"Kamerun/Cameroon 1894"
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"Kamerun/Cameroon 1894"
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One bound volume containing 263 documents; Diverse Akten betreffend Kamerun-Mission - miscellaneous documents concerning mission work in Cameroon, documents 1 - 37; A number of letters in this section concern the founding of mission stations in the Rio del Rey area: No 1 and No 8 from Dr. Jacoby in Berlin; Nos. 9 and 14 from the German Foreign Office; Nos. 10 and 11 from J.G. Christaller (the former Ghana missionary) in Schorndorf concerning the language spoken in this area; Several other letters discuss the intention of a German Catholic missionary order, the Pallotine missionaries, to increase the scope of their mission in Cameroon: No. 16: copy of a letter from the German Foreign Office (see also letters 25 and 29); No. 23: copy of an article from the "Schweizerische Kirchenzeitung" - a Roman Catholic newspaper in Switzerland - calling on people to support the work of the Pallotines in Cameroon; Nos. 5 and 1 on the planning of sanatoria (Christ and von Jacoby); No. 34: from the German Foreign Office, it mentions punitive expeditions in Abo-Land (See also E-2.6, 82); General-Präses und Ausschuss für Kamerun: letters and reports from the Mission's Local Chairman and Local Executive Committee, Documents 38-105; No. 38: Bizer reports on a riot of the Dahomean soldiers in the German colonial troops in Cameroon; No. 52: Bohner mentions the proposed Sanatorium; Nos. 84 and 103: Bohner mentions another punitive expedition to Buea; Nos. 88 and 92: on the Catholics in the Sanaga area; Nos. 95-6: drawings of the American Mission House in Batanga; Bethel: letters and reports from the Station at Bethel, Documents 106 - 120; No. 107: report by Stolzon a journey to Elungase; Bonaberi- letters and reports from the Station at Bonaberi, Documents 121-155; No. 134: report by Keller on a journey from Bonaberito Muvuka, Bakake, Mundane, Mukoje and Barombi; No. 144: Unger writes about his work in schools; No. 147: Keller on the trade in liquor; Mangamba: letters and reports from the Station at Mangamba, Documents 156-179; No. 160: Autenrieth on the need to train talented Christians as evangelists; No. 166: Autenrieth on a journey to the Babong area; Lobethal: letters and reports from the Lobethal Station, Documents 180-197; No. 180: Schuler complains about the influence of the Roman Catholics in this area; No. 181: minutes of a Station Conference discussing the founding of a Secondary School in Lobethal; Victoria: letters and reports from the Station in Victoria, Documents 198 - 263; No. 261: Schmid reports on a punitive expedition to Buea
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1894
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1894
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E-02.07
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Reference: BMA E-02.07
Title: "Kamerun/Cameroon 1894"
Creator: unknown
Date: 1894
“Kamerun/Cameroon 1894,” BMArchives, accessed May 10, 2026, https://www.bmarchives.org/items/show/16013.
Title: "Kamerun/Cameroon 1894"
Creator: unknown
Date: 1894
“Kamerun/Cameroon 1894,” BMArchives, accessed May 10, 2026, https://www.bmarchives.org/items/show/16013.
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Switzerland
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Fax: +41 61 260 2268
Email: info@bmarchives.org
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