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Contains among other things: Cultivation and trade of Babassunuts in Brazil

Contains among other things: Market for livestock, meat and animal products in Australia and South Africa

Contains among other things: Coconut tree cultivation and copra extraction in the United Malay States Copra prices for 1912/13

Contains among other things: Coffee market in the United Malay States Coffee exports from Usambara

D. Walther (Friedrich Walther Paul) Wolff (1) (2), was born on 9 December 1870 in Neuwerk, later a district of Mönchengladbach, as the son of Friedrich Wolff, a teacher at the orphanage, and his wife Bertha. After attending Mönchengladbach grammar school, Wolff studied theology at the universities of Greifswald, Marburg and Halle from 1889 to 1893. He passed his theological examinations in Koblenz in April 1893 and October 1894. Wolff was vicar in Lobberich and did his auxiliary service in Mönchengladbach. In May 1895, he was ordained in Otzenrath and took up the pastorate in one of the oldest Reformed parishes on the Lower Rhine. In 1901, Wolff was elected to the 2nd pastorate of the Protestant parish of Aachen. This position, which he held until his death, gave him the opportunity to develop his theological and organisational skills and his literary ambitions. In 1901, Wolff founded the 'Evangelische Gemeindeblatt für Aachen und Burtscheid' (since 1916: 'Evangelisches Gemeindeblatt für Aachen und Umgebung') (3). Through his regular contributions, he provided his congregation with a wealth of spiritual inspiration and sharpened the Protestant conscience of the diaspora community through his many essays on the history and culture of Protestantism. On Wolff's initiative, a branch of the Evangelical Federation was founded in Aachen in 1904, which around 7% of the parishioners joined in 1906. From 1905 onwards, he endeavoured to found a Rhenish-Westphalian group of the Volkskirchliche Evangelische Vereinigung - the middle party - of which he became deputy chairman in 1906. He published the organ 'Die Evangelische Gemeinde' (4) from 1909 and edited it himself until issue 5 of vol. 11.1919/20. In each issue, he wrote the 'Chronicle' as a review of church life, and almost every issue contained a major article on a key issue of church work. At the 34th Rhenish Provincial Synod in Barmen, Wolff was elected President on 6 March 1919. Wolff initiated the election of a committee tasked with revising the Rhenish-Westphalian church constitution. In 1920, he was elected a member of the General Synodal Board at an extraordinary meeting of the Prussian General Synod. Wolff was particularly active in working on the draft constitution. He endeavoured to secure the presbyterial-synodal element the place and influence it deserved in the life of the constituted church. In 1921, the University of Bonn awarded him a doctorate (D. h.c.) on the occasion of the Worms anniversary celebrations. In 1922, Wolff was elected superintendent of the Aachen church district and inaugurated in 1923. Wolff had been a member of the Protestant Church Committee since 1922, and in 1925 the 1st Prussian General Synod of the new style elected him as its vice-president; as such he became deputy chairman of the Senate of the Protestant Church of the Old Prussian Union. In 1929, the General Synod confirmed Wolff in both offices. He had already been re-elected as President by the Rhenish Provincial Synod in 1925. Wolff was involved in all church congresses since 1919, most recently as Vice President. He had a particularly strong influence on the social message of the Bethel Church Congress of 1924. In 1924, he was the initiator of the first Rhenish Church Congress in Cologne, which was followed by others in Essen in 1926 and Saarbrücken in 1930. Shortly before his death, the Faculty of Law at the University of Berlin awarded him an honorary doctorate in 1931 for his services in bringing about the church treaty between the Protestant regional churches of Prussia and the Prussian state government, and President Wolff died in Aachen on 26 August 1931. His death also caused great consternation outside the Protestant Rhineland, which was reflected in obituaries in numerous newspapers (5). The estate was purchased in 1980 by Wolff's grandson, the pastor Paul-Gerhard van Spankeren, who worked in Westphalia. The documents were roughly pre-organised and placed in archive folders. The collection mainly contains an extensive collection of sermons, beginning during his studies in 1892 and ending in 1927. From Wolff's last years in office, only the sermons, devotions and sermons for special occasions have survived. The chronology of the sermons first had to be established. In the first few years, the sermons are written out in full, but from around 1900 onwards they are mostly written down as theses. Speeches on various occasions are documented; the imperial speeches and sermons show the national character of Wolff and his time. The second focus is on the lectures and manuscripts, which have been organised according to subject. Reference has already been made above to the collection of obituaries. The leather volume with Wolff's calligraphic sayings was given to the archive by Mr van Spankeren in 1994 (No. 49). Only fragments of Wolff's correspondence have survived (No. 46) The collection was catalogued in October 2006 and comprises 50 archive units. It covers the period from 1892 to 1931 as well as memorial contributions in 1941, 1956 and 1961. Only a few duplicates were collected. Some printed publications by and about Wolff are included in the holdings of the archive library, and reference should be made to fonds 8 SL 010 (Wolff Collection), which contains the collection of material relating to Hans Helmich's essay in the 'Monatsheften' 1987 (see References). Copies of Wolff's articles in the two church newspapers are also available here.Ulrich Dühr, 07.11.2006(1) The biographical outline in this introduction is a revised version of the text that Edgar Reitenbach prefixed to the Findbuch of fonds 8 SL 010 (Walther Wolff Collection) in 1987.(2) Walther Wolff's personal file is located in fonds 1 OB 009 (Personalakten der Pfarrer) W 062, 1892-1931(3) Vols. 1917 and 1919-1922 in the archive library under ZK 003(4) In the archive library under ZK 010(5) See nos. 47 and 48 of this fonds

D. Walther (Friedrich Walther Paul) Wolff (1) (2), was born on 09 December 1870 in Neuwerk, a later district of Mönchengladbach, as the son of the teacher at the orphanage, Friedrich Wolff, and his wife Bertha. After attending the Gymnasium Mönchengladbach, Wolff studied theology at the universities of Greifswald, Marburg and Halle from 1889 to 1893. In April 1893 and October 1894 he passed his theological examinations in Koblenz. Wolff was vicar in Lobberich and performed his relief service in Mönchengladbach. In May 1895 he was ordained in Otzenrath and took over the rectorate in one of the oldest Reformed parishes on the Lower Rhine. In 1901 Wolff was elected 2nd pastor of the Evangelical Church of Aachen. This office, which he held until his death, gave him the opportunity to develop his theological and organisational strength and literary ambitions. In 1901 Wolff founded the "Evangelische Gemeindeblatt für Aachen und Burtscheid" (since 1916: "Evangelisches Gemeindeblatt für Aachen und Umgebung") (3). Through his regular contributions, he gave his congregation a wealth of spiritual inspiration and sharpened the Protestant conscience of the diaspora community through numerous essays on the history and culture of Protestantism. On Wolff's initiative a branch association of the Protestant Federation was founded in Aachen in 1904, to which about 7 members of the congregation joined as early as 1906. Since 1905 he tried to found a Rhine-Westphalian group of the Volkskirchliche Evangelische Vereinigung - the Mittelpartei - which he took over as deputy chairman in 1906. He published the organ "Die Evangelische Gemeinde" (4) from 1909 onwards and headed it himself until issue 5 of vol. 11.1919/20. In each issue he wrote the "Chronicle" as a review of the life of the church, almost each issue contained a larger contribution on a major question of church work. At the 34th Rheinische Provinzialsynode in Barmen, Wolff was elected president on 6 March 1919. Wolff arranged for the election of a committee which was entrusted with the revision of the Rhenish-Westphalian Church Constitution. In 1920, at an extraordinary meeting of the Prussian General Synod, he was elected a member of the General Synod Executive Committee. Wolff was particularly actively involved in the drafting of the constitution. His endeavour was to ensure that the presbyterial-synodal element would have the place and influence it deserved in the life of the church. In 1921 he received his doctorate from Bonn University on the occasion of the Worms anniversary celebration. In 1922 Wolff was elected Superintendent of the Aachen church district and in 1923 he was appointed to his office. Since 1922 Wolff belonged to the Protestant Church Committee, in 1925 the 1st Prussian General Synod of New Style elected him vice-president; as such he became vice-chairman of the Senate of the Protestant Church of the Old Prussian Union. In 1929, the General Synod confirmed Wolff in both offices. Already in 1925 he had been re-elected as President by the Rhenish Provincial Synod. Wolff participated in all Church Days since 1919, most recently as Vice President. Especially the social message of the Betheler Kirchentag of 1924 is strongly influenced by him. In 1924 he was the initiator of the first Rheinischer Kirchentag in Cologne, followed by others in Essen in 1926 and in Saarbrücken in 1930. Shortly before his death in 1931, the Faculty of Law of the University of Berlin awarded him an honorary doctorate for his services to the conclusion of the Church Treaty between the Protestant State Churches of Prussia and the Prussian State Government. President Wolff died on 26 August 1931 in Aachen. His death also caused great consternation outside the Protestant Rhineland, which was reflected in the obituaries of numerous newspapers (5). The estate was purchased in 1980 by Wolff's grandson, the Westphalian pastor Paul-Gerhard van Spankeren. The written material had been roughly pre-arranged and placed in archive folders. The collection contains above all an extensive collection of sermons, beginning during his studies in 1892 to 1927. From Wolff's last years in office, only casualties, devotions and sermons on special occasions have survived. The chronology of the sermons had to be established first. The sermons are formulated in the first years, since about 1900 mostly written down as theses. Speeches are documented on various occasions; the imperial speeches and sermons show the national character of Wolff and his time. The second focus is on lectures and manuscripts, which are arranged according to subject matter. The collection of obituaries has already been referred to above. The leather volume with Wolff's calligraphic pronouncements was handed over to the archive by Mr van Spankeren in 1994 (No. 49). Wolff's correspondence is only preserved in fragments (No. 46). the collection was recorded in October 2006 and comprises 50 archive units. The duration covers 1892 to 1931 as well as memorial contributions 1941, 1956 and 1961. Only a few double copies were collected. Some publications by and about Wolff are included in the holdings of the archive library, e.g. the holdings 8 SL 010 (Wolff Collection), which contains the collection of materials for Hans Helmich's essay in the "Monatshefte" 1987 (see literature references). Ulrich Dühr, 07.11.2006(1) The biographical outline of this introduction is the revised version of the text which Edgar Reitenbach prefixed to the finding aid book of the holdings 8 SL 010 (Collection Walther Wolff) 1987(2) The personal file Walther Wolff is located in the holdings 1 OB 009 (Personalakte der Pfarrer) W 062, 1892-1931(3) Jg. 1917 and 1919-1922 in the archive library under ZK 003(4) In the archive library under ZK 010(5) See no. 47 and 48 of this collection

Phototype: Photo. Format: 11,8 X 8,2. Description: low table with food (picnic?), around it in the grass 4 Europeans (including 1 woman), behind it 4 africans. Men (clothed in scarves).

Contains: cost statements - articles of association

Photographer: Blumer?. Phototype: Photo. Format: 8,0 X 10,8. Description: in front wooden table and bench, 1 African sitting, at the tree wide. person (african). Reference: Cf. album 19, no. 327 (11,2 X 7,9) "Am Fuße des Meru.".

Photographer: Blumer ?. Phototype: Photo. Format: 10,5 X 8,1. Description: 6 children in front of self-built house (similar to Chaggaart, West-Kilimanjaro construction: covered with banana bark) eating some from bowls. Reference: See album 17, no. 34 (10,1 X 8,1) "Eckhardt, Eisenschmidt, Fr. Blumer, Magdalena 6. II. 1924". See album 19, no. 508 (10,7 X 8,2) "In Aruscha Christmas holidays I. 24".

Contains: among others: Regulations of the district office Worms to the rural communities concerning the issue of bread stamps, regulation of the traffic with flour and bread, treatment of Russian workers employed in agricultural enterprises; application for leave of absence; appeal for donation for the Reichsverband zur Unterstützung deutscher Veteranen u. für den Kolonialkriegerdank e.V. (Imperial Association for the Support of German Veterans and for the Colonial Warrior Thank You)Potato stocks, 1914; list of young teams registered in the municipality of Horchheim, 1914; list of leaders registered for the training of young teams, 1914; list of teams for reinforcement work, n.d.; letter of the district office Worms to the administrative commission of the hospital fund Neuhausen concerning war loan 1915; list of inhabitants [1915]; forms concerning harvest aid registration; letter of thanks from the substitute battalion Reserve-Inf.-Reg. No. 116 to the mayor's office and inhabitants of Horchheim, 1915 Darin: WZ vom 10.09.1914, 20.01.1915 (title page only), 30.03.1915 (title page only), 21.06.1915; 'Aufforderung zur Erntehilfe', Extrablatt zur WZ , 02.08.1914; Leaflet concerning allotment gardening and war care, 1915; 'Die Bundesverordnungen über Getreide, Mehl, Brot, Kartoffeln, Fleisch u. Ammoniak', Berlin, 1915; 'Soldat u. Alkohol. A patriotic chapter' by Karl Briegleb, o.D.; Preisliste für Lebensmittel, edited by the Zentral-Einkaufsgesellschaft Berlin, 1915; Verordnung betr. Verwendung von Kriegsgefangenen zu landw. Arbeiten, 1915; 'Die Heimstätte', Mitteilungsblatt des Hess. National association for Kriegerheimstätten e.V., 1919

Photographer: Guth?. Phototype: Photo. Format: 8,3 X 11,1. Description: Profile of two warriors, spears and clubs, stick, i. background storage container, bananas.

Author: Anonymous. Scope: p. 353-354. Includes, among other things: - (SW: famine; problems; call)

Phototype: Photo. Format: 10,7 X 7,8 Description: Man, woman and 3 children, man and children europ. dressed or man has europ. jacket, trad. approx. house and storage huts.

(Pictures from Mamba). Phototype: Photo. Format: 8,7 X 5,8. Description: among those present: Mrs. Fleck, Mrs. Fühe, Elisabeth Wärthl.

on the porch of the mission house, Arusha. Phototype: Photo. Format: 8,8 X 6,6. Remark: lower margin torn. Reference: Cf. album 20, no. 585 (10,9 X 8,2).

Photographer: Mergner?. Type: Photo. Format: 4.4 X 5.9. Reference: See estate of Dr. Mergner, No. 207 (8.2 X 5.5). Cf. estate of Dr. Mergner, no. 208 (8,2 X 5,7).

Photographer: Mergner?. Type: Photo. Format: 6,2 X 6,2. Description: taken from behind (from veranda).

Photographer: Mergner?. Type: Photo. Format: 6,9 X 9,3. Description: about 11 African persons, European at the right edge, sitting at the table, coffee table.

Contains among other things: Trade reports - Compilation of the most common goods in trade with German East Africa - Report on trade and industrial relations in the southern Russian cities. Contains: Import of French colonial sugar into Holland p. 5 - Proposals on transport companies in the Near East p. 8 - Warning of the company "Societa Generale di Commissione Esportazione ed Importazione" in Napoli (=Naples) p. 12, p. 20 - Fabrication of tulle curtains in Russia p. 14 - Bogus companies "Bankvereinigung Grün

Photographer: Nüßler?. Phototype: Photo. Format: 11,2 X 8,4. Description: Building complex, forest, cultiv. farmland. Reference: Plate and cardboard No. 23 in negative box ( 1 trigger).

Note: Sawitzki: table, alcohol, cigars and cigarettes, flowers

• Author: According to Miss's diary. Pfitzinger. Scope: p. 297-298* 325-328. Contains, among other things: - "First Miss. Clean departure." (SW: departure of Miss; escort to Samburu railway station) - "2nd plague of locusts." (SW: Description of the catastrophe; consumption of locusts) - "3. Intervention of an English official." (SW: conflicts; new laws; mission work - school and worship; Miss. Fuchs) - "4. Finally a school in Mbungu." (SW: Ndzéngela - most respected of the village; agreement on school attendance; number of pupils; food pupils; slave trade)

Author: According to Miss's diaries. Pfitzinger in Mbungu. Scope: pp. 53-56. Includes, among other things: - "First Devil's Dance in Mbungu." (SW: Ngoma - Devil's Dance) - "2. Drunkenness a major obstacle to the gospel." (SW: alcohol; sermons; conflict resolution) - "3. external works." (SW: Treatment of diseases; Iron Cross - Tomb of Miss. Fighting; sweet potatoes; worship service; arrival of the Säuberlich brothers and sisters)

Photographer: Guth?. Phototype: Photo. Format: 10,9 X 7,9 Description: other perspective like Nr 581, Alb. 5.

Phototype: Postcard (colored). Format: 14,0 X 9,0 Description: rectangular house with plant fibre roof, painted walls, in front 1 woman (dress) and 1 man (Kanzu). Remark: See P51.

Author: According to the diary of Miss. Clean. Scope: p. 16-20. Contains, among other things: - "The construction work and care of the hungry." (SW: Timber search; Ikutha food request) - "The children." (SW: Death of Two Children; Ruhr) - "Danger of smallpox and all kinds of tribulation." (SW: smallpox cases; Dr. Kolb von Nashorn killed; fever; increase in the number of children) - "Mission work" (SW: school and church service)

Note by other hand: with outbuilding. - Note. Müller: Amedzofe, mission house after 1891, contains: Mission House, Amedzofe, Garden, Kitchen

Photographer: Schanz?. Phototype: Photo. Format: 10.5 X 6.6. Description: around the hall (corrugated iron roof, off. walls) some houses with roofs made of plant fibers.