordnung d. Evangelistenschule zu Keetmanshoop, 1888; draft e. Programme for admission to the Evangelist School, 1888; Festvereinicht über d. Kirchweihe zu Keetmanshoop, with 2 drawings, views of the New Church and the Mission House, 1895; Briefe d. Evangelists Paulus Platje: Request for Tobias Fenchel to return, 1896/1897; Letters of the Evangelists Paulus Platje: In the Name of the Suffering People of Velschoendrager, 1899; Letters of the Evangelist Paulus Platje: Report about the work in Khoes, 1899; Report about the e. school examination in Keetmanshoop, 1898; Letter of Captain Hans Henrick with the urgent request for e. missionary for the Velschoendrager in Khoes, 1899; Meta Holzapfel, née Brill to Mrs. Anna Fenchel, née. Bröder: Description of the murder of Ludwig Holzapfel, 1904; letter of appreciation from the governor for school in Keetmanshoop, 1905; Proclamation from General von Trotha to the rebellious Namas tribes, 1905; My thoughts concerning the establishment of industrial schools under the Hottentots after the war, 12 p..., hs., 1906; Major Maerker and Lieutenant Colonel von Estorff to Tobias Fenchel, 1907; obituaries for Tobias Fenchel, 1910/1911;

Rhenish Missionary Society
RMG 2.144 · File · 1888-1900
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Letters and reports from Java, 1888-1890; letters and reports from New Guinea, 1890-1900; letter to Missionary Kunze about the construction of a missionary station in a newly discovered jungle region, 1897; fragment of a contract for Doctor Frobenius with the hospital Tannenhof, 1900; private letters to Inspector Spiecker u. Managing Director Schindelin, 1888-1900; private letter to relatives in Würzburg with a brief description of his medical work in Java and New Guinea, 1890[left to the archive by grandnephew Dr. Karl Weitnauer from Zell/Main 1985].

Rhenish Missionary Society

Essay by Gerhard Jasper on this, not published; Letter of the Bethel missionaries on church discipline, 1901; Church Breeding Code of Buhaya, not published; Protocol of the first Kirchenbundtag in Kidugala, 1938; contributions by Personn, Leistner and Lehner, not published.

Evangelical Missionary Society for German East Africa
RMG 2.660 · File · 1901-1907
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Shepherd's letter to Herero Christian communities, 1902; Letter (copy) by Samuel Maharero to Major Leutwein, 1904; Call for Entry and Statutes of the "German Society for the Protection of Natives", Dr., c. 1913; Report by Joh. Neitz, Berliner Mission, von e. Reise zu Samuel Maharero in Groenfontein/Transvaal, 11 p., hs., 1907;

Rhenish Missionary Society
RMG 912 · File · 1931-1933
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Protocols, Circulars, Communications, Correspondence; Der Dt. Evang. Kirchenausschuß zur Kriegsschuldfrage, 1931; Abkommen über Arbeitsgemeinschaft Gossner u. Berliner Mission, 5 p., ms., 1932; An die deutsche Missionsgemeinde u. Missionsfreunde, Erklärung d. Abkommens, 1932; Was erfordert die gegenwärtiger Wirtschaftslage von d. Missionsgesellschaften, Referat, 9 p.., 1932; Letter to Wehrkreispfr. Müller about the planned appointment of the Reichs-Missionskommissars, July 1933; Richtlinien zur Eingliederung d. Mission in d. Kirche, May 1933; J. Richter: Vorlage zum geforderten Zusammenschluss von Kirche u. Mission u. d. Missionen unter-einander, 1933; Expertise and opinions on the required integration, 1933; Call for entry into Die Deutsche Arbeitsfront, Flugblatt, September 1933

Rhenish Missionary Society
RMG 906 · File · 1913,192
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Minutes, circulars, annual accounts; international revival correspondence. Cooperation; Meeting of the Continental Missionary Conference, Dr., 1913; Minute of International Missionary Meeting, Schloss Crans/Geneva, 20 p., Dr. June 1920; Paul Hennig: 1 official 1 confidential report on meetings at Schloss Crans, 1920; Axenfeld: Letter to J. Mott, 17 p., ms., June 1920; J. Richter: Before heavy decision, 4 p., Dr., 1920

Rhenish Missionary Society
RMG 741 · File · 1902-1929
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Allgemeine Grundsätze über die Stellung d. Rheinischen Missions-Schwester, 1905; Schwesternordnung für China, 1905; Bestimmungen d. Frauen-Missionsbund über den Einsatz ihrer Schwestern, 1905; Report on the Board Meeting, 1905; Minutes of conversations and discussions. Correspondence with Mrs. Freda von Bethmann-Hollweg, 1905-1908; Contract for sisters of the DFMGB within the RMG, 1906 1928; Letter from Sister Helene Schmitz from Hong Kong, 1906; Regulations of the delegation from Sister H. Kloß, Dr.., 1911; Contract between Bibelhaus Malche and RMG, 1913; Correspondence with Countess Else von Baudissin, 1909-1923; Correspondence with Frau von Oertzen, Rostock, 1924-1929; Correspondence with the Club für junge Mädchen, Berlin, Countess von Reventlov, 1926

Rhenish Missionary Society
RMG 922 · File · 1935-1936
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Circulars, Communications, Minutes, Conference Decisions, Correspondence; Reply to International Missionary Council, 1935; Foreign Exchange Leaflet for German Evangelical Missionaries, 4 p., Dr., 1935; 1. 2. preliminary draft f. Satzung d. DEMR, e.V., Tübingen, 1935; 3rd draft by Barmen-Bethel, 1935; Satzung d. DEMT e.V., 1935; Freytag: Impressions from the visit of German mission fields in South Asia, 7 p., ms., 1935; Bodelschwingh: Letter to the advisory board of the Arbeitsgem. missionary and diaconal works and associations in German Evangelical Church, 10 p., ms. 1936; Order on the registration of German nationals abroad f. active military service and Reichsar-beitsdienst, 1936; Die beiden Wege (d. Bekennende Kirche), 5 p., ms., 1936; Knak: Reflection in German evangelical mission, 5 p., ms., 1936

Rhenish Missionary Society
Hahn, Carl Hugo (1818-1895)
RMG 1.576 · File · 1844-1881
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Correspondence from the estate: ; Hahn's letter concepts concerning the correspondence of the deputation of the RMG and African authorities, 1854-1881; letters from Wilhelm Richter and Dr. Heinrich Johann Richter, 1844 and 1846; letters from Inspectors Johann Christian Wallmann and Ludwig von Rohden, 1854-1855; letters from the. Deputation to Carl Hugo Hahn, 1863-1874; Letters from and to the Finnish Missionary Society, 1868 and 1872; Letter from Missionary Johann Georg Krönlein to Carl Hugo Hahn, 1870; Manuscripts:; Pictures from South Africa, 1863; Mission Colonization, 1863; The Journey Home, 1873

Rhenish Missionary Society
RMG 1.641 · File · 1897-1906, 1924, 1955
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1897-1905 in Okahandja, Otjikango, Otjihaenena, Walvis Bay, 1906-1926 Parish office in Brazil including Paraiso, Rio Grande do Sul; letters and reports, 1897-1905; private letters to inspectors, also by Mrs Johanna Hamann, nee. Jansen, 1898-1899; Letter of the community elders of Otjikango with the request to leave Karl Alexander Hamann there (in Herero language), June 1902; Question A. von Falkenhausen because of the fate of his son, Febr. 1904; Reply to the article published in the Schlesische Zeitung: "Ein Bild aus Deutschsüdwestafrika" taken from e. Brief d. Frau von Falkenhausen, June 1904; Report by Ms Johanna Hamann about her experiences during the Herero uprising for d. "Kleinen Missionsfreund", 1905; Testimony for Karl Alexander Hamann, 1906; Letter from Karl Alexander Hamann from Brazil, 1924; Obituary for Karl Alexander Hamann, 1955;

Rhenish Missionary Society
RMG 1.629 a-d · File · 1891-1949
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1892-1907 in Bethanien, resignation, pastor in Brazil from 1908 in Riopardinho, Forromecco, P. Sao Vendelino, Rio Grande do Sul; letters, travel, station and annual reports, 1891-1906; report on school and church visitation in Bethany by Carl Ludwig Hermann Hegner, 1893; letter by Cornelius Frederiks, 1895; Die spezielle Seelsorge, Referat, 28 pp. hs, 1896; Report on the laying of the foundation stone of the church in Bethanien, Dutch, 1897; sketch of Bethanien (vol. 1, p. 133); Report on the birthday celebration for Emperor Wilhelm II. in Bethanien, 1898; Letters d. Assistant Benade von Grootfontein, 1898 and 1900; report on the consecration of the church in Bethanien, 1899; application for acquisition of garden land for agricultural school in Bethanien, 1906; proposals by Emil Tempel for the establishment of e. Handwerkerschule, 1907; medical certificates for Friedrich Heinrichs and his wife Elisabeth Heinrichs, nee. Göbel, 1907 and 1909; visit lists of the travel preacher Friedrich Heinrichs in Wiehl, 1908 and 1909; personal sheet Friedrich Heinrichs, 1908; letters from Rio Pardinko, Brazil, 1911-1913; obituary for Elisabeth Heinrichs, née Göbel, 1940; obituary for Friedrich Heinrichs, 1949;

Rhenish Missionary Society
Hermann Personn (1889-1960)
M 237 Bd. 1 · File · 1912-1933
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Correspondence, travel diaries, reports, etc., 1912-1933; engagement announcement with Mariechen Strecker, 1918; vows of secondment and instructions, 1925; Our Central School in Lwandai, Rück- u. Ausblick, 1928; sketched plans of the Central School; Letter of Solomon Shangali, Ngwelo, 1929; inspection report of the English authorities at the School of Lwandai u. a timetable, 1930-1931 and 1933; Correspondence of the Lutheran Missions from the Tanganyika Territory in Dar-es-Salaam, 1930; The Becoming of the Churches on the Mission Field, 7 p.., ms, 1932; Report on the meeting with the "Führer des "Deutscher Bund concerning questions of the German school system in our mandate area, Tanga, August 1933; biography of the community elder Yeremia Kuasagha and his mother, Mamdowe in Mbalamo, 1933

Evangelical Missionary Society for German East Africa
RMG 1.605 a-e · File · 1869-1960
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1868-1903 in Otjikango, Okahandja, Otjosazu, from 1903 home service, from 1915 parish office; letters and reports from work with the Hereros, 1869-1903; annual reports, cash reports of the Otjosazu station, 1872-1903; manuscript: "Die Oupanga d. Ovaherero", 1891; reports by the evangelists Paul, Gottlieb and Manasse, 1893; private letters, also from Mrs. Hedwig Irle, née von Rohden, to the inspectors at the mission house, 1893. Inspectors in the mission house, 1890-1902; reports from the work in the home service, 1905-1922; correspondence of the RMG with members of the Irle family, 1922-1960; letter from Gottlieb Murangi, Windhoek, to Mrs. Hedwig Irle, née von Rohden, 1930;

Rhenish Missionary Society
Johannes Warneck (1867-1944)
RMG 449 · File · 1906-1936
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to mission leadership during home leave, 1906-1908; certificate of appointment as inspector, 1908; circular to all employees of the RMG, 1908; letters to Spiecker, 1908-1916; the situation of the Batak mission and the resulting tasks for position and work of Ephorus, Memorandum, hs, 1916; Negotiations about connection to state pension funds, 1930; document of appointment and instructions, 1932; correspondence, among others with sculptor Kuhn, Düsseldorf, due to Nommensen monument, 1932-1936; letter to P. Jäger/Bethel written in Pearadja, copy, 1920; values friends, printed circulars, Dec. 1922 Dec. 1929

Rhenish Missionary Society