Vol. 1; Curriculum Vitae, about 1889; Letters and reports from New Guinea, 1894-1901; private letters to inspectors of the RMG and his wife Dassel, 1895-1900; Vol. 2; Letters and Reports Reports from New Guinea, 1901-1913; Correspondence with Heinrich Helmich in his homeland, 1919-1944; Appointment as Houseparents in the Johanneum Gütersloh, 1922; "Some of New Guinea's Mission History", IN: Westfälisches Sonntagsblatt für Stadt u. Land, No. 38-40, 1928; "Die Kapelle zum Seelenfrieden", IN: Evangelisches Monatsblatt für Westfalen, No. 7 u. 8, 1928; obituary for Heinrich Helmich, obituary and letter of condolence, 1947; correspondence with Ida Helmich, née Winkelsträter, 1948; obituary for Ida Helmich, née Winkelsträter, 1951

Contains among other things: The causes of the decline of the indigenous population in the West Caroline and Palau Islands and ways and means of controlling mortality. Memorandum. Berlin 1910 Indigenous workers in the South Sea protectorate 12 photographs of pen barracks and hospital complexes

Scope: 256 sheets. Reference: HI XIII 3d 3XIII 19a 1147-52,286.Contains: Transfer of the Joest´schen collection to the Bayenturm, reports by the director of the Natural History Museum, Dr. Carl Hilburg (1898-1899); donation of the Joest collection by Eugen Rautenstrauch and Adele geborene Joest, donation conditions, enrichment of the collection by gifts, including purchases of Eugen Rautenstrauch (1899-1901, including Benin bronzes, other objects from Benin, from Siam), from other members of the Rautenstrauch family (1908), offer by the travelling zoologist H. Förster for sale of his collection (1899, with catalogue) of pearl mussels (1900); collection Adolf Diehl, Wiesbaden, mediated by the editor of the Kölnische Zeitung, Prosper Müllendorf (1900, with catalogue); Meetings of the Commission for the Museum of Natural History (1899), takeover of a Peruvian collection from the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum (1899), draft concerning the installation of the Joest Collection (1899), donation of quivers and arrows from Togo from the Museum für Völkerkunde, Berlin (1900), opening of the collection, Newspaper article (1900), offer by Oscar Mengelbier to purchase his Chilean-Araucanian Indian collection (1900), offer by Hermann Rolle, Berlin (1901) of a natural history collection, donation of two works from the Zulu coffee shops (1901), a Java collection by Dr. Schmitz, Heidelberg (1901), Cameroon collection by company v. Tippelskirch

Vol. 1; Health Certificate, 1905; Letters and Reports from New Guinea, 1905-1926; Liturgy at the Consecration of Church and School in Kamba, 1914; Correspondence with Pastor Sinemus about the passing of the Schütz children, 1921-1925; Vol. 2; Correspondence about the dispute Schütz/Blum, also with the Lutheran Mission and American Board of Mission, 1926-1927; Correspondence with F. Schütz in der Heimat, 1926-1964; Health Certificate, 1927; Instruction for planned but not taken place re-entry, 1930; Correspondence for acceptance into church services, 1930-1932; Correspondence with Winterhilfswerk wegen der Kartoffelversorgung von Schütz, 1935-1936; Lebenssdaten, bzw. Lebenslauf für Elisabeth Schütz, née Sinemus, 1963; Lebenssdaten, bzw. Lebenslauf u. Kondolenzschreiben für Friedrich Schütz, 1964