'The first inventoried bundle originally comprised 104 photographs

Acts, sessional papers, government gazettes, confidential print and other papers from the dominions relating to a range of legislative business carried out by the local governments in these countries. Sessional papers may include records of legislative assemblies, legislative councils and reports from departments or commissions. Records of legislative assemblies include transcriptions of proclamations, lists of committee members, and notes of papers and reports presented and on the passing of bills through the houses. Volumes usually contain contents lists and indexes to the proceedings. Records of legislative councils are bound volumes of agenda and minutes of procedure. They give dates of council meetings, a list of those present and statements of resolutions taken. Where the legislative council was an elected body, there are records of assembly and prorogation, reports on divisions, abstracts of petitions, transcriptions of proclamations, notices of papers presented and of questions, and notes of motions and orders of the day. Also included are registers of bills, lists of members, and statistics showing the attendance of members. Volumes usually contains a contents list and indexes to the minutes of proceedings. Reports and papers were presented to both houses by departments and commissions. They provide descriptions and statistics recording all aspects of government activity in such areas as: public revenue; the judiciary; communications; population; crime; public works; public health; police; agriculture, ecology, and meteorological observations. Many maps, plans, graphs and illustrations are included. Volumes usually contain a contents list and index. Government gazettes were the official newspapers produced by most colonies and dominions. They provide information on a variety of subjects including the economy, population, government, sanitation, communications, meteorology and crime. They include minutes and proclamations by the governor; notices of appointments; texts of ordinances and acts, and various notices, for example of sales of lands and development plans (with sketch maps). Private advertisements are included, which record grants of probate and insolvencies. The gazettes also include calls for tenders and tables of government accounts. Other statistical reports may be included which have information on births and deaths, incidence of disease, and weather observations. The gazettes may also include supplements, for example recording the appointment of local officials.may include supplements recording such matters as elections and the appointment of officials. Issues usually have their own contents list and most volumes are indexed by subject and name. Comprises records for the following countries: Africa, South, High Commission, DO 91 Africa, South, Union of, DO 11-DO 13, DO 77, DO 116 Africa, South West, DO 78, DO 110 Alberta, DO 14, DO 95 Australia, Commonwealth of, DO 15-DO 18, DO 79, DO 115 Australia, Northern, DO 108 Australia, South, DO 19-DO 21, DO 80 Australia, Western, DO 22-DO 24, DO 98 Basutoland, DO 25, DO 92, DO 145, DO 150 Bechuanaland Protectorate, DO 26, DO 102, DO 145, DO 150 British Indian Ocean Territory, DO 151 Canada, DO 27-DO 30 Cape of Good Hope, DO 31, DO 32 Ceylon, DO 104, DO 109, DO 111 Columbia, British, DO 33, DO 34 Dominions, DO 114 Federation of the West Indies, DO 136, DO 139 Ghana, DO 132, DO 138 India, DO 105, DO 112, DO 148 Irish Free State, DO 37, DO 99, DO 100 Manitoba, DO 38, DO 96 Natal, DO 39, DO 40 Nauru, DO 83 New Brunswick, DO 43, DO 137 Newfoundland, DO 41, DO 42, DO 84 New Guinea, DO 85 New South Wales, DO 44-DO 47 New Zealand, DO 48-DO 51 Norfolk Island, DO 135 Nova Scotia, DO 52, DO 124 Ontario, DO 53, DO 54 Orange Free State, DO 55, DO 56 Order of St. Michael and St. George, DO 89 Pakistan, DO 106, DO 149 Papua, DO 86, DO 97 Prince Edward Island, DO 58, DO 87 Quebec, DO 59, DO 94 Queensland, DO 60-DO 62, DO 103 Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Federation of, DO 123, DO 125, DO 129 Rhodesia, Southern, DO 7, DO 8, DO 63-DO 65, DO 88, DO 122 Samoa, Western, DO 107, DO 113 Saskatchewan, DO 66, DO 90 Swaziland, DO 67, DO 93, DO 145, DO 150 Tanzania, DO 146, DO 147 Tasmania, DO 68-DO 71 Transkeian Territories, DO 101 Transvaal, DO 72, DO 73 Victoria, DO 74-DO 76.

Contains among other things: Sending officers to Cape Town for espionage purposes (1907) Preparations for a colonial understanding agreement with England (1909)

Contains also some letters from Salisbury 1943 and Sarona 1944. Note: thin folder.

archival education

• 1904 - 1905, Stadtarchiv Nürnberg, E 10/32 NL Friedrich Stahln* Contains:<br />- 179 photos from German South West Africa (Lüderitz Bay, Walvis Bay, Swakopmund, Rietmont), Cape Town, Zanzibar and Dar-es-Salam (pictures of the Schutztruppe and the landscape)<br />- some newspaper articles about the German colonies

Album with 306 photos with motives: landscapes, people, way of life, huts, church, potrait, mission journey through the country, celebrations,

Illustration

• 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

description: Contains:StartVNr: E 753/1906; EndVNr: E 1358/1906; and others: Cooperation with the Botanical Central Office for the Colonies at the Royal Botanical Garden and Museum, page 38, and the Museum of Natural History, Berlin, (1906), pages 61, 220 f.- Cooperation with the Museums for Ethnology, Hamburg, pages 122 ff., 133, 136, 202 ff., Stuttgart, p. 27, and the South Africa Museum, Cape Town, (1906), p. 28 - Donation of duplicates to the Museum für Völkerkunde, Vienna, (1906, 1909), p. 245 - Cooperation with the Psychological Institute of the University, p. 245. 201, and the editors of the Mitteilungen aus den deutschen Schutzgebieten, Berlin, (1906), p. 244 - Cooperation with the Governor of Togo, (1906), p. 240, p. 243 - Cooperation with the Wachsenburg Committee, Gotha, (1906), p. 76 et seq. Cooperation with the company for the transportation of possible cargoes Mission unter den Heiden, Berlin, pp. 52 ff., and the [Congregation of the Missionaries Oblates of the Immaculate Virgin Mary], (1906), pp. 119 ff.- Wiese: Sendung von Steinmörsern und Reibsteinen, (1906), pp. 7 ff. - Foerster: Report on the programme and the strength of the enemy French, (1906), pp. 13 ff. - Loezius: Erklärung zu Mashangan-Figuren, (1906), pp. 33 - Meinhof: Ankaufsbedingungen für einen Zimbabwe-Vogel, (1906), pp. 39 f., 43 f. - Koert: Report about stone artefacts from Togo, (1906), pp. 66 f.- by Luschan: "Report about the collection on the Veste Wachsenburg", pp. 72 f., "Report about a business trip to Hamburg, Hadersleben and Kiel. Pentecost 1906", pp. 125 f., exchange acquisition of objects by a pygmy woman from the Passage-Panoptikum, (1906), pp. 161 obituary to Theobald Wolff, (1906), Ztg.-article, pp. 75 - acquisition of the Collection of Puttkamer, (1906), pp. 83 ff - donation of the Collection of Zimmermann, (1906, 1907), pp. 90 f., 103 ff.- Fuchs: Report on the Collection, (1906), pp. 164 f.- Kaschke from Aksum, (1906), pp. 188 ff.- Lindemann: Report on a Juju stick and a head covered with skin, (1906), pp. 231 f.- Lotz: Report on the finds of stone tools in South Africa and geological observations, (1906), pp. 249 ff.-

• Contains:<br />- Newspaper articles on German South West Africa (1904-1906)<br />- South West Africa. Its Possibilities (Wembley Exhibition 1925), published by the South-West Africa Administration (with numerous illustrations)<br />- Description of Cape Town (manuscript)<br />- Description of East London (manuscript)<br /><br />Includes:<br />- 1 postcard and three landscape photographs of African* 1904 - 1925, Stadtarchiv Nürnberg, E 10/32 NL Friedrich Stahl

Contains: Call - Statutes - Reports

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

Contains: - Moshi 1939. Certificate of Registration. Tanganyika Territory. Mrs. Mergner - Moshi 1937. Tanganyika Territory Driving Licence. Mr. Mergner - Erlangen 1947. Erlanger Central Office of the Leipzig Mission ("Mission Confirmation" for Mr. Mergner) - Erlangen 1948. Erlanger Central Office of the Leipzig Mission ("Official Certificate" for Mr. Mergner) - Munich 1948. Ev.-Landeskirchenrat ("Dauer-Dienstreisebescheinigung" for Mr. Mergner) - Erlangen 1948. Erlangen Central Office of the Leipzig Mission ("Arbeits-Ausweis" for Mr. Mergner) - Leipzig 1938. Contract between the College of the Evangelical Lutheran Mission and Mrs. Mergner - Leipzig 1938. Contract between the College of the Evangelical Lutheran Mission and Mrs. Mergner - Leipzig 1938. Contract between the College of the Evangelical Lutheran Mission and Mrs. Mergner - Leipzig 1938.luth. mission and Mr. Mergner - Würzburg 1929: "Certificate of the examination board in Würzburg about the dental preliminary examination of the student of dentistry" for Zill - Lippstadt 1931. Ev. hospital (certificate for Mr. Mergner; 2-fold) - Ludwigslust 1931. Diakonissenkrankenhaus Stift Bethlehem (certificate for Mr. Mergner) - Leipzig 1932. Ev.luth. mission (service certificate for Mr Mergner) - Leipzig 1938. Ev.-luth. mission (service certificate for Mrs and Mr Mergner) - Leipzig 1947. Ev.-luth. mission (certificate for Mr Mergner; 4fold) - Hamburg 1948. social security authority. Flüchtlingsfürsorge (Bescheinigung für Herrn Mergner) - Würzburg o.J. Lebenslauf Mr Mergner (3fach) - Braunschweig 1947. Mr Mergner to the Spruchkammer der Ärzte des Staates Braunschweig - Braunschweig 1948. Denazification Committee for Doctors to the Erlanger Zentralstelle der Leipziger Mission - Würzburg 1948. The public plaintiff of Spruchkammer IV to Mr Mergner - Würzburg 1948. The public plaintiff of Spruchkammer IV ("Order"; 2-fold) - Würzburg 1948. Spruchkammer IV (Administrative fee) - Braunschweig 1948. Mr Mergner ("Affidavit" for Günther) - Darmstadt 1947. ? "('Affidavit' for Mr Mergner) - o.O. 1947. Ground staff to the Denazification Commission of the Government (concerning 'request for denazification' by Mr Mergner; with accompanying letter to Mr Mergner) - Leipzig 1947. Ihmels (certificate for Mr Mergner) - Leipzig 1947. Ihmels (certificate for Mr Mergner; 4 copies) - Fischbeck 1947. Kremz (certificate for Mr Mergner; 2 copies; transcripts) - Göttingen 1947 Weber (certificate for Mr Mergner; 2 copies; transcripts) - Löhne 1948 Winkelmann (declaration for Mr Mergner; 3 copies; transcripts) - Handschriftliche Zeugnisse für Mergner (transcripts?) - Baviaanspoort 1943 Mergner / Hoffmann (certificate for medical instruction for course "B") - o.O., o.J. "Supplement to the Application for Immediate Aid from Dr. Friedrich Mergner" (handwritten and typewritten) - Nürnberg-Katzwang 1979. Mergner: "Wie es zur Minderversicherung meines Alters kam" (How the Underinsurance of my Age came about) (typewritten; 6 p.)