6691/1:<br />August Schreiber (1839 Bielefeld - 1903 Barmen): Diaries and workbook:<br />- Diary, Sumatra, July 1867 - Dec. 1872<br />- Diary Jan. 1873 - Febr. 1903 (Jan. 1903) 1873 - April 1874 daily entries, thereafter only list of the places), thereby: statement of assets, 1898 and insurance policy, 1877<br />- diary, South Africa, Jan. - Aug. 1894<br />- work book, 1874 - 1903 (the one on the hs. List of mentioned diary 'England and Scotland 1864/1865' missing)<br />6691/2:<br />August Schreiber: Autobiographische Schriften<br />- 'Erinnerungen an Sumatra', 1866 - 1872, Handschrift<br />- 'Kollekten-Blätter für die Rheinische Mission', 1883 (the contributions probably originate mainly from A. Schreiber)<br />- 'Third Visit to Sumatra', brochure, Barmen, 1891<br />- 'Five Months in Security', book, Barmen, 1894<br />- 'A Mission Journey to the Far East', book, 1898 - 1999, Bertelsmann 1899 (?)<br />6691/3:<br />August Schreiber: Aufsätze und Veröffentlichungen:<br />- ' Die inneren Schwierigkeiten des Missionarufes', Lecture, Halle, 1901<br />- 'Die Menschenrechte der Eingeborenen in den Kolonien', Bremen, 1901<br />- 'Cultur und Mission in ihrer Einfluss auf die Naturvölker', Barmen, 1882<br />- 'Missionspredigt und angesprochen ....', Weilburg, 1881<br />- 'On the Characteristics of the Mission Areas of the Rhenish Mission', Barmen, 1883<br />- 'The work of the Rhenis Miss. Society amongst the Battas of Sumatra', Barmen, 1893<br />- 'The Evangelical Mission, a Proof of the Truth of Christianity', Erfurt, 1894<br />- 'Mission and Colonization', Kiel, 1885<br />- 'The Battas on Sumatra', Barmen, 1876<br />- 'The Battas in their relation to the Malays of Sumatra', Barmen, 1874<br />- 'Short outline of a Batta' theory of forms ....', Barmen, 1866<br />- 'The Gospel According to S. Matthew' (in Batta script), 1878<br />6691/4:<br />- [o.A. Author]: 'Aus der Lebensarbeit des ...', Barmen, 1906, 3 Ex.., Text identical in: 'Christlicher Volks-Kalender 1905'; Subject: Biography August Schreiber:<br />6691/5:<br />- August Schreiber: Letters to the Family, 1840s - 1903, Konvolut<br />6691/6:<br />- August Schreiber: Letters to his later wife Anna, née Möller (Bridal Letters), 1862 - 1867, Convoluted <br />6691/7:<br />- August Schreiber: Manuscripts of sermons and devotions <br />6691/8:<br />- August Schreiber: Convoluted excerpts from his letters and sermons (presumably written by his son August Wilhelm), Manuscript <br />6691/9:<br />- Letters, v.a. to Anna Schreiber, née Möller, 1860s and later (the inscription 'An Frau Pastor Frieda Zahn', Anna Schreiber's daughter, is not applicable), Karton<br />6691/10:<br />- Letters of condolence, obituaries, etc. zum Todde August Schreibers, 1903, Konvolut<br />6691/11:<br />- Franz Zahn: Letters and Reports of the Pastor and Missionary, China, 1899 - 1908, Konvolut<br />6691/12:<br />- Franz Zahn: Sermons, China, 1915 - 1916, 1924 - 1925, 1931 - 1940, China<br />6691/13:<br />- Franz Zahn or August Wilhelm Schreiber: Manuscripts, essays from China, presumably for 'Ostasiatischen Lloyd', approx. 1920, typewriter<br />6691/14:<br />- Anna Zahn: Diary, China, 1901<br />- 'Der kleine Missionsfreund', booklet, in it: Anna Zahn: 'Aus dem Leben einer chinesischen Frau'<br />6691/15:<br />- 'China's Millions', 'Missionsblatt Barmen', 'Der Ostasisiatische Lloyd', Various copies of magazines, 1901 - 1909<br />6691/16:<br />- W. Dietrich: 'Rückblick auf die fünfjährige Arbeit der Rheinischen Missions in China', 1897, manuscript, handwriting<br />6691/17:<br />- Materials for the estate: e.g. circular letter of the Barmer Mission from 1931<br />contains also:<br />- Photo of members of the mission house Barmen, 1902, on it also members of the family Schreiber, oversize, last box

Correspondence on the fate of missionaries abducted in China; Statutes of the Basler Mission Home Church Representation, 8 p., Dr., 1929; New Guidelines for the Reorganization of the Chinese Church, 1931

In particular, the collection includes photographic material from the regions in southern and eastern Africa, Indonesia and China in which the missionaries of the above-mentioned missions were active.

Parts of the image material are available in digital form. In order to guarantee a modern way of working with the holdings in the future, the digitisation of the entire holdings is currently underway. Further access in the form of a representative selection of images available on this page is being planned.

Involved: Rheinische, Neukirchener, Herrnhuter, Neuendettelsauer, China-Allianz u. Basler Mission; contracts, guidelines for design; editor's reports, publisher's reports; correspondence; negotiations with Miss. Oelschner, Neukirchen, 1939; Ms. Schmitz: Fundamental report on the youth work of the RMG, 5 p., ms., 1939; Tole, No. 10/11, 16 p., Dr., 1939

Contains among other things: Map "East Asia" from Andrees Allgemeiner Handatlas page 139/40, 1 : 10.000.000, 1898, sample map; special map of the Samoa Islands together with an overview of the changes in ownership in the South Seas according to the new German-English Agreement, edited by Paul Langhans, 1900 (11 maps of various scales on one map sheet); Political-military map of East Asia to illustrate the battles in China, Korea and Japan up to the present, edited by Paul Langhans, 1900 (17 maps of various scales on one map sheet); special map of the Cameroon-Congo Agreement between the German Reich and France, edited by Paul Langhans, 1911 (3 maps of various scales on one map sheet); The Gold Coast and Togo. General map with the mission stations of the Basler- and the Norddeutsche Missonsgesellschaft, 1 : 2.500.000, after 1910; map "Middle and South Africa" from Sydow-Wagners methodischer Schulatlas Nr. 41 a, 1 : 20.000.000, before 1919

Darin:Lechler, Paul: The promotion of the medical mission emanating from Germany. Special print from "Medical Mission" No. 3, 1924; The Need of Our Brothers in the East! A cry for help for the Lutheran Church in Russia. Sent by the General Evangelical Lutheran Conference. - Leipzig: Wallmann-Verlag, 1922; Stein, Samuel: How the Lutheran congregations of North America raise funds for church purposes and for Christian charity. Edited by Lutheran Bureau of the National Lutheran Council, New York. - Halle (Saale), Otto Thiele, 1922; Epiphany request from the Leipzig Mission House. Back to East Africa! Author: D. Paul, Mission Director, Leipzig, ed.: [Leipziger Mission, Leipzig], print, black and white, [Leipzig], [ca. 1920], 14.5 cm x 23 cm.