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Index mit Inhaltsangaben und Akten 1-270a/ index with table of contents and reports 1-270; Diverse Akten betreffend der Kamerun-Mission (1-14): Freiherr von Soden, Jakob Keller, Friedrich Autenrieth, Dr. von Jacobi, deutsche Kolonialabteilung; Ausschuss Kamerun, diverse Korrespondenz Akten 15-108; Station Bethel/Bonaku, Index und Akten 109-121: Martin Göhring, Gottlieb Spellenberg; Otto Schkölziger, Willhelm Hies, Ferdinand Ernst, Arnold Scholten, Wilhelm Dietrich, Heinrich Bohner, Karl Eugen Schuler; Station Bonaberi, Index und Akten 122-144: Heinrich Bohner, Eugen Hartenstein, Nathanael Lauffer, Friedrich Lutz, Wlhelm Hies, Martin Nusser, Arnold Scholten, Karl Eugen Schuler, Ferdinand Ernst, Ph. Häcklinger, Wilhelm Schmid, Jakob Gutekunst; Station Bombe:Index und Akten 145-165; Heinrich Bohner, Nathanael Lauffer, Arnold Scholten, Eugen Hartenstein,Wilhelm Hies, Karl Stolz; Station Mangamba, Index und Akten 166-179, Heinrich Bohner, Eugen Hartenstein, Arnold Scholten, Karl Wittwer, Heinrich Dorsch, Ferdinand Kobe, Chapuis François, Jakob Keller; Station Nyasoso Index und Akten 180-202: Heinrich Dorsch, Wilhelm Basedow, Heinrich Bohner, Wilhelm Hies, Arnold Scholten; Station Lobethal, Index und Akten 203-215: Arnold Scholten, David Hermann, Bartholomäus Gantenbein, Arnold Scholten, Heinrich Bohner, Wilhelm Hies, Georg Schürle; Station Edie, Index und Akten 216-238: David Hermann, Arnold Scholten, Gottlob Walker, Carl Hüttinger, Heinrich Dorsch, Gantenbein, Heinrich Bohner, Kaiserlicher Regierungs-Arzt, Willhelm Dietrich, Karl Schuler, Wilhelm Hies; Station Viktoria, Index und Akten 239-264: Gotthilf Gonser, Wilhelm Hies, Heinrich Bohner, Arnold Scholten, Georg Bizer, Gottlieb Spellenberg, Carl Hüttinger, Station Buea: Index und Akten 265-270a: Georg Bizer, Heinrich Bohner, Wilhelm Dietrich, Arnold Scholten, Karl Schuler, Otto Schkölziger Die folgenden Pläne sind in den Akten, da mit Berichten verklebt: Akte 177:Bleistiftskizze, Situationsplan der Station Mangamba von Karl Wittwer Akte 182: Bleistiftskizze eines Archiv-Kasten Station Nyasoso Akte 189: Plan Missionsstation Nyasoso betreffend Abänderungen am Plan von Carl Hüttinger (Dokument 139) von Carl Hüttinger Akte 228b: Plan zu einem Nebengebäude für Edea, Bleistiftskizze, 1897 270 documents and divided into 11 sections, including sections for the new stations at Edea and Bombe. Diverse Akten betreffend Kamerun - miscellaneous documents concerning Cameroon, Documents 1-14; Mainly correspondence with Government officials on the liquor auestion: permission to send a missionary doctor to Cameroon; acquisition of land in Buea: and Problems with the Roman Catholic missionaries in Sanaga; No. 8: a one-page printed leaflet with regulations concerning birth and marriage registers for indigenous Christians, also concerned with the Position of women; Ausschuss der Kamerun-Mission: letters and reports from the Mission's Local Executive Committee and its members, Documents 15-108; No. 19: draft curriculum for use in the Mission's Secondary Schools. See also Nos. 30 and 31-No. 39: Minutes of the Missionaries' General Conference where, inter alia the founding of a girls' school and the Coming of a mission doctor are discussed; No. 60: Printed booklet ("Lehrplan für die Mittel- und Gehilfenschule in Kamerun", 29 pages) with the Basel Mission curriculum for secondary schools. Nos 64-108: documents discussing disagreements among the missionaries in Cameroon, along with a circular letter from the Inspector in Basel addressed to them all; Bethel: letters and reports from the Station at Bethel (Bonaku), Documents 109 - 121; No. 113a: envelope containing drawings of a projected Workshop in Bonaku; No. 114: report by Göhring on a journey to the Elungasi area; Bonaberi: letters and reports from the Station at Bonaberi, Documents 122-144; No. 129: Nusser describes the people with whom he is working (Einige Charakterzüge unserer Leute); Bombe: letters and reports from the Station at Bombe, Documents 145-156; No. 152: Lauffer mentions a Conference between the missionaries and three Chiefs; No. 160: Lauffer on the conversion of people in Mukonva; Mangamba: letters and reports from the Station in Mangamba, Documents 166-179; No. 168: Wittwer reports a case of witchdraft, where, allegedly, 19 innocent people were killed, and the matter was brought before a colonial court; No. 177: sketch map of the Mangamba Station; Nyasoso: letters and reports from the Station at Nyasoso, Documents 180-202; No. 188: building Plans for the Station in Nyasoso. (Another plan can be found unnumbered, but bound between documents 193 and 194); No. 200: Dorsch writes of his experiences with the Nyasoso people; Lobethal: letters and reports from the Station at Lobethal, Documents 203-215; No. 212: In his annual Report Scholten mentions trouble with the Losango-men and the Catholics; No. 213: Annual Report of the Boys' School with (No. 214) a copy of the timetable; Edea: letters and reports from the Station at Edea, Documents 216-238; Nos. 216-237 concern additional buildings at Edea; No. 238: the first Annual Report from Edea. It relates Lutz' first experiences with the people in the region around Edea; Victoria: letters and reports from the Station at Victoria, Documents 239-264; No. 246: Bizer and Gonser on a journey from Cameroon Mountain to Lake Richard; No. 249: Gonser on the baptism of a polygamist and his 8 children; Nos. 254 and 256: the missionaries request permission to open a shop in Victoria. The building Plans are at No. 256a; No. 264: on the Catholic mission in this area; Buea: letters and reports from the Station at Buea, Documents 265-270; No. 268: report by Bizer to the "Akademischer Missionsverein Tübingen" (a Student group in Tübingen interested in Mission) on his work and the Mission's Boys' Boarding School in Buea; No. 270: Annual Report mentioning the expropriation of land and its consequences for the people
E-02.11a Index mit Inhaltsangaben und Akten 1-167/ index with table of contents and reports 1-167; Diverse Akten Kamerun 1-10/Various files 1-10: Dr. von Jacobi, Kolonialabteilung, Heinrich Bohner; Ausschuss Kamerun, Index und Akten 11-73: Wilhelm Dietrich, Heinrich Bohner, Eugen Schuler, Arnold Scholten, Georg Bizer, Jakob Keller, Karl Wittwer, Karl Stolz, Martin Göhring, Wilhelm Schmid; Station Bonaku (Bethel) Akten 74-100: Wilhelm Dietrich, Heinrich Bohner, Arnold Scholten, Karl Schuler, Wilhelm Hies, Otto Schkölziger, Wilhelm Schmid, Martin Göhring, Jakob Gutekunst, Johannes Maier, Carl Pfleiderer; Station Bonaberi, Akten 101-129; Eugen Schuler, Heinrich Bohner, Wilhelm Dietrich, Arnold Scholten, Martin Nusser, Jakob Gutekunst, Ph. Häcklinger, Ferdinand Ernst, Jakob Keller; Station Bombe, Akten 130-143: Jakob Stolz, Ferdinand Kobel, Alfred Scholten, Eugen Schuler, Heinrich Bohner, Wilhelm Dietrich: Station Mangamba, Akten 144-167: Heinrich Bohner, Jakob Keller, François Chapuis, Karl Wittwer, Alfred Scholten, Eugen Schuler E-02.11b Index mit Inhaltsangaben und Akten 168-243/ index with table of contents and reports 168-243; Station Nyasoso, Akte 168-180: Wilhelm Basedow, Heinrich Dorsch, Alfred Scholten, Heinrich Bohner, Eugen Schuler; Station Lobethal, Akten 181-195: Alfred Scholten, Bartholome Gantenbein, Wilhelm Dietrich, Georg, Schürle, Gotthilf Lorch, Eugen Schuler; Station Edie, Akten 196-198: Gottlob Walker, Friedrich Lutz; Station Viktoria, Akten 199-216: Heinrich Bohner, Gouverneur von Kamerun, Gotthilf Gonser, Gottlieb Spellenberg, Wilhelm Schmid, Carl Hüttinger, Georgg Bizer, Martin Nusser, Jakob Keller; Statiom Buea, Akten 218 -243: Georg Bizer, Wilhelm Dietrich, Heinrich Bohner, Carl Hüttinger, Eugen Schuler, Wilhelm Schmid 243 documents arranged in 11 sections. Diverse Akten betreffend Kamerun - miscellaneous documents concerning Cameroon, Documents 1-10; Mainly correspondence between the Basel Mission and the Colonial Government; No. 9: Draft petition by Inspector Oehler to the Colonial Office in Berlin. Oehler strongly protests against the expropriation of land in order to create plantations. The formerly independent tribes are able to retain so little land that they are forced to sell their labour; Ausschuss der Kamerun-Mission: letters and reports from the Mission's Local Exectuive Committee and its members, Documents 11-73; Nos. 18-20: Schuler reports on schools in Cameroon and sends two school timetables to Basel; Nos. 26, 27 and 30: a missionary doctor for Cameroon?; Nos. 46-45: Minutes of the Missionaries' Annual General Conference, including (No. 51) a report by Göhring on the current situation in regard to the sale and consumption of liquor in Cameroon; Nos. 54-66: discuss a draft of regulations on the Organisation of the Basel Mission in Cameroon; Bonaku / Bethel- letters and reports from the Station Bethel / Bonaku, Documents 74-100; Nos. 75 and 84 mention the beginning of a Girls' Boarding School in Bethel; Bonaberi: letters and reports from the Station at Bonaberi, Documents 101-129; No. 109: Ernst reports on a journey to the Elongasie area; No. 114: report on the Middle School and Seminary; No. 129: List of the buildings on the Station; Bombe: letters and reports from the Station at Bombe, Documents 130 - 143; No. 143: Annual Report, inter al Stolzmentions the effects on the peole of the prohibition of secret societies (losango); Mangamba: letters and reports from the Station at Mangamba; Documents 144-167: No. 144: Keller reports in detail on his approach to the losango cult in his area. See also No. 148; Nos. 153-154: Wittwer reports on the progress of his work in Aboland and the regulations agreed for the united congregations in Aboland. (See also E-2.6,82 and E-2.7,34. Soon after the founding of the Mangamba Station the Abo Christians, led by the teacher Josef Koto. founded their own mission Organisation and asked others to join them. They then decided to finance their congregations and evangelisation themselves and thus become independent of financial aid from the Basel Mission); No. 157: Keller, Wittwer and Chapuis ask for permission to found a Boys' School in Mangamba; No. 159: essay by Keller on small children in Cameroon ("Wie es kleinen Kindern in Kamerun ergeht und ergehen kann"); Nyasoso: letters and reports from the Station in Nyasoso, Documents 168-180; No. 172: contains a sketch of Kupe mountain; No. 173: Dorsch complains about the behaviour of Dr. Esch who has been travelling in the area for the Colonial Government; Lobethal: letters and reports from the Station at Lobethal, Documents 181-195; No. 189: Gantenbein reports on a secret society which had been abolished; No. 190: Gantenbein on the liquor problem in the area and on the work of the Catholic missions; Edea: letters and reports from the Station at Edea, Documents 196-198; Victoria: letters and reports from the Station at Victoria, Documents 199-216; Nos. 199 and 200: are concerned with the Government's plan to Station a doctor at Victoria; Buea: letters and reports from the Station at Buea, Documents 217-243; No. 232: Station Conference minutes concerning a decision by the Government to assign more land to the Basel Mission in Buea on condition that part of it is used; No. 233 includes a sketch map showing the land involved; No. 233: estimates of the costs of the missionaries' plans for the use of this land; No. 238: Schuler describes the Situation on the southern slope of Cameroon Mountain
E-02.12 Index mit Inhaltsangaben und Akten 1-234/ index with table of contents and reports 1-234; Diverse Akten über die Kamerun Mission, 1-20: Dr. von Jacobi, Kolonialrat Staudinger, Auswärtiges Amt Kolonialabteilung; Ausschuss Kamerun, Akten 21-77: Wilhelm Dietrich, Eugen Schuler, Georg Bizer; Station Bonaku (Bethel), Akten 78-98: Wilhelm Dietrich, Eugen Schuler, Martin Göhring, Otto Schkölziger, Willhelm Kies, Friedrich Rüb, Jakob Gutekunst, Margarethe Kalmbach, Mathilde Ostertag, Gottfried Schwarz, Johannes Maier; Station Bonaberi, Akten 99-114: Ernst Dinkelacker, Friedrich Lutz, Ferdinand Ernst, Ernst Lankmeyer, Martin Nusser, Karl Epting, Ph. Häcklinger, Eugen Schuler, Johannes Gutbrod; Station Bombe, Akten 115-129: Karl Stolz, Martin Nusser, Wilhelm Dietrich, Eugen Schuler, Gerorg Bizer, Carl Hüttinger, Wilhelm Schmid; Station Mangamba, Akten 130-142: Karl Wittwer, Ernst Lankmeyer, Eugen Schuler, Georg Bizer, Wilhelm Dietrich, Ferdinand Kobel; Station Nyasoso, Akten 143-168: Heinrich Dorsch, Eugen Schuler, Carl Wittwer, Georg Bizer, Wilhelm Dietrich, Carl Hüttinger, Gottlob Walker, Dr. von Jacobi, Dr. Christ; Station Lobethal, Akten 169-181: Bartholome Gantenbein, Georg Schürle, Gotthilf Lorch; Station Edie, Akten 182-194: Friedrich Lutz, Eugen Schuler, Georg Bizer, Wilhelm Dietrich, Nathanael Lauffer, Georg Hässig; Station Victoria, Akten 195-215:Jakob Keller, Gottlieb Spellenberg, Wilhelm Schmid, Georg Bizer, Eugen Schuler, Wilhelm Dietrich; Station Buea, Akten 216-234: Georg Bizer, Eugen Schuler, Wilhelm Schmid
219 documents bound into one volume with 11 sections; Diverse Akten betreffend Kamerun - miscellaneous documents concerning Cameroon, Documents 1-7, Letters from the Colonial Section of the German Foreign Office and from Plantation Companies concerning the right of the Basel Mission to buy land and the plans of the Plantation Companies to expropriate the indigenous people and move them to special villages for better control; Ausschuss der Kamerunmission: letters and reports from the Mission's Local Executive Committee and its members, Documents 8-69; Nos 21-25: arrangements for a mission doctor (Hey), where to Station him, and where to build his house; Nos 45-57: Minutes of the Missionaries' Annual General Conference (Allgemeine Brüderkonferenz) with several presentations on interesting topics: wrestling matches in Cameroon and the attitude of Christian congregations (No. 46, Stolzand Basedow), The Position of women in Cameroon (No. 50, Göhring), Slavery and the slave trade (No. 51, Lauffer); Nos 59-61: Minutes of a Conference on school Problems; Bonaku: letters and reports from the Station at Bonaku, Documents 70 - 79; Bonaberi- letters and reports from the Station at Bonaberi, Documents 98-115; Nos. 99-100: Duala letter and translation from Chief Mukura Mikane asking the Home Board in Basel to post Ernst back to Bonaberi; No. 102: Dinkelacker's Half-yearly report on the Middle School rather detailed. (See also Nos. 103-108); No. 114: A dream as reason for conversion - a story told by Thomas Mukoko a teacher in Bonamateke; Bombe: letters and reports from the Station at Bombe, Documents 116-126; Nos. 117-118: Reports by Spellenberg on journeys to Balondoland and areas in the north-west; No. 119: a detailed report by Stolzon a punitive expedition (von Besser) to the Bakundu region; No. 125: List of the buildings and lands belonging to the Bombe Station; Mangamba: letters and reports from the Station at Mangamba, Documents 127-138; No. 137: annual report by Wittwer with a Statistical survey of land and buildings; Nyasoso: letters and reports from the Station at Nyasoso, Documents 139-151; No. 139: Dorsch on the first baptisms in Nyasoso; Nos. 143-144: on the building of a well; No. 151: sketch map of the Nyasoso Station area; Lobethal: letters and reports from the Station at Lobethal, Documents 152-170; No. 159: Schürle on trouble with the Catholic mission in the Sanaga area (See also Nos. 160 and 163); No. 161: Schürle asks for permission to baptise a polygamist with two Christian wives; No. 162: Report on a journey to Yasuku by Meier; No. 165: an interesting report on traditional religion; No. 169: report by Mrs Schürle on the education of girls; Edea: letters and reports from the Station at Edea, Documents 171-186; Victoria: letters and reports from the Station at Victoria, Documents 187-205; Buea: letters and reports from the Station at Buea, Documents 206-219; Nos. 208-212: special reports on the expropriation of land in the Buea region and the methods used to recruit labourers for the plantation companies. The missionaires ask the Basel Home Board to intervene with the German Government and publish the facts as they report them
264 documents bound into one volume and divided into 12 sections; The last section is a special one on the question of emoluments for the Basel Missionaries in Cameroon (see below: "....Reduzierung der persönlichen Verwilligungen...."); Diverse Akten betreffend Kamerun - miscellaneous documents concerning Cameroon, Documents 1-14 mainly Government documents on the land question and the recruitment of labourers; Ausschuss der Kamerunmission: letters and reports from the Mission's Local Executive Committee in Cameroon and its members, Documents 15-66; No. 17: Dietrich reports on the practice of slave-trading, slavery and pawning in Cameroon and urges legal measures to combat the problem; No. 46: Schuler on tensions between colonial officers and missionaries because of Schrempfs Intervention in the Reichstag which accused the Government and the plantation owners of maltreatment of the population; Ueber Reduzierung der persönlichen Verwilligungen der Brüder in Kamerun - concerning the reduction of the personal allowances paid to Basel missionaries in Cameroon, Documents 67-113, the whole sections consists of correspondence between the Inspector in Basel and the head of the Mission's administration there on the one side, and the Cameroon missionaries on the other, each missionary stating his views on the proposed reduction in a personal and confidential letter; Bonaku: letters and reports from the Station at Bonaku, Documents 114-148; No. 119: a sketch of plans for a new boathouse; No. 132: a drawing for new school buildings in Bonanjo; No. 137 and 138: reports on the "German schools" in Bonanio and Bell Town (a part of Duala named after Manea Bell); No. 139: Mrs Lorch reports on the Girls' School; No. 140: Deibol reports on Bonaduma; No.141: report on medical mission work by Dr. Hey with critical comments by several missionaries (Nos. 142 - 148); Bonaberi- letters and reports from the Station at Bonaberi, Documents 149-159; No. 28: Dinkelacker on illness and disease among non-christians: "Ueber das Krankheitselend in der Heidenwelt"; No. 153: a story, written by Dinkelacker for the magazine "Der Jugendfreund", about a leopard in the school-yard ("Der Leopard im Schülerhof"); Bombe: letters and reports from the Station at Bombe, Documents 160-174; No. 165: Stolzon a journey to the north and north-west of Bombe; No. 166: Stolzon a Government (?) expedition to the Bumbi mountains; No. 169: the missionaries in Bombe ask permission to start a boys' boarding school in Bombe; No. 174: Chapuis' annual report complains about the bad effects Government expeditions have on the people. He also mentions the revival of secret societies (losango); Mangamba: letters and reports from the Station at Mangamba, Documents 175-192; No. 178: minutes of Station Conference on the founding of a new Station in the Dibombe area (Nianga between Mangamba and Nyasoso), See also No. 176; No. 179: Wittwer's quarterly report mentions a journey to Ndogripenda and encounters with secret societies; No. 185: Report on the "United Congregations" by Wittwer; Nyasoso: letters and reports from the Station at Nyasoso, Documents 193-214; No. 194: Walker and Basedow ask for permission to start a boys' school in Nyasoso and send in their estimate of the costs involved (No. 195); No. 201: Dorsch compares the language spoken around Nyasoso with the Duala language; No. 211: Wittwer discusses the proposal to found a new Station at Nvanga; Lobethal: letters and reports from the Station at Lobethal, Documents 215-227; No. 218: a story about pythons. told by Roth; No. 221: Maier reports the rebaptism of a women who had already been baptised by a Catholic priest; No. 224: in his quarterly report Maier writes about the judiciary in Cameroon; No. 226: in his annual report Maier mentions the trouble caused by the forcible recruitment of labourers; Edea: letters and reports from the Station at Edea, Documents 228-238; No. 228: Minutes of a Station Conference meeting dealing with permission to open a Girls' Boarding School (Mädchenanstalt) and the number of girls to be admitted to this school; Victoria: letters and reports from the Station at Victoria, Documents 239-245; No. 240: Krayl's journey to the Balondo area (Lake Soden), travel through the forest, with some mention of secret societies; No. 245: Lutz' Annual Report for the Station mentions another punitive expedition to Buea; Buea: letters and reports from the Station at Buea, Documents 246-264; No. 256: Schuler's detailed report of conditions in Buea district and the land problem
266 documents bound into one volume and divided into 11 sections, with an additional section on a possible takeover of American Presbyterian Mission Stations in Southern Cameroon, "Akten betr. Uebernahme"; Diverse Akten betreffend Kamerun - miscellaneous documents concerning Cameroon, Documents 1-4, all letters from colonial officials in Berlin; No 1 and No 2: deal with Government policy on the distribution of crown lands ("Kronland"); Akten betreffend Uebernahme von Süd-Kamerun - documents on the possible takeover of American Presbyterian Mission Stations in Southern Cameroon by the Basel Mission, Documents 5-30 (In the end the Americans decided to continue their work in South Cameroon and Gabon). Includes correspondence from Basel Mission missionaries in Cameroon on the suggestion; Ausschuss der Kamerun-Mission: letters and reports from the Mission's Local Executive Committe and its members, Documents 31-100; No. 43: Schuler mentions a controversy between the Basel Mission and the Catholic Pallotines, as described in an article in a Catholic magazine under the title "Licht in den Finsternissen"; No. 49: Schuler as Local Chairman reports on the land question, A Commission has been set up to deal with land Problems. A lawyer has been appointed to represent indigenous interests; No. 57: Lutz as the Mission's Inspector of Schools reports on the School system in Cameroon; No. 59: Schuler reports inter al on tensions between Basel Mission and Government on the land question; No. 78: Schuler on plans to begin mission work in the Bali area. He also complains about Governor von Putkamer's behaviour; Nos. 89 and 91: Schuler reports on the preparations for a journey to Bali and on the journey itself; Bonaku: letters and reports from the Station at Bonaku, Documents 101-137; No. 102: Miss Bucher's first impressions of African children; No. 130: Spellenberg on a journey to the Rumpi (or Bumpi?) mountains and Banyang: on towns which had been destroyed by punitive expeditions: the style of houses in the Defang-Mfotabe area and traditional customs there; Bonaberi- letters and reports from the Station at Bonaberi, Documents 138-149; No. 139: Göhring on the court System in Cameroon; No. 140: Göhring on the behaviour of Europeans in Cameroon and their treatment of the indigenous Population; No. 142: Stahl gives a detailed description of the area around Lobethal after a journey there with Maier; Bombe: letters and reports from the Station at Bombe, Documents 150-164; No. 150: Greule on preparing boys for entrance to the boys' school in Bonaberi; Mangamba: letters and reports from the Station at Mangamba, Documents 165-179; No. 175: Wahl on a journey to the Dibombe area; No. 176: Wittwer in his annual report mentions tensions between Africans and Germans; Nyasoso: letters and reports from the Station at Nyasoso, Documents 180-208; No. 180-181: estimates of the costs of a proposed Station at Nvanga; No. 182: drawings for the proposed mission house at Nvanga; No. 200: Dorsch on the extension of mission work to northern Bakossi with sketch map; No. 202: Basedow on superstition in Cameroon; Lobethal: letters and reports from the Station at Lobethal, Documents 209-220; No. 210: Ernst on a journey to Ndogumakumak; No. 213-214: concerning the baptism of a polygamist and the protests of the local congregation; Edea: letters and reports from the Station at Edea, Documents 221-242; No. 239: Schürle on a journey to the Ndogobisol area; No. 242: Hässig's Annual Report mentions the positive influence of mission work in combatting inter-tribal wars; Victoria: letters and reports from the Station at Victoria, Documents 243-251; No. 249: Lutz on discussions between Government, plantation owners and the Catholic and Protestant missions on the distribution of land and indigenous land rights. He also complains about the behaviour of Governor von Puttkame; Buea: letters and reports from the Station at Buea, Documents 252-266
233 documents bound into one volume and divided into 12 sections, one for the newly opened Station at Bali; Diverse Akten betreffend Kamerun - miscellaneous documents concerning Cameroon, Documents 1-8; Letters from colonial officials in Berlin concerning the land question and letters from J. K. Vietor (Bremen) on difficulties between the colonial authorities and the missions; Ausschuss der Kamerunmission: letters and reports from the Mission's Local Executive Committee and its members, Documents 9-78; Numbers 9, 13, 17, 21, 26, 30, 31, 37, 44, 51, 54, 68, 70 and 75 deal all with the new Station in Bali; Numbers 21-26: minutes of the missionaries Annual General Conference including discussion of baptism of polygamists, founding of an orphanage, sale of Christian girls; No. 21: minutes of the Mission's annual Teachers' Conference; No 43: Lutz on the work of the Land Commission and the resettlement of villages on the mountain slopes around Buea; Nos. 47-48: Governorvon Puttkamer wants the Basel Mission to take over the Government Schools in Duala; No. 78: Hecklinger's annual report of his work in the book shop; Bonaku: letters and reports from the Station at Bonaku, Documents 79-101; Nos. 95-101: the various annual reports from Bonaku: congregation in Bonaku (Hecklinger), congregation in Bonabela (Lauffer), "German School" in Bonanjo (Stutz and Deibol), Girls' School (Miss Bucher), Workshops (wood- and metalwork) (Trautwein and Krauss) letters and reports from the Station at Bonaberi, Documents 102-107; No. 105: Dinkelacker, "Bonaberi, ein Stationsbild aus Kamerun" (i.e. Bonaberi: description of a Mission Station in Cameroon); Bombe: letters and reports from the Station at Bombe, Documents 108-117; Mangamba: letters and reports from the Station at Mangamba, Documents 118-131; No. 118: Wittwer on the struggle between paganism and christianity, a 15 pages report; No. 120: Wahl's detailed report of a journey to Mbang, Ding, Ndue and Bayong; Nyasoso: letters and reports from the Station at Nyasoso, Documents 132-150; No. 133: Dorsch on traditional religion; Lobethal: letters and reports from the Station at Lobethal, Documents 151-162; Edea: letters and reports from the Station at Edea, Documents 163-174; No. 163: Lutz on a journey into the hinterland of Edea; No. 167: Schürle on mission work among tribes in the hinterland of Edea; Victoria: letters and reports from the Station at Victoria, Documents 175-190; No. 175: Lutz on native reserves in the plantations around Victoria; Buea: letters and reports from the Station at Buea, Documents 191-199; No. 191 : Gutbrod on a journey to the Bomboko area west of Victoria; No. 196: In his Annual Report Lorch mentions difficulties with the distribution of land in the Buea area; Bali: letters and reports from the Station at Bali, Documents 200-233; Most documents are accounts of the journey to Bali by various missionaries, of the Situation in Bali as they found it, and of practical Problems in connection with the building of the new Station
137 documents bound into one volume and arranged in 5 sections; A further 244 documents of 1904 correspondence arranged in 7 sections is to be found in volume E-2.18; Diverse Akten über die Kamerunmission - miscellaneous documents concerning the mission in Cameroon, Documents 1-17; These documents deal mainly with the distribution of land in the Buea area and the danger of unrest because of the forced resettlements; Ausschuss der Kamerunmission: letters and reports from the Mission's Local Executive Committee and its members, Documents 12-78; The letters in this section are mainly concerned with internal mission matters, but there are a number which are concerned with the land Problem; No. 24: Lutz as the Local Chairman complains bitterly of the way the Bakwiri people are being forced to resettle. See als numbers 28, 48, 62, 67 and 74; No. 78: Annual Report on school work in Cameroon by Dinkelacker; Bonaku: letters and reports from the Station in Bonaku, Documents 79-121; No. 107: Stolzwrites to the Government on the fight against superstition; Bonaberi: letters and reports from the Station at Bonaberi, Documents 122-129; Bombe: letters and reports from the Station at Bombe, Documents 130-137; Numbers 131 and 132: a journey to the Rumpi mountains, reported by Maier and Ebding
144 documents (Nos. 138-282 of the 1904 correspondence) bound into one volume and arranged in 7 sections, including one for the newly-founded Station at Sakbayeme. Mangamba: letters and reports from the Station at Mangamba, Documents 138-160; No. 146: Gantenbein reports on a journey to the Tinge Valley, Bakaka and Nimong; No. 153: Stutz on a journey to the Lungasi area; Nyasoso: letters and reports from the Station at Nyasoso, Documents 161-173; No. 162: Schwab on a journey through the Tinge Valley to Ninong on Manenguba Mountain; No. 172: in his Annual Report Spellenberg gives another detailed account of a journey to the people living around Manenguba; Lobethal: letters and reports from the Station at Lobethal, Documents 174-192; No. 179: F. Spellenberg on a journey to the Logetomb on the far side of the Sanaga River; Edea-Sakbayeme: letters and reports from the stations at Edea and Sakbayeme, Documents 193-227; No. 193: Greule's account of a journey to the Ndognem people on the far side of the Sanaga River and a detailed account of the clash which occurred with them. Additional remarks by Schürle: No. 194; No. 201: Roth reports another journey to the Ndogonkol area, describing land and people in detail; No. 199: the Edea Station Conference asks for permission to found a new Station in Sakbeyeme; Nos. 206 and 207: Schürle describes the geographv and ethnology of the area between Edea and Yaundé with a sketch map, and additional remarks by Lutz on the question of new mission stations in this area; No. 219: on the planned division of the Edea Station into two: Edea and Sakbayeme; Victoria: letters and reports from the Station at Victoria, Documents 228-236; No. 231: Gutbrod on the Isuba people east of Victoria and mission work there; Buea: letters and reports from the Station at Buea, Documents 237-249; No. 243: Spering's essay "What the Bawiri think about life after death and their funeral customs"; No. 244: Lorch on the Bakwiri language; Bali: letters and reports from the Station at Bali, dealing mainly with the journey to and the beginnings of the work in Bali, Documents 250-282; No. 259: includes a sketch-map of the villages around Bali
153 documents bound into one volume and arranged in two sections; A further 24 documents from 1905 are bound into E-2.20; Diverse Akten betreffend Kamerunmission - miscellaneous documents concerning the mission in Cameroon, Documents 1-40; This section deals mainly with the Government's plan to build a railway from Duala to the Manenguba mountains; No. 1: Inspector Oehler to the German Reichstag warning of the danger of unrest in Cameroon if more land is taken away from the indigenous people and they are put under still more pressure to work as cheap labourers on the plantations; Nos 2-4: J. K. Vietor (Bremen) to Lattmann, Preiswerk and Würz on supporting the viewpoint that the policy of encouraging large German-owned plantations in Cameroon is wrong; No. 6: Minutes of Reichstag debate on the building of the railway from Duala to the Manenguba mountains; Nos 8-9: a sketch map of the proposed railway route, and a newspaper cutting ("Der Reichsbote", 25- May 1905) about a meeting between members of the Reichstag and representatives of missionary societies on the advisability of building the railway; No. 39: Würz (in Basel) reports the visit of some members of the Reichstag to Cameroon inter al to some mission statinos; Ausschuss der Kamerunmission: letters and reports from the Missions's Local Executive Committee and its members, Documents 41-153; Nos. 61-82: minutes of the missionaries' Annual General Conference, dealing extensively with Problems in mission work; No. 64: sketch map showing the area where Basa is spoken; Quite a large number of letters in this section are concerned with the conflict between the Basel Mission and the German Colonial authorities on indigenous land rights as Numbers 41, 49, 55, 84, 89-91, 94, 99, 105, 107, 108, 110-115, 122-125, 128-135; No. 129 is particularly interesting: a 21 pages letter from Lutz to von Richthofen, a member of the Reichstag giving a detailed account of the policies and malpractices of the colonial authorities and voicing the strong Protest of the Basel Mission; No. 136: Lutz to the District Court in Victoria on the question of the right approach to charges of witchcraft and sorcery among the Bakwiri people
24 documents bound into one volume and arranged in 10 sections; The documents in Volumes E-2.19 and E-2.20 are numbered consecutively: the first document in this volume is no. 154; Bonaku: letters and reports from the Station at Bonaku, Documents 154-203; No. 156-159 are sketch maps of the Station area and (No. 159) a street map of Duala; No. 166: Dr Vortisch on his experience in medical mission in Cameroon; No. 167: a plan of the proposed buildings for medical mission in Duala; Nos. 175-188: the planned building of a girls' boarding school (Mädchenanstalt); No. 198: Lauffer on pagan and Christian teaching ("Heidnischer und christlicher Anschauungsunterricht") methods; Bonaberi: letters and reports from the Station at Bonaberi, Documents 204-217; No. 207: Dinkelacker as Basel Mission Inspector of Schools reports on a visit to schools in the area; Bombe: letters and reports from the Station at Bombe, Documents 218-228; No. 226: Maier on work with girls and women: and on some customs in the Bakundu area; No. 227: in his Annual Report Maier mentions the difficult relationship between village people and the colonial government; Mangomba: letters and reports from the Station at Mangamba, Documents 229-248; No. 238: drawing for a proposed additional building for the Station; No. 242: Stutz on a journey to the Yabassi region; No. 244: Vöhringer on a journey to the Ndokripenda area; Nos. 246-248: Annual Reports for the Station as a whole (Vöhringer) and the Boys' Boarding School (Vöhringer and Ebding); The latter mentions the difficult relationship between Government and people because of planned resettlements; Nyasoso: letters and reports from the Station at Nyasoso, Documents 249-264; No. 253: Stahl reports a journey with Government troops into "enemy country" (Feindesland). With the letter are two photographs of soldiers in the valley of the Elong people; No. 259a: Stahl writes for the periodical "Die Deutsche Kolonien" about a journey to visit schools and to evangelise in the villages around Manenguba mountain; No. 261: Mrs Spellenberg writes for children in Europe: "A white baby's experience in her first week's after birth"; Lobethal: letters and reports from the Station in Lobethal, Documents 265-269; No. 268: Wittwer's Annual Report in which he mentions that planned resettlements in this area were postponed after discussions between Lutz and the colonial government; Sakbayeme: letters and reports from the Station at Sakbayeme, Documents 282-302; No. 29e: Langbein on the Bekok districts and Mangala districts; No. 295: a history of the out-station at Ndogobianga and encounters with the people of this area; Victoria: letters and reports from the Station at Victoria, Documents 303-321; No. 303: Gutbrod mentions Vietor's visit to Victoria; No. 304 : Vietor to Gutbrod on his views about plantation policy and the distribution of land; No. 306: Schmidt, newly appointed to the Landkommission, has been replaced in that body after he had tried to stand up for indigenous land rights; Buea: letters and reports from the Station at Buea, Documents 322-337; Bali: letters and reports from the Station at Bali, Documents 338-394; No. 342: Abstract from the minutes of the Missionaries' Annual General Conference in Bonaku on the question of founding another mission Station in the Grassfields and a Station on the road between the coastal region and the Grassfields; No. 346: report on the building of Bali Station, with two sketch maps of the whole area where the Basel Mission is working; No. 357: Keller mentions exploratory journeys to Banso, Babekum, Bameta, Bafum and Bali Mudi; No. 360: Ernst on the fighting between the colonial troops and the Chiefs around Bali and the role the missionaries were asked to play as mediators; No. 362: Keller writes in detail in answer to questions from the Basel Committee concerning government expeditions to gain control of the Bali region. He mentions the disappearance of whole villages and describes the attitudes of the people. He also critices the practices of the commercial Company G.N.K. - Gesellschaft Nordwest Kamerun. He urges the Basel Committee to protest against the expropriation of land for the building of the railway. See also Nos. 364-365, 368-372, 385b; No. 373 consists of 3 documents: a deed of gift by the Fon of Bali to the Basel Mission. concerning its land, written in German and the Bali language: and two similar sketch maps of the area involved; No. 380: Mrs Keller reports on women in Bali; No. 381: the Station's Conference decides to begin a new Station in Bamum; No. 385a: a detailed account of the beginning of the Mission in Bali and of a journey to Bamum with a visit to King Nioya. See also No. 385b
This volume consists of 143 documents arranged in six sections. A further 138 letters and reports for the year 1906 are bound into E-2.22; Diverse Akten über die Kamerunmission-miscellaneous documents concerning the work of the Mission in Cameroon, Documents 1-8; Mostly correspondence concerning proofs asked for by the Kolonialamt for the maltreatment of Cameroonians by German colonial troops; No. 1: A German army pharmacist, one Bernegen on the importance of the Cameroonian cola-nut for the world market (copy); No. 2: Judge Straehler in Berlin asks for the presence of Lutz as witness in a disciplinary hearing against Governor von Puttkamer; Ausschuss der Kamerunmission: letters and reports from the Mission's Local Executive Committee and its members, Documents 9-76; No. 10: Lutz mentions von Puttkamer's recall and the arrival of a new Governor Müller. And indeed a number of letters by both Lutz and Stolz are concerned with relationships with the new Governor. Von Puttkamer's case, and the land question in numbers 14, 16, 19, 25, 42, 47, 62, 70, 74, 75; No. 11: on the present political Situation and an uprising in the [Nyasoso area. Also difficulties in Bamum because of the strength of the islamic presence there; Numbers 21, 40, 65, 66, 68 and 104: the case of the Akwa Chiefs, who have been accused of inciting unrest. No. 69: a speech in their defence by Stolz; No. 70: Stolz, Father, Hippert and Bender of the Baptist mission petition the Governor on their behalf; No. 76: Annual report of the Basel Mission's Inspector of Schools, Dinkelacker; Bonaku: letters and reports from the Station at Bonaku, Documents 77-111; No 111: Deibol in his Annual Report tells stories about the perception of the power of God in his congregation; Bonaberi: letters and reports from the Station at Bonaberi, Documents 112-125; No. 117: Bufe comparing the education of freed slaves in Americ with schooling in Cameroon on the need for cultural education; Bombe: letters and reports from the Station at Bombe, Documents 126-131; No. 126a: a journey to Marue by Maier; No. 131: Gloeckel, a teacher in the Boys' Boarding School compares his work in the "bush" with the work in Duala and Togo; Mangamba: letters and reports from the Station at Mangamba, Documents 132-143; No. 133: Vöhringer on a journey to the Babon people; No. 143: Annual Report on the Wuri-Bodiman-Yabassi area, with the rules and regulations for mission work in the Wuri district
138 documents divided into 8 sections, including one for the newly founded Station in Bamum / Fumban. The documents in E-2.21 and E-2.22 are numbered consecutively; Nyasoso: letters and reports from the Station at Nyasoso, Documents 144-154 (See also E-2.21,11); No. 145: Spellenberg on a journey to tribes on the other side of the Manefeuba mountain; Lobethal: letters and reports from the Station at Lobethal, Documents 155-162; No. 155: Bärtschi on his first year in Cameroon; Edea: letters and reports from the Station at Edea, Documents 163-173; Sakbayeme: letters and reports from the Station at Sakbayeme, Documents 174-188; No. 176: Scheibler on a journey to Ndogomakumak and Loghega; No. 179: a sketch map of the Sakbayeme Station area; Victoria: letters and reports from the Station at Victoria, Documents 189-198; Nos. 197-198: Chapuis' Annual Report mentions relationships between the Basel Mission and the european community: the Catholics and the Baptists; Buea: letters and reports from the Station at Buea, Documents 199-220; No. 204: sketch of a proposed Guest House in Buea; Nos. 207-209, 210b: drawing and estimates for the building of a new veranda in Buea; Bali: letters and reports from the Station at Bali, Documents 221-272; No. 222: sketch map of the Bali Station area; Nos. 226-8: discussion on the beginning of mission work in Bamum; Nos. 230 and 239: Hohner on a journey to Bameta and Bamabatschi; also his own journey to Bamum; and encounters with the Chiefs and people of Bamensin, Bagam, Bamentsinda, Babeto, Bamentso, Bassam and Bangan; No. 242: Dorsch on a journey through the "white spot" on the map, from Nkoso to Bali; No. 247: Keller on evangelisation in Bali and the reaction of the people; No. 255 drawing for a school building in Bali; No. 261-263: Göhring on the similarities between the Bali and Bamum languages and Professor Meinhoff's response to these findings; Bamum: letters and reports from the Station at Bamum, Dcouments 273-282; All these documents are concerned with the founding of the Station and the first difficulties experienced there
137 documents divided into 6 sections. Letters and reports from Cameroon in 1907 uere bound into three volumes: all Quarterly and Annual Reports are bound into the third volume. All other letters and reports are bound into volumes one and two; Diverse Akten betreffend Kamerunmission - one document only under this heading: miscellaneous documents concerning the mission in Cameroon; No. 1: Berner, the Protestant missions' representative at the Colonial Office in Berlin informs the Basel Mission that Dr. Häberlin has Government permission to practise medicine in Cameroon; Ausschuss für Kamerun: letters and reports from the Mission's Local executive Committee and its members, Documents 2-91; No. 7: Stolz as Local Chairman mentions atrocities by German colonial troops in Bali. See also No. 50. He also mentions a journey to Togo to see a colonial exhibition of all useful plants which are found in Togo. See also Nos. 9 and 10; No. 11: Stolzmentions the expropriation of land around Bonaberi for the planned railway, see also Nos. 35, 70-73, 81 and E-2.25 No. 20; No. 66: Stolz asks for another doctor to be stationed in Bali and mentions the great success Dr Haeberlin has had in Duala; Nos 76 and 77: Jacob Modi's two essays, "On the blessing of God" and "The life of the teacher Isaak Njo", both written in the Duala language and translated into German by Stolz; No. 78: Stolzcomments on mission work in the Buea mountain area; No. 79-80: Dinkelacker on a strike in the Buea Middle School; No. 82: Stolz reports on a Conference with the Governor on the sale of liquor, the dowry System and the use of indigeneous languages in primary schools; No. 83: Stolz "A few points on indigenous marriage customs"; No. 87-91: Dinkelacker and Köngeter's Annual Reports on schools with Information on the curriculum for Middle Schools; Bonaku: letters and reports from the Station at Bonaku, Documents 92-121; Nos. 110-111: Stolz stresses the need to build a hospital in Bonaku; a drawing of the proposed buildings; No. 112: Dr Haeberlin explains the reasons for building a hospital for Cameroonians, see also Nos. 115. 117 and 118; Bonaberi: letters and reports from the Station at Bonaberi, Documents 122-124; Bombe: letters and reports from the Station at Bombe, Documents 125-127; Mangamba: letters and reports from the Station at Mangamba, Documents 128-137; Nos. 132-133 and 135: a new middle school is to be founded in connection with a new Station in Yabassi; No. 134: a sketch-map of the Yabassi area
136 documents arranged in 8 sections. In Volumes E-2.23 and E-2.24 the documents are numbered consecutively; Nyasoso: letters and reports from the Station at Nyasoso, Documents 138-141; Lobethal: letters and reports from the Station at Lobethal: Documents 142-145; Edea: letters and reports from the Station at Edea, Documents 146-203; Nos 152-153: a discussion of the use of the Bassa language, instead of Duala in primary schools; Nos 158-196 all deal with problems between missionaries, and especially between the Local Executive.Committee and Hauser. (See also E-2.27,189-216); Sakbayeme: letters and reports from the Station at Sakbayeme, Documents 204-213; Nos. 206 and 207: Haessig and Stolzon tensions between Haessig and the local DC (Krücke) on the treatment of labourers; No. 212: on the use of the Duala language in schools. See also E-2.23,82; Victoria letters and reports from the Station at Victoria, Documents 214-221; No. 221: Leimenstoll asks permission to bring a 15-year-old Cameroonian boy to Europe for training in administration; Buea: letters and reports from the Station at Buea, Documents 222-237; No. 230 is a drawing of the church in Buea with details of a proposed extension; No. 235: Governor Seitz congratulates the Basel Mission for the excellent results of the examinations at Buea Seminary. See also No. E-2.23,78 to 80; Bali: letters and reports from the Station at Bali, Documents 238-263; No. 259: Lösch suggests using water to power a sawing machine, see also No. E-2.23,7 and 66; Bamum: letters and reports from the Station at Bamum, Documents 264-274; No. 264: Göhring mentions Problems arising because a nonmissionary German has been trying to influence King Njoya against the Basel Mission
Kamerun/Cameroon, Quarterly and Annual Reports 1907
62 documents divided into 12 sections, and for each station; Bonaku Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Bonaku, Documents 1-18; Includes a report by Dr Haeberlin on his medical work; No. 7: A Cameroonian, Samuel Jenge, reports the execution of three men in Buea for sorcery; No. 12: Deibol's Annual Report is written in the Duala language; Bonaberi: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Bonaberi, Documents 19-21; No. 20: in his Annual Report Hecklinger mentions the expropriation of the Station by the Government. See also Nos. E-2.23,11. 35, 70-73 and 81; Bombe: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Bombe, Documents 22 and 23; No. 22: Maier on the losango secret society in Balong; No. 23: in his Annual Report Maier mentions the economic Situation of the people in this area; Mangamba: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Mangamba, Documents 24-27; No. 26: Ebding's Annual Report on the Wuri area and Yabassa area mentions plans for mission or parish plantations; No. 27: Bärtschi reports on work in schools, including handicrafts teaching, new patterns and techniques; Nyasoso: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Nyasoso, Documents 28-30; No. 29: Lorch on the Bakaka area and on the wish for teachers as protection against colonial troops; Lobethal: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Lobethal, Documents 31-32; Edea: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Edea, Documents 33-34; No. 34: Schürle mentions meeting members of a pigmy tribe near Nyong; He only met men - the women had been hidden for fear of him as a European. He also mentions how people are being forced to work on white plantations; Sakbayeme: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Sakbayeme, Documents 35-42; Victoria: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station in Victoria, Documents 43-45; No. 44: includes handwritten regulations for the YMCA in Victoria; Buea: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Buea, Documents 46-50; No. 46: Gutbrod reports on the visit of two German nobles, the Grossherzog of Mecklenberg-Schwerin and the Erbgrossherzog of Mecklenberg Strelitz. See also No. 49; Bali: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Bali, Documents 51-56; No. 55: Dorsch mentions the war against the Bafut people and the recall to Bafut of the Fon, who had been banished to the coast by the Government; Bamum: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Bamum, Documents 57-62; No. 58: Göhring reports on the introduction of the Christian Sunday to Bamum with the support of the King and of the German PC at Bamenda
Kamerun/Cameroon, Correspondence 1908, Part I
The Cameroon correspondence for 1908 is bound into 3 volumes: E-2.26, with 104 documents divided into two sections, E-2.27, with 170 documents divided into twelve sections, E-2.28, with 71 Quarterly and Annual Reports divided into twelve sections; Ausschuss für Kamerun: letters and reports from the Mission's Local Executive Committee and its members, Documents 1-86; Numbers 13. 15, 35. 43 and 75 are concerned with relationships to the colonial government; Nos. 20-29: reports in answer to a question from Basel about the medical work done on some of the Basel Mission stations in Cameroon; No. 68: a Statistical report on the missionaries in Cameroon, including births, death-rate and diseases; Protokoll der allgemeinen Brüderkonferenz - Minutes and Papers from the Missionaries' Annual General Conference, Documents 87-104; Topics prominently discussed: agricultural training, training for Basel Mission teachers, liquor question; No. 104 is a copy of the response by the Basel committee to the minutes of the Conference
Kamerun/Cameroon, Correspondence 1908, part II
17 documents arranged in 12 sections - one per mission Station; Bonaku: letters and reports from the Station at Bonaku, Documents 104-155; No. 106: Stolz helps to reconcile members of the Baptist congregation in Bonaku. See also No. 119; No. 109: drawings for the proposed church building in Duala. (See also Nos. 113 and 114); Numbers 117, 123, 127, 129-131: Haeberlin on his medical mission work; Numbers.126, 127, 129-131: reports by Rohde, Stolz and Hecklinger on the life and death of the first ordained Cameroonian pastor in the Basel Mission Church: J. Deibol; Bonaberi: letters and reports from the Station at Bonaberi, Documents 156-157; Bombe: letters and reports from the Station at Bombe, Documents 158-167; Nos. 161-2: drawings for the building of a new school; Mangamba: letters and reports from the Station at Mangamba, Documents 168-177; No. 177a discusses the possible take-over of the Baptist congregation, since the German Baptist missionaries want to leave Cameroon; Nyasoso: this volume contains one item from Nyasoso, document 178; Lobethal: letters and reports from the Station at Lobethal, Documents 179-188; Nos. 180-183: difficulties with Cameroonian workers cause tensions between missionaries Stolz, Kölziger and Wittwer; Edea: letters and reports from the Station at Edea, Documents 189-216; Some differences between some of the missionaries and Hauser are thoroughly aired in Nos. 199-216. (See also E-2.24,158-196); Sakbayeme: letters and reports from the Station at Sakbayeme, Documents 217-223; Victoria: letters and reports from the Station at Victoria, Documents 224-225; Buea: letters and reports from the Station at Buea, Documents 226-231; Bali: letters and reports from the Station at Bali, Documents 232-259; No. 237: A. Vielhauer reports on two journeys to the areas around Bali and mentions the founding of another Station at Bagam. The latter is also discussed in Nos. 241-247 which include two printed maps showing where Bagam is situated. (See also E-2.29.196); No. 259c: contains a sketch map of the Bali Station area; Bamum: letters and reports from the Station at Bamum, Documents 260-275; No. 265 drawings of the Station buildings; No. 269 sketch of the water-pump; No. 272 on building Plans for the Bali Station
Kamerun/Cameroon, Quarterly and Annual Reports 1908
71 documents arranged in 12 sections, one for euch Station; Bonaku: Quarterly and annual reports from the Station at Bonaku, Documents 1-9; No. 1: Stolzreports a journey to the Nyasoso area, No. 2: Rhode's vivid description of his experiences generally with people in his work; No. 4: Lorch in his Annual Report mentions the death of Manga Bell and the unrest connected with it. See also E-2.27.148; Nos. 8-9: Dr. Haeberlin's Annual Report on medical work in Duala; Bonaberi: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Bonaberi, Documents 10-14; No. 10: F. Spellenberg on marriage questions: the levirate and a case of a polygamist giving up a wife who was already a Christian in order to be baptised himself. See also E-2.28,53; Nos 11-14: attached to the Annual Report of the Middle School in Bonaberiare three test papers written by students. one in the Duala language, the others in German; Bombe: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Bombe, Documents 15-20; No. 16: Bufe mentions meeting Hausa people, whose language he had started to learn during a furlough in Europe; No. 19: G. Spellenberg expresses the opinion that the colonial legal structure has brought lawlessness to Cameroon, when compared with the traditional law-enforcement of the losango societies, harsh though this was. See also E-2.30.16; Mangamba: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Mangamba, Documents 21-26; No. 21: Ebding on customs in this area of Cameroon; Nyasoso: quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Nyasoso, Documents 27-32; Lobethal: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Lobethal, Documents 33-36; Edea: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Edea, Documents 37-39; Sakbayeme: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Sakbayeme, Documents 40-47; No. 42: Stutz on the necessity of recruiting women for the congregations; No. 44: customs and beliefs in relation to the life after death; Victoria: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Victoria, Documents 48-49; Buea: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Buea, Documents 50-56; No. 50: a journey to Duala by the Buea brass band; No. 51: Wahl describes cases of polygamists divorcing wives in order to become Christian and criticises this practice. See also No. 53, and E-2.30,6 and 10; Bali: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Bali, Documents 57-63; No. 57: Keller on medical work done by the Bali missionaries, See also Nos. 59 and 60; No. 62: Vielhauer and Geprägs report on a journey to the west of Bali; Bamum: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Bamum, Documents 64-71; No. 64: Göhring describes a journey to Duala with King Njoya; No. 67: Report on medical work mainly done by Mrs Göhring
Kamerun/Cameroon, Letters and Reports from 1909, part I
252 documents arranged in 13 sections - one for each Station plus one for the Local executive Committee. In this year in contrast to 1908 all the general correspondence has been bound in one volume. E-2.30 contains the Quarterly and Annual Reports for the year; Ausschuss für Kamerun: letters and reports from the Mission's Local Executive Committee and its members; Nos. 16a-c: on the expropriation of mission land in Bonaberi, See also E-2.23,11; Nos. 25-27: draft regulations for schools in German Colonies with critical remarks by Dinkelacker; Nos. 43-44: draft of a Schoolbook for teaching German to be used in all German Colonies and written by D. Westermann; Bonaku: letters and reports from the Station at Bonaku, Documents 66-115; Problems in medical work are discussed in Nos. 66-67, 70, 78-81, 87-90, 101, 106-111; Bonaberi: letters and reports from the Station at Bonaberi, Documents 116-117; Bombe: letters and reports from the Station at Bombe, Documents 118-122; Mangamba: letters and reports from the Station at Mangamba, Documents 123-137; No. 128: drawing of the Mission House in Mangamba; No. 133: sketch map of Cameroon showing the areas where the different missions are working; Nyasoso: letters and reports from the Station at Nyasoso, Documents 138-147; No. 140: request for permission to found a new Station at Ndonge (=Ndunge?); Lobethal: letters and reports from the Station at Lobethal, Documents 148-153; Edea: letters and reports from the Station at Edea, Documents 154-162; No. 159: Lauffer on language Problems in this area with Basa-speaking pupils who want to go on to the Middle School in Lobethal where Duala is the medium of Instruction; Nos. 161-162: Lauffer reports that expropriation of Edea Station land for the building of the proposed railway means demolishing the church; Sakbayeme: letters and reports from the Station at Sakbayeme, Documents 163-170; No. 164: includes a sketch-map of the Edua-Sakbayeme Station area with outstations; Victoria: letters and reports from the Station at Victoria, Documents 171-178; Buea: letters and reports from the Station at Buea, Documents 179-194; No. 185: drawing of an additional wing to the Station building; Bali: letters and reports from the Station at Bali, Documents 195-237; No. 196: Ernst suggests to the Committee in Basel that, since a Station building has already been put up, Bagam should become a full Station. See also Nos 199, 212, 216-8 (which include Plans of the house and Compound) and 229; No. 221: includes a sketch map of the area around Bali with outstations; Nos. 222 and 223: on the necessity of an agricultural project in connection with the planned seminary in Bali. The land earmarked for this is seen on a plan in No. 224; No. 226: Keller asks the Basel Mission to designate a missionary for work among the Hausa; Bamum: letters and reports from the Station at Bamum, Documents 238-252; Nos. 240 and 252: on the second Station building in Bamum; Nos. 247-250: on the new missionary doctor to be stationed in Bamum, Dr. Horn (But see E-2.29.63 below)