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- 1925 - 1934 (Creation)
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Archival history
Das Geheime Staatsarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz (GSTA PK) ist in Berlin ansässig und besitzt historisch wertvolle Bestände bzw. Dokumente zu Brandenburg-Preußen.
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636 sheets, Contains and others: - Provision of funds for the acquisition of the holdings of the Africa Archive (Frobenius Collection) by the City of Frankfurt am Main, 1925 - Research Institute for Cultural Morphology. Mitteilungen, Erstes Heft, edited by the Society of Sponsors. Frankfurt am Main [1925] (print) - Mitteilungen des Forschungsinstituts für Kulturmorphologie, Zweites Heft, edited by the Gesellschaft der Förderer. Frankfurt am Main 1927 (print) - Contract between the Municipality of Frankfurt am Main and Privy Councillor Leo Frobenius on the sale of the Africa Archive dated 16 May 1925 (copy) - Memorandum by Leo Frobenius on the "Museum Problem of Frankfurt" dated 5 August 1927 (copy) - Mitteilungen des Forschungsinstituts für Kulturmorphologie, Viertes Heft, ed. by the Society of Sponsors. Frankfurt am Main 1929 (print) - Regulations for Use of the Städtisches Afrika-Archiv of 19 May 1930 - Correction of the accusations made against Leo Frobenius in the journal of the Königliches Institut für Anthropologie in London "Man" of July 1931 because of his behaviour towards the English colonial authorities (Report of the Board of Trustees of the University of Frankfurt am Main of 5 December 1931 et al. with enclosed file report about the negotiations with the Colonial Secretary Minister Leggate because of the right to excavate in southern Rhodesian ruins and the division of the finds made thereby as well as enclosed photo (b/w) of a gold capsule found during the excavations in the Tere-Ruine (southern Rhodesia) in April/May 1929 - appointment of Leo Frobenius as honorary professor in the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Frankfurt am Main, 1932 - Temporary exhibitions of the Municipal Africa Archive and the Research Institute for Cultural Morphology e. V. Frankfurt am Main. Picture book page 2: Contribution to the analysis of South African rock paintings edited by A. S. Schulz with examples of stone tool finds (from the collection of Prof. Dr. E. Reuning, Gießen). 20 December 1932 to 31 January 1933 in the new exhibition room of the Federal Palace, Große Eschenheimerstraße 26 [Frankfurt am Main] [1932] (print) - Award of the Order of the Crown of Italy (Ordine della Corona d'Italia) to Prof. Leo Frobenius, 1934.
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Secret State Archive of Prussian Cultural Heritage (Archivtektonik) >> STAATSOBERHAUPT UND OBERSTE STAATSBEHÖRDEN, MINISTERIEN UND ANDERE ZENTRALBEHÖRDEN PREUSSENS AB 1808 >> Kultus (clergy, teaching and medical administration) >> Ministry of Education and the Arts
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- German
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- Latin
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deutsch
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- Frobenius Institute (Subject)