Explanation: Documents from the possession of the leader of the indigenous movement against the German colonial rule in today's Namibia, at that time German South West Africa, Hendrik Witbooi (ca. 1830-1905) had fallen into the hands of the Bremen merchant August Engelbert Wulff in 1895 in the course of military conflicts in Gibeon, Namibia. In 1935 he sold it to the then German Colonial and Overseas Museum. The documents were handed over to the National Archives of Windhoek in 1995 after reproductions had been made for the State Archives of Bremen and the Übersee-Museum. Content: Correspondence

Contains among other things: "Attempts to Cultivate Cigarette Tobacco in the German Protectorates", 1922; "The Colonial Problem"; "The German Schools in Southwest Africa", Kastl paper, 1921; newspaper article on colonial policy (1914) and Hindenburg's death (1934); Report of the Deutsche Afrika-Bank Aktiengesellschaft, 1908; Report of the Deutsche Kolonial-Eisenbahn-Bau- und Betriebs-Gesellschfat, 1908; Outline of the Terms and Conditions for the Mortgage Loans of the Southwest African Soil Credit Society

in Windhoek, Tsumeb, Omajette; Personalpapiere; Ärztliche Befundberichte; Jahresberichte u. Rundbriefe; Korrespondenz; 

in Windhoek, Otjimbingwe; certificate of appointment, 1927; correspondence, especially with Superior Margarete Scharrenberg, from 1926 with Superior Anni Viering; reports from the nursing and community work in Windhoek, 1927-1937; reports from the nursing and community work in Otjimbingwe, 1937-1958; death certificate, 1958; death announcement, message to friends, obituary, 1959;

Contains among other things: Letter from H. Richter to Kastl concerning the uprising of the natives and the construction of a school in Windhoek, 3.5.1921; list of the German private schools in South West Africa, March 1921; minutes of the extraordinary general meeting of the Landesverband der deutschen Schulvereine für Südwestafrika, 1920; overview of the financial situation of the Landesverband der Deutschen Schulvereine, 8.11.1920

Contains among other things: Task for the further activities of the Association; National Correspondence Fleet Question Colonial Policy Foreign Germans Central European Economic Association Hasse, Colonial Political Claims (draft of 31 Jan. 1904) Letter from Viktor Noerr, Lieutenant of the Reserve, Windhoek, of 20 Febr. 1904 to his mother among other things about the Bondel and Herero uprising Letter of Hasse to Class of March 1, 1904 about Hugenberg's proposals for the further activities of AV Hasse, the Fleet Question (draft of March 5, 1904) The Southwest African Confusions and the German Reichstag, in: Staatsbürger-Zeitung, 40th Vol. No. 56 of 6 March 1904 Report on the meeting of the travelling instructors of the German protection associations of Austria on 30/31 March 1904 in Vienna Report on the Gautag des Gaues "Rhein-Sieg" on 24 April 1904 in Cologne Reports of the managing director on advertising trips in Silesia and southern Germany Main financial statement of the AV for 1904

Report on the e. journey from Windhoek to Gobabis and Okahandja, from Rev. Heyse, 1908; correspondence with the pastors Heyse, Holst, Hasenkamp, Seewald, Coerper and Sandner, 1908-1933; Rev. W. Spies, Mariental, 1965;

Contains among other things: Correspondence of Ernst II, Draft of an ordinance and memorandum concerning the R e i c h s k o l o n i a l a m t ; conditions of the German Schutztruppe in South West Africa (including the Herero Uprising, railway construction, port facilities, organisational issues) ; border issues (including correspondence with King Leopold II of Belgium) ; business distribution plans ; budget for 1906 ; newspaper clippings Darin: overview plan of the railway line Windhuk-Rehoboth ; caricature from the "Kladderadatsch" (with illustration of Ernst II).

1936-1972 in Okahandja, Windhoek, 1947-1972 Praeses South West Africa; letters and reports, correspondence; circulars to d. Members of the RMG in South West Africa; letters from the internment camp Andalusia, 1940-1945

Missionary construction technician, 1901-1908 in Windhoek, Karibib, Okahandja, Otjimbingue, Rehoboth; letters and work reports, 1901-1909; curriculum vitae, certificates, 1899-1901; instruction for Johann Jacob Diehl, 1901; construction report of the Windhoek Mission Church, 1902; report on the visit to the station building in Otjizewa, 1903; proposals for e. Building regulations for the Herero Conference, 1906;

1882-1884,1889-1903 Teacher at the Missionary Seminary, 1903-1923 2nd Inspector, 1923-1926 Director; Letters to Schreiber, 1897-1900; Letters to Haussleiter, 1906; Letters to Spiecker, 1908-1912; Messages to the Friends of the Fallen Son Walter, 1915; Vocation Certificate to the Director, 1924; Application for Retirement, 1926; Proposals for the Redesign of d. Dezernate, 1927; Vedder/Okahandja to Kriele, 1927; Pönnighaus/Windhuk to Kriele, 1927; Linden/Tungkun to Kriele, 1927; To J. Warneck, 1930; Correspondence of the Directorate with him, 1927-1937; Obituary, 1937; Correspondence with the Family, 1937-1958; Mitteilungen d. Rhein. Association for Medical Mission, 1959: enth. Appreciation E. Krieles and Dr. J. Winklers

Minutes and correspondence concerning; claims on land; mistreatment of prisoners; Herero war; exile of Witbooi; site plan and profile railway Swakopmund-Windhuk, 1:1.200.000, 1901; correspondence with the president of the German colonial society concerning the lecture by Insp. Hannig in Bielefeld, 1927 (see also RMG 1.092)

Contains among other things: Correspondence with Frankfurter Verband für Turnsport, Frankfurter Turnverein, Turnverein Vorwärts Bockenheim, Frankfurter Turngemeinde, Frankfurter Turnerschaft, Gau-Verband Frankfurt, Turnverein Nied, Turnverein Sachsenhausen, Turerschaft Frankfurt, Frankfurter Turn- und Fechtclub, Athletenclub Helvetia, Athletenclub Sachsenhausen, Turnsportverein Frankfurt; commemoration on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Frankfurt gymnastics club. Anniversary of the death of Friedrich Ludwig Jahn; Annual Report of the Executive Board of the Frankfurt Gymnastics Community, 1901, 1902, 1903; Annual Report of the Gymnastics Council of the Frankfurt Gymnastics Association, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1906; Correspondence with foreign cities and clubs; Communications of the Gauverband, 1901; Copy of the Gymnastics Newspaper, Leipzig 1905; Programme for the major international Olympic Games of the Frankfurt Association for Gymnastics, 1904, 1905, 1906; Special print from the German Gymnastics Newspaper "Erhebung des Bestandes innerhalb der Deutschen Turnerschaft am 1. January 1906"; leaflet of the Windhuk German-Southwest-Africa Gymnastics Club; booklet for the First World Championship Competition of the Amateur Athletes' World Union 1907 in Frankfurt

1841-1873 in Kommagas, Windhoek, Otjikango, Otjimbingue, preacher at Cap 1874-1884, pastor in Paarl from 1887, see also RMG 2.598; curriculum vitae, 1841; letters, diaries and travelogues, also by Emma Hahn, née Hone, 1841-1866

in Okahandja, Windhoek, Usakos, from 1918 with the Red Cross; correspondence and reports, 1908-1923; curriculum vitae, 1908; instruction, medical report, 1909;

1840-1842 in Kapland, 1843-1864 in Kommagas, Windhoek, Rehoboth, Otjimbingue, s.a. RMG 2.598 for the years 1839-1843; letters (also by Johanna/Hanna Kleinschmidt, née Schmelen) and diaries

Windhoek, Bethanie, Lüderitz, Okakarara; personnel documents; circulars to d. Circle of friends and annual reports; correspondence with the nursing home;

Contains: 1st incoming letter, from Weisner, Strausberg, 03.06.1933 (2 sheets, hsl.); sheets 1r-2v 2nd outgoing letter, to C. Weiss, Berlin, 09.06.1933 (2 sheets, mschr.); sheets 3r-4r 3rd incoming letter, from Brecht´s Press

in Keetmanshoop, Okahandja, Windhoek; medical reports, 1908 and 1910; curriculum vitae, 1910; instruction, 1910; correspondence, 1910-1955; obituary, 1955;

Swakopmund, Windhoek; personal papers; correspondence, especially with the nurses' home and Inspector Siegfried Groth, and newsletters

in Wupperthal, Otjimbingwe, Windhoek, Rehoboth, Gibeon, Okahandja; personal papers, 1938-1967; correspondence, especially with the nurses' home, Inspectors Gustav Menzel and Siegfried Groth, and circulars

1906-1948 in Bethanien, Windhoek, Keetmanshoop; letters and reports, 1906-1946; curriculum vitae (2 versions), certificates, correspondence of the aspirant Wilhelm Albert Peter, 1895-1900; birth certificate (copy), certified, 1908; protocol on language examinations in Nama by Wilhelm Albert Peter, 1913; regulation d. Pension and care case for Olga Peter, née Hak, 1948-1954; correspondence with Olga Peter and Erich Otto Peter (son), 1948-1954; obituary for Olga Peter, 1954

Reports on sales forces and Windhoek, speeches and conference reports;[also letters by Friedrich and Martha P., not yet listed in the estate of daughter Ursula P.];

Original deeds of gift from Kambazembi and Samuel Maharero, 1894 1895; correspondence of Praeses Wilhelm Eich with government offices for asserting land claims, with map sketch, 1902, 1907; land exchange in Windhoek, 1906; estimation of land ownership, 1921;

Missionslehrerin, Stellenbosch, Karibib, 1933-1940 auf Sumatra; Briefe, Berichte u. Rundbriefe aus Afrika; Auseinandersetzungen wegen Schwester Hildegard Reinartz; Kündigung durch d. Departement Windhoek; Briefe u. Berichte aus Sumatra; Personalunterlagen; 

Son of Johann Georg Schröder (RMG 1.503), 1863-1894 in Berseba, Keetmanshoop, Windhoek, Warmbad, Kommaggas, resigned at the request of RMG, letters from Sophie Schröder, née Teuffel see RMG 1.368; letters and diary reports;

see also RMG 1.593,[the typescript bears the note "Archiv Karibib, Rheinische Mission"]; In distant worlds: Letters from a German missionary woman in d. Homeland, covering the years 1863-1903 with interesting descriptions of life at the mission stations Berseba, Keetmannshoop, Windhoek, Warmbad, Komaggas, Southwest Africa, 120 p., ms., no year;

); 1907-1910 in Stellenbosch, Concordia, Koegas; 1910-1936 in Windhoek, Rehoboth; curriculum vitae (3 versions), references, cover letter, 1896-1900; letters from d. Kapland, 1907-1911; Letters from Rehoboth, 1912-1939; Correspondence with Hermann Schroer and family, 1939-1946; Obituary for Mrs. Ida Schroer, née Kirsch and obituary, 1942; obituary for Hermann Schroer, 1945;

Correspondence, 1908-1910; Synodal Protocols, 1926-1931; Statutes of the German Protestant Church in Okahandja, 1926-1931; correspondence inter alia with Rev. Ebers, Windhoek, due to the yearbook "Die Heimat