Contains among other things: Statutes of the church community on Kleinschmalkalden; book of the Pfennig Association for the Protestant Mission in German East Africa; membership cards of the Protestant Federation for the protection of German Protestant interests and the Federation of German Men and Women for the protection of personal freedom and life of Wilhelm II; field postcard "Conquered Warsaw

Essay "Die Werbearbeit der Bethel-Mission, (presumably 1920-er Jahre), 16 p., N. N.; advertising material of other mission societies; member card Bethel-Mission e. V.

Annual accounts of the Bethel Mission, partly also of the Africa Association, 1927-1947; final sums according to the annual accounts, 1900-1929; grants from Bethel Institute for the Bethel Mission, 1930-1939; annual accounts and budget estimates, 1948-1960

printed annual reports, 1906-1912 and 1939-1965; typewritten annual reports, 1926-1964

Contains: - 25th Annual Report of the Association for Protestant Mission in Cameroon and Northern Togo for 1911 (Pages for the Friends of Protestant Mission in Cameroon and Northern Togo)- Fr. Karl Hoffmann, The German Language in the Cameroon Missionary Schools, in: Katholische Missionskorrespondenz, Berlin 1. Sept. 1913- A missionary anniversary in difficult times, in: Germania, Zeitung für das deutsche Volks, 26 Oct. 1915 - Article about the German elementary school and the African teachers in Cameroon, especially about Heinrich Tsala, unlabelled proof

Correspondence with consistories; collection lists (Silesia); lists of donations; detailed description of the situation of the Bethel mission in 1940 and 1943

Correspondence, circulars, etc.; "Die Berliner Mission in Ostafrika 9 S., ms., N. N., ca. 1943; "The German and non-German Evangelical Missions in German East Africa, Rwanda, Burundi, Cameroon, Togo, German Southwest Africa, ca. 1943; "Brief overview of the Bethel Mission, 5 S. by Curt Ronicke, ca. 1944

[Ev. Missionsgesellschaft für Deutsch-Ostafrika/EMDOA - since 1920: Bethel-Mission]; Correspondence and agreements on a planned cooperation between Berlin III and RMG

Brief summaries of the printed "News of the East African Mission and "News of the Bethel Mission, 240 p., ms., with duplicate

Site plan of the leasehold property from 1908; survey report by Bodelschwingh'. Institutions, 1948

Correspondence of Rorarius, Accounts, etc., 1937-1938; A Few Pen-pictures from the Work of the Bethel-Missionary Society; Mother's Love in the Heart of Africa, 4 p., print, 1938; "The Usambara Association (the Settler) - A Memorandum on the Objectives and Objects of this Association, June 1938

Correspondence from Rorarius, accounts, etc.; "Christmas Greetings from Bethel, 4 p., printed, December 1935; flyer "We have promised our help from Friedrich von Bodelschwingh with an essay "Das rufende Land (Usambara) von Rorarius, September 1935

Correspondence from Rorarius, 1929-1934; Correspondence concerning the return of mission property, 1930; Draft of a Land Order of the Bethel Mission, 1931; So-called "Landsache, July 1934; Draft of an Order for the Usambara Church Treasury, 1934

A booklet with photos, poems, newspaper clippings, etc. about the mission in Africa, especially the Bethel mission, from the possession of Elisabeth Küchler's mother in Detmold.

Information about German hospital in Zanzibar and on the mainland; correspondence with Wichern and Baron von Nettelbladt; reports from Nettelbladts to EMDOA about hospitals in Zanzibar, Dar-es-Salaam, Bagamojo; correspondence with the Foreign Office and field ministers for caretakers

Copies of handwritten letters from Mission Inspector Winkelmann, 1895-1897; copies of handwritten letters from Mission Inspector Trittelvitz, 1899-1909

Copies of handwritten letters from Mission Inspector L. Beyer, 1889-1890; copies of handwritten letters from Mission Inspector Hagenau, 1890-1892

Letters and papers of the Board of Foreign Missions cover activities in Liberia, Spanish Guinea, Cameroon and Gabon

Protest of the North German Mission to start a mission in Bremen against plans of EMDOA in Togo; letters from Zahn and Vietor; letters from A. Schreiber, Barmen and Rundbrief der Deputation; letters from L. Dieselkamp, Dr. Latrille, Paul Wohlrab and L. Beyer; contract between the Bielefelder Anstalten and EMDOA for the training of mission personnel; contract between EMDOA and Neuendettelsau for leaving missionaries, 1886

A letter from Winkelmann from Zanzibar, 1893; Minutes of the General Assembly and Board meetings, 1897-1898; Minutes of the Mission Conferences in Dar-es-Salaam, 1897-1898; Chronicles of Hohenfriedeberg and Bethel, 1897-1898; Copies of letters from missionaries in East Africa

Indispensable! Women's service in the fields of the Bethel Mission, 63 p., pressure

"The peculiarity of the Bethel mission in the past and present, 53 p. ms. as fragment; one copy each of the Makanisa ya Kilutheri ya Tanganyika marriage certificate, baptismal certificate and confirmation certificate

Correspondence; model for sister contracts, 1926; list of the staff of the Bethel Mission, 1939; list of the Missionary Sisters of Sarepta, 1982; report on a journey to Tanzania by the Superior Hanna-Elisabeth Baeß, 12 p., ms., 1967; "Du Stellst meine Füße auf weitem Raum, Weihnachtsbrief von D. W. Brandt (Druck), 1962; copies from the Sarepta-Archiv, made for Pastor Menzel, 1982

Names and dates of all missionaries, teachers, deacons, nurses, sisters, farmers, etc. sent out

Important letters, protocols, contracts, etc. (Rotulus in the file)

Curriculum vitae, transcripts of testimonies, contract of service, 1896; letter of the local Christian Ibrahim Kerefu, 1900; confidential correspondence about Roehl's marriage affairs, 1903-1911; description of the rapes of the Evangelical Mission Societies for German East Africa by our enemies, list of damages for the years 1914-1916, died in addition. by Karl Roehl, 1920; "Eine Deutsche Evangelische Tat für Ostafrika, Werbedruck-schrift für das Suaheli-Neue Testament Roehls, 1930; Vertrag der Leipziger-, Berliner-, u. Bethel-Mission mit Karl Roehl wegen literarischem Sonderauftrag in Tansania, 1930; Johannes Raum "Um das Roehl´sche New Testament, Referat, 1931; Report on discussion with Mr. Tyndale-Biscoe, Director of Education in Dar-es-Salaam, 1932; Protocol of the Fourth General Lutheran Missionary Conference in Dar-es-Salaam, June 1933; Memorandum concerning the "Reichskirche u. Mission by Karl Roehl, November 1933; Report to the Church Foreign Office "On my work in Dar-es-Salaam, 1934; Memorandum on the printing of Karl Roehl's Swahili Bible, 1935; Introduction to Karl Roehl's Swahili Bible, 1937; Four issues of "Mapenzi ya Mungu, April to June 1937; Illustrations for the Swahili Bible, 1937; "Unser Prophet ist heilig u. a saint, translated by Karl Roehl from "Mapenzi ya Mungu, 1938; "The Story of Businsa from "Ufalme wa Mungu (In English: God's Kingdom) No.4, 1939; "Report on my 70th birthday of Karl Roehl, July 1940; obituary of Emmy Roehl, 1948; obituary of Karl Roehl, 1951

Handwritten diary notes and travel letters from an inspection trip that Walther Trittelvitz made on behalf of the Bethel Mission

Curriculum Vitae and copies of testimonies, 1930; Instructions and vows, 1930; Correspondence, 1930-1972; "Vom Schulwesen der Bethel-Mission in Usambara, 1931; "Erlebtes u. Beobachtetes (as a teacher in Lwandai), 1931; Circulars to the parents and friends, 1931. Friends of the school, 1931-1937; "The inauguration of the Friedrich von Bodelschwingh School in Mlalo-Lwandai, 1931; invitation to the inauguration of the new elementary school in Mlalo-Lwandai, 1932; applications for school support to English and German schools. German government offices, 1935; Invitation to the German School Festival in Lushoto, 1935; Disputes between Buchholz and Rorarius, 1935-1936; From the life of the Friedrich von Bodelschwingh School in Lwandai, 1936; Laudatio for Erhard Buchholz on his 80th birthday (a newspaper clipping), 1971

Report of a journey from Bethel to Tanga, 1912; Letter of African women to "Bibi Auersch (copy), 1915; Employment certificate for Erich Auersch, 1920; Communication on Yakobo Ngombe in a letter from Erich Auersch to Inspector Curt Ronicke of 09.03.1950; Correspondence, 1950-1972; Notifications of a descendant of Erich Auersch, 1987

Curriculum vitae, health certificates, vows of secondment, 1936; farewell sermon by Erich Leistner in Leipzig, 1936; letters from teacher Hirsch in Mlalo, 1936; work reports, letters of friendship, correspondence, 1936-1939; contract between the Bethel-Mission u. of the Protestant Church in Tanga, 1936; "Volksmission im Lande des Night-Porter, by Erich Leistner, 1938; "Soldaten enliven eine Gemeinde von Erich Leistner, 1938; Agreement between the Bethel-Mission u. Kontraktor Kirschinger, 1938; Conference of Shepherds and Elders of Shambalei and Digolandes, 1938; Overview of school work in Usambara-Bergland, 1938; correspondence because of Leistner's leave of absence with the LKA Dresden, old-age pensions, etc. Kindergeld, 1936-1946; Correspondence with the Leistner family during internment, 1940-1947; Correspondence concerning entry into the Berlin Mission Society, 1947; Correspondence with the Leistner couple during their work in Cape Town: Protokolle, Berichte, Aufsätze, 1947-1975; Geburtsurkunden von Ehepaar Leistner, 1950; "Zu den Füßen des Tafelbergs von Erich Leistner, 1950; "Aus dem Leben der braunen Gemeinden in u. around Cape Town by Erich Leistner, 1953; conference report of the Protestant Academy at the Cape, 1955; curriculum vitae and speech at the funeral of Erich Leistner, 1975

Tropenzeugnis, 1935; Dienstanweisung u. Abordnungsgewöde, 1936; Korrespondenz u. Berichte, 1935-1965; "Hekalungu - Report on a station for lepers (= people suffering from leprosy), 1938; contract between the Bethel Mission and the Bible house Malche because of Erna Weyland, 1942

Medical testimonies for the Dammann couple, 1932; curriculum vitae, instructions, vows of secondment, 1933; "First impressions from Tanga and Digo, 1933; Statistics of the German Protestant Church in Tanga, 1933; Programme of a field service in Tanga (Druck), 1934; "Die Mitarbeit der Bethel-Mission an der Suaheli-Literatur, 1934; Correspondenz, 1929-1937 u. 1949-1977; reproduction of a letter by Jakobo N. Lumwe and J. Ngombe, 1950; "Zur Wiedergabe biblischer & christlicher Personennamen in Suaheli, 1953; Bibliographie von Ernst Dammann (Druck), 1969

Private letters, 1890-1893; travelogues, diary notes, correspondence with Trittelvitz, 1905-1914; manuscripts, fragments, diaries, etc.: "The first visit of German children to Queen Msinga of Rwanda, "Back to Queen Msinga, "Observations on the Characteristics of Natives, 1907-1908; General Correspondence and Monthly Reports, 1927-1929; Bugufi calls us - Bugufi needs us, 1929; Letter of Native Christians from Bukoba to the Bishop of Central Tanzania, 1929; Impressions and thoughts during a journey into the landscapes of Mischenye u. Karagwe, 1929; Questionnaires with personal data and birth dates of 14 children, 1930; "Church Mission Society u. Bethel-Bielefeld Mission in Bukoba, German and English version by E. Johanssen, 1930; Correspondence with E. Johanssen, 1930-1933; death notice and memorial certificate, 1934; correspondence with Martha Johanssen, 1934-1940; "On the 100th birthday of E. Johanssen, 1964; "On the 100th birthday of E. Johanssen, by J. Busse, with the addition of Albrecht sen.., 1971