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Various photographs, especially of his military colleagues (1910-1948); Order book (Muhavura post, 1909-1910); Documents relating to the border incident at Ufumbiro (1909) and minutes of the surrender and takeover of the Ruzizi-Kivu territories (September 1910); Documents (minutes, orders) on the offensive campaign of the South Brigade in German East Africa and on the capture of Tabora (1916); Biographical notes, written by A. Lederer and press clippings; Appointments and decorations (1918-1958); Copies of telegrams relating to border defence (1918); Maps : Maps of Lusambo, BumbaBasoko, Coquihatville, Leopoldville, Kikwit as well as a general map of the marches and battles of the Southern Brigade (offensive campaign, April-October 1916) and a German road map (Kasaka mission, July 08, 1916); General instruction of Colonel Ermens to the General Staff of the Public Force (1925); Documents on the Commission for the Protection of Indigenous Peoples (1930-1931); Invitations to meetings of various associations and testimonies of satisfaction and thanks for it (1915-1920); Various papers concerning its naturalization (1920); Handwritten and typed copies of his article on "Les avatars et les desiderata de la navigation sur le Haut-Fleuve". Olsen's biographical file: Information on General Olsen transmitted to A. Lederer by Major Steenbech (Letter from Olsen to his family in 1901, photo of his birthplace in Denmark, biographical note)
Page 452: Harcourt to High Commissioner South Africa 14 September 1914: Report from Wallace that German force advancing to Caprivi Hoek. Fear destruction of Zambezi bridge. Page 453: Buxton to S of S Colonies 14 September 1914: Informed by Admiral arrangements proposed by Ministers are satisfactory. Armadale Castle ready 26 Sept to embark troops, (paper M 01953/14). Page 454: High Commissioner South Africa to S of S Colonies: Have authorised urgent occupation of German post at Schuckmannsburg and much East end Caprivi Zipfel. Reported from Sesheke German reinforcements on way. Page 455: Commander in Chief Cape to Admiralty 14 September 1914: Rumoured Delagoa Bay Konigsberg proceeding Seychelles. Page 456: Director transports to WO: Information received from cruisers that transports in area of Teneriffe. Page 457: HS Copy of letter dated 7 October 1914 taken from a German surgeon (no name given) interned on Martin Garcia Island near Buenos Ayres. Also handwritten note 14 September 1914: Cap Trafalgar sunk by Carmania. Pages 459-461: Gov Gen South Africa (Buxton) to SofS Colonies 15 September 1914: Minute from Ministers, imperative heavy calibre guns support Expeditionary forces. Details of existing equipment given. Detailed recommendations for solution involving equipment and personnel. Page 462: Handwritten note to DNO by H D Jackson 15 September 1914 on advance copy of telegram on pp 459-461. Page 463: DNO notes and response to H D Jackson 15 September 1914. (original correspondence CO 15 Sept 14) Summary in HS8 p295. Page 464: Intelligence Officer Capetown to Admiralty 15 September 1914: Astraea left with 4 transports to Luderitz. Page 465: Gov Gen South Africa (Buxton) to S of S Colonies 15 September 1914: urgent secret Please cancel action on my telegram Sept 14th. Ministers now wish to revise minute. Page 466: HMS Hyacinth via Daka to Admiralty: Position course and speed. Page 467: Hand drawn map of Comoro Islands with relationship to African coast and Madagascar. Page 468: Intelligence officer Capetown to Admiralty 15 September 1914: Suspicious ship vicinity Comoros Islands. Page 469: Commander in Chief Cape to Admiralty: Union Govmnt asks safe conveyance ammunition. Kinfauns Castle proposed. Page 472: Gov Gen South Africa (Buxton) to S of S Colonies 15 September 1914: General Beyers and General Kemp have resigned. Botha and Smuts leaving for Pretoria tonight. Page 473: Con Gen L Marques to Admiralty 18 September 1914: Umzumbi chartered for conveyance of troops to Timor. Details of troops. Pages 475-477: Gov Gen South Africa (Buxton) to SofS Colonies 16 September 1914: Proposals and request concerning guns for the expeditionary force. Page 478: Hyacinth to Admiralty 16 September 1914: Position speed and course. Pages 479-480: Admiralty to Commander in Chief Cape: - Konigsberg unlocated. Undesirable for Kinfauns Castle to go alone. Page 481: S of S Colonies (Harcourt) to Gov Gen South Africa 16 September 1914: Information volunteered regarding nature of country for attack from coast. Page 482: High Commissioner South Africa (Buxton) to S of S Colonies 16 September 1914: Resident Commissioner informs troops available from Southern Rhodesia. Page 483: Hyacinth to Admiralty 16 September 1914: Position, speed and course. Page 484: High Commissioner South Africa (Buxton) to SofS Colonies 16 September 1914: Troop availability Rhodesia and South Africa. Pages 485-487: Proceedings of a sub-committee of Imperial Defence Committee 16 September 1914: Consider the question of offensive against German South West Africa. Page 489: Sierra Leone to Admiralty 17 September 1914: Hyacinth arrived. Pages 490-491: Handwritten notes by Lt Col JM Rose 17 September 1914: Suggested organisation of batteries from Malta to South Africa and SW Africa. Page 492: Admiralty to Malta 17 September 1914: Batteries at Malta required immediately South Africa (summary further correspondence in HS8 p295). Page 493: Admiralty to Commander in Chief Cape 17 September 1914: Proposals for strengthening field artillery of expedition to German SW Africa. Page 494: S of S Colonies (Harcourt) to Gov Gen South Africa 17 September 1914: Military advisers think 6 inch and 4.7 inch guns unsuitable. Alternative from Malta proposed. Page 495: Admiralty to Commander in Chief Cape 17 September 1914: Union Castle liner Norman sails Tilbury Sept 19th for Capetown. Page 497: Admiralty to Commander in Chief Cape 17 September 1914: NDL Zieten should not be sunk if can be captured. Page 498: Commander in Chief Cape to Admiralty 18 September 1914: Armadale Castle reports enemy patrol close to Walfisch Bay. Page 499: Admiralty to S of S Colonies 18 September 1914: Informed that Armadale Castle has embarked magistrate, officials and families at Walfisch Bay. Page 500: Commander in Chief Cape to Admiralty 16-18 September 1914: Summary of telegrams regarding guns.
Pages 2-5: Descriptions and summaries of contents and cross-references to other HS volumes. Page 10: Geographical description with latitude and longitude of Cape of Good Hope Station. Page 11: 30 June 1914 list of ships in port at Dar-es-Salaam. Pages 12-13: Programmes of ship movements (Hyacinth, Astraea and Pegasus) July to September 1914. Page 14: Copy of memo concerning sovereignty of Sinclair and Roast Beef Islands. Page 15: precautionary note from Admiralty to Cape dated 27 July 1914 concerning political situation in Europe and pre-warning for actions in event of war. Page 16: from Ambassador Berlin 28 July 1914: Consul Dar-es-Salaam wires Konigsberg, Mowe at Dar-es-Salaam coaling. Page 17: Admiralty to Commander in Chief Cape 28 July 1914;-Dartmouth to shadow Konigsberg pending arrival of Nottingham. Page 18: Col Sec Mauritius for Gov Gen Pretoria 29 July 1914: German gunboat Eber should be detained. Handwritten notes added that no action possible at this time. Page 19: Admiralty to Cape 29 July 1914: Cape to act on War Standing Orders in view possible war. Page 20: between Admiralty/Co St Helena/CO Simonstown 29 July 1914 concerning standing orders and actions in event of war. Page 21: History section précis of correspondence 30 July 1914 concerning German ship Eber (paper M 01242/14) original papers in HS8 pp114-119. Page 24: Consul Dar-es-Salaam to Admiralty 31 July 1914: Mowe and Konigsberg on gunnery practice. Page 25: War Office (W F Nicholson) to Admiralty 31 July 1914: proposal for Hyacinth patrol. Handwritten notes added. Page 27: Admiralty to Commander in Chief Cape 1 August 1914: Concur with WO suggestion of 31st for Hyacinth to patrol to St Helena. Soldiers to embark. Page 28: Commander in Chief Cape to Admiralty 1 August 1914: Konigsberg sighted Dar-es-Salaam. Hyacinth to proceed Cape. Astraea and Pegasus to remain on coast. Tabora now in Dar-es-Salaam. Pegasus arrived Zanzibar. Page 29: Commander in Chief Cape to Admiralty 1 August 1914: Konigsberg sailed destination unknown. Page 30: Commander in Chief Cape to Admiralty 1 August 1914: Dartmouth reports has sailed from Bombay. Page 31: Admiralty to Commander in Chief Cape 1 August 1914: Be prepared to put ammunition on ships. Page 32: Commander in Chief Cape to Admiralty 1 August 1914: Astraea arrived Zanzibar. Page 33: SNO Simonstown put under Commander in Chief Cape 1 August 1914. Handwritten notes by COS Sir FCD Sturdee and DOD AC Leveson. Page 34: Admiralty to Commander in Chief Cape 2 August 1914: Naval reserves mobilised. Page 35: Consul Dar-es-Salaam 2 August 1914: Konigsberg left yesterday. Mowe in port. Tabora detained. Page 36: Zanzibar to Admiralty 2 August 1914: Hyacinth sailed. Handwritten notes from reporting officer Cape to Admiralty re Eber. Handwritten notes reporting officer L. Marques to Admiralty re German steamers Admiral and Kron Prinz. Page 37: Admiralty to Commandant Ascension 2 August 1914 concerning censorship of telegrams. Pages 38- 39: Correspondence on 2 and 3 August about making suggestions on garrisoning of Walfisch Bay. Pages 41 and 45: Senior Naval Officer Cape town to Admiralty and reply 3 August 1914: Infantry being embarked for St Helena, very desirable for artillery and royal Engineers to also be sent. Reply that artillery will be sent from England. Page 42: Admiralty to Commandant Ascension 3 August 1914: Dover Castle leaves 8-8-14 with marines and stores. Pages 43 and 48: between Harcourt and Cordeaux Gov. St Helena 3 August 1914 concerning censorship of telegrams and documents despatch by mail. Page 44: Astraea to Admiralty 3 August 1914: out of touch with Hyacinth by wireless telegraphy. Page 46: Lorenco Marques to Admiralty 3 August 1914: Den of Glamis left. French cruiser rumoured outside L. Marques. Page 47: De Villiers to S-of-S Colonies 3 August 1914: German ship Admiral at Delagoa Bay reported transmitting German messages and calling Luderitz Bay and German cruiser. Page 49: handwritten copy of telegram from Larenzo Marques to Admiralty 3 August 1914: Steamship HAF German Australia arrived. Page 50: General telegram from Admiralty to Cape 4 August 1914: ultimatum to Germany expires midnight. No act of war should be committed before then. Page 51: Admiralty telephone message record of intercept 4 August 1914: two British cruisers left Zanzibar for Dar-es-Salaa.
Contains: among others: essay by Erwin Finlay-Freundlich "Über die Notwendigkeit der Errichtung eines auswärtigen astronomischen Forschungsinstituts" - publication by Paul Range "Neue Temperaturbeobachtungen aus dem Süden Deutsch-Südwest-Afrikas" - memorandum about the erection of a German imperial observatory in Windhoek by Paul Guthnick - German astronomical journalist School reports of a German school in Swakopmund - "Points of view for the selection of a place for the German astronomical station" by Friedrich Becker - Map of Pretoria and surroundings (1908) - General plan of the city of Windhoek (1916).
Enthält u.a.: Territory of South West Africa. Report on the census of the European population. Taken on the 4th May, 1926. Pretoria, 1927. Deutsche, Buren und Engländer in Südwestafrika. Sonderdruck aus "Koloniale Rundschau" Heft 9/10, 1931.
Contains among other things: Military political reports about - riots with Zwartbooi-Hottentotten - mutiny of the police stationed in Buea - railway Pretoria - Fishbay - conditions in the protectorate Cameroon - Republic of Liberia - Portuguese coast - Congo-Francais
German Imperial Naval OfficeGroup of Berlin prisoners of war in a camp near Pretoria / Photographer: Scherl
Seven papers, mainly correspondence, exchanged between Long and the Rt. Rev. M.B. Furse, Bishop of Pretoria, discussing the post war future of the former German Colonies in Africa; spheres of influence for British church missions in German East Africa; South African politics; native policy; recruiting; the effect of the war on life in South Africa.
Images with motif: men, women, children, groups, temples, churches, idols, priests, cities, houses, events, teaching, professions, saddlers, worship,
Berlin Missionary SocietyContains among other things: South African Customs Conference in Bloemfontein - Customs Union between the South African British Colonial Territories (Transvaal, Natal, South Rhodesia, Cape Colony), 1903; Customs Conference at Pietermaritzburg - Customs Union in South Africa including Portuguese-East Africa and the question of preferential tariffs for trade within the British Empire, 1905-1906
Includes:Cape Colony, Natal, Oranje Free State, Transwaal including Basutoland, Beth Shuan Country, Swaziland and German South West Africa
Reich Ministry of JusticeSouthampton: SS Burgermeister (German East-Africa Line) travelling from South Africa to Hamburg. Embarking at Natal [Durban], Lisbon, Marseilles, Zanzibar, Delagoa Bay, Kilindini, Port Said and Chinde. [No official number listed]. List of passengers disembarking at Southampton.
Southampton: SS Carisbrooke Castle (Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company Ltd) travelling from Durban [Natal] to Southampton. Embarking at Dar-es-Salaam, Zanzibar, Killindini, Port Said and Alexandria. Official Number: 108351. List of passengers disembarking at Southampton.
Southampton: SS Feldmarschall (German East-Africa Line) travelling from South Africa to Southampton. Embarking at Natal [Durban], Algoa Bay [Port Elizabeth], Cape Town, Tenerife, Las Palmas, Luderitz and East London. [No official number listed]. List of passengers disembarking at Southampton.
Southampton: SS Kronprinz (German East-Africa Line) travelling from Durban [Natal] to Southampton. Embarking at Kilindini, East London and Cape Town. Official Number: [No official number listed]. List of passengers disembarking at Southampton.
Southampton: SS Kronprinz (German East-Africa Line) travelling from Durban [Natal] to Southampton. Embarking at Zanzibar, Kilindini, Chinde, Durban [Natal], East London, Port Elizabeth [Algoa Bay], Cape Town, Marseilles and Lisbon. Official Number: [No official number listed]. List of passengers disembarking at Southampton.
Southampton: SS Prinzessin (German East-Africa Line) travelling from Durban [Natal] to Southampton. Embarking at Cape Town, East London, Lourenco Marques, Beira, Kilindini, Mombasa, Port Said, Naples and Tangier. Official Number: [No official number listed]. List of passengers disembarking at Southampton.
Southampton: SS Prinzessin (German East-Africa Line) travelling from Durban to Southampton. Embarking at Beira, Kilindini, Chinde, Marseilles, Naples, Lisbon, Port Said, Tangiers, Lourenco Marques, Natal [Durban], Algoa Bay [Port Elizabeth], East London and Cape Town. [No official number listed]. List of passengers disembarking at Southampton.
Southampton: SS Windhuk (German East-Africa Line) travelling from South Africa to Hamburg. Embarking at Natal [Durban], Chinde, Lourenco Marques, Mozambique, Mombasa, Tangier, Lisbon, Beira, Naples, Lisbon, Zanzibar, Port Said, Cape Town and East London. [No official number listed]. List of passengers disembarking at Southampton.
Contains: Jubilee horticultural exhibition Leipzig, pension and pension institution of the German visual artists in Weimar, Protestant community of Bant near Wilhelmshaven, Monument to the Battle of the Nations near Leipzig, Committee for the Dissemination of the Papal Encyclical on the Workers' Question, Nobilitas Monastery in Potsdam, "Tell" shooting society in Kulmbach, German Protestant community in Pretoria, Men's club of the Red Cross in Strasbourg, seamen's houses of the imperial navy in Wilhelmshaven and Kiautschou, statue for Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia in Metz, Catholic church in Wörth an der Sauer, soldiers' home in Jüterborg, Augusta club for daughters of deceased officers, school building in Windhoek, church building of the German Protestant community in Shanghai, German folk theatre in London, Buildings for Protestant unfunded in Karlsbad, Bismarck Monument on the Knivsberg, Archbishop's Boys' School in Bucharest, Hermann's bust for the Hall of Fame in Görlitz, Association for Medical Mission, Blücherstein in Treptow, German Fleet Association, Writers' Home in Jena, Volkstümlicher Hochschulkreis, Central Association for the Care of the School-leaved Youth, Central Association of German Veterans in Philadelphia, Evangelical German Church in Mexico, Evangelical Association for Internal Mission in Metz, German Evangelical School Association in Brno, Kaiser Friedrich Memorial in Metz, German Catholic Women's Mission in Paris, Hellmannstein Committee in Neisse, German School Association in London, Association for German Seafarers in Antwerp, Women's Aid for Abroad in Berlin, etc.a.
Contains: Requests from/for restoration of the Katharinenkirche in Oppenheim, German Charity Association in Constantinople, International Hospital in Naples, German Luther Foundation in Berlin, Association for Holiday Colonies and Summer Care, Committee for the Dissemination of the Pontifical Encyclical on the Workers' Question, Pastor Harms for a contribution to the construction of a church in Bant near Wilhelmshafen, Völkerschlachtdenkmal near Leipzig, Nobilitas Abbey in Potsdam, Schützengesellschaft Tell near Kulmbach, German Protestant Community in Pretoria, Educational Museum in Philadelphia, Monument to Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia in Metz, Catholic Parish in Wörth, Soldiers' Home in Jüterbog, Rhenish Evangelical Africa Association for Church in Windhoek, Church Building of the German Evangelical Community in Shanghai, German Volkstheater Association in London, Buildings for Protestant unfunded people in Karlovy Vary, construction of seaman's houses in Wilhelmshafen and Kiautschau, Bismarck memorial on the Knivsberg, Blücherstein in Treptow, writer's home in Jena, East Asian expedition of the German Fleet Association, association for the care of school-leaved youth in Berlin, association of veterans of the German army in Pensylvania, National naval monument for the lost crews of Prussian and German warships, church building of the Protestant German congregation in Mexico, Protestant Association for Internal Mission to Metz, German Catholic Women's Mission, Kaiser Friedrich Monument in Metz, German Protestant School Association in Brno, German Catholic Women's Mission in Paris, Hellmann Monument in Neiße, German School Association in East-London, Foundation of Honorary Prizes for the 22nd anniversary of the war, German Catholic Women's Mission, German School Association in East London. German Swimming Association Festival in Munich, Kaiserjubiläums- and VI. Austrian Federal Shooting in Vienna, Seemannsheim in Antwerp, Fritz-Reuter-Monument in Stavenhagen, Pensionsverband der Inneren Mission in Berlin, German Association of Christian Young Men in London, Frauenhilfe für Ausland in Berlin, Barmherzige Schwester in Wiener Neustadt, Deutsches Museum in Munich, Construction Committee of the Kaiser Franz Josef Soldier Anniversary SODIATE Chapel in Riedern, Memorial Hall in memory of the Schmalkaldic League in Schmalkalden, National Flight Donation, Society for Combating Unemployment, Verein für Bad Mergentheim, Verlag für Vaterländische Kunst in Stuttgart, German Peace Society
Includes: Circulars to all missionaries in South and East Africa and China, documents of the GWR (Economic Council) and the GWA (Economic Committee).
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