Letters, lectures, maps, travelogues, personal papers, ethnographic collection

• description: Contains: Map of the coastal area of Deutsch-Wituland north of the Tana with entries by Schmidt's hand, about 1886 letters of Sultan Maschemba to Schmidt, about 1889 sketch of the march from Lindi to Luagalla with signature of Zitzewitz, about 1890 order of the commander of the Schutztruppe for the operation against the south with Wissmann's handwritten signature, 1890 handwritten letter W.C. Porters (Universities Mission to Central Africa) to an unknown person, 1890 Two postcards from Georg Schweinfurth to Schmidt, 1922 - 1925 Letter of thanks from Prince Bismarck to Schmidt for sending the work about Germany's colonies, 1895 Letter from Karl Helfferich (Anatolian Railway) to Schmidt about wells, 1908 Belgian Legation sends the text of the speech of the Supreme Bastion to the inauguration of the Wissmann Memorial San Schmidt, 1908 memorandum of Schmidt about the colonial exploratory mission in Turkey and the Suez enterprise (transcript), approx. 1916 1886-1925, Bundesarchiv, BArch N 2268 Schmidt, Rochus (Generalmajor) Contains:<br />map of the coastal area of Deutsch-Wituland north of the Tana with entries by the hand of Schmidt, ca. 1886<br />letter of Sultan Maschemba an Schmidt, ca. 1889<br />Sketch of the march from Lindi to Luagalla with signature of Zitzewitz, c. 1890<br />Order of the commander of the Schutztruppe for the operation against the south with Wissmann's own signature, 1890<br />Own-handed letter W.C. Porters (Universities Mission to Central Africa) to an unknown person, 1890<br />Two postcards from Georg Schweinfurth to Schmidt, 1922 - 1925<br />Thanks from Prince Bismarck to Schmidt for sending the work about Germany's colonies, 1895<br />Letter from Karl Helfferich (Anatolian Railroad) to Schmidt about wells, 1908<br />Belgian legation sends the wording of the speech of the Supreme Bastien to the inauguration of the Wissmann memorial San Schmidt, 1908<br />Hemdt's memorandum on the colonial fact-finding mission in Turkey and the Suez enterprise (transcript), approx. 1916

Contains among other things: 2 letters of the Sultan of Witu with power of attorney for Clemens Denhardt from 31. Jan. 1886 to Emperor Wilhelm I.