• Including:<br />- two negatives from a court martial in South West Africa<br />- 183 postcards (partly descriptive) with motifs (incl. Schutztruppen, locals, landscapes, places and buildings) from:<br />- German South West Africa (Namibia): a.o. Walvis Bay, Swakopmund, Windhoek, Abbabis, Otjitundo, Owamboland, Omaruru, Karibib, Kubas and Lüderitz Bay,<br />- German East Africa (Tanzania): including Tanga, Dar-es-Salaam<br />- Cape Colony (South Africa): Cape Town, Aliwal North<br />- Brazil: Guaruja. Brusque<br />- India: e.g. Ahmedabad, Abu<br />- Egypt: Port Said, Suez Canaln* 1904 - 1926, Stadtarchiv Nürnberg, E 10/32 NL Friedrich Stahl

Imperial Reichspost (1871 - 1918) [publisher];nCancel: 'Omaruru/24/4/13', 'Okombahe/Deutsch-/Südwest-Afrika/26.4/13'; front side '671', 'Windhuk', 'Brockmann' 'Deutschland', 'Briefkarte.', 'Kartenschluss', 'I. Verzeichnis der Einschreibesendungen'; front page

Motif: Hauptmann Franke mit Soldaten beim Kampf gegen Hereros;nKnötel, R. [Zeichner] Paul Kittel Historischer Verlag [Verleger];n'Hauptmann Franke mit seiner Kompagnie im Kampf gegen die Hereros bei Omaruru 4.Februar 1904'

1874-1919 in Otjimbingue, Otjikango, Omburo, Omaruru; Letters, travel and war reports, 1871-1920; Fieldpost letters from the time of the French campaign, 1871; Reports from the sea voyage to Capstadt and Walfishbay, 1873; A visit in d. Grootkloof, contribution for "Kleinen Missionsfreund", 1874; copy of e. Briefwechselels with Captain Abraham Zwartbooi, 1880; J. P. Reinhard (former blacksmith in Otjimbingue) to Peter Friedrich Bernsmann because of foster daughter Johanne Bernsmann (born 1880), 1888; Map d. "Hererolandes", M. 1: 1.250000 with marked routes and driving times for oxen, c. 1888; station reports of Otjimbingue, 1886-1888; station reports of Otjikango, 1888-1890; station reports of Omburo, 1890-1895; report of e. Journey to Ondjiva in Oukuanjama (Amboland), 1891; station report on Omburo by Traugott Kauapirura, 1891-1892; report by Asher Mutjinde on behalf of the chief Manasse Tjiseseta about his conversion, 1893; Manasse Tjiseseta to Dr. August Schreiber, contains proclamation about corn trade, 1895; Two bundles of letters from missionary Eduard Dannert and family from Omaruru, Otjimbingue and Stellenbosch, 1895-1899; private letters by Peter Friedrich Bernsmann to inspectors d. RMG, 1890-1900; Teacher Gustav Kamatoto to RMG, 1899; Speech by Peter Friedrich Bernsmann: "How can it be explained that our evangelists and school teachers have so far met little of the cherished expectations", 4 p. ms. hectographed, 1902; private action by the merchant E. Langenberg, Ombuiro against Peter Friedrich Bernsmann for insulting him, 1904; report about the black miner in the gold mines of Pretoria u. near Johannesburg, 1905; description of Herero dances with music examples, 1907; contribution by Peter Friedrich Bernsmann for e. Schullesebuch: Die natives Deutsch-Südwestafrikas u. d. Beginnings ihrer Geschichte, with the chapters:; Die Bastards; Die Herero; Die Naman; Die Bergdamara; Die Ambo, 23 S. ms.., 1914; in 1,613 c also: Eduard Heinrich Gustav Dannert, (1849-1924), see RMG 1,615;

1866-1901 in Otjimbingue, Omaruru (Okozondke), Okahandja (Augustineum), Clara Viehe, née Rothe was a missionary sister; letters and reports, from 1890 half-yearly, cash and annual reports of the Augustineum; contributions to the "Little Missionary Friend"; copies of correspondence with representatives of the. German colonial government; copies of correspondence with Catholic missionaries, 1879; copy e. Treaty with Samuel Maharero on grazing rights and property of the RMG, 1894; manuscripts:; Customs of the Ovaherero after the birth e. Child, 1879; The Mountain Damra in Hereroland as object of the RMG. Mission, 1883; The indigenous Christians, after their spiritual life and moral behaviour, 1884; Die Herero, 1886; Gemeinde-, Kirchen- u. Synodalordnung für d. Evangelische Missionskirche im Hereroland, 1887; Die Missionstätigkeit Pauli und ihre Anwendung im Gebiete unserer Hereromission, 1891; Reiseberichte:; Bericht über e. Journey to Kaoko, with individual reports about Omaruru, Franzfontein, Okombahe, Otjombuina, 1893; report about e. Journey to Otavi, 1894; letters of Clara Viehe, née Rothe about her husband's death, 1901; The latest fights of Hendrik Witbooi against Herero, 1891

Missions-Farmer, 1914-1919 in Omaruru; Application and Testimonies, 1913; Instruction, 1913; Missionary Adolf Blecher and Karl (Carl) Friedrich Wandres about Adolf Ludwig Schick, 1913; Correspondence, 1913-1921; Correspondence about the heroic death of his son Gottfried, 1950;

1875-1911 in Omburo, Omaruru, re-emigration 1914-1915 to Tenerife, after months of imprisonment back to Germany, home service, cf. also RMG 1.613 c; letters, annual reports, station reports, travel reports, 1871-1915; essays:; Eine Totenfeier bei d. Ovaherero, 1876; Kirche u. Gottesdienst auf Omburo, 1877; Allerlei von allerlei Kindern in d. Heidenwelt, 1879; Report on a preaching trip to the north of Hereroland, 1879. North of Hereroland, 1880; Reports from Omburo by Mrs. Emilie Bernsmann, née Westkott, 1891; Letter from Cornelius Zwartbooi, 1891; Letter from Chief Juda Mungunda, 1893; Private letters, also from female family members, to Insp. Johannes Wilhelm Karl Spiecker, 1886-1902; essay: The Bergdamra Mission, 1892; reports on the Herero uprising, 1904; obituary for Mrs. Auguste Dannert, née Dahl, 1927;

1904-1961 in Windhoek, Otjiaenena, Usakos, Karibib, Omaruru; letters and reports, 1904-1956; application documents, curriculum vitae, medical certificate, 1896-1898 1904; obituary for Wilhelm Emil Jakob Diehl, 1961; correspondence with family Diehl, 1961-1962; obituary for Mrs Eugenie Diehl, née Schüler, 1962;

Missions-Handwerker u. Farmer, 1907-1913 in Usakos, Grootfontein, Gaub, Korab, Omaruru, Outjo; Letters and Reports, 1908-1913; Correspondence in the dispute August Heinrich Johann Dresselhaus, 1914-1923; Court Acts August Heinrich Johann Dresselhaus ./. RMG, 1921; Instructions for August Heinrich Johann Dresselhaus, 1907 1912; Zeugnis d. Agricultural Winter School Vohwinkel, 1914; Curriculum Vitae, 1906;

1934-1957 and 1967-1972 in Okahandja, Omaruru, Swakopmund, Grootfontein, Lüderitzbucht, Wupperthal 1957-1965; correspondence; annual reports; circulars to friends and relatives, also to d. German Protestant Church in Omaruru; personnel documents; school newsletter

Minutes of the farm commission meetings, 1911-1914 1966-1967; Instruction for the head of the farms, 1914; newspaper report "Der Farmerverein Omaruru" IN: "Südwest", No. 85, Oct. 1912;

Correspondence concerning the supply of foreign Germans; Memorandum of the German Protestant Church Committee on the ecclesiastical supply of the diaspora abroad, 23 p., Dr., 1904; Correspondenz z. Gründung e. evang. Gemeinde im Gebiet Karibibib-Usakos-Omaruru, 1907; Correspondenz z. Gründung e. evang. Gemeinde in Gobabis, 1910

Contains among other things: Windhoek (Windhoek), Rehoboth station, Kubub station, Omaruru fortress, Abbabis convalescent home, Seeeis military station, Gobabis fortress, Keetmanshoop barracks, Ukamas, Swakopmund; approx. 13.5 x 9 cm; reprints (postcards), partly coloured, of photographs

and others: Lazaret in Windhoek; Warrior Association Windhoek; Native Church in Windhoek; Natives (Herero; Nama; Owambo); German Schutztruppe; Fortress Omaruru; Church in Bethany; Oitjo; Artillery of the German Schutztruppe; Kunene river; Owambo mission station; native animal species; Gobabis fortress; Oas fortress; Auasberg heliographer station; Keetmanshoop fortress; (28 x 21 cm) various sizes; album with photographs, black and white; z. T. strongly faded

1901-1902 in Omaruru, Outjo, Namakunde; curriculum vitae (3 versions), testimonies, 1892 & 1895; letters during military service in Berlin, 1895; medical certificate, 1901; letters, 1901-1902;

Documents:20 picture-postcards (1901/1902)picture of Heinrich Prüß in uniform (1901)letter to his brother (1901)estate documents (1904-1911)12 photocopies of the estate documents (1904-1911)manuscript draft due to estate regulation (1905)literature:essay in the yearbook "Geschichte und Gegenwart" of the Verein für Kloster- und Heimatgeschichte Harsefeld e.V.. (Society for Monastery and Local History Harsefeld), Vol. 17 (2004) by Paul Reisener: Heinrich Prüß from Harsefeld fought and died in German-Southwest-Africa

1906-1931 in Omaruru, Okahandja, Gobabis, Heimatdienst 1931-1947; Letters and Reports, 1906-1954; Curriculum Vitae (2 versions), medical certificate, 1897-1906; Report on the spiritual service of the white population in the district Gobabis 1916-1919, 5 p..., ms, 1919; Zur Geschichte d. Mission in Gobabis, 1932; Rentenangelegenheiten, 1946-1954; Letters to Adolf Schick, formerly Omburo then Geislingen, 1950-1954; Letters to Carl Bergers, 1953-1954; Obituary for Jakob Friedrich Johann Irle, 1954;

Mission Farmer in Gaub, Omaruru; curriculum vitae, testimonies, instruction, 1 letter, 1912;

1935-1965 in Swakopmund, Gobabis, Omaruru, Walvis Bay, from 1965 pastor of the German community Lüderitzbucht; correspondence with Walter Kuhles, from 1937 also with Ingeborg Kuhles, nee. Olpp, 1933-1969; curriculum vitae of Walter Kuhles, written in Gobabis, 1936; medical reports by the Kuhles family, 1956, 1965; death notice for Heinrich Kuhles (father), 1960; correspondence with the church's external office for Walter Kuhles' engagement in Africa, 1965-1966

1898-1945 in Okazewa, Otjimbingue, Omburo, Omaruru, see RMG 1.482 estate; letters and reports, private letters, 1898-1945; curriculum vitae, application, certificates, recommendations, 1892; seven weeks under d. Insurgent Hereros, report, March 1904; marginal notes on the Herero War, critical statement, May 1904; Our Herero Christians in the War Camps, May 1904; The Lie in the Herero War, June 1904; August Kuhlmann's request for pardon from the Hereros, reply by Trothas to this, Febr. 1905; Report about peace mediation attempts in Otjimbingue, Febr. 1905; Supplements to "Windhoeker Nachrichten" with attacks against mission, June 1905; Report about the prisoner on the shark island near Lüderitzbucht, Aug. 1905; Report about the work in Karibib and at the prisoners of war at the Otavi Railway, Aug. 1905; Reports from the collection camps for Hereros in Omburo, 1906; leaflet "Three Christmas in German Southwest Africa", Dr., 1904-1906; Lecture: "What can and must happen to follow the scattered heathens and Christians", 11 p., hectographed, 1909; Lecture: "Zur Psychologie d. Glaubenslebens unserer afrikanischen Christen", 14 p., ms., 1913; Lecture: "Das Problem d. christlichen Ehe unter d. afrikanischen Heidenchristen", n. J.; Correspondence with Mrs. Elisabeth Kuhlmann, née Dannert u. Familie, 1946-1965

Estate:; diary-like letter reports to Hinrich Johannsen on injustice suffered in construction and financial matters; translation and linguistic research; domestic circumstances, 1940; reports and explanations on work in the language commission and the introduction of the new name of God at d. Herero, 1939-1941; Reports for the native community of Enger/Westphalia: How the Church becomes among the Urafrikans; Arte's own religion and Christianity; Arttreu and Christustreu; Experiences from Omaruru: Here you may not swear; disastrous mixture of races and their sad consequences; Bushmen, 1939-1941; Remarks on cattle grammar;

1939-1973 in Usakos, Lüderitz Bay, Bethanien, Omaruru; personal documents, also by Anny Kuhlmann, née Abke; letters and reports, among others from the internment camp Andalusia, 1940-1945

1879-1885 in Omaruru, Okozondye, Okombahe; letters and reports, 1879-1885; Military Leadership Certificate, 1874; curriculum vitae and medical certificate, 1879; printed instruction for Kaspar Heinrich Niederwelland, 1879; passport, 1879;

Draft e. Agreement between the NGK (Ring Gibeon), the Finnish Mission and the RMG on the mission under the contractovambos in the police zone, 1947; curriculum vitae (copy) of Hildegard Redecker, 1951; minutes of the extraordinary meeting with the Herero foremen and church elders of the Herero community in Omaruru, 1955;

1877-1900 in Otjikango, Omaruru, Otjimbingue, housefather in the Mission House, 1903-1913; letters, station and quarterly reports, travel reports, 1877-1899; quarterly reports from 1897, also signed by Johannes Olpp; private letters to Inspectors d. RMG, 1882-1899; Invoices for building materials and municipal accounts; Letter from Hendrik Witbooi, Rooibank to Freerk Meyer, 1891; Police Ordinance on smallpox, 1891; Report from d. Commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the church in Otjimbingue, by H. Kleinschmidt, 1892; Description e. Begegnung mit Hendrik Witbooi (1. Quartalsbericht), 1892; Contract with the school board of the German mission school Otjimbingue, 1895; Question by Mr. von Lindequist about harmful influence of spiritual beverages on the natives, 1896;