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RMG 1.613 a-d · File · 1871-1920
Part of Archive and Museum Foundation of the VEM (Archivtektonik)

1874-1919 in Otjimbingue, Otjikango, Omburo, Omaruru; Letters, travel and war reports, 1871-1920; Fieldpost letters from the time of the French campaign, 1871; Reports from the sea voyage to Capstadt and Walfishbay, 1873; A visit in d. Grootkloof, contribution for "Kleinen Missionsfreund", 1874; copy of e. Briefwechselels with Captain Abraham Zwartbooi, 1880; J. P. Reinhard (former blacksmith in Otjimbingue) to Peter Friedrich Bernsmann because of foster daughter Johanne Bernsmann (born 1880), 1888; Map d. "Hererolandes", M. 1: 1.250000 with marked routes and driving times for oxen, c. 1888; station reports of Otjimbingue, 1886-1888; station reports of Otjikango, 1888-1890; station reports of Omburo, 1890-1895; report of e. Journey to Ondjiva in Oukuanjama (Amboland), 1891; station report on Omburo by Traugott Kauapirura, 1891-1892; report by Asher Mutjinde on behalf of the chief Manasse Tjiseseta about his conversion, 1893; Manasse Tjiseseta to Dr. August Schreiber, contains proclamation about corn trade, 1895; Two bundles of letters from missionary Eduard Dannert and family from Omaruru, Otjimbingue and Stellenbosch, 1895-1899; private letters by Peter Friedrich Bernsmann to inspectors d. RMG, 1890-1900; Teacher Gustav Kamatoto to RMG, 1899; Speech by Peter Friedrich Bernsmann: "How can it be explained that our evangelists and school teachers have so far met little of the cherished expectations", 4 p. ms. hectographed, 1902; private action by the merchant E. Langenberg, Ombuiro against Peter Friedrich Bernsmann for insulting him, 1904; report about the black miner in the gold mines of Pretoria u. near Johannesburg, 1905; description of Herero dances with music examples, 1907; contribution by Peter Friedrich Bernsmann for e. Schullesebuch: Die natives Deutsch-Südwestafrikas u. d. Beginnings ihrer Geschichte, with the chapters:; Die Bastards; Die Herero; Die Naman; Die Bergdamara; Die Ambo, 23 S. ms.., 1914; in 1,613 c also: Eduard Heinrich Gustav Dannert, (1849-1924), see RMG 1,615;

Rhenish Missionary Society
Correspondence A - L
Best. 614, A 34 · File · 1929-1932
Part of Historical Archive of the City of Cologne (Archivtektonik)

Includes among others: Abels, Hermann, Kunstsalon, Cologne Address by Julius Lips to the opening of the exhibition of the painter Emil Flecken; purchase of a watercolour by the painter Vollmberg; 1929-1931; farewell party for museum director Rademacher on 28.1.1931; Albrecht, H. collecting activity on his Africa expedition; 1931-1932; 'Anthropos', international magazine, St. Petersburg, Germany; 'Anthropos', international magazine, St. Petersburg, Germany; 'Anthropos', Germany Gabriel-Mödling b. Vienna Purchase of the General Index for the years 1906 to 1931; Workers' Cult, Berlin Loan or purchase of Lenin's death mask for the exhibition "Masks of People", 1931; Exhibition, Fair and Tourism Office of the City of Cologne Loan of ethnographics for the International Leather Show Berlin, 1930; Brown

Curriculum Vitae and Service Contract, 1935; Correspondence, 1935-1954; Medical Certificate, 1940; Employment Certificate, 1954; Reports on the Missionary Printing Office in Karibib (South West Africa), 1955-1963; Correspondence during his activities in Karibib (South West Africa), 1955-1970; The "Lord's Prayer in Afrikaans, Ovambo u. German as special edition, 1955; "Omahungi Number 18, 1955; "Omahungi Number 2 4, 1959; "Der Sonnenspiegel, Festschrift zum 50 Jahretehen der deutschen Schule in Karibib (1907-1957), 48 p.., Print, 1957

Evangelical Missionary Society for German East Africa
German Empire / Colonies
Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Abt. Hauptstaatsarchiv Stuttgart, N 110 D 1757 A · File · 1904
Part of Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Dept. Main State Archives Stuttgart (Archivtektonik)

Detailed title: Kriegsschauplatz in Deutsch-Südwestafrika zum Aufstand der Herero Bondelzwarts und Ovambo Contains: 10 side maps: Spencer Bai, Otjimbingue, Erzfunde, Walfischbucht, Lüderitzbucht, Wege v. Lüderitzbucht nach Aos und Gubub, Elisabeth Bai, Sandfischhafen, Ethnogr. Karte, Itschabo

German-Southwest Africa
Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz, IX. HA, SPAE, IV Nr. 39 · File · ca. 1904 - 1914
Part of Secret State Archive of Prussian Cultural Heritage (Archivtektonik)

and others: Windhoek (Windhoek); Kahnrivier; Swakopmund; Oitjo natives (Owambo, Herero; Witbooi-Nama); Buren; mountain battery in Windhoek; Hendrik Witbooi (*1824, ?1905); member of the German Schutztruppe; construction of the Nord-Südbahn; (28 x 21 cm) different sizes; album with photographs, sw

German-Southwest Africa
Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz, IX. HA, SPAE, IV Nr. 29 · File · ca. 1901 - 1907
Part of Secret State Archive of Prussian Cultural Heritage (Archivtektonik)

Contains among other things: Gobabis; cemetery and slaughterhouse in Windhoek; Seeis station; natives; members of the German Schutztruppe (7th company); German settlers; Samuel Maharero's house (?); Kunene river; Ovambo river; various mission stations and plantations; (approx. 17 x 24 cm) approx. 11 x 8.5 cm; paper; album with photographs, black and white; some strongly bleached out

German-Southwest Africa
Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz, IX. HA, SPAE, IV Nr. 41 · File · ca. 1904 - 1909
Part of Secret State Archive of Prussian Cultural Heritage (Archivtektonik)

and others: Otawi; Outjo; Tsumeb mine; Rietfontein; Grootfontein; Namutoni; Waterberg; mine worker; members of the German Schutztruppe; indigenous families (Owambo); shooting exercises with a machine gun; radio station; hunting in the Etosha pan; (32.5 x 25 cm) approx. 10 x 8 cm; album with photographs, sw

German-Southwest Africa
Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz, IX. HA, SPAE, IV Nr. 38 · File · ca. 1904 - 1914
Part of Secret State Archive of Prussian Cultural Heritage (Archivtektonik)

and others: Lazaret in Windhoek; Warrior Association Windhoek; Native Church in Windhoek; Natives (Herero; Nama; Owambo); German Schutztruppe; Fortress Omaruru; Church in Bethany; Oitjo; Artillery of the German Schutztruppe; Kunene river; Owambo mission station; native animal species; Gobabis fortress; Oas fortress; Auasberg heliographer station; Keetmanshoop fortress; (28 x 21 cm) various sizes; album with photographs, black and white; z. T. strongly faded

RMG 1.678 a-c · File · 1901-1969
Part of Archive and Museum Foundation of the VEM (Archivtektonik)

1907-1936 in Karibib, Keetmanshoop, Okahandja, Windhoek; curriculum vitae, references, application, 1901; correspondence and work reports by Christian Ludwig Kühhirt, 1907-1958; correspondence also with Mrs. Elisabeth Kühhirt, née Wangerin, 1938-1969; correspondence also with d. Söhnen Kühhirt, 1940-1959; report e. Reise zu d. Herero in the reserve, (pale-grass), 1920; report about the journey to the Herero and Ovambo to the railway, 1920; Farmmissionsreise, 1925; newspaper article by Martin Kühhirt (son): "Das ehemalige Deutsch-Südwestafrika unter englischer Verwaltung", IN supplement of the "Aufwärts" of 30.09.1928; death announcement, sermon, obituary for Mrs. Helene Kühhirt, née Schubert, 1936; Der Heimgang unserer Mutter, Georg Kühhirt (son), 1936; Theofilus Ileka, evangelist: Letter to Christian Ludwig Kühhirt with greetings from the Ovambo parish Windhoek, 1936; travel report by Elisabeth Kühhirt, née Wangerin, 7 p. ms., 1938; copies of testimonies by Elisabeth Kühhirt, 1917, 1928, 1938; obituary for Christian Ludwig Kühhirt, 1959

Rhenish Missionary Society
RMG 2.635 b · File · 1841-1967
Part of Archive and Museum Foundation of the VEM (Archivtektonik)

The missionary work in Southwest Africa according to the annual reports of 1949; Der künstliche Abortus bei d. Herero u. Ovambo, N. N., o. J.; Arigene Religion u. Christentum, August Carl Heinrich Kuhlmann, o. J.; Foreign - and yet at the heights of Christianity, August Carl Heinrich Kuhlmann, o. J.; As under d. Church of the Urafrikans, August Carl Heinrich Kuhlmann, n.d.; The "Old Holy Book" in Africa, August Carl Heinrich Kuhlmann, n.d.; Visiting d. Hei-//om (Buschschläfern), Friedrich Pönnighaus, 1936; Unter d. Buschmännern in Südwestafrika, Alfred Unterkötter, 1936; Ein Dankopfer, Friedrich Hermann Rust, no year; Der heute Stand d. Missionsarbeit im Waterberg-Reservat, Friedrich Pönnighaus, 1936; Death Sunday in Swakopmund, Heinrich Johann Brockmann, 1937; Abendmahl u. Orunjara bei d. Herero, Friedrich Pönnighaus, n. J.; Comfort in the African earth sorrow, August Carl Heinrich Kuhlmann, n. J.; The natives of Southwest Africa, Heinrich Vedder? o. J.; Unterwegs (im Ochsenwagen), by Friedrich Pönnighaus, o. J.; Zur Frage d. finanz Selbstständmachung unserer Gemeinden oder wie erziehehehe ich meine Gemeinde zum finanz Selbstständigkeit, Christian Wilhelm Friedrich Spellmeyer, 1937; Ist finanzielle Selbstständmachung unserer Gemeinden in Südwestafrika möglich, u. wie?, Karl Schmitz, 1937; Zu d. Bericht d. Bruder's Karl Sckär über Ehescheidung, Johannes Georg Heinrich Heinrich Olpp, 1929; Ist d. Ausbau unserer Missionskonferenz zu e. Synod required and possible, Friedrich Pönnighaus, 1937; Annunciation in the Mix of Nations of Southwest Africa, Friedrich Pönnighaus, no year; The Battle with the Holy Fire, Friedrich Pönnighaus 1935; The Holy Fire (The Sacrificial Altar of Herero = okuruuo), Friedrich Pönnighaus, no year; Hurus, Friedrich Pönnighaus, 1932; "On African Travelling Routes", N.N..., Windhoek, 1934; World and world view of Bergdama in Southwest Africa, Heinrich Vedder, without year; Unter d. Betschuanen, Friedrich Pönnighaus, without year; Remarks to the Lecture by Pg Reinbeck on the activities of the Pagan Mission in South West Africa, Mission Director J. Warneck, 1935; Die Akazien unseres Landes, Friedrich Pönnighaus, no year; The trees and shrubs of the District of Windhoek (excluding the Akazien), Friedrich Pönnighaus, no year; Which duties does the Protestant Germany in South West Africa have? ca. 1910; The Jackal and the Leopard, e. Märchen aus Südwestafrika, Heinrich Vedder, without year; Das Volk hinter d. Berge, Wilhelm Loeber, 1937; A strange Christmas message, Wilhelm Loeber, o. J.; And new life blooms from the ruins, Wilhelm Loeber, no year; house building in the Heidenland (Ovamboland), N. N.?, no year; The Chief's Hunt (Mandume), N. N.., n. J.; Rasse u. Mission in Südwestafrika, N. N., ca. 1935; Between War and Crisis: On the 125th Anniversary of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in South-West Africa (Rheinische Missionskirche), press release by RMG, Werner Andreas Wienecke, 1967; Südwestafrika - e. zweites Kongo?, newspaper article, General-Anzeiger Wuppertal, 08.04.1967;

Rhenish Missionary Society
RMG 2.636 · File · 1910-1933
Part of Archive and Museum Foundation of the VEM (Archivtektonik)

Wuppertal: Kriegserlebnisse e. Rheinischen Missionars, newspaper article, 1935; Erastus Omulundu; Haluodi; Nekoto u. Haischi in Zwistigkeit, 2 versions; Schihepo u. Schalnlange; Haschipala: Memories e. old missionaries of the.., what he heard and experienced under the heathens, pictures from the life of the heathens in Ovamboland German Southwest Africa; Memories e. old missionaries, speech at the mission evening in the mission house Barmen, 1933; Untitled (Memories); Experiences and Memories from Southwest Africa in d. Zeit d. Weltkrieges (1914-18), 2 versions; What the history of the RMG tells us, especially of Southwest Africa; The Portuguese campaign against Mandume; About the Efundula (consecration of a girl) in Southwest Africa; The missionary in the fight with paganism; Kaukungua (Noah), hs. u. ms..;

Rhenish Missionary Society
Listings of collection items
Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Abt. Staatsarchiv Ludwigsburg, EL 232 Bü 1186 · File · 1898-1899 und o. D.
Part of State Archives Baden-Württemberg, Dept. State Archives Ludwigsburg (Archivtektonik)

Contains: List of mussel species, list of materials for colouring the topa, animals from Surinam (Latin and Indian names); collection lists compiled under the heading "Remarks on individual pieces of the museum": Missionary Bergmann (German New Guinea), Baron von Bülow (Herero, Owambo), von Carnap-Quernheimb (Cameroon, Togo, Congo), Capitain Dallmann (Various countries), Eckstein (Boers, Zulu), Dr. Ehser (Bali collection), Dr. O. Finsch, Haas brothers (British New Guinea), Kollmann (Uganda, Ushashi, East Africa), Kromecken (?) (Tokyo, Middle Java, Sikkim), Schmidt (Lagos), I. Schneider (Palestine, Egypt, Omdurman), Von Sieglin, Baron von Soden (Africa), Prof. Soest/Eugen Rautenstrauch (South Sea Collection), Sprochte (?), Ludwig Wießner (Untervolta, Sudan)

RMG 2.630 · File · 1899-1920
Part of Archive and Museum Foundation of the VEM (Archivtektonik)

What is the special task of the mission in Oukuanjama besides the main task of preaching the gospel to the Gentiles? Missionary?, Hermann Tönjes, 1903; What can we do for the Ovambo youth and men moving to Hereroland, especially for our parishioners?, August Wulfhorst, 1905; What can we do to educate indigenous helpers?, Hermann Tönjes, 1907; What can we do to make the inhibited church life more fruitful, just as to strengthen the Christian consciousness of individual Christians? August Wulfhorst, 1908; Proposals concerning our churches and our field of activity (independence), Karl Sckär, 1908; Address at the opening of the conference in Omatemba about Col. 3:12-15, August Wulfhorst, 1908; Which external circumstances and aids were the Apostle Paul commandments in his missionary work? Heinrich Welsch, 1908; Brief History of Ovakuanjama, Karl Sckär, 1909; Contribution to the Customs and Customs of Ovakuanjama, Karl Sckär, 1899; The Religion of Ovakuanjama, August Wulfhorst, 1909; The Moral Position of Ovakuanjama, 1909. Apostolic congregations, Albert Hochstrate, 1909; Address at the opening of the Conference in Namakunde on 1Co 1, 26-31, August Wulfhorst, 1909; Why do we not have a branch and what can we do to remedy the shortage? Heinrich Welsch, 1910; Die Kirchenzucht in d. apostolischen Kirche, Hermann Gehlmann, 1911; Die Religion d. Ovakuanjama, with supplements, Karl Sckär, 1912; Does our Ovambo Mission e. Frauenfrage? August Wulfhorst, 1903; Die Sachsengängerei (Arbeitssuche) d. Ovambo nach d. Hererolande und ihre Folgen für unser Volk, Gemeinde u. Missionsarbeit, August Wulfhorst, 1912; The demand of the Chief Mandume concerning the Efundula u. d. Gefahren, d. unserer Gemeinden auswachsen (Teilnahme d. christlichen Mädchen), Heinrich Welsch, 1914; Is e. Wiederaufbau unserer Ovambomission möglich? Heinrich Welsch, 1919; The Ovambo Mission before, during and after the Portuguese War against Mandume, August Wulfhorst, 1916; Report on the Ovambo Mission during the War and its Current Status, Albert Hochstrate, 1920; How Simon the Peter Becomes, Karl Sckär, 1920;

Rhenish Missionary Society
Sckär, Charles (1873-1950)
RMG 1.658 a-b · File · 1891-1968
Part of Archive and Museum Foundation of the VEM (Archivtektonik)

1901-1930 in Ondjiva, Omupanda, Namakunde, Lüderitzbucht, s.a. RMG 1.477 manuscript about Ovamboland; letters and reports, 1901-1950; curriculum vitae (3 versions), applications, medical certificate, 1891-1901; letter from Wilhelm Heumbo, Ondjiva, with d. Request for more teachers for Ovamboland, 1908; annual report of the Ovambo community Lüderitzbucht-Diamantfelder, 1919; death announcement for Karl Sckär, 1950; correspondence with the Sckär family, 1958-1964; death certificate for Wilhelmine Sckär, née Kremer, 1968

Rhenish Missionary Society
RMG 2.533 c · File · 1929-1945
Part of Archive and Museum Foundation of the VEM (Archivtektonik)

Reports about the work in d. Herero- u. Nama-Gemeinde, by Friedrich Pönnighaus, Christian Ludwig Kühhirt u. Martin Jonas Werner, 1929-1945; reports on sister and school work, by Helene Köhler, Frieda Schröder u. Else Menninger, 1929-1945; report on the 25th anniversary of the Herero Ovambo Community, by Christian Ludwig Kühhirt, 1933

Rhenish Missionary Society
RMG 1.627 a-b · File · ca. 1903-1935
Part of Archive and Museum Foundation of the VEM (Archivtektonik)

Estate:; diary entries from the years 1912-1914, 1918, 1919, 1926-1927 1 issue 1930; The Gospel of Mark in Oshikuanjama, chapters 1 and 2 (beginning) and eight short stories from the Mission, issue, ca. 1903; Mission and Colonization, 2 issues, 1905; Das Ovamboland, issue, o. J.; review of 20 years of mission work under d. Ovambo, c. 1910; sermons and reports about Ovamboland, c. 1910; Southwest Africa - country and people, c. 1910; pictures from the mission work in Ovamboland, c. 1910; about faith and superstition of Ovambo and others.., o. J.;

Rhenish Missionary Society