"Kamerun/Cameroon: Letters and reports from the individual mission stations in 1913, part II"
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"Kamerun/Cameroon: Letters and reports from the individual mission stations in 1913, part II"
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290 documents arranged in 18 sections. In this year the Ossing Station is moved to Besongabang. There are three new stations: Ndogbea, Bangwa and Bandzun; Bonaku: letters and reports from the Station at Bonaku, Documents 1-36; Bonaberi: letters and reports from the Station at Bonaberi; Documents 37-48; Bombe: letters and reports from the Station at Bombe, Documents 49-61; No. 61: Rhode stresses the importance of missionary access to the plantations and reports on the use of women and child labour there; Ossing bzw. Besongabang: letters and reports from the Station at Ossing / Besongabang, Documents 62-90; No. 63: Stolz' detailed report on work in the Ossing area; No. 70: a drawing of the mission house to be built in Ossing or Besongabang; No. 81: the decision is taken to make Besongabang and not Ossing the site of the new Station; Stolz reports on the move to Besongabang; Mangamba: letters and reports from the Station at Mangamba, Documents 91-97; No. 94 contains a sketch-map of the area in Yabassi in which it is planned to build a new mission Station; Nyasoso: letters and reports from the Station at Nyasoso, Documents 98-100; Ndunge: letters and reports from the Station at Ndunge, Documents 101-116; Lobethal: letters and reports from the Station at Lobethal, Documents 117-122; Edea: letters and reports from the Station at Edea, Documents 123-129; Ndogbea: letters and reports from the Station at Ndogbea, Documents 130-139; Sakbayeme: letters and reports from the Station at Sakbayeme, Documents 140-159; Nos . 149 and 150: Stutz and Hässig complain about the treatment of Cameroonians recruited by soldiers for work on the roads; Victoria: letters and reports from the Station at Victoria, Documents 160-162; Buea: letters and reports from the Station at Buea, Documents 163-167; Bali: letters and reports from the Station at Bali, Documents 168-228; No. 169: on building a middle school; No. 170: on the necessity of placing a missionary at Bandzun (Keller); No. 174: copy of a letter to the garisson at Bamenda on difficulties with catholic missionaries in the Bamenda-Bamessing area; No. 177 is a copy of the answer (See also Nos. 178-182, 214-216); No. 205: a letter from all Grassfields missionaries on the introduction of the Bali language in churches, schools and literature work (See also No. 220); Bagam: letters and reports from the Station at Bagam, Documents 229-238; No. 233: Vielhauer on aspects of the Bali language, with a note by Lutz; No. 238: a sketch-map of the villages around Bagam; Fumban: letters and reports from the Station at Fumban, Documents 239-259; No. 247 contains a description of a visit by a Catholic missionary to King Njoya (See also Nos. 248, 254, 257); Bangwa: letters and reports from the Station at Bangwa, Documents 260-274; No. 260: Striebel on a meeting with the Governor in Kutie on the language Problem (See also E-2.41,103); Nos. 262 and 263: copies of letters by Striebel asking the PC in Dschang to intervene in differences with the RC mission concerning the building of schools; Bandzun: letters and reports from the Station at Bandzun, Documents 275-290 (All letters are concerned with the beginning of mission work in Bandzun, the relationship with the Chief and with the Catholic mission); No. 284: Lutz to the missionaries in Bandzun on plans for a new Station in Bana (See also No. 287)
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1913
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1913
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Reference: BMA E-02.39
Title: "Kamerun/Cameroon: Letters and reports from the individual mission stations in 1913, part II"
Creator: unknown
Date: 1913
“Kamerun/Cameroon: Letters and reports from the individual mission stations in 1913, part II,” BMArchives, accessed May 11, 2026, https://www.bmarchives.org/items/show/16045.
Title: "Kamerun/Cameroon: Letters and reports from the individual mission stations in 1913, part II"
Creator: unknown
Date: 1913
“Kamerun/Cameroon: Letters and reports from the individual mission stations in 1913, part II,” BMArchives, accessed May 11, 2026, https://www.bmarchives.org/items/show/16045.
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CH-4003 Basel
Switzerland
Tel. +41 61 260 2232
Fax: +41 61 260 2268
Email: info@bmarchives.org
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