Archive guide to the German Colonial Past

3-R.1.g. Deutsche Kolonien und Schutzgebiete (Bestand)

Staatsarchiv Bremen (STAB), 3-R.1.g.
Fonds
1886 - 1955

Part of State Archives Bremen (STAB) (Archivtektonik)

Content: Colonial Policy - Colonial Legislation - Protectorate Act - Reichskolonialamt - Colonial Service - Colonial Procurement - Schutztruppe - Togo, Cameroon, D e u t s c h - S ü d w e s t a f r i k a, D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a - Herero...

In: State Archives Bremen (STAB) (Archivtektonik) >> Senate Registry (1875-1958) >> Foreign Affairs and Military

7,2001 Afrikahaus J. K. Vietor (Bestand)

Staatsarchiv Bremen (STAB), 7,2001
Fonds
1862 - 1932

Part of State Archives Bremen (STAB) (Archivtektonik)

Explanation: The company was run under this name as its own business since 1888 by Johann Karl Vietor, but was able to make use of the branches in Ghana, Togo, Dahomey, Cameroon, Liberia and Guinea, which had been founded by other members of the V...

In: State Archives Bremen (STAB) (Archivtektonik) >> Unofficial documents >> Company, theatre and estate archives >> Trading companies, banks

Acquisition and cession of territories in the German colonies

Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz, I. HA Rep. 89, Nr. 32472
File
1884, 1890, 1894, 1899, 1908, 1912 - 1913, 1919

Part of Secret State Archive of Prussian Cultural Heritage (Archivtektonik)

34 sheets, Contains and others: - Protection of the areas on the southwest coast of Africa acquired by the merchant Adolf Lüderitz in Bremen, 1884 - submission of the Presidium of the General German Association to the Reich Chancellor Leo von Capr...

In: Secret State Archive of Prussian Cultural Heritage (Archivtektonik) >> STAATSOBERHAUPT UND OBERSTE STAATSBEHÖRDEN, MINISTERIEN UND ANDERE ZENTRALBEHÖRDEN PREUSSENS AB 1808 >> head of state >> Secret Civil Cabinet

Archivaly - Akte

I/MV 0748
File
1908-01-01 - 1912-12-31

Part of Ethnological Museum, National Museums in Berlin

description: Contains:StartVNr: E 2376/1909; EndVNr: E 667/1910; and others: Cooperation with the Vorderasiatisches Museum, (1909), p. 34, the Botanical Central Office for the Colonies at the Royal Botanical Garden and Museum, p. 113, and the Muse...

In: Ethnological Museum, National Museums in Berlin >> I/MV

Archivaly - Akte

I/MV 0713
File
1894-01-01 - 1902-12-31

Part of Ethnological Museum, National Museums in Berlin

description: Contains:StartVNr: E 584/1894; EndVNr: E 1318/1894; and others: Cooperation with dMV Botanical Museum, pp. 35, 141 f., 196, dMV NaturkundMVuseum, pp. 19, 35, 144, 186, 188, 215, and the Postmuseum, Berlin, (1894), pp. 150 - Exchange o...

In: Ethnological Museum, National Museums in Berlin >> I/MV

Association of West African Merchants (Afrika Verein Hamburg - Bremen e.V.)

Series

Part of Federal Archives (Archivtektonik)

In: Federal Archives (Archivtektonik) >> North German Confederation and German Reich (1867/1871-1945) >> Foreign Affairs, Colonial and Occupation Administration >> R e i c h s k o l o n i a l a m t (inventory) >> R 1001 Imperial Colonial Office >> Cameroon and Togo >> Societies and associations

Association of West African Merchants (Afrika Verein Hamburg - Bremen e.V.): Vol. 1

BArch, R 1001/3414
File
Juli 1902 - Mai 1937

Part of Federal Archives (Archivtektonik)

In: Federal Archives (Archivtektonik) >> North German Confederation and German Reich (1867/1871-1945) >> Foreign Affairs, Colonial and Occupation Administration >> R e i c h s k o l o n i a l a m t (inventory) >> R 1001 Imperial Colonial Office >> Cameroon and Togo >> Societies and associations >> Association of West African Merchants (Afrika Verein Hamburg - Bremen e.V.)

Association of West African Merchants (Afrika Verein Hamburg - Bremen e.V.): Vol. 2

BArch, R 1001/3415
File
Juni 1938 - Nov. 1938

Part of Federal Archives (Archivtektonik)

In: Federal Archives (Archivtektonik) >> North German Confederation and German Reich (1867/1871-1945) >> Foreign Affairs, Colonial and Occupation Administration >> R e i c h s k o l o n i a l a m t (inventory) >> R 1001 Imperial Colonial Office >> Cameroon and Togo >> Societies and associations >> Association of West African Merchants (Afrika Verein Hamburg - Bremen e.V.)

Berlin

Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz, VIII. HA, MKB, Nr. 469 (Fiche 867 - 870)
File
1898 - 1905

Part of Secret State Archive of Prussian Cultural Heritage (Archivtektonik)

221 sheets, Contains: Marriages 1898 - 1905 (with name index) - Military Community Prussian Army (from 1806/07): Chief of the Army: - War Ministry - Large General Staff - Riding Corps of Field-Jaegers, 1899 - 1905 - Castle Guard Company (until 186...

In: Secret State Archive of Prussian Cultural Heritage (Archivtektonik) >> PREUSSISCHE ARMEE >> Military civil record >> Military church books (inventory)

Bremen Northwest Cameroon GmbH, Bremen

BArch, R 8024/260
File
1911-1914

Part of Federal Archives (Archivtektonik)

In: West Africa (Cameroon, Togo)

Kolonialwirtschaftliches Komitee

Bremen Tobacco Production Society Bakossi AG, Bremen

BArch, R 8024/273
File
1912-1914

Part of Federal Archives (Archivtektonik)

In: West Africa (Cameroon, Togo)

Kolonialwirtschaftliches Komitee

C.G. Baeta and Mrs. Viktoria on the excursion of the Immanuel community Bremen in Nordwohlde, 15.6.1951 (115. Annual Report 1915)

3906
Item
15.06.1951

Part of State Archives Bremen (STAB) (Archivtektonik)

In: State Archives Bremen (STAB) (Archivtektonik) >> Unofficial documents >> written records of parties, associations and societies >> Other associations >> 7,1025 Photos Individually recorded photos of the North German Mission Society (inventory) >> 3. pieces handed down in albums or other collections >> 3.19. Post-war photo album (signature 127/10), Chapter 3: Africa(...)

North German Missionary Society

Correspondence with Max von Forckenbeck jun. as politician

Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz, VI. HA, Nl Forckenbeck, M. v., Nr. 31
File
1883 - 1890

Part of Secret State Archive of Prussian Cultural Heritage (Archivtektonik)

1883 - 1890, Secret State Archives of Prussian Cultural Heritage, VI. HA, Nl Forckenbeck, M. v. Forckenbeck, Maximilian von (z.T. Dep.)* description: Contains a. o.: - Silver Wedding of the Crown Prince, Imperial Letter to the "General German...

In: Secret State Archive of Prussian Cultural Heritage (Archivtektonik) >> NON-GOVERNMENTAL PROVENANCES >> Companies, Families and People >> people >> State and local government and civil servants >> Provincial Self-Government and Local Government (esp. Lord Mayor): >> Forckenbeck, Maximilian von (partly dep.) (inventory)

Emperor Wilhelm II, King of Prussia and Empress Auguste Viktoria, Queen of Prussia bid farewell to the 3rd East Asia. Inf.-Rgt. on board the steamer Rhine, soldiers on the upper decks and at the berth large crowd of people

Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Abt. Hauptstaatsarchiv Stuttgart, M 703 R975N5
File

Part of Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Dept. Main State Archives Stuttgart (Archivtektonik)

Execution: Photography Louis Koch, Bremen, photographer Image carrier: Photo paper glued to cardboard Image and sheet size: 27 x 22 cm; 29 x 23.5 cm Beaus estate Marchtaler von (1854-1920), Otto Erhard, colonel general and minister of war, caption...

In: Military Historical Image Collection (Inventory) >> 5 battles, wars >> 5.6 Colonial Wars

Expropriation in Duala: vol. 4

BArch, R 1001/4430
File
Mai 1914 - Juli 1920

Part of Federal Archives (Archivtektonik)

Contains among other things: Criminal case against Duala Manga (Rudolf Bell) among other things because of high treason petition of the association of the Kamerun- und Togo plantations to the Reichstag concerning question of expropriation in Duala...

In: Federal Archives (Archivtektonik) >> North German Confederation and German Reich (1867/1871-1945) >> Foreign Affairs, Colonial and Occupation Administration >> R e i c h s k o l o n i a l a m t (inventory) >> R 1001 Imperial Colonial Office >> Cameroon and Togo >> administrative matters >> Expropriation in Duala

Grass and tree savannah near Alagbe. The dense tree population already indicates the proximity of cultures. (A typical picture of a grass and tree savannah á la Tou od. Notsie-Agu is still missing).

2069
Item
ohne Datum

Part of State Archives Bremen (STAB) (Archivtektonik)

Note on list: Badza, Savannah

In: State Archives Bremen (STAB) (Archivtektonik) >> Unofficial documents >> written records of parties, associations and societies >> Other associations >> 7,1025 Photos Individually recorded photos of the North German Mission Society (inventory) >> 5. photos handed down in an unordered manner >> 5.4 Pieces without dating >> 5.4.2 Landscapes, town and building views

North German Missionary Society

J. K. Vietor (trading company) in Bremen, loan application

Series

Part of Federal Archives (Archivtektonik)

In: Federal Archives (Archivtektonik) >> North German Confederation and German Reich (1867/1871-1945) >> Foreign Affairs, Colonial and Occupation Administration >> R e i c h s k o l o n i a l a m t (inventory) >> R 1001 Imperial Colonial Office >> Cameroon and Togo >> Societies and associations

J. K. Vietor (trading company) in Bremen, loan application: vol. 1

BArch, R 1001/3664
File
Apr. 1925 - Juni 1930

Part of Federal Archives (Archivtektonik)

In: Federal Archives (Archivtektonik) >> North German Confederation and German Reich (1867/1871-1945) >> Foreign Affairs, Colonial and Occupation Administration >> R e i c h s k o l o n i a l a m t (inventory) >> R 1001 Imperial Colonial Office >> Cameroon and Togo >> Societies and associations >> J. K. Vietor (trading company) in Bremen, loan application

J. K. Vietor (trading company) in Bremen, loan application: vol. 2

BArch, R 1001/3665
File
Nov. 1930 - Jan. 1934

Part of Federal Archives (Archivtektonik)

In: Federal Archives (Archivtektonik) >> North German Confederation and German Reich (1867/1871-1945) >> Foreign Affairs, Colonial and Occupation Administration >> R e i c h s k o l o n i a l a m t (inventory) >> R 1001 Imperial Colonial Office >> Cameroon and Togo >> Societies and associations >> J. K. Vietor (trading company) in Bremen, loan application

J. Leuze from Kornthal, Württemberg, sent 1885, returned 1886, died 1889 in Cameroon

1780
Item
ohne Datum

Part of State Archives Bremen (STAB) (Archivtektonik)

In: State Archives Bremen (STAB) (Archivtektonik) >> Unofficial documents >> written records of parties, associations and societies >> Other associations >> 7,1025 Photos Individually recorded photos of the North German Mission Society (inventory) >> 2. single images, sorted by content >> 2.52. European name card index

North German Missionary Society

Lettow-Vorbeck, Paul von (inventory)

BArch, N 103
Fonds
1881-1954

Part of Federal Archives (Archivtektonik)

History of the Inventory Designer: General Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck Life data 20.03.1870 born in Saarlouis 09.03.1964 died in Hamburg Career 1881 Cadet 1884 Main Cadet Institute Groß-Lichterfelde 07.02.1888 Portepee-Fähnrich at the 4.Garderegiment ...

In: L - N

Vorbeck, Paul Emil von Lettow

Merfield, I.G., Kamerun

Kapitel 1,1 / 056
File
1939- ?

Part of Overseas Museum Bremen

Bem.: Altsign.: A/M/12

In: Overseas Museum Bremen >> Chapter 1: Files of the Übersee-Museum Bremen >> Chapter 1.1: File directory A created on 25.11.1909

Military policy reports - ships: Volume 12

BArch, RM 3/3026
File
1909-1910

Part of Federal Archives (Archivtektonik)

Contains among other things: S. M. S. "Lübeck: Alexandrette, Beirut, Messina (troubled situation), Jaffa S. M. S. "Hansa: Norway, Bilbao, Vigo, Naples, Venice, Port Said, Latovia, Alexandrette, Alexandria S. M. S. "Cormoran": M...