Contains among other things: Activity of the Bethelmission Steudel, Tsetse flies and sleeping sickness in the former D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a, in: Übersee- und Kolonialzeitung, o.O. o.D. Map of D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a, M.: 1:3 000 000. o.J.

Contains among other things: Guide to ethnographic observations and collections in Africa and Oceania. Museum for Ethnology in Berlin. 3rd edition, Berlin 1904

Tour to Lake Chad on 6.8.1904 (Governor von Puttkamer) - Preparations for the tour (among other requests, authorisation to go on an official tour, collaboration with the British authorities in Nigeria). - Behaviour of expedition leader Bauer. - Report by Governor von Puttkamer to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 28.3.1904 Setting up a trading post in Garoua. - Unsuccessful attempts by German and British firms, 1902 - 1904 Transit traffic. - French transit traffic in the territory of the Protectorate of Cameroon, 1903 - 1913Garoua as the commercial centre of Adamaoua. - Report by Captain Thierry Colonial Group of the Protectorate of Cameroon. - 1st company. - Removal of the garrison and marching of the company to the Chari with a view to occupying the frontier with French territories and, subsequently, orders to return to Douala, 30.11.1903 Individual case. - Atangana, Non-Commissioned Officer, taken over by the Colonial Troop of the Protectorate of Cameroon to be enrolled in the GendarmerieMarch from Yaoundé to the Residentur of Garoua with 19 former Soldiers of the Gendarmerie enrolled again, 16.12.1903nTour to Lake Chad of 6.8.1904 (Governor von Puttkamer) - Execution. - Report from Governor von Puttkamer Reports from the general administration departments. - Residentur de Garoua septembre 1903 - janvier 1904, 1903 - 1904Services de l'administration locale. - Garoua. - Subordination of the Lamidat of Tibati. - Circular from Governor von Puttkamer, 15.4.1904 Local government departments. - Garoua. - Setting up of the Residentur in charge of the Lake Chad countries. - Circulaire du Gouverneur von Puttkamer (Projet), 15.4.1904Questions des frontières régionales. - General political, military and economic conditions. - Waza (burnt by Gaban populations) Report by First Lieutenant Stieber, Kousseri, April 1904 General political, military and economic conditions. - Insecurity on the Garoua-Maroua road and on the Moubi-Kousseri mail road. Report by First Lieutenant Stieber, Kousseri, 10.4.1904 Assassination of the Deputy Resident in Garoua, Captain Thierry, on 16.9.1904 near Moubi. - Punitive expedition from Garoua - Maroua - Gawar - Madagali - Ouba - Moubi - Gawar - Maroua from 18.11.- 23.12.1904 (Captain Langheld), 1904nn

List for I. topographic surveys; II. botanical collections; III. zoological collections; IV. anthropological works; V. books

Bde 1-6 not received.

Contains only: Note on the submission of the contents of the file of 6 May 1938

Contains among other things: Provisions on the formation of the East Asian Expeditionary Corps; orders of the Ministry of War; reports on the Protection Force and on the East Asian Expeditionary Corps; dissolution of the East Asian Expeditionary Corps; general regulations Including: List of the crews recruited to the East Asian Expeditionary Corps

The part in the district archives from the estate of the German colonial pioneer Carl Peters, who acquired the core area of the later "D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a", was mainly compiled by his wife Thea née Herbers and enriched by copies and transcripts from the Federal Archives Koblenz and the then Central State Archives Potsdam as well as by materials from the Berninghaus family - Asta Berninghaus was a sister of Thea Peters. At the beginning of the 1950s the collection came into the possession of the archives of Altena Castle. In eight boxes, the estate contains documents, correspondence and newspaper clippings, most of which relate to the disciplinary proceedings and insults brought by the colonial politician. In addition to these documents there are photos and personal belongings. In addition, the collection was supplemented by books and essays on colonial topics, in particular by and about Carl Peters. The indexing was done in 1990 by the trainee Elke Röscher. Biography: - 27.11.1856 born as son of a pastor in Neuhaus a. d. Elbe - studies in Göttingen, Tübingen and Berlin - 1879 doctorate in history - 1880 Oberlehrerexamen in history and geography - since 1881 stay in London, occupation with the English colonial politics and administration - 1883 return to Berlin - 28.03.1884 Carl Peters founds the "Society for German Colonization" - September 1884 departure for East Africa, in the same year conclusion of colonial contracts with the chiefs of Useguna, Uguru, Usagara and Ukami - 12.02.1885 foundation of the DOAG ("Deutsch-Ostafrikanische Gesellschaft") - 27.02.1885 signing of the first colonial letter of protection by Wilhelm I. for the area acquired by Peters - March 1889 to August 1890 expedition to liberate Emin Pasha, conclusion of further contracts in Africa - 01.07.1890 Helgoland-Sansibar-contract - 1891 dispatch as Imperial Imperial Commissioner at the disposal of East Africa - 1992 cooperation in the German-English border regulation in East Africa - 03.05.1894 Appointment to the statutory "commissioner" - 13. to 16.03.1896 colonial debate of the Reichstag, attack Bebels against Peters, soon afterwards move to London, journalistic activity, foundation of a business enterprise - 24.04./15.11.1897 disciplinary judgements against Carl Peters for misconduct towards natives: Dismissal from the Reichsdienst (legal consequences of the verdict were reversed in 1937 by Hitler in favor of Peters' widow) - 1899-1911 Trips to South Africa: Managing Director of the Carl Peters Estates Company - 1905 pardon from Kaiser Wilhelm II.Peters gets back the title "Reichskommissar" - 1907-1909 various insult suits especially against editors of social democratic newspapers - 1909 marriage with Thea Herbers - 1914 Carl Peters is granted his pension by grace - 10.09.1918 died in Waltorf near Peine

Atlas mit Erläuterungen und 4 Karten von DEUTSCH - OSTAFRIKA [Tanganjika; heute: Tansania]. Dr. Oscar Baumann (Verfasser). Prof. Dr. A. Supan (Herausgeber), Justhus Perthes [Geographische Anstalt] (Verlag), Dr. G. A. Fischer, Premierleutnant W. Werther, Kaptitän A. Spring, Dr. Bruno Hassenstein, Dr. L. Ambronn (Bearbeiter), C. Schmidt & B. H. (Druck). Band mit Drucken, koloriert (Grenze Britisch-Ostafrika [Kenia] gelb, Deutsch-Ostafrika lila, Stammesgebiete mehrfarbig, Höhen braun). 1 : 600.000. Gotha. Band, 19 x 1 x 28 cm; Atlas mit geographischen und astronomischen Erläuterungen (56 S.) und 4 thematischen Karten mit Einzeichnung der Höhenzüge und Gewässer, der Kolonial- und Stammesgebietsgrenzen und der Expeditionsrouten von Baumann, Fischer und Werther; länderkundlicher Atlas. Bem.: Maßstab in britischen Meilen und im metrischen System; Meridiangitternetz (Greenwich); Einzeichnung der Stammesgebiete mit Namen.