to Berseba s. a. RMG 2.497; deed of donation of money for church building, 1899; deed of donation of land for church, school and mission house, with situation plan, 1906;

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;

Correspondence concerning Foundling Home Bethesda in Hong Kong; document of appointment for Sister Katharina Steuer, 1900

[Ev. Missionsgesellschaft für Deutsch-Ostafrika/EMDOA - since 1920: Bethel-Mission]; Correspondence and agreements on a planned cooperation between Berlin III and RMG

Correspondence and agreements on the cooperation and working group of Bethel and RMG

Missions-Kirchenordnungen, Dr., 1869, 1875 o.J.; Agreement on the transfer of the Hakka Mission (China) to Berlin, 1882; Negotiations on a joint teacher training institution and on the ordination of colored helpers in Africa, 1903; Negotiations on the coordination of the work at the Cape, 1904; Report on the death of Insp. Sauberzeig-Schmidt in Hong Kong, Dr., 1906; J. Neitz: Report of a journey to Samuel Maherero, 13 p., 1907; Foundation of church coffers in China, Vorschlag Glüer, 1907; Satzung d. Berliner Missionsgesellschaft, Dr., 1907; Die Aufsicht über die Missionsarbeit d. Berliner Mission, 18 p., ms., ca. 1908; Admission of Miss. Behrens/Hermannsburg, 1913; Reports of fights in Tsingtau, 1914; Vertraul. Report on obstruction of missionary work by World War I, 18 p., ms., 1915; conflict with P. Theo. Fliedner/Madrid, 1920; What still holds us to the pagan mission today, pamphlet, ca. 1920

4 letters from Johann Jänicke and M. Rückert, 1822-1824; correspondence with v. Gerlach and Laroche, 1828-1837; Circular über Aussendung d. ersten Missionare, 1833; extract from account book on the costs of sending their first missionaries, 1835; letter Missionar Döhne an Miss. Lückhoff in Stellenbosch, 1837; Instruction for the missionaries of the Berliner Mission, 40 p., Dr., 1837; Offenes Schreiben zur Neuordnung der Jänickeschen Missions-Ges. in Berlin, 8 p., Dr., 1840; pamphlet against the attacks of the preacher Rückert, 1844; letter of comfort to the "Brothers beloved in Christo on Tahiti", 1844; correspondence with Insp. O. Sheet metal, 1845

Correspondence on cooperation in Germany and abroad; correspondence on position on the Imperial and Confessing Church; leaflet on the "Hundred Penny Rifle" of the Aid Committee for the Berlin Mission, signed by O. Dibelius, Dr., 1933; Appeal by the Extraordinary Council of Trust of the Berlin Mission, Dr., 1934; East Prussia Agreement on Cooperation of the Berliners, Goßnerschen, Herrnhuter and RMG, 1934; Colourful handicraft sheet and postcard for the construction of a Christmas church in Johannesburg/South Africa by the Reichsverband f. Kindergottesdienst, 1936; Correspondenz hierzu, 1936; Todesanzeige Insp. L. Weichert, 1936; Settlement of donations by East Prussian working group, 1938; Heavy experiences of missionaries in Canton in the Chinese-Japanese War, 12 p., ms, 1938

Correspondence on cooperation, exchange of information on the fate of misses in World War II and on difficulties with Nazi authorities; Knak: Situation report on the mission, 4 p., ms., 1943

Correspondence on reorientation and assignment of the hinterland in Ravensberg and Ballenstedt; correspondence on the fates of mission members; report on boarding school conferences. Mission Council and World Council of Churches in Geneva, 1946; F. Schmitt from internment camp at Hohenasperg/Ludwigsburg, 1946; program for the 125th anniversary celebration, 1949; To the Friends of the Berlin Mission in West Germany, Dir. Brennecke, Dr., March 1950; 2 pamphlets: To all friends and co-workers of the Berlin Mission (concerning the sending out of the first missionaries after World War II), report about your trip to Cape Town. Brennecke, March April, 1950; obituary for you. Siegfried Knak, 1955; death announcement for Rev. Joachim Wilde, 1956; Invitation and minutes of the meeting of the Council of Trust, 1957

Correspondence about cooperation on mission fields and in the field. Heimat; Zur Gründung d. chinesisch-lutherischen Kirche, 1921; Handover f. Mission Lectures for the centenary celebration of the Berlin Mission, Dr., 1924; Negotiations for the joint operation of a secondary school in Canton, 1926; Negotiations for the assumption of homeland work in the church district of Ballenstedt, 1930; Contact to the Berlin Women's Mission Federation, 1930

Contains among other things: Acceptance of benefits. - Collections. - Mission station "Pomerania" in East Africa. - Annual celebration.

Correspondence, circulars, etc.; "Die Berliner Mission in Ostafrika 9 S., ms., N. N., ca. 1943; "The German and non-German Evangelical Missions in German East Africa, Rwanda, Burundi, Cameroon, Togo, German Southwest Africa, ca. 1943; "Brief overview of the Bethel Mission, 5 S. by Curt Ronicke, ca. 1944

Correspondence about house collections in Saxony and Thuringia

Vol. 1; Letters and Reports from Siar, 1900-1904; General Report of the New Guinea Mission for 1900 (1901); Conference Report on the Establishment of a Health Station, c. 1901; Conference Paper "The Importance of Literature among a Literature-less People! 1901; condolence of the imperial governor to Bergmann's death, 1904; correspondence with the German Foreign Office in Berlin for seduction of a Papuan girl by a German official, 1902-1904; correspondence with and for wife Karoline Bergmann, née. Ott, 1931-1950; Ein Brief des Siar-Christen Bel an Frau Bergmann, 1950; Obituary for Karoline Bergmann, with letter of condolence, 1952; Vol. 2; Letters and Reports from Siar (circulars, travel letters etc.), 1888-1896; Vol. 3; Letters and. Reports from Siar, 1896-1898; private letters to inspectors of the RMG, 1887-1900; letter from Missionary Bamler from Tami to Gustav Bergmann, 20.09.1896; vol. 4 Nachlass; Bergmann to his parents and siblings, 1880-1897; program of the memorial service for housemother Busch, 1886; comparison of words of the Siar- and. Bogadjim language, not published; Karoline Bergmann to the Bergmann family, 1887-1893; various correspondence to the Bergmann and Ott families, 1887-1946; Ida Helmich to Karoline Bergmann and son Theo, 1906; report on the first christening ceremony at Siar Ragetta, 1906; letters from Papua school children to son Theo, 1906

Correspondence concerning financing, printing and distribution of Bibles for African and Indonesian churches; covering letter to e. Delivery of German Bibles with instructions on the conditions under which they are to be delivered, 1833; Program of the Centenary, 1914; Program of the 125th Anniversary, 1939; Statutes, 1954

Portfolio 8: Miscellaneous; "Der kleine Missionsfreund", No. 1, No. 4-11, 1899, Letter from Carl Berger in No. 9; Letter from the Natural History Museum Wiesbaden (copy) with thanks for collected natural objects, in part after Berger (bergeri), 1922; postcard by Missionar Mindermann, Saarbrücken, 1948; correspondence with Mrs. Smeer, Karibib 1950; various newspaper articles by Carl Berger, 1933-1963; collection of postcards, stored separately;[delivered 1971 by the daughter, Mrs. Margarete Berger, Neuwied];

Nachlaß:; Portfolio 1: 1 notebook with diary records from the time of the Herero Uprising, also contains sermon preparations partly for fallen German protection troops and other notes, 1904-1906; Portfolio 2: Report by E. Stumpfe about the Herero Uprising and others; Various notes and eyewitness reports about the Herero Uprising and others. Herero Uprising 1904, list of the dead, name of the presumed murderer etc.; copy from the parish chronicle of Lüderitzbucht about the events in the years 1904 to 1905, as recorded by missionary Karl Emil Laaf, sent to Carl Berger by missionary Friedrich Hermann Rust, 1950; 2 eyewitness reports to the. Events in October 1904 in the area around Ghochas, N. N.; Folder 3: 1 red notebook with Carl Berger's newspaper articles, d. published under the headline "Vom Auob" in Windhoeker Zeitungen. Includes also "Die Orgel von Taurow", Fronterlebnis, by Dr. H. Reimer, Tailfingen, 5 p., ms.; Folder 4: "Die weiße Frau von Haruchas", memoirs of Mrs. Ida Berger, née Bergmann, verw. Albath, from the years 1897-1920, 2 exercise books, 35 p..., folder 5: Various Manu and type scripts by Carl Berger:; Christmas with the shepherd on the field, 8 p., hs., 1951; The history of the altar cloth of Mariental, 3 p., hs., o. J.; mineral deposits in the area of Auob, 3 1/2 p.., ms., no year; The camel stud of the German protection troops in Hofmeyr (formerly Kalkfontein-Nord), 6 p., ms., no year; Memories of the fallen German protection troops and their grave monuments in the area of Ghochas (with 2 photos), 8 p..., 1958; Folder 6: Notes on Hendrik Witbooi, collected from various sources, 1 booklet, 15 p., hs., o. J.; Folder 7: Das Leben Hendrik Witboois, Manuskript, 105 p., ms., o. J.; also contains: 1 original signature Witboois

Loan offers, bequests, donations, also correspondence; inventory of the estate of Christian G. Heydecke, teacher and housefather in the Missionskinderhaus, died 5.7.1857[see also RMG 238].

Missions-Probeschwester, Krankenschwester für Missionsfamilien; Instruktion; 

Photographer: Guth?. Phototype: Photo. Format: 10,8 X 8,0. Description: Crowd (especially children), men in front, bell bound to trunk.

Photographer: Nüßler?. Phototype: Photo. Format: 11,0 X 7,9. Description: before group of children (16), house europ. style in background.

Phototype: Photo. Format: 15,5 X 10,7. Description: Landscape photograph, 4 african. Persons, woman (dressed with cloth) at bell cage, middle: Man (europ. garments) right on traditional Chagga house (East Kilimanjaro style: tapering, covered with grass), man with Kanzu, 1 europ. dressed.

Note Müller: Palime, parish 1929, contains: Inauguration, bell, pastor

Phototype: Photo. Format: 12,7 X 8,0. Description: Crowd in front of church (roof made of plant fibres, small building) and bell-house, clergy of the people europ./cloths.

Photographer: Blumer?. Phototype: Photo. Format: 9,0 X 6,9 Description: 4 african. Men, europ. dressed hang bell on hooks.

Phototype: Photo. Format: 9,5 X 7,1. Description: Crowd in front of bell cage, Guth. Reference: 2 plates and cardboard No 70 in negative box ( 3 prints ).

Phototype: Photo. Format: 5,7 X 5,9. Description: wooden bell cage, the 2 Miss. with her back to the camera, crowd dressed European (hats and caps), brass band.

Photographer: Mergner?. Type: Photo. Format: 5,8 X 8,8. Description: right margin: Church, people in front of church and around bell cage (from far away). Reference: See postcard box, P 25 a (14.0 X 9.0) and P 25 b (13.9 X 9.0) m. Title "The Kilimanjaro from Madschame (East Africa)".

Phototype: Photo. Format: 6,3 X 9,2 Description: Bell cage on tree trunk, 2 bells, 2 boys ringing. Reference: See large photo glued on cardboard (22.7 X 16.9) m. Title "Standard Clock in Arusha". See Nachlaß Leonhard Blumer, no. 645, record no. 543A (22,4 X 16,6) "Die Trommel (ngoma) von Aruscha (Deutsch-Ostafrika).

Photographer: Nüßler?. Phototype: Photo. Format: 11,1 X 8,3. Description: Landscape photograph.

Phototype: Photo. Format: 6,3 X 7,9. Description: 2 bells hanging on scaffold in tree.