Fonds HA.01.0166 - Fund from Wissman, Hermann

0,95 lfm

Donation to the RMCA by Hildegard, Herta and Hermann S. Von Wissman in 1959.

scopecontent Travel diaries: Originals and some typed copies (December 1880December 1882, February 1884-August 1887, 23 November 1889-7 January 1899, 14 July 1892-24 October 1893); Various notebooks (1881-1899): Toponymic surveys, latitudes and longitudes from Loanda to Tabora (June 1881-September 1882), from the road to Tanganyika and Ujiji (1882), Lists of names, engaged for the caravan of 900 Bashilenge/Lulua, goods (1886-1887), prices at Luluiku (1884-1887), Itineraries and notes (1887), Topometric and hydrometric calculations, Zoological data, aneroids and temperatures (ca 1881), Boat sketches and descriptions (July 1892); Route booklet: Descent of the Kasai River from its confluence with the Lulua (5 June 1885-25 June 1885), Reconnaissance of the Bashilenge region, around the Lulua and Lubi (2 July 1886-12 July 1886), Reconnaissance of Luluabourg towards the Kitenge and Nyangwe regions via the Sankuru (20 November 1886-13 February 1887), Reconnaissance of the Muko River region towards Tanganyika (19 June 1893-26 July 1893), ethnographic distribution maps of the Bashilenge (region between Lubi and Kasai), its course towards the east (between Kwango, Kasai, Lubua, Sankuru and Lualaba) as well as the Mona Quimbundo region (Angola); A sketchbook, accompanied by notes, made from Lisbon to Loanda, then from Malange (Angola) (June 14, 1881): landscapes, local habitats, clothing, headgear, distinctive signs, scarifications, Mirambo's head, musical instruments; Correspondence: Correspondence to his family (1880-1905), Several letters from Suleman bin Nasir (Dar es Salaam, 1896), Schweinfurth (s.l., May 22, 1887) and Emin Pasha (Bagamoyo, April 23 and 28, 1890), as well as one from Mirambo, Typescripts of letters to his mother (1879 1884), Private correspondence with, among others, Verlegern, notary Lisko and other personalities (1872-1904); Various documents: Letters of account of the expedition for the AIA and then the ÉIC (1886-1891), Memorandum of the agreement between Winton and von Wissmann (Leopoldville, 28 August 1883), Act "Anwerbung von 300 Sudanesen betreffend (Wissmann'schen Seen-Expedition)" (autumn 1891) and Telegrams, "Bericht über das Tanganika-Dampfer Unternehmen : Kosten, Anschlag, Kontrakt zwischen der Kolonial Abteilung des Auswärtigen Amtes und dem Dampfer Comité, Anlagen" (1898), Barometric, thermometric, wind force, rain, etc. readings., prepared by BATEMAN, C.L., District Commander and Deputy to Dr Wolf (founds with him the post of Luebo); Documents concerning animal protection, hunting regulations and nature reserves in East German Africa (1897-1900); Documents useful for biography: diplomas, commissions, opinions, service records, decorations, curriculum vitae, thought book (memorial, written and decorated with drawings by his hand as well as photos of African personalities such as Macar, Le Marinel, etc.)), biographical note published in several German newspapers and magazines (1908), commemorative speech in his memory (1922), articles concerning him in some way (1905 and 1922), draft articles (?) relating to his African expeditions and missions (n.d.), map of the zeppelin Aether Saurus (Weissenbach, 1 July 1900); Photographs : Photos of von Wissmann in Africa, his family in Germany and his memorial as well as glass plates for conferences about Stanley and Livingstone.

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