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RMG 3.311 · File · 1888, 1927-1931, 1966
Part of Archive and Museum Foundation of the VEM (Archivtektonik)

Eduard Heinrich Gustav Dannert, Sociale Verhältnisse d. Ovaherero, Dr., 1888; Heinrich Vedder, Maharero and his time in the light of the documents of his estate, Dr., 1929-1931; Missionary August Carl Heinrich Kuhlmann, Götter- u. Geistergfaube d. Herero, Dr., 1927; Report about the "Maharero-Dag" in Okahandja (hectograph.), 1966; 1 Otjiherero grammar, ms..;

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RMG 1.569 · File · 1902-1934
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Missionary Sister, 2nd wife of Missionary Gottlieb Viehe, 1902-1911 music teacher and catechist in Okahandja, Otjikango and De Doorns, see also RMG 1.603-1.604; correspondence, among others about her experiences during the Herero Uprising (1904), 1902-1913 1925-1931; death announcement and data from her life, 1934;

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RMG 1.603 a-f · File · 1866-1902
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1866-1901 in Otjimbingue, Omaruru (Okozondke), Okahandja (Augustineum), Clara Viehe, née Rothe was a missionary sister; letters and reports, from 1890 half-yearly, cash and annual reports of the Augustineum; contributions to the "Little Missionary Friend"; copies of correspondence with representatives of the. German colonial government; copies of correspondence with Catholic missionaries, 1879; copy e. Treaty with Samuel Maharero on grazing rights and property of the RMG, 1894; manuscripts:; Customs of the Ovaherero after the birth e. Child, 1879; The Mountain Damra in Hereroland as object of the RMG. Mission, 1883; The indigenous Christians, after their spiritual life and moral behaviour, 1884; Die Herero, 1886; Gemeinde-, Kirchen- u. Synodalordnung für d. Evangelische Missionskirche im Hereroland, 1887; Die Missionstätigkeit Pauli und ihre Anwendung im Gebiete unserer Hereromission, 1891; Reiseberichte:; Bericht über e. Journey to Kaoko, with individual reports about Omaruru, Franzfontein, Okombahe, Otjombuina, 1893; report about e. Journey to Otavi, 1894; letters of Clara Viehe, née Rothe about her husband's death, 1901; The latest fights of Hendrik Witbooi against Herero, 1891

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Diehl, Philipp (1837-1920)
RMG 1.606 a-c · File · 1868-1918
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1868-1920 in Okahandja, Usakos; Reports & Letters, 1868-1918; Notes about the first baptism on Okahandja, Jan. 1873; Short history of: Jonker Afrikaner, as he met Damras, March 1873; station reports by Okahandja, 1888-1893; letters to and from missionary Peter Heinrich Brincker, 1888 1890; copy of correspondence with commissioner Nels u. Maharero Tjamuaha, 1890; Report of the Evangelist Elia Kandirikirira, 1891; Presentation: "Is it appropriate that Christians won by evangelists gather in parishes or return to their relatives", 6 pages, hs., 1891; Friedrich Wilhelm Gottlieb Viehe: Opinion on Herero land sales, 1887; Report on the increase in Herero's impoverishment through robbery, request for ideas from the German government, 1902; Reports on the Herero Uprising, 1904; Contract on the sale of land in Windhoek to the German tax authorities, 1904; Loss of property of the Mission and others, 1904; Contract for the purchase of the so-called "Borchard House" in Otjimbingue to Philipp Diehl, 1908; deed of donation of 5,000 marks from Philipp Diehl to Mission, 1912; congratulatory letter and laudatory speech for Philipp Diehl on his 50th ordination anniversary, 1918

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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;

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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;

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RMG 2.611 · File · 1851-1877
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Station, annual and travel reports; joint letters, among others by Carl Hugo Hahn, Johannes Rath, Franz Heinrich Kleinschmidt and others; reply by the deputation; report on peace negotiations on Schmelens Verwachting (Okahandja), 1870; detailed information on the peace negotiations in the region. Explanatory notes on the Mission Trade Society, 1871; Communication by Carl Hugo Hahn on his resignation from the RMG, 1872; Decisions on the Church Constitution and on the German Constitution for the Church Forms, 1873; Carl Hugo Hahn's statements on this and linguistic changes 1874 1875; Reports, by Daniel Cloete from 1873; Statistics, Status: May 1876; Über d. Gottes- u. Opferbegriff d. Herero, Referat, C. Heinrich Beiderbecke, 43 p., hs., 1877; Schulordnung für d. Schulen im Bereich d. sog. Herero-Konferenz, 1877; Instruction for teachers trained in the Augustinum, 1877

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RMG 2.613 · File · 1885-1892
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Station reports; concepts of replies d. Deputation; Presentations:; The marriage gift and child rearing of our Christian Herero, Freerk Meyer, 12 p., hs., 1885; Is it tunlich in our Hereromission d. previous strict practice in relation to polygamy to let go and d. by Inspector Dr. Schreiber proposed milder practice to introduce, after the process on Sumatra, Nias

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Oak, William (1850-1935)
RMG 1.609 a-i · File · 1882-1935
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1871-77 in the service of the Mission Trade Society, 1881 ordained, from 1884 missionary, Praeses of Southwest Africa 1904-1910, in: Otjizewa, Okahandja, Otjosazu, Otjozondjupa, Karibib, Swakopmund, see also RMG 2.481 Briefkopierbuch 1904-1907; Letters (also by Mrs. Emmy Eich, née Mohn), Reports, Station Reports, Quarterly Reports, 1882-1935; Presentation on the Confirmation at the Conference on Otjimbingue, 22 p.., hs. 1894; Report of the Evangelist Elia Kandirikirira on Otjiwarongo, 1898; Reply to the attacks by the Farmers Erdmann v. Mission, 1905; Statements of the South West Africa missionaries on the question of orphanages and industrial schools for Herero children, 1905; Appeal of the Governor of Lindequist to d. Hereros,, Dr., 1905; Plan (blueprint) for the new mission house in Walfishbay; congratulatory letter and eulogy for Eich on the occasion of his 25th ordination anniversary (draft), 1906; Gedanken zur Mischehenfrage (Rassenmischhe), 1913; Rating d. Farmen Gaub, Ganachaams, Korab, 1920;

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Vedder, Henry (1876-1972)
RMG 1.660 a-g · File · 1894-1937:; 1947-1972
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1903-1947 in Walvis Bay, Swakopmund, Gaub, Okahandja, Praeses 1937-1947, then emer.., Senator South West Africa, 1950-1958, see also RMG 1,308, 1,344, 1,366, 1,426-1,431, 1,661, 2.694; extensive correspondence, reports, circulars, 1903-1947; application, curriculum vitae, medical certificate, 1894-1903; building plans for residential house Swakopmund, 1904; appeal by Lieutenant Kuhn to the scattered Hereros to surrender, 1904; petition to d. District office Swakopmund for the improvement of the conditions in the prison camps, 1905; report on the formation of the protestant parish of Swakopmund, 1906; letter of 9 Hererochristen with the request for translation of the Old Testament in Herero, 1906; "Gau-Sari-Aob" (The sower) newsletter for natives, 1907-1909; order e. printing press, brochure here about, 1909; budget d. Missionshaus in Swakopmund, 1909; transcript of the honorary doctorate of the University of Tübingen for Vedder, 1925; State Secretary of Lindequist: Please do not recall Vedder from Africa, 1927; conference negotiation of the church elders and evangelists in Okahandja, 1930; exam questions for diploma examinations of the University of South Africa, 1931; Zur Frauenfrage in Südwestafrika, Referat, 10.., ms. 1935; National Socialism and colored workers, essay, Karl Pegel, 11 p., ms., 1936; appointment of Vedder as "Konsistorialrat h. c" by the California Konsistorial Academic Society, copy of the deed, 1947; statutes of the Heinrich Vedder Foundation, 1954; honorary newspaper articles and obituary, 1961, 1966 and 1972

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