Young man (Alex Christen) in sailor uniform, inscription on back: Alex Christen 1904, II. sailor division, I. department, III. company, Wilhelmshafen. Served by Jan. 1905 S.M.S. Sea Eagle, Dar es-Salam German, East Africa, 1906-07 S.M.S. Amazon and S.M.S. Berlin, released Oct. 1-1907-Wilhelmshafen. Haven't heard from my brother in 22 years. Brother Otto Kristen, Genève siusse, rue I. J. de Sellon 6.photographer / artist: Atelier August Junck, Wilhelmshaven.phototype:sw-photo.format: 14 x 10 cm.reference: U II 448,2.location: Stadtarchiv.format: 14 x 10 cm.size: 14 x 10 cm

Vol. 1 Curriculum vitae (3 versions) and certificates, 1898-1901; letters to Inspector Spiecker concerning application and admission to the mission seminar, 1897-1901; health certificate, also for Bride Emma Klingelhöller, 1907 and 1913; letters and reports from New Guinea, 1907-1926; conference sermon on John 8:12, 1911; model of a school contract for registered missionaries, 1897-1901; letter of recommendation to Inspector Spiecker. Pupil, Dr., 1914; "Kali ra!" (For All!), No. 1, 1 sheet, Dr., 1914; Referat "Neuregelung in Bezug auf Wiederbesetzung der Astrolabe-Bai", 1922; Correspondence with Georg Eiffert in der Heimat, 1926-1929; Letters and Reports, as well as Circulars from New Guinea, 1929-1934; Correspondence with Emma Eiffert, 1930-1931; "Faita-Chronik", 1930-1934; Vol. 2; Correspondence with Georg Eiffert in Heimatarbeit, 1935-1953; Versorgungsangelegenheiten, 1935-1953; Obituary for daughter Maria Eiffert, 1946; Obituary and death certificate for Georg Eiffert, 1953

Contains among other things: Map of Kaiser-Wilhelms-Land, Astrolabe-Bai with registered stations, M.: 1:250 000

Contains: - o.K, o.J. Letter from an African to Mr Mergner in German translation without sender - Memmingerberg 1948. Albrecht to Mr Mergner - Kumkanas 1946. v. Alvensleben to Mr Mergner - Berlin 1941, 1943/44, 1946. Working group for mission / student federation for mission (Brennecke) to Mrs Mergner or circular letter without recipient (7 letters) - Rummelsberg 1946. Bavarian association for medical mission (Olpp) to Mrs Mergner - Braunschweig, Würzburg, Rummelsberg n.d., 1948 Bavarian Association for Medical Mission (Olpp) to Mr Mergner (3 letters) - Leipzig 1942 Bock to Mr Mergner - Magdeburg, Wernigerode 1946/47 Ground Staff to Mrs Mergner (4 letters) - Braunschweig 1948/49, 1951 Ground Staff (Wollermann)

List of Melanesian languages (used by DPW) (150-195 pieces) ,3 pages handwritten in pencil; etymologies in Melanesian languages, data from data from Codrington (e.g. 322ff), Ray (e.g. 431), Friederici, Ivens;mostly only 1 page, including table of lute development in the respective language (from theUMN or UIN), about 90 pages handwritten in pencil; Mota (after Codrington-Palmers and Ray), 1-8 Mota-Urmelanesisch, 1-26 Mota-Uraustronesich; ditto for Polynesian languages: 2 pages Rotuma, 2 Maori, 3 Mangareva; summarizing table of the Urmelanesian phonemes and their reflexes in Melanesian languages, sorted by groups: 4 languages of the Western Islands, 7 of Manus = Admiraltyinsein, 1 < Berlinhafen, Manam, 7 of Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen, 3 < French Islands, 2 < Siasi, 4 < SW-Neupommern, 10 of the Tuna-Group, New Ireland, Loyalties, New Hebrides, Solomon Islands etc.together about 75 pages handwritten; Sa'a after Ivens, 14 pages, Sa'a and Ulawa, lute development 1-10; Fidji after Hazlewood, 340 words (= etymologies?), 1-14 handwritten in pencil; Pala after Peekel, Berlin 1909, 120 words, 3 pages; others like Aneitum after Kern, 150 words; Wuvulu, Mota, etc., approx. 75 pages handwritten in pencil

• description: The station officer Julius Winter with local workers of the colonial station Finschhafen (Kaiser-Wilhelms-Land, New Guinea) * Photography

Contains among other things: Contract between the Syndicate for the Development of the Waria Area (Waria Syndicate) and the Reich Treasury for Mining and Mining Rights in the Southeastern Part of Kaiser-Wilhelmsland (German New Guinea, New Guinea), July 1914 (copy); Waria Syndicate's claim for compensation against Australia on the basis of the German-Australian Liquidation Agreement; selection of an expert for the evaluation of the Waria Treaty in German New Guinea; expert opinion: "The Waria Syndicate"; Settlement Agreement between the German Reich and the Waria Syndicate (draft), 1933; Partnership Agreement of the Waria Syndicate, 1915 (transcript)