Contains: - Report on episcopal ordination in Duala, in: Cameroon Post 29 April 1914- "Seven years of missionary work in Cameroon. Experiences of Pallottine Bishop Franziskus Hennemann PSM, Apostolic Vicar of Cameroon", in: Zeitfragen aus der Weltmission, 1918- "Bei den'Jaunde' in Südkamerun", by Bishop Franziskus Hennemann PSM, Ap. Vicar von Kamerun, in: Illustrierte Missionsblätter, 1919, pp. 21-24- "Die Reösen Vorstellungen der heidnischen Süd-Kameruns", by Fr. Hennemann, special print from the work: Ehrengabe deutscher Wissenschaft, presented by Catholic scholars, ed. by Franz Feßler, Freiburg 1920, 12 pages, rec. in: Zeitschrift für Eingeborenensprachen, 1919/20, p. 316;Thereby: Corrected printed manuscript by Hennemann, as well as a handwritten note on the religious ideas of the Bantu tribes of South Cameroon (Ms)

translated by P. Halbing into the language of the Duala; completed in 1949, one copy deposited in the archive of the Generalate in Rome in 1954; this bound book after the death of P. Halbing von ; given to the Pallottines by his sister in 1956; 1949; N.151-21; Pastoral texts in Duala; 1914; Contains:; 5 issues DinA5

In it picture postcards:- Kahnpartie auf dem Kribifluss, 1907- Jasuku, secondary school of Marienberg, buildings and pupils, inhabitants and Pallottine Father, 1907- vegetable garden in Duala, 1909 June 30 - Catholic choral society in Duala (Cameroon), 1909 Aug. 10 missionaries with their pupils in Engelberg (Cameroon), 1909 Oct. 22- Cameroon chief with his ministers, 1909 Oct. 27- Der hochw. Herr Apostol. Vicar D. Heinrich Vieter with his missionaries in Jaunde (Cameroon), 1913

Includes letters to:- Adams, Gustav (reference only)- relatives and friends: brothers Theodor and Wilhelm, 1904-1905; Bueer family, 1905; niece Henriette, 1912- Bauhus, Theodor, art and church painter in Süchteln, 1905-1913- Jöhren, Rev. Father, 1905-1906- Confreres: P. Bancken, 1904-1905; Br. Eugen Christlieb, 1905, 1901; P. Halbing (near Bancken); P. Alojzy Majewski, 1906; P. Massmann, 1914; P. Nekes, 1906-1914; P. Päppl, 1896; P. Rieder, 1902-1914; P. Rosenhuber, 1908; P. Georg Walter, 1893; Letters from and to several confreres:- Weiskamp, Hermann, 1896-1913- Benefactors, Mission Societies, 1906-1911; In it picture postcards:to Bauhus:- View of Bonaberl from Balldorf, 1911- View of Hickory from Akwa, 1911- Duala, Port Authority, 1911- Duala, Government Hospitalan family and friends:- Interior of the St. Peter and Paulskirche in Duala (Cameroon), 1905 to confreres, Massmann:- Buildings of the Catholic mission of the Pallottines in Yaoundé (Cameroon), 1914 to confreres, Nekes:- Abbaasspiel, verbotenes Glücksspiel der Neger, for photographic purposes, depicted by Catholic Christians of the Pallottine mission in Yaunde (Cameroon), 1914- Orphans of the Catholic Church. Mission of the Pallottines to Yaoundé (Cameroon), 1914 to confreres, several:- Bellstadt (Cameroon), 1904- Koblenz, Herz-Jesu-Kirche, St. Castor-Kirche- Ravensburg, St. Jodocuskirche

Father August Halbing was born in Mellrichstadt (Diocese of Würzburg) on November 5, 1870, was ordained a priest in Limburg on August 27, 1894 and died in Limburg on February 28, 1956. He was sent to Cameroon in October 1894, but already in July 1895, very weakened by tropical diseases, he had to return home. After his recovery he worked for several years as a teacher in our study home in Ehrenbreitstein, until he was able to travel to Cameroon a second time in 1900. During this second period in Cameroon he worked almost exclusively in Duala. The study of the national language was very important to him. He was able to print the Biblical story, the catechism and prayers in the Duala language, as well as a German grammar in Dula and a dictionary (German Duala) - all very valuable tools for the work of missionaries in the Duala district. In 1905 a second holiday trip to Europe became necessary and in 1906 he travelled to Cameroon for the third time, first again to Dula, until in 1907 he took over the management and the development of the catechist school in Einsiedeln on the slopes of the Cameroon Mountains, to which a Latin school for local priest candidates could be attached shortly before the war. He was able to train four courses of catechists himself, who together with the black teachers carried the mission work in Cameroon after the expulsion of the German missionaries in the First World War. At the end of 1913 P. Halbing had to return to his German homeland in need of rest. The outbreak of the First World War prevented his return to his beloved mission, which is why he sought to facilitate the lot of foreign prisoners of war by providing pastoral care in various camps until the end of the war. (from the death certificate) The estate largely comprises the papers Halbing brought from Cameroon to Germany in 1913. Bibliography of the works of Halbing on Cameroon in the library of the Mission House in Limburg 1. phrasebook Kleine Grammatik der deutschen Sprache mit nebenst einem Deutsch-Duala Wörterbuch für die katholischen Schulen in Kamerun / Beleedi ba gerama o jokwa bwambo ba teuto na leêle la beyala ba teut-duala, Limburg 1907[Library No. 192, 1717, double piece at the end of the collection; Fibel o nyol'a besukulu ba Katolik na bwambo ba Duala o Kamerun, Limburg 1907[Library No, 191 (p. 1-102, handwritten with phonetic characters, 1913)No. 1757 (only p. 1-16, 65-104) No. 1764 (only p.1-16) Only title of Halbing, which is proven in KVK. 2nd Pastoral Texts Little Biblical Story / Kalat' a Miango ma Bibel nisadi, by Franx Xaver Schulte, translated by August Halbing, Limburg 1903[Library No. 1726, Double piece at the end of the collection Passio Domini nostri Jesu Christi / Miango ma mutaka ma Sango asu Jesus Kritus tengêné evangelo inêi ya bosangi, Salzburg 1905[Library No. 1725, Double piece at the end of the collection[Prayers] / Makane, S. 1-16, Duala 1912[Text table with lime trees, Katekismus a katoik, pp. 3-18 (see below)[Library No. 189[Prayers to Christ and other prayers] / Makane ma mot'a Kristus, Lame (Togo) 1913[Library No. 1738, Doppelstück am Ende des Bestandes[Songbook] / Kalat'a Evangelo na Epistel, 158 pages, Leipzig 1914[Library No. 1731, Doppelstück am Ende des Bestandes3. Printed works of other authors in use by P. Halbing Carl Meinhof, Die Sprache der Duala in Kamerun[mit einem Duala-Deutsch Wörterbuch] (German Colonial Languages, vol. IV), Berlin 1912 According to the entry probably not received until 1914 in Limburg from P. Sasse[taken from library no. 5906; P. Linden S.J.., Katekismus a katolik nyn boso nisadi na bwambo ba Duala (Cameroon), Limburg 1913[p.3-18 textidentisch mit Makane, p.1-16 (see above)[Library No. 1728, double piece at the end of the collection4. Manuscripts by P. Halbing: Psalms translation into the language of the Duala in Cameroon, handwritten, Christmas 1949, taken from the archive N.151 (Nachlass Halbing)

Contains:1. publications by the Pallottines on Cameroon and publications by the Pallottines in indigenous languages (bibliographies)2. Agriculture (tropical vegetable growing, from a Cameroonian grower)3. Schulwesen (umfangreich)Dabei: - Schulgeschichte von Jaunde (22 Seiten), 1915; - Protokolle von Schulkonferenz und Schulausschuss Duala, 1913-1914; - Korrespondenz, 1912-19144. Linguistics6. Ethnography (pagan religion, magic)Thereby: - P. Nekes. "Über Sprache und Religion der Yaunde", popular scientific lecture 1909; - Magic figures at the Yaundes-Cameroon, photographs on cardboard, taken from U.1a-13; - notes by Fr. Franz Hennemann, Yaoundé 1911; - notes on "Ngi" by Fr. Joh. Baumann, Yaoundé 19117. mission method and pastoral care Included: - "Vademecum for Priests" by Fr. Simon Rosenhuber, translated by Fr. Nekes into the Yaoundé language, no year; - confession mirrors and confessions in Yaoundé language by Fr.

Contains: - Statutes of the Synod, Ms. 1906 as print and copy Limburg 1907- "De Synodo", reproduced as lithograph, 1906- excerpt from the resolutions of the General Assembly of the Pallottine Fathers on September 29, 1906, reproduced as lithograph, executed by Vieter

Miscellaneous, among other things: - Letter from Fr. Kopf from Groß-Batagna and from Fr. Ludwig Bange to Fr. Kopf, Superior in Gross-Batagna, 1901-1902; letter from Duala von Massmann, 1910; report of illness from Fridolin Mboranga, 1914; letter from Fr. Johann Wimmer from internment to Fr. Hoffmann, 1916; - picture postcards to PP. Hoffmann and Sasse with illustrations of: School youth in Cameroon, Catholic family of teachers in Cameroon, Christian natives after the service in Bonaberi, 1913; letters from former catechists to Fr. Sasse, 1927-1953; Marcus Hebga, 1949- with photos taken from U.1-2446 and U.1-2447; Meinrad Hebga, 1952; and: Benefit Gottfried Billason, 1928; Anton Fisenge, 1928; Br. Erwin Jung, 1926; Theodor Lengo, 1927-1929; Joseph Londo, 1927; Joseph Mandene, 1913; 1914; Charles Paul Mbime, 1929; Stanislas Miné, 1956; Pierre-Aloys Mpesa, 1949-1955; Albert Mpot, 1924-1929; Marcus Mankal, 1956; Johann Reyle, 1923-1928; Franz Sie, 1917-1926; Frédéric Songe, 1949-1952; Personal: u.a. Travel Permit for Sasse, 1913; Golden Jubilee 1955; pieces about Bishop Vieter ; Contains among others: Letter from Vieter to Halbing, 1899; Circular letter from Vieter in indigenous language concerning the anniversary indulgence, 1913th letter from Vieter to Sasse, 1914; suggestion by Fr. Alfons Weber to introduce the beatification of Bf. Vieter, 1965

Workers' mortality on the plantations due to dysentery and measures to combat it - Memorandum by Deputy Governor Dr Gleim, 1907 [fol. 2 - 3] Reports of the departments of the general administration. - Bare, January - December 1906, 1907 [fol. 10] Status of the white population. - Jabassi, January 1907 [fol. 14 - 15] Reports of the departments of the general administration. - Duala. Main magazine. Annual reports 1906/07, 1907 [fol. 25 - 30] Reports of the departments of the general administration. - Lolodorf 1906/07, 1907 [fol. 31 - 35] Reports of the departments of the general administration. - Victoria 1906/07, 1907 [fol. 37 - 47] Hydraulic engineering. - Victoria, district. - Construction of the 1005m drainage and reclamation canal from Victoria to the sea. - Report by Deputy District Officer Kirchhof on the merits of Kiessler, the prisoner in charge of supervising the construction, 1907 [fol. 48] Reports of the general administration departments. - Jabassi 1906/07, 1907 [fol. 52 - 71] Reports of the general administration departments. - Duala. Harbour Office, annual reports 1906/07, 1907 [fol. 57 - 61] Reports of the general administration departments. - Bare 1906/07, 1907 [fol. 77 - 91] Reports of the general administration departments. - Ossidinge 1906/07, 1907 [fol. 92 - 99] Cultivation trials in the experimental gardens. - Experience reports in accordance with Circular No. 242 of 25 April 1907. - Ossidinge [fol. 100 - 103] Reports from the general administration departments. - Johann-Albrechtshöhe 1906/07, 1907 [fol. 104 - 106] Reports of the general administration departments. - Duala, District Office, Annual Reports 1906/07, 1907 [fol. 108 - 112] Reports of the general administration departments. - Edea 1906/07, 1907 [fol. 115 - 128] Reports of the departments of the general administration. - Rio del Rey 1906/07, 1907 [fol. 132 - 137] Reports of the departments of the general administration. - Dschang 1906/07, 1907 [fol. 138 - 148] Reports of the departments of the general administration. - Bare February - March 1907, 1907 [fol. 138 - 148] Reports of the general administration departments. - Joko 1906/07, 1907 [fol. 149 - 160] Reports of the general administration departments. - Ossidinge 1905/06, 1906 [fol. 163 - 171] Reports of the departments of the general administration. - Bamenda 1906/07, 1907 [fol. 196 - 201] Reports of the departments of the general administration. - Banjo 1906/07, 1907 [fol. 184 - 190] Budget, treasury and accounting. - Banjo. - Budget control lists - April 1906 - March 1907 [fol. 191 - 192] Annual report of the Victoria District Court: 1 April 1906 - 31 March 1907 [fol. 204 - 207] Reports of the general administration departments. - Lomie 1906/07, 1907 [fol. 209 - 230] Public Health : Annual Reports 1906/07, 1907 [fol. 237 - 242] Veterinary Services. - Annual report 1906/07, 1907 [fol. 241] Reports of the general administration departments. - Ebolowa 1906/07, 1907 [fol. 248 - 258] Reports of the general administration departments. - Buea 1906/07, 1907 [fol. 261 - 273] Reports of the departments of the general administration. - Kampo 1906/07, 1907 [fol. 276 - 282] Reports of the departments of the general administration. - Kribi 1906/07, 1907 [fol. 283 - 289] Annual reports of the land surveyors. - Gehlen, cadastral inspector for 1906/07, 1907 [fol. 291] Annual reports of the land surveyors. - Hahn for 1906/07, 1907 [fol. 292] Reports of the offices of the general administration. - Kusseri January-December 1906/07, 1907 [fol. 293 - 302] Status of the white population. - Bascho (Basso), May 1907 [fol. 304] Annual reports of the governorate. - Annual Report 1906/07 Volume 1, draft [fol. 306 - 349] Cultivation trials in the experimental gardens. - Field reports in accordance with Circular No. 242 of 25 April 1907 - Victoria cultivation trials in the experimental gardens. - Field reports in accordance with Circular No. 242 of 25 April 1907 - Jabassi [fol. 353] Cultivation trials in the trial gardens. - Field reports in accordance with Circular No. 242 of 25 April 1907 - Entire Cameroon Protectorate [fol. 354 - 358] Livestock breeding. - Annual Report 1906/07, 1907 [fol. 359 - 362] Decline in ivory exports from the protectorate of Cameroon. - Report, 1907 [fol. 369 - 372] Sea and river traffic in the Cameroon Protectorate (records). - Coastal sites, (April) 1906, (March) 1907 [fol. 375] Telecommunications. - Development of telecommunications in the protectorate. - Annual report 1906/07, 1907 [fol. 377] Forest administration. - Annual Report 1906/07, 1907 [fol. 379] Revenue of the Protectorate. - Overviews. - Financial year 1906/07, 1907 [fol. 380] Status of the white population. - Entire protectorate, December 1906 [fol. 382 - 400] Status of the non-native non-white population. - Entire protectorate, April 1907 [fol. 401 - 402] Status of the native population. - Entire protectorate, April 1907 [fol. 403] Government schools : Duala. - Annual Report 1906/07, 1907 [fol. 408] Government Schools. - Victoria [fol. 410] Evangelical Missionary Society in Basel. - Annual report 1906/07, 1907 [fol. 411 - 412] Missionary Society of the German Baptists. - Annual Report 1906/07, 1907 [fol. 415 - 422] Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. - Entire Mission Field. - Annual Report 1906/07, 1907 [fol. 423 - 425] Co-operative Society of the Pallottines. - Annual Report 1906/07, 1907 [fol. 426 - 432] Government Schools: Garua. - Status report, December 1906 [fol. 433 - 434] Labour relations in the districts. - Report by the Lüdinghausen labour commissioner. - Buea, Johann-Albrechtshöhe (Lake Barombi) - Victoria, May 1907 [fol. 441 - 445] Plantation statistics. - Total protected area, 1907 [fol. 446 - 449] Annual report of the Duala Chamber of Commerce 1906/07, 1907 [fol. 480 - 481] Versuchsanstalt für Landeskultur, Victoria. - Annual report 1906/07, 1907 [fol. 451 - 465] Reports of the general administration departments. - Buea. - Annual report 1906/07, 1907 [fol. 471 - 478] Reports of the general administration departments. - Duala, District Treasury, Annual Reports 1906/07, 1907 [fol. 482 - 485] Sea and river traffic in the Cameroon Protectorate (records). - Küstenplätze, January-December 1906 [fol. 487] Sentencing in the districts of the protectorate of Cameroon (statistics), partly with lists of names. - Entire protectorate, 1906/07 [fol. 488 - 490] Ordinances of the governorate. - Directories, April 1906 March 1907 [fol. 491] Companies. - Randad & Stein, Hamburg. - Entire protectorate of Cameroon, 1907 [fol. 492 - 495] Europeans. - Numerical distribution of officers and medical officers for Cameroon to the posts and stations. - Overview, 1 January 1907 [fol. 496 - 498] Europeans. - Entire protectorate, 1 January 1907 [fol. 496 - 498] Reports of the general administration departments. - Residentur Garua 1906/07, 1907 [fol. 500 - 516] Sea and river traffic in the protectorate of Cameroon (records). - Yaoundé (Njong) see also Lomie, January-February 1907 [fol. 530] Establishment of native crops on the farm of the Buea station, 1907 [fol. 532] Reports of the departments of the general administration. - Yaoundé 1906/07, 1907 [fol. 521 - 528] Native crops. - Crops and agriculture. - Ossidinge district, 1907 [fol. 539 - 543] Crop trials in the experimental gardens. - Field reports in accordance with Circular No. 242 of 25 April 1907 - Edea [fol. 544 - 548] Crop trials in the experimental gardens. - Field reports in accordance with Circular No. 242 of 25 April 1907 - Bascho [fol. 546] Cultivation trials in the trial gardens. - Experience reports in accordance with Circular Decree No. 242 of 25 April 1907 - Duala [fol. 552 - 556] Cultivation trials in the trial gardens. - Field reports according to Circular Decree No. 242 of 25 April 1907 - Dschang with Fontem, Mbo and Bamileke area [fol. 560 - 567] Native crops. - Crops and agriculture. - Bamum (Fumban) area, 1907 [fol. 561 - 563] Crop trials in the experimental gardens. - Field reports in accordance with Circular No. 242 of 25 April 1907 - Ebolowa [fol. 564] Cultivation trials in the experimental gardens. - Field reports in accordance with Circular No. 242 of 25 April 1907. - Kampo [fol. 565] Introduction of cotton cultivation in the Bamum (Fumban) region. - Report by the gardener Stössel [fol. 569 - 574] Sketch of the district and tribal boundaries of the Joko military station, no. M, pen and ink drawing with coloured inscriptions, thick cardboard, 1907 Sketch of the district and tribal boundaries of the Joko military station - by Heigelin, First Lieutenant of the Schutztruppe for Cameroon and station chief, 1907 General sketch of the old and new Deng Deng road in the area of the Joko military station, 1: 1 000 000 Pen and ink drawing with coloured inscriptions, thick cardboard, von Oertzen, Lieutenant, 1907 Graphic representation of the water level of the Sanaga River at Edea in the period from 1. 4.1906 - 31.3.1907, 1907 Operations in the Deng-Deng area and connections to the French post Kunde, 1906 - 1907

Political situation in the Dagomba Empire (capital Yendi) and the neighbouring areas: Possibility of establishing a station for the final subjugation of the Dagomba - Report Commissioner Falkenthal, 1900 [fol. 13] Personnel matters. - Individual cases. - Dr Heim, payment of remuneration for October and November 1900 to the former Deputy Governor of Togo, Chancellor Assessor Dr Heim. - Request from the Deputy Governor of Togo, Horn, to the Governor of Cameroon, 1900 [fol. 24] Condition of the road network, in particular the connection from the coast to the hinterland of the Togo protectorate. - Report by Prof. Dr Wohltmann on his trip to Togo to clarify transport issues in December 1899 (extracts), 1900 [fol. 34] Police force. - Return of surplus uniforms from the time of the Ashanti Uprising to the Governorate of Cameroon, 1900 [fol. 43] Personnel matters. - Individual cases. - Warnecke, gardener. - Training at the Botanical Gardens in Victoria, 1900 [fol. 46 - 51] Administration of justice. - Banishment of prisoners from Cameroon to Togo to reduce the risk of escape. - Members of the police force in Cameroon. - Individual cases (Jo, Johnson, Mbia, Mokoko, Nginda), 1901, 1906, 1907 [fol. 47, 52-55, 59, 68, 143, 181-182] Cocoa cultivation in the Atakpame district. - Request for fruit from Cameroon for seed production, 1888 [fol. 74 - 79] Concreting work for the piles in the construction of the landing stage in Lome. - Request for an expert opinion from Building Secretary Seiffert, Douala, 1904 [fol. 84] Personnel matters. - Individual cases. - von Rotberg, District Judge of Togo (from 1 February 1902) and District Officer of Klein-Popo (from 20 February 1903). Dismissal in connection with the complaint of insult by the station chief Geo. A. Schmidt / P. Müller and Schnitz, Steyler Mission, 1903 [fol. 96 - 105] Personnel matters. - Individual cases. - Zech auf Neuhofen, Governor. - Home leave, 1905 - 1908 [fol. 106-107, 147-158, 187-191] Lome customs office. - Exemption from export duty on large and small livestock exports from Togo to Cameroon. - Request from the Governor of Cameroon to the Foreign Office and its decision on the duty-free export of large livestock from the landing stage in Lome, 1905 [fol. 109 - 114] Shortcomings in co-operation and disputes between the Governor of Cameroon and the Governors of Togo. - Intervention of the Foreign Office, 1901 - 1905 [fol. 109 - 114] Administration of justice. - Legal proceedings against Father Schmitz, Steyler Mission, for insulting the head of the station Geo A. Schmidt, Atakpame, - Determination of the place of trial Lome or, for reasons of public safety, Duala, 1905 [fol. 117 - 125] Consul General for the Gulf of Guinea. - Authorisation of the Imperial Commissioner and Governor of Togo as Consul in the Republic of Liberia (1889) and the British and French possessions in his jurisdiction (Gold Coast and Niger Coast, Dahomey), 1889, 1905, 1910 [fol. 126, 133, 198] Personnel matters. - Individual cases. - Gaber, James, clerk of the Lomé district office. - Wanted for removal from duty to take up employment in Cameroon, 1905 [fol. 128, 176] Police force. - Settlement of the bounty for recruitment of the Pik in 1900, 1906 [fol. 151 - 156] Police force in Cameroon. - Recruitment for the police force in Cameroon in Togo in 1900 - Settlement of the bounty, 1906 [fol. 151 - 156] Landing bridge in Lome. - Collapse of the middle section on the night of 18-19 May 1911, 1911 [fol. 202]

'Mutation des Soldats Haoussa du Togo à Yaoundé afin d'y établir un contact avec les caravanes de marchands Haoussa de l'Adamaoua et leur redirection vers la côte du Protectorat du Cameroun. - Arrêté du Ministère des Affaires étrangères

'Honouring six chiefs with old German uniform pieces for official occasions. - Approval of the proposal of the Syndicate for West Africa