Nachlaß:; Portfolio 1: 1 notebook with diary records from the time of the Herero Uprising, also contains sermon preparations partly for fallen German protection troops and other notes, 1904-1906; Portfolio 2: Report by E. Stumpfe about the Herero Uprising and others; Various notes and eyewitness reports about the Herero Uprising and others. Herero Uprising 1904, list of the dead, name of the presumed murderer etc.; copy from the parish chronicle of Lüderitzbucht about the events in the years 1904 to 1905, as recorded by missionary Karl Emil Laaf, sent to Carl Berger by missionary Friedrich Hermann Rust, 1950; 2 eyewitness reports to the. Events in October 1904 in the area around Ghochas, N. N.; Folder 3: 1 red notebook with Carl Berger's newspaper articles, d. published under the headline "Vom Auob" in Windhoeker Zeitungen. Includes also "Die Orgel von Taurow", Fronterlebnis, by Dr. H. Reimer, Tailfingen, 5 p., ms.; Folder 4: "Die weiße Frau von Haruchas", memoirs of Mrs. Ida Berger, née Bergmann, verw. Albath, from the years 1897-1920, 2 exercise books, 35 p..., folder 5: Various Manu and type scripts by Carl Berger:; Christmas with the shepherd on the field, 8 p., hs., 1951; The history of the altar cloth of Mariental, 3 p., hs., o. J.; mineral deposits in the area of Auob, 3 1/2 p.., ms., no year; The camel stud of the German protection troops in Hofmeyr (formerly Kalkfontein-Nord), 6 p., ms., no year; Memories of the fallen German protection troops and their grave monuments in the area of Ghochas (with 2 photos), 8 p..., 1958; Folder 6: Notes on Hendrik Witbooi, collected from various sources, 1 booklet, 15 p., hs., o. J.; Folder 7: Das Leben Hendrik Witboois, Manuskript, 105 p., ms., o. J.; also contains: 1 original signature Witboois
Rhenish Missionary Society1851-1877 in Berseba, Stellenbosch, 1877-1887 in Capeland, from 1887 parish office in Wynberg, Capeland, extensive file, in need of restoration; letters and diary reports, 1849-1892; pedigree Krönlein; missionary Johann Georg Krönlein, Friedrich Hermann Rust, 8 p., Dr., 1965
Rhenish Missionary SocietyAnnual and semi-annual reports, by Friedrich Hermann Rust, Wilhelm Lind, Gottfried Tötemeyer and Friedrich Gustav Eisenberg, 1926-1940; reports on school and nurse work by Katharina (Käthe) Fritze, Minna Sachs, 1926-1946; report on Rietfontein's 50th anniversary with "Jubelgesang", Dr., June 1935
Rhenish Missionary SocietyThe 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 SocietyLife Picture of Anania by Heinrich Vedder, n.d.; Letters by Nikodemus Kido, Sesfontein, Wilhelm Kandjii, Aminuis, 1913 1922; Correspondence Petrus Jod to Missionary Christian Wilhelm Friedrich Spellmeyer, 1935-1944; Correspondence Markus Witbooi to Christian Wilhelm Friedrich Spellmeyer, 1939-1940; Life Picture of Nikodemus Kido, Sesfontein, Wilhelm Kandjii, Aminuis, 1913 1922; Life Picture of Christian Wilhelm Friedrich Spellmeyer, 1939-1940 Jakobus Beukes, on the occasion of his ordination as first local pastor, written by Wilhelm Lind, n.d.; J. Dausab and Hendrik Isaak to Christian Wilhelm Friedrich Spellmeyer, 1940; Erastus Kandovazu, report on his death, 1941; circular letter to the local coworker and to the local priest. Gemeinden, by Christian Wilhelm Friedrich Spell-meyer and Friedrich Wilhelm (Fritz) Mayer, 1939-1945; Verzeichnis d. einheimischen Mitarbeiter (with dates of birth), 1941; circular letter in Nama language by Friedrich Hermann Rust, 1948; Korrespondenz RMG mit verschiedenen einheimischen Mitarbeiter, 1948-1963; correspondence Gustav Menzel mit Joh. Daniel Strydom, 1954-1959 1966; Correspondence G. Menzel with P. Hendrik Isaak, Maltahöhe, 1953; Report on the ordination of Bergdama parish priest Josef Hanse and inauguration of the new church school in Stamprietfontein, 1954; list of all employees in SWA (ELK) (with dates of birth), 1965;
Rhenish Missionary Society1892-1918 in Otjihaena, Gaub, Tsumeb; Letters, quarterly and station reports, 1891-1918; private letters to inspectors of the RMG, 1892-1900; letter from and contract with chief Kahimemua, 1892; printed municipal journal "Omahunge" in Herero language by Ferdinand Lang, 1900; application to d. Imperial Gouvernement in Windhoek for establishing 4 locations, 1902; medical testimony for Mrs. Maria Lang, née Müller, 1904; justification of Ferdinand Lang against accusations by missionary Friedrich Hermann Rust, 1906; legal dispute with the Otavi Mine and Railway Company, 1913; report by daughter Lydia Lang about the death of her parents, 1918; correspondence with the children Lang, 1942;
Rhenish Missionary SocietyListing of the papers corresponds to the order in the file, only there it is chronologically descending]; Eine Erstlingsgarbe, Tobias Fenchel, 10 p., hs., 1886; Namaqualand, N. N., o. J.; How do natives treat their diseases by their own means, and in what relation to it d. Magic?, Tobias Fenchel, 14 p., hs., 1893; To understand d. Missionsarbeit unter d. Namavolk, N. N., 24 p., c. 1901; To what extent can the Institut Wupperthal and the former mission colony Otjimbingwe in economic development give finger pointers for the reserve Rietmond, Carl Berger, 11 p., 1902; Leitende Gesichtspunkte für Kirchenzucht im Groß-Namaland, Heinrich Pabst, 14 p., hs., 1903; Die farbige Raasse u. d. nationale Aufgabe in d. Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika, (Translation e. Article from The United Presbyterian), Prof. Dr. Franz R. Beattie, 10 p., 1905; Die Erziehung d. Aboriginal, Christian Wilhelm Friedrich Spellmeyer, 1905; Zur Instituts- u. Schulfrage (für halbbweiße Kinder), Christian Wilhelm Friedrich Spellmeyer, 7 p., hs.., 1907; The general situation regarding the continuing state of war: To what extent can we contribute to the security of the country, Christian Wilhelm Friedrich Spellmeyer, 6 p., ms., 1906; The school reform question of our mission schools in German Southwest Africa, Christian Wilhelm Friedrich Spellmeyer, 16 p., ms., 1907; The question of religious education of the natives, Christian Wilhelm Friedrich Spellmeyer, 6 p., ms. 1908; Missionsnöte u. Erfolge in Südafrika, Prof. Marais, Stellenbosch, 9 p., ms., 1908; Über d. Recht d. Naman u. Bergdaman, Karl Friedrich Wandres, 36 p. hektograph. 1908; Which duties does the mission have towards those church members who wander back and forth and how can control over them be exercised? Presentation on the topic: Control over our indigenous members of the congregation, our duties towards them, Hermann Nyhof, 1910; The Catholic mission, its way and its successes within our area and the means that allowed us to meet it effectively, Hermann Nyhof, 22 p., hs., 1911; The language question in d. Namamission, Christian Wilhelm Friedrich Spellmeyer, 21 p., ms., 1911; Which tasks does d. Modern times to our missionary work, Karl Friedrich Wandres, 13 p., 1912; Position of the missionaries to the. Natives on the one hand and whites on the other, Wilhelm Albert Peter, 18 p., hs., 1912; Die Besetzung d. Diamantfelder, Emil Karl Laaf, 4 p., hs., 1912; What can we do to educate our communities to independence? hs., 1913; Which methods and which goal must we pursue in the education of our indigenous assistants, Christian Wilhelm Friedrich Spellmeyer, 10 p., ms., 1928; How should our church discipline be shaped in the Protestant sense? Friedrich Hermann Rust, 14 p.. ms., 1926; About the status of our RMG in Germany before, during and after the war, Karl Friedrich Wandres, 5 p., ms., 1920; What dangers in his professional and private life does the missionary in German Southwest Africa have to beware of and how can he prevent them? Christian Ludwig Kühhirt, 14 p., ms., 1914; Our position and our behaviour towards indigenous employees, Christian Wilhelm Friedrich Spellmeyer with statement by Johannes Warneck, 2 versions, 1934;
Rhenish Missionary SocietyTranscript of the Herero grammar by Heinrich Johann Brockmann, 1941; Other Herero language works; Theological works by Missionary Friedrich Hermann Rust in Nama, 1941-1942; Nama words by Missionary Karl Friedrich Wandres, with following additions
Rhenish Missionary Society1912-1954 in Keetmanshoop, Lüderitzbucht; Letters and reports, correspondence with individual personalities of the mission leadership, 1911-1969; curriculum vitae, application, certificates, 1910-1911; Protokoll d. Sprachexamens, 1913; "Gau-Sari-Aob", ed. Friedrich Hermann Rust, vol. 18, no. 3, 1931; Negotiations on connection with d. state pension funds, 1930-1932; death announcement and obituary for Mrs. Agnes Rust, née Sapel (mother) and photo from father's grave, 1934; death announcement and obituary for Mrs. Emma Rust, née Wandres, 1968;[correspondence especially with Fr. Siegfried Groth 1964-1978 and Gustav Menzel 1970-1974 s. VEM archive];
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