Letters and diary reports by P. Becker (originals and copies)

Manuscript of a story about the conversion and baptism of a young man in Usambara, East Africa, based on the sources of Johanssen, Meinhardt and Wohlrab in the News of the Bethel Mission, by Pastor em. Friedrich Kuhlgatz in Friedrichshütte, 53 pp.

Rotulus with 22 documents, 5 of which are missing; letters from: Arnold Otto Meyer, Hamburg; Warneck; Doctor Braun; von Jakobi; P. Regeler; P. Worms; von Wedell; P. Berlin; P. Hagenau; Prof. Schulze; Lotze; Harry König; Latrille; Uhlhorn and others.

also; Letter from the Basel Mission in preparation for the World Mission Conference, 1938

A few documents of the missionary clergyman Karl von Schwartz (1845-1923), who was active in D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a from 1893.Notes on and manuscripts of sermons and lectures, also for the Leipzig MissionConsists mainly of: handwritten and typewritten manuscripts, also prints, of lectures, mission lectures, sermons, mission sermons - broken down with the help of an attached table of contents -Darin: Abschiedsbrief an die Frauenhilfe der alten Domgemeinde, Konzept [1933]; Schriftwechsel zur Dank für ein held Missionsvortrag und über zukünftige Missionsarbeit, 1903

Private letters, 1890-1893; travelogues, diary notes, correspondence with Trittelvitz, 1905-1914; manuscripts, fragments, diaries, etc.: "The first visit of German children to Queen Msinga of Rwanda, "Back to Queen Msinga, "Observations on the Characteristics of Natives, 1907-1908; General Correspondence and Monthly Reports, 1927-1929; Bugufi calls us - Bugufi needs us, 1929; Letter of Native Christians from Bukoba to the Bishop of Central Tanzania, 1929; Impressions and thoughts during a journey into the landscapes of Mischenye u. Karagwe, 1929; Questionnaires with personal data and birth dates of 14 children, 1930; "Church Mission Society u. Bethel-Bielefeld Mission in Bukoba, German and English version by E. Johanssen, 1930; Correspondence with E. Johanssen, 1930-1933; death notice and memorial certificate, 1934; correspondence with Martha Johanssen, 1934-1940; "On the 100th birthday of E. Johanssen, 1964; "On the 100th birthday of E. Johanssen, by J. Busse, with the addition of Albrecht sen.., 1971

Medical testimonies for the Dammann couple, 1932; curriculum vitae, instructions, vows of secondment, 1933; "First impressions from Tanga and Digo, 1933; Statistics of the German Protestant Church in Tanga, 1933; Programme of a field service in Tanga (Druck), 1934; "Die Mitarbeit der Bethel-Mission an der Suaheli-Literatur, 1934; Correspondenz, 1929-1937 u. 1949-1977; reproduction of a letter by Jakobo N. Lumwe and J. Ngombe, 1950; "Zur Wiedergabe biblischer & christlicher Personennamen in Suaheli, 1953; Bibliographie von Ernst Dammann (Druck), 1969

Important letters, protocols, contracts, etc. (Rotulus in the file)

"The peculiarity of the Bethel mission in the past and present, 53 p. ms. as fragment; one copy each of the Makanisa ya Kilutheri ya Tanganyika marriage certificate, baptismal certificate and confirmation certificate

Copies of handwritten letters from Mission Inspector L. Beyer, 1889-1890; copies of handwritten letters from Mission Inspector Hagenau, 1890-1892

Copies of handwritten letters from Mission Inspector Winkelmann, 1895-1897; copies of handwritten letters from Mission Inspector Trittelvitz, 1899-1909

6691/1:<br />August Schreiber (1839 Bielefeld - 1903 Barmen): Diaries and workbook:<br />- Diary, Sumatra, July 1867 - Dec. 1872<br />- Diary Jan. 1873 - Febr. 1903 (Jan. 1903) 1873 - April 1874 daily entries, thereafter only list of the places), thereby: statement of assets, 1898 and insurance policy, 1877<br />- diary, South Africa, Jan. - Aug. 1894<br />- work book, 1874 - 1903 (the one on the hs. List of mentioned diary 'England and Scotland 1864/1865' missing)<br />6691/2:<br />August Schreiber: Autobiographische Schriften<br />- 'Erinnerungen an Sumatra', 1866 - 1872, Handschrift<br />- 'Kollekten-Blätter für die Rheinische Mission', 1883 (the contributions probably originate mainly from A. Schreiber)<br />- 'Third Visit to Sumatra', brochure, Barmen, 1891<br />- 'Five Months in Security', book, Barmen, 1894<br />- 'A Mission Journey to the Far East', book, 1898 - 1999, Bertelsmann 1899 (?)<br />6691/3:<br />August Schreiber: Aufsätze und Veröffentlichungen:<br />- ' Die inneren Schwierigkeiten des Missionarufes', Lecture, Halle, 1901<br />- 'Die Menschenrechte der Eingeborenen in den Kolonien', Bremen, 1901<br />- 'Cultur und Mission in ihrer Einfluss auf die Naturvölker', Barmen, 1882<br />- 'Missionspredigt und angesprochen ....', Weilburg, 1881<br />- 'On the Characteristics of the Mission Areas of the Rhenish Mission', Barmen, 1883<br />- 'The work of the Rhenis Miss. Society amongst the Battas of Sumatra', Barmen, 1893<br />- 'The Evangelical Mission, a Proof of the Truth of Christianity', Erfurt, 1894<br />- 'Mission and Colonization', Kiel, 1885<br />- 'The Battas on Sumatra', Barmen, 1876<br />- 'The Battas in their relation to the Malays of Sumatra', Barmen, 1874<br />- 'Short outline of a Batta' theory of forms ....', Barmen, 1866<br />- 'The Gospel According to S. Matthew' (in Batta script), 1878<br />6691/4:<br />- [o.A. Author]: 'Aus der Lebensarbeit des ...', Barmen, 1906, 3 Ex.., Text identical in: 'Christlicher Volks-Kalender 1905'; Subject: Biography August Schreiber:<br />6691/5:<br />- August Schreiber: Letters to the Family, 1840s - 1903, Konvolut<br />6691/6:<br />- August Schreiber: Letters to his later wife Anna, née Möller (Bridal Letters), 1862 - 1867, Convoluted <br />6691/7:<br />- August Schreiber: Manuscripts of sermons and devotions <br />6691/8:<br />- August Schreiber: Convoluted excerpts from his letters and sermons (presumably written by his son August Wilhelm), Manuscript <br />6691/9:<br />- Letters, v.a. to Anna Schreiber, née Möller, 1860s and later (the inscription 'An Frau Pastor Frieda Zahn', Anna Schreiber's daughter, is not applicable), Karton<br />6691/10:<br />- Letters of condolence, obituaries, etc. zum Todde August Schreibers, 1903, Konvolut<br />6691/11:<br />- Franz Zahn: Letters and Reports of the Pastor and Missionary, China, 1899 - 1908, Konvolut<br />6691/12:<br />- Franz Zahn: Sermons, China, 1915 - 1916, 1924 - 1925, 1931 - 1940, China<br />6691/13:<br />- Franz Zahn or August Wilhelm Schreiber: Manuscripts, essays from China, presumably for 'Ostasiatischen Lloyd', approx. 1920, typewriter<br />6691/14:<br />- Anna Zahn: Diary, China, 1901<br />- 'Der kleine Missionsfreund', booklet, in it: Anna Zahn: 'Aus dem Leben einer chinesischen Frau'<br />6691/15:<br />- 'China's Millions', 'Missionsblatt Barmen', 'Der Ostasisiatische Lloyd', Various copies of magazines, 1901 - 1909<br />6691/16:<br />- W. Dietrich: 'Rückblick auf die fünfjährige Arbeit der Rheinischen Missions in China', 1897, manuscript, handwriting<br />6691/17:<br />- Materials for the estate: e.g. circular letter of the Barmer Mission from 1931<br />contains also:<br />- Photo of members of the mission house Barmen, 1902, on it also members of the family Schreiber, oversize, last box