Collection of material on the Ewe Church
Contains above all: Newspaper clippings, approx. 30 sheets loose.
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Church Constitution of the North German Mission Society
Contains: Gemeindeordnung, 1909 (typewritten); Hamedodo (Gemeindeordnung, Ewe), 1916 (handwritten and lithographed); Hamedodo (Gemeindeordnung, Ewe), 1933 (printed), 6 letters and notes, loose in folder.
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Note: One piece in Ewe (1936) 1989, four pieces in German, 1951- ca. 1970.
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Documents from the parish Peki
Contains: Reporting by the school community and orders from the school inspectorate on the school in Peki, partly in English, partly in Ewe, 1903-1922 (photocopies); 2 Boschüren in Ewe, 1931, 1980 - Note: Produced for the project Transkulturation ...
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Note: Collection of songs and poems in Ewe and German, approx. 50 pages, typewritten or as photocopy/print, hardback.
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Collection on the history and folklore of the Ewe
Note: Loose in folder, approx. 3 cm.
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Note: In Ewe, photocopy, 63 p., handwritten, and German, typewritten, 32 p., in hard cover.
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Note: Contains above all: Three brochures, 1937, 1938 (photocopy), 1975.
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Contains above all: Collection of printed large-format calendar, approx. 70 x 90 cm, folded, loose in folder, approx. 3 cm thick.
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Collection of memorabilia from West Africa, mostly related to the school system
Contains: Membership book of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, pre-printed in Ewe, ca. 1970; teacher's salary booklet, teacher's guide book, pre-prints in Ewe, Bremen 1907; peace treaty between different West African kings, 1874, copy...
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Collection: Periodicals of the Ewe Church
Contains: approx. 20 magazine issues and approx. 50 newspaper cuttings in English and Ewe.
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Fred Baldwin Kwami, excerpt from Notsie
Contains: Entries by Fred Baldwin Kwami in Ewe in a booklet 22,5 x 17,5 cm, 57 p., glued in newspaper photo (portrait of Kwami).
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Note: Collection of texts in various manuscripts in Ewe, quarto format, approx. 100 pieces, loose.
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Collection of documents concerning individual persons
Note: The series was probably conducted by the Mission Directorate. In addition to correspondence, often in copy or translation, it also contains invoice documents and other administrative documents. Mostly in German, sometimes also in Ewe, Englis...
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Status of the Ewe Church after the First World War
Note: Loose in folder, approx. 50 sheets
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Collection of sermons by African collaborators
Note: Entries in Ewe in ready-made books, 20 x 16 cm, 205 p., 190 p., 187 p.; African sowers, Six Ewe sermons of our African co-workers, translated by Missionary Wiegräbe, Bremen: Norddeutsche Missionsgesellschaft 1939, print, 24 p. with photos.
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Marking: Marked with an asterisk: The first Huassafrau, Maria Adzera. The other three women are Alata or Yoruba people (Lagos). One of them said: "I don't know Tschi, I don't know Ewe, but Jesus, I know him. The young man taught the...
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North German Missionary Society
Anton K. Beli, visit to the coast from 12 - 24 August 1938
Note: Entries in Ewe in prefabricated exercise book 22.5 x 18 cm, 30 p.
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Chr. Abutiate, Passion devotions
Note: Entries in Ewe in prefabricated exercise book 22.5 x 18 cm, 47 p.
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The Group Photo of the Synod held at Kpando 4 5th Oct. 1937
On the picture: Ewe wall calendar 1939
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North German Missionary Society
Contains: Material collections, reports, examination papers from the seminar in German, English and Ewe, 1897-1914; material collection for the 50th anniversary of the seminar, 1914; various reports in copy, 1931-1937 - Note: Stitched in archive f...
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African Letters to Sister Lisbeth Meier
Note: Approx. 100 pieces, mostly in Ewe, also in English and German, loose in folder.
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Albert Funke's collection of materials - letters, reports, essays
Contains: Various texts on the way of life of the Africans and the history of the stations, partly in Ewe. - Note: Approx. 30 pieces, loose in folder.
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Part of Regional Church Archive Hanover
In: Landeskirchliches Archiv Hannover >> Ostfriesische Evangelische Missionsgesellschaft
Contains: List of pastors of the Ewe Church in Togo, ca. 1935; collection of biographical material from the monthly papers of the North German Mission Society, 1885 (photocopy), 1922-1923, ca. 20 pieces. - Note: Loose in folder.
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Contains: Collection of autobiographical and biographical texts in Ewe, approx. 25 events, loose in folder.
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Correspondence with different people
Note: The series is partly chronological, partly by place. The local issues are often further subdivided. Mainly in English and Ewe, also in German.
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Church book from the Ewe church
Note: Entries about baptisms or confirmations, in chronological order, in prebound business book, folio format, approx. 100 pages, in Ewe. Delivered by staff members of the project Transculturation of the University of Bremen, found in Ho/Ghana 2003.
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Negotiations on the publication of theological texts by the missionary Samuel Quist
Contains: Texts of two treatises in Ewe, ca. 30 sheets, loose.
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Diary entry of E.M. Botsoe in Gobe
Note: Prefabricated booklet in quarto format, approx. 10 p. inscribed in Ewe.
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