Kamerun/Cameroon, Correspondence 1908, part II
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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)
Kamerun/Cameroon: Quarterly and Annual Reports for 1909
66 documents arranged in 12 sections, one for each Station; Bonaku: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Bonaku, Documents 1-20; No. 13: Hecklinger mentions the decline in liquor imports and a new law governing the import and sale of liquor in Cameroon; Bonaberi: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Bonaberi, Documents 21-26; No. 23: a story with title "Nsia, the slave-boy who had an accident", by N. Wöll; No. 24: Dinkelacker mentions the effects of the new railway on the Station and on missionary work in general; Bombe: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Bombe, Documents 27-32; No. 28: Bufe Stresses the need for womens' work and the care of orphans; Mangamba: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Mangamba, Documents 33-37; No. 34: a story originally told by the Cameroonian teacher Bruno Mise and translated by Vöhringer: "The cross drives man to God" (Das Kreuz treibt zu Gott); Nyasoso: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Nyasoso, Documents 38-40; No. 38: Gutekunst explains what evangelisation means to him; Lobethal: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Lobethal, Documents 41-44; Edea: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Edea, Documents 45-46; Sakbayeme: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Sakbayeme, Documents 47-50; No. 47a: Stutz on the religion of the Bassa people; Victoria: the Single reports from the Station at Victoria in 1909; Document 51; Buea: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Buea, Documents 52-56; No. 52: Gutbrod's description of the earthquake at Buea; No. 54: Wahl's Annual Report mentions clashes with losango societies in two villages; Bali: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Bali, Documents 57-62; No. 58: Striebel on medical work; Bamum: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Bamum, Documents 63-66; No. 63: Göhring regrets that Dr Hörn could not. after all, come to Bali; No. 66: Lydia Link's Annual Report on Womens' Work
Kamerun/Cameroon: Letters and reports for 1910, part I
238 documents arranged in 13 sections (E-2.32 contains the Quarterly and Annual Reports for 1910); Ausschuss für Kamerun: letters and reports from the Mission's Local Executive Committee and its members, Documents 1-58; Numbers 3-15 and 28 deal with severe disagreements between Dr. Haeberlin and some of the other missionaries, resulting in Haeberlin leaving Cameroon. See also Nos. 86 and 91-8 below; Nos. 17 and 18: Dinkelacker as Inspector of Schools and Lutz as Local Chairman, report on proposed new regulations for schools in Cameroon, and their struggle to maintain Duala as language of Instruction in schools in the coastal region. See also No. 22; Nos. 30a-c: Lutz, Hecklinger and Gutbrod on the founding of a new Station in Ndunge. See also Nos. 53 and 57b; No. 42 includes reference to the proposed boarding school in Bali and the attached agricultural project (See also E-2 . 29 , 222-3); Bonaku: letters and reports from the Station at Bonaku, Documents 59-113; Nos 62-65: drawings of the proposed new church in Bonabela and a recommendation by Hüttinger (in the Basel Mission administration in Basel); Nos. 106-108: drawings of the new school in Bonabela; Bonaberi- letters and reports from the Station at Bonaberi, Documents 114-126; Bombe: letters and reports from the Station at Bombe, Documents 127-133; Nos. 128a-128f are concerned with a proposed printing Press to be started in Duala; No. 133b: Spellenberg asks for permission to start working in the Keaka-Banyang area, with a missionary to reside at Tinto; Attached is a sketch map of the area; Mangamba: letters and reports from the Station at Mangamba, Documents 134-140; Nyasoso: letters and reports from the Station at Nyasoso, Documents 141-143; Lobethal: letters and reports from the Station at Lobethal, Documents 144-154; No. 151a: Kohl on the way Basel Mission practice links Holy Communion and Church Tax: with several comments by other missionaries added to his letter; Edea: letters and reports from the Station at Edea, Documents 155-164; No. 155: more land belonging to the Station is needed for the railway. Lauffer asks permission to sell it to the Government; (See also No. 158); Sakbayeme: letters and reports from the Station at Sakbayeme, Documents 165-168; No. 166: Hässig reports that he has sent to Basel a manuscript for a Basa Catechism and a book of Basa proverbs, both for printing; Victoria: letters and reports from the Station at Victoria, Documents 169-173; Buea: letters and reports from the Station at Buea, Documents 174-178; Bali: letters and reports from the Station at Bali, Documents 179-225; No. 179: Keller explains why the time is not ripe to begin an agricultural project. (See also No. 207 below and E-2.29,222-3); No. 197: sketch map showing the Station area with all its buildings; No. 199: the Bali missionaries ask for permission to change Church Tax practice. Africans should have more responsibility and know that money they give is used for them and not "eaten by the white missionaries"; Nos. 202 and 203: Striebel describes the area south and southeast of Bagam, with sketch maps; Nos. 204-206 on the question of which missionaries should be stationed in Bagam: and the use of the Bali language in church and school. See also No. 211a and 211b; No. 207: Keller on the agricultural project again - a Start could be made with cattle-breeding; Bamum: letters and reports from the Station at Bamum, Documents 226-238; Nos. 229-232: drawings of the proposed second mission house
Kamerun/Cameroon: Quarterly and Annual Reports for 1910, part II
67 documents arranged in 12 sections; Bonaku: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Bonaku, Documents 1-12; No. 4: Hecklinger on Bonaku, Bonaduma and Bonanjo. The building of the railway line is mentioned, and some tensions between the Government and people in Duala because of a bank robbery after which the Duala Chiefs were held in custody on suspicion of complicity. Plans to resettle some areas in Duala town are also causing tensions. See also Nos. 6 and 14; No. 6: Köngeter again mentions difficulties when polygamis want to be baptised. (See also E-2.28,10 and 53); Bonaberi- Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Bonaberi, Documents 13-17; No. 14: Dinkelacker in his Annual Report describes new fetish practices; Bombe: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Bombe, Documents 18-23; No. 18: Bufe gives a detailed history of Bombe mission Station and describes the hopes for the future Work in the Ossindinge area is also promising (see also Soellenberg's Annual Report, No; 20); Mangamba: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Mangamba, Documents 24-27; Nyasoso: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Nyasoso, Documents 28-32; No. 28: in his Annual Report Maier comments on relations with the Chiefs in the area; No. 31: Champod dwells on the positive and negative aspects of the impact of the new railway for the people of Bakossi; Lobethal: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Lobethal, Documents 33-35; Edea: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Edea, Documents 36-39; Sakbayeme: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Sakbayeme, Documents 40-46; No. 40: Hässig on the religious life of the Ngambi. (See also No. 42); No. 41: Stutz on traditional nutrition among the Basa, also about the diseases he encounters in his own medical work; Victoria: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Victoria, Documents 47-48; Buea: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Buea, Documents 49-52; Bali: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Bali, Documents 53-58; No. 53: Merkle on medical work; No. 54: tensions between the German military Station and the Bali Chief; No. 56: Keller gives a detailed report on the activities of the Bali Chief; No. 58: Mrs Schultze's Annual Report on the Girls' School; Bamum: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Bamum, Documents 59-67; No. 59: Moldenhauer on the founding of a club for young men; No. 60: Lions in Bamum, A story written by Göhring for the magazine "Der Heidenfreund"; No. 61: "Chief Njoya's School in Bamum", Report written by Göhring for the Heidenfreund; No. 62: Miss Link on the founding of a club for young women; No. 63: Schwarz on the traditjonal skills of the Bamum people, especially their architecture which he regards as exceptional for this part of Africa
Kamerun/Cameroon: Correspondence for the year 1911, part I
196 documents arranged in 14 sections, including one for the new Station at Ndunge. The Station in Bamum is now called "Fumban" in the indexes. (NB E-2.34 contains the Quarterly and Annual Reports for 1911; Ausschuss für Kamerun: letters and reports from the Mission's Local Executive Committee and its members, Documents 1-93; No. 2: a Petition by Lutz to the Government concerning the plans of the Bagam people to move to another location and the consequences for the newly founded mission Station. He asks to the Government to stop the Bagam people from moving. See also E-2.3,56; No. 18: Lutz mentions the case of the Witbooi prisoners who had been banished to the Bamum area from Namibia. See also No. 65; No. 29: Lutz mentions the plans of the Breklum Mission to begin work among the islamic populations of North Cameroon; No. 36: copy of a circular from the Inspector for Africa in Basel (W. Oettli) informing all missionaries about his planned visit. He mentions the need for a new version of the Regulations for Congregations (Gemeindeordnung) and sends a copy of the one in use in Ghana (i.e. on the Gold Coast); No. 45: a timetable for the railway line from Bonaberi to Nkongsamba; No. 55: Oettli (in Basel) on his planned visit, Plans to begin womens' work with the idea of placing 1-2 women missionaries on each bigger Station to work with women and girls; No. 69: Lutz mentions difficulties with the Government over buying land for the Ndunge Station. The report goes into the whole question of native land reserves and the land laws in this connection. See also No. 83 below; No. 70: copy of a paper documenting the sale of land by the Chiefs of Ndunge to the Basel Mission, with a sketch-map showing the boundaries of the area; No. 79: Lutz mentions the return to Cameroon of the son of the Chief of Akwa, who had been in Germany for some years. Soon after his arrival he was arrested and accused of inciting his countrymen to violence. See also No. E-2.34,4 below; No. 83: the Ndunge land question is still not settled due to Opposition from the Government; Bonaku: letters and reports from the Station at Bonaku, Documents 94-134; No. 116: Vöhringer asks for permission to baptise a polygamist; and is supported by Dinkelacker and Lutz. (See also No. 139); No. 124: Hüttinger in Basel to the Basel Mission Trading Company in Duala on a court case with the Government concerning requisitioning of Basel Mission land; Nos. 127-129: on the Ordination of the teacher Modi, Vöhringer describes him as a fitting person for Ordination. The other missionaries add their signatures. Modi himself asks for Ordination and sends in an autobiography which has been translated from Duala into German; Bonaberi: letters and reports from the Station at Bonaberi, Documents 135-142; No. 137: Wittwer asks permission to give Holy Communion to polygamists on their death bed. With commentaries by several other missionaries; No. 141: a request from the teacher Ekolo to be ordained, with a copy of his life history and a Statement of report by the missionaries on the Station; No. 142: a request from Joseph Kuo to be ordained with a Statement of support from the missionaries on the Station; Bombe: letters and reports from the Station at Bombe, Documents 143-147; No. 143: Spellenberg comments on the Situation in the so-called "northern" area (Bavang-Kevaka) and suggests the stationing of teachers in several districts; Mangamba: letters and reports from the Station at Mangamba, Documents 148-168; No. 153: Stolz, Gloeckel and Dinkelacker ask for permission to up-grade the Boys' Boarding School to a Middle School, since up to now there has been no secondary education available for the many schoolboys of this area; No. 154: Mangamba Station asks permissison to Start a new mission Station in Yabassa; Nos. 159-165: estimates, plans etc for the new building on the Station; Nyososo: letters and reports from the Station at Nyasoso, Documents 169-172; No. 169a mentions the appointment of Wittwer to the new Station at Ndunge; Ndunge: letters and reports from the Station at Ndunge, Documents 173-195, the correspondence deals mainly with the establishment of the new Station; No. 190: Wittwer's first report on his work in Ndunge; Lobethal: letters and reports from the Station at Lobethal, Documents 196-197; Edea: letters and reports from the Station at Edea, Documents 198-214; Nos. 211-214: on the building of a railway line and conflict with the Government in that connection; Sakbayeme: letters and reports from the Station at Sakbayeme, Documents 215-220; Nos. 218-219: proposal for building two additional studies on to the Mission House, and a comment from Hüttinger in Basel; Buea: letters and reports from the Station at Buea, Documents 221-222; Bali: letters and reports from the Station at Bali, Documents 223-280; No. 238: Keller mentions problems with the Fon of Bali. There are also tensions with the Commander of the German garrison in Bamenda. He suggests a new Station should be set up in Bangwa; See also No. 24l and 254; No. 242: a drawing of the proposed Bangwa Station; Nos. 251-2: Geprägs for the Bali Station and Lutz as Local Chairman stress the need for a new Station in the Dschang area, where Catholics are now starting work. See also Nos 256, 269 and 270; No. 260: Striebel asks that Bagam be made a main mission Station; See also Nos 269 and 270; Fumban: letters and reports from the Station at Fumban, Documents 281-296. (NB this Station has been referred to as "Bamum" in the indexes up to now. "Fumban", as the name of the capital of the Kingdom of Bamum is, of course, a more correct designation for the Mission Station); No. 281 mentions the problem of choosing a medium of Instruction for the schools and a language of worship for church Services; Nos. 283-287: on further building on the Mission Station; No. 295: Geprägs mentions a report written by King Njoya on the history of the Bamum people. See also E-10.1,2 and E-20.6,10
Kamerun/Cameroon: Quarterly and Annual Reports for the year 1911, part II
65 documents arranged in 13 sections, including one for the new Station at Ndunge. The Station in Bamum is now being designated Fumban in the indexes; Bonaku: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Bonaku, Documents 1-14; No. 3: Miss B. Naef on "A Sunday with our girls" - a report on the Girls' Boarding School. See also No. 13; No. 4: Miss Gutekunst gives an account of her medical work; especially visiting the sick. She also mentions Rudolf Bell, who had been arrested a few months before. See also E-2.33.79; Bonaberi: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Bonaberi, Documents 15-18; No. 15: Stahl on an expedition to the latest crater on Mount Cameroon; No. 16: Dinkelacker mentions the decision to hold biannual Elders' and Teachers' Conferences and reports on the first of them; Bombe: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Bombe, Documents 19-23; No. 19: Bufe on Kru- or Pidgin English with some grammatical explanations; No. 20: Bufe on a journey to the Banyang area; No. 21: Spellenberg mentions the Cross River area and the beginning of work among the Banyang people; No. 22: Bufe explains the differences between the Duala and Banyang languages, with examples; Mangamba: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Mangamba, Documents 24-31; No. 25: Gloeckel on traditional religious practices; No. 26: Stolz on "light and darkness" in the Abo district, including the revival of isango (losango?) rites in some villages. See also No. 29; No. 27: Stolz looks back on 25 years of Basel Mission work in Cameroon remembering the many missionaries and their wives and children who have passed on; No. 29: Stolz mentions on page 4 the intention of the Government to requisition land for plantations in the Abo area; No. 30: Gloeckel on the Wuri-Bodiman-Yabassi area, including a description of his relationship with various chiefs and the life of Christian congregations and families in this area; Nyasoso: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Nyasoso, Documents 32-33; No. 32: Quarterly Report from Wittwer who writes in detail about the beginning of his new work in Ndunge; No. 32a: Champod on difficulties with teachers and chiefs and the bad influence of recruiting for the plantations on local life; Ndunge: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station Ndunge, Documents 34-35; No. 3: more detailed information on the beginning of work in Ndunge. See also No. 32 above, and E-2.33,173-195; Lobethal: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Lobethal, Documents 36-38; Edea: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Edea, Documents 39-42; Sakbayeme: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Sakbayeme, Documents 43-44; No. 43: Hässig mentions tensions between the Basel Mission and the local DC Krücke; Victoria: Quarterly / Annual Report from the Station at Victoria, Document No. 45; Buea: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Buea, Documents 46-50; No. 46: Lutz feels constrained to mention the work of missionaries' wives which although not mission work as such, nevertheless contributes a lot to the success of the work as a whole (sic); Bali: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Bali, Documents 51-59; Widmaier describes the main difficulties in the work with the Bali people and describes their way of evangelising in the area; No 53: Ammann describes a visit to the Chief of Basoa (Fosoa); description of his Compound, especially his palavar; No 54: Lewerenz on medical mission work in Bali; Widmaier mentions a collection of Bali proverbs which he has sent home ; No 56: Keller on the relationship of the Basel Mission people with the Bamenda garisson and the Fon of Bali. In this connection he mentions the Bagam people, who, after Lutz' intervention, were not allowed to move their settlement. See also E-2.33.2 and 58 page 5; Fumban: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Fumban, Documents 60-65; No. 60: Hohner on a journey to Tikari and Banso: land, architecture and people; No. 62: Dinkelacker on mission work in Bamum, and on King Njoya
Kamerun/Cameroon: Letters and reports for 1912, part I
32 documents concerned with the Missionaries' General Conference and arranged in one section. (E-2.36 contains letters and reports from the individual stations; E-2.37 the Quarterly and Annual Reports for 1912) ; Allgemeine Brüderkonferenz - minutes and documents from the Missionaries' Annual General Conference held in Duala in April 1912; No. 15: Spering's paper "Should polygamists be baptised?"; Nos. 17-18 Kohl on the relationship between church tax and holy communion; No. 19 is an answer to questions concerning the new regulation for Basel Mission congregations (the Gemeindeordnung) from Inspector Oettli in Basel. See also No. 31 (Various printed sets of Congregational Regulations, 31a-31i) and No. 32; No. 32: the Committee in Basel gives an answer to the topics discussed during the Conference
Kamerun/Cameroon: Letters and reports from the Basel Mission in 1912, part II
257 documents arranged in 16 sections, including sections for the newly-founded stations at Ossing (Besoneabang) and Bagam; Ausschuss für Kamerun: letters and reports from the Mission; Local Executive Committee and its members, Documents 1-79; No. 11: Hecklinger reports on the planned Ordination of Modi, Ekolo and Kuo. See also No. 42; No. 22: Dinkelacker on his journey to inspect the schools in the Grassfields; No. 30: Lutz mentions meeting the Government in Duala, where he and the Catholic Bishop were able to convince the Governor not to increase the import of liquor, contrary to the demands of the plantation owners; No. 42: Dinkelacker mentions the Ordination of Modi, Ekolo and Kuo (See also No. 11 in this volume, and E-2.33 Nos. 127-129, 141 and 142); No. 45: Lutz on a meeting with the American Presbyterians in Lolodorf. See also No. 52; No. 75: Lutz on the intention of the Gossner Mission to begin working in Cameroon; Bonaku: letters and reports from the Station at Bonaku, Documents 80-119; No. 90: some remarks concerning the responsibilities given to the newly ordained Pastor Modi. (See also Nos. 116 and 126); Bonaberi- letters and reports from the Station at Bonaberi, Documents 120-135; No. 126: Job-description for the newly ordained pastors Ekolo and Kuo (See also No. 90); Bombe: letters and reports from the Station at Bombe, Documents 136-139a; No. 139a: Discussion on the necessity of founding a Middle School in Bombe and / or Nyasoso; Ossing: letters and reports from the Station at Ossing, Documents 140-145; All the documents are by Stolz and describe his arrival and the beginning of the work in Ossing; Mangamba: letters and reports from the Station at Mangamba, Documents 146-155; No. 149: Ittmann on the way his studies in the Kolonialinstitut in Hamburg have helped him, various other missionaries add notes on the advisability of a sound language training, like that given by Professor Meinhof; Nyasoso: letters and reports from the Station at Nyasoso; Only one document: No. 156; Ndunge: letters and reports from the Station at Ndunge, Documents 157-176; Nos. 160-164: members of the Station write about plans for a German-language Middle School; Sketched plan of the proposed buildings: No. 163; No. 167: Envelope containing drawings for the new mission house in Ndunge; Lobethal: letters and reports from the Station at Lobethal, Documents 177-179; Edea-Ndogbea: letters and reports from the Station at Edea, Documents 180-192; No. 183: Lauffer and Erne ask for permission to found a new mission Station in Ndogbea and for a European missionary to be stationed there; Sakbayeme: letters and reports from the Station at Sakbayeme, Documents 193-201; No. 198: Envelope containing a drawing of a dormitory intended for 30 young women who are fiancees of teachers and catechists and will be trained by the missionaries' wives. See also No. 197; No. 199: Hässig on a journey to Yaounde. Sketch-map at No. 200; Victoria: letters and reports from the Station at Victoria; Only one Document, No. 202; Buea: letters and reports from the Station at Buea. Only one document, No. 203; Bali: letters and reports from the Station at Bali, Documents 207-238; No. 208: Striebel gives a detailed description of the beginning of work in Bangwa and of the building of the temporary mission house. with the help of the Chief; Nos. 223-224: Copy of a letter from Lutz to Keller on the tensions with the Governor on the language question. See also No; 237; No. 237: Minutes of a meeting with Governor Ebermaier in Bamenda on the use of the Bali language in Basel Mission schools. Decision: the Bali language is allowed as a medium of instruction only in schools in Bali town: in all other schools German has to be used. The Bible may not be translated into the Bali language, the German Bible must be used. See also Nos 242 and 243; Bagam: letters and reports from the Station at Bagam, Documents 239-246; Nos. 242-243: report on a Conference held by the Grassfields missionaries to discuss the prohibition of the use of the Bali language and a Petition to the Government concerning this problem. See also Nos 244 p.3, 245, 256; Fumbam: letters and reports from the Station at Fumban, Documents 247-257; No. 256: A. Göhring reports on a meeting with the Governor in Kutie (Bamum) on the language problem
Kamerun/Cameroon: Quarterly and Annual Reports for the year 1912, part III
70 documents arranged in 15 sections, one for each Station; Bonaku: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Bonaku, Documents 1-11; Numbers 1a and 1b: Sermons delivered by Ekolo, Modi and Kuo at the Basel Mission; Jubilee in Bonabela and translated by Stolz; No. 3a: Rhode Visits the American Presbyterians and attends their missionaries' Conference in Lolodorf, an interesting report on how the Americans run their work from the Basel Mission point of view; No. 4: Vöhringer mentions (p.4) Government plans to resettle all the Duala people living in the Bell, Akwa quarter and Deido quarters, in order to create a europeans-only suburb. Many of the people involved are bitter. A group of Christians is trying to see what God's will is in the Situation (See also No. 5 p.2 and No. 8 p.2); Bonaberi: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Bonaberi, Documents 12-16; No. 15: Wittwer in his Annual Report mentions the baptism of the Mbonio Chief, his wife and child; Bombe: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Bombe, Documents 17-19; Ossing: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Ossing, Documents 20-23; No. 21: another report by Stolz on his first weeks in Ossing; See also E-2.36,140-145; No. 22: detailed Annual Report, including remarks on the delicate relationship with Government officials; not least Mansfeld; Mangamba: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Mangamba, Documents 24-27; No. 24: Gloeckel's long and interesting report on an exploratory journey to the area north-east of Yabassi, sketch-map at No. 24a; No. 24b: Ittmann's summary translation of school essays on the subject "What has the white man brought to us?" negative items as well as positive ones; No. 26: Gloeckel in his Annual Report on the Wuri-Yabasi-Bodiman area describes the growing number of cocoa farms along the River Wuri, but also the trade with lumber, oil and palm kernals ; Nyasoso: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station Nyasoso. Only one such report-document 28; No. 28: Champod mentions (pages 2-4) the negative impact of the plantation companies and their enforced recruitment of labour; Ndunge: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Ndunge, Documents 29-30; No. 29: Wittwer describes the customs of the Bakaka people in the face of sickness and death; Lobethal: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Lobethal, Documents 31-34; No. 31: Gehr on the best-known birds in Cameroon; Edea: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Edea, Documents 35-37; No. 35: Miss Gühring's report on the Girls' Boarding School; The Chief of Bajob came to take one of the girls away, but when he saw how the school is conducted, he allowed her to stay; Sakbayeme: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Sakbayeme, Documents 38-40; No. 39: Stutz mentions (p.4) measures taken by the Government to force people to work on the building of a road in the West Babimbi area, whole villages are being resettled alongside the newly-built road; Victoria: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Victoria. Only one such report - document 4l; Buea: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Buea, Documents 41a-45; No. 41: Lutz complains of the unhealthy development of Cameroon as a German colony compared with the Gold Coast, his especial target being the plantation policy in Cameroon; Bali: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Bali, Documents 46-62; No. 50: Lewerenz on the Lela festivities - a traditional religious festival in Bali that lasts 8 days ; No. 51: Striebel's interesting account of a journey through the Bangwa area; Nos . 52 and 54: Striebel on the religion of Bagam; No. 55: Billmann on evangelising in the area north of Bali. See also No. 57; No. 56: Keller on the subjection of some smaller "cannibal" tribes near Bali by Government troops and the liberation of some tribal groups from Bali rule; No. 61: Annual report on medical missions by Miss M. Roos; Bagam: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Bagam; Only one document of this kind - no. 63; Bamum: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Bamum, Documents 64-70; No. 65: Geprägs on the dangerous influence Europeans can have on African Christians; No. 67: "A King's account of a journev" - King Njova travelling through his kingdom. The document translated into German by Geprägs and Hohner
Kamerun/Cameroon: Letters and Reports in 1913, part I
121 Documents arranged in 3 sections. E-2.39 contains the reports from the individual stations, E-2.40 the Quarterly and Annual Reports for 1913; Ausschuss in Kamerun: letters and reports from the Mission's Local Executive Committee and its members, Documents 1-90; The main topic in almost all letters is the tense relationship with the Colonial Government, especially Ebermaier, due to (a) the planned forced resettlements in Duala and (b) the language problem in the Grassfields. (See also No. 64); The forced resettlement of the Duala people (see esp. Nos. 3 and 4, 7 and. 9, 21, 23, 28, 35 page4 - meeeting of the Executive Council -, 37, 44, 47, 52 p.2, 60, 90a and 91 - or for a more complete picture all letters and reports in this section from Lutz as Local Chairman); No. 37: Lutz also mentions falling rubber prices, the breakdown of the rubber trade in the South and the new possibilities opening up for indigenous farmers; Nos. 41 and 42: Lutz on a meeting with Governor Ebermaier and his relations with the Basel Mission (See also Nos. 44 and 45); The topic of the language Problem in the Grassfields is also referred to in Numbers 58 (P. 11), 59, 64, 90a and 91; No. 52: Lutz expresses himself as deeply worried about the developments in Cameroon and fears things are leading towards a catastrophe; No. 59: Lutz expresses again the opinion that teaching children German in the early stages of their education estranges them from manual labour and hinders them from becoming free and independent farmers. A very important letter on the whole complex field of development, education and the aims of mission work. On pages 6-7 Lutz also mentions tensions with Government troops in the Nyasoso area and dwells on the necessity of good relations with Government officials and his own relationships with Governor Ebermaier; No. 64: Lutz on a further conversation with Governor Ebermaier (pp 4ff), especially on the language Problem; No. 74: Lutz reports conversations with Ramsay an official who wants to see Protestant missions working in the far south towards the Congo border where the Situation seems to be critical and uprisings are feared; No. 88: Lutz on plans by the Gossner Mission to Start work in inland areas; Kleine Brüderkonferenz - papers from a missionaries, Documents 90a-100; No 90a is concerned with the resettlements in Duala, p.5 with the language question in the Grassfields. No. 91 is a typed copy ; No. 92: Lutz (p. 20) on the creation of school and parish plantations; No. 95: Hecklinger's remarks on the Situation in Bonaberi includes information on the Situation in relation to the Duala resettlements - especially the refusal of the Duala people to take money for their land; their passive resistance: and the dubious tactics of the Oil Syndicate in outwitting Cameroonians and thus obtaining land; No. 96: Champod's remarks on the Situation in Nyasoso complains about the impact of large German plantations on the people - they are forced to sell their labour while their houses fall into ruins; Vorgehen der katholischen Mission in Kamerun - on the activities of Catholic Missions in Cameroon, Documents 101-121; The documents in this section are partly answers by various missionaries to questions asked by Inspector Oettli in Basel on Roman Catholic missionary work. There is information on Protestant relations to RC missionary work in Togo (Spieth) and in the CMS in East Africa
Kamerun/Cameroon: Letters and reports from the individual mission stations in 1913, part II
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)
Kamerun/Cameroon: Quarterly and Annual Reports for 1913, part III
115 documents arranged in 18 sections, one for each Station; Bonaku: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Bonaku, Documents 1-22; No. 1: Desselberger on his experiences as a missionary trader in Duala; Nos. 4-7: students write about the dedication of the church in Bonabela; No. 22: a very important report by Vöhringer on the forced resettlement of the Duala people and the rising tension between black and white; Bonaberi: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Bonaberi, Documents 23-35; No. 29: Hecklinger describes the doings of a medicine man he was able to observe; Bombe: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Bombe, Documents 36-42; No. 36: Rhode on a journey in the hinterland of Bombe; Besongabang: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Besongabang, Documents 43-47; The first reports are written before the move to Besongabang; No. 45: the work among lepers at Ossidinge; No. 47: report on the newly-founded middle school in Besongabang; Mangamba: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Mangamba, Documents 48-55; Nyasoso: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Nyasoso, Documents 56-58; No. 56: Flogaus on the way the plantations with the possibilities they offer draw boys away from the school. See also No. 57; No. 58: Champod on the effect on village life of the recruitment of labourers for the plantations. See also No. 81. He also mentions a new womens' secret society; Ndunge: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Ndunge, Documents 59 " 60; No. 60: Wittwer on the devastating effects of veneral diseases in this area; Lobethal: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Lobethal, Documents 61-68; Nos. 61 and 62: Gehr's historv of the Bakoko people; Edea: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Edea, Documents 69-70; Ndogbea: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Ndogbea, Documents 71-72; Lauffer on the beginning and first year of the Station; Sakbayeme: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Sakbayeme, Documents 73-81; No. 76: Stutz on positive aspects of the use of German in schools ; No. 78: "A poor rich man" Scheibler describes the customs performed after the death of a rich man and before his burial; Victoria: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Victoria, only one document of this kind for 1913: No. 82; Buea: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Buea, Documents 83-91; No. 87: Bärtschi on Bakwiri folk tales; No. 88: Schmidt on the activities of a sorceror; No. 91: Schmidt on the methods used to force people to work on the plantations; Bali: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Bali, Documents 92-110; No. 99: Miss Roos' annual report on medical work; Bagam: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Bagam, Documents 102-104; These reports stress the necessity of placing Basel Mission workers in as many as possible of the neighbouring towns as a counter-measure to the Catholic mission; Fumban: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Fumban, Documents 105-112; No. 112: Göhring gives a good picture of the social and political life in the Bamum area (p.2); Bangwa: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Bangwa, Documents 113-114; No. 113 deals mainly with the relationship with the Catholic mission in the Dschang area. Striebel complains about the methods used by the Catholic missionaries to get the Chiefs on their side; Bandzun: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Bandzun. Only one document of this category: No. 115; No. 115: Spellenberg on the dificulties of beginning mission work in this area. He gives a vivid description of land, people and traditional religion (the "Basalt Cult")
Kamerun/Cameroon: Letters and Reports in 1914, part I
136 documents originating with the Mission's Local Executive Committee or its members. (E-2.42 contains letters and reports from the individual stations, E-2.43 the Quarterly and Annual Reports for 1914); Till the outbreak of the First World War the main topic in this correspondence (aside from the continuing correspondence about difficulties in relationships with the Catholic mission, and reports on the beginning of work in Cameroon by the Gossner Mission) is the rising tension between the Colonial authorities and the Duala people. The missionaries attempt to mediate. The crisis comes with the arrest of Manga Bell and Pastor Modi Pin (see No. 121). See especially Vöhringer's letter (No. 61) and Hecklinger's letter (No. 73) - Hecklinger had the Position of the "Eingeborenenpfleger" i.e. the official task to represent the interests of indigenous people in conversations with the Government. See also No. 82, where Lutz (p. 23) mentions messages from the Grassfields about Rudolf Bell's plans against the Colonial Government; No. 48: a sketch-map showing land the Basel Mission plans to buy around the doctor's house in Duala; No. 72: Lutz on the idea of founding a seminary in the Basa area (See also No. 106); No. 77: Oettli in Basel to Governor Ebermaier on areas of Catholic and Protestant influence; No. 87: Minutes of a discussion in the German parliament on the planned resettlements in Duala; No. 103: Lutz (p.3) pleads strongly for a stop to the import of liquor for the whole of West Africa. See also E-2.40,260; The following letters and reports are dated after the outbreak of war; No. 123: an announcement by the German troops that they are taking over the schoolrooms and the church in Deidodorf as a military hospital; No. 127: in a telegramme Governor Ebermaier exempts the missionaries from military Service in Cameroon; No. 128: the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the USA assures the Basel Mission of their readiness to forward letters and money to Basel missionaries in Cameroon, which is now occupied by British troops; Nos. 129-131: petitions to the Commander of the British troops for the protection of all missionaries and of mission property; No. 132: confidential report from Oettli in Basel to friends and relatives of the Basel missionaries in Cameroon on the events in Cameroon and the fate of the missionaries; At the end of this volume (No. 136) is a bound a report on a journey through Cameroon in the early part of 1913 by G. Josenhans, a Basel missionary from the Gold Coast
Kamerun/Cameroon: Correspondence for 1914, part II
Letters and reports from the individual stations. 223 documents arranged in 19 sections, one for each Station; Bonaku: letters and reports from the Station at Bonaku, Documents 1-38; No. 10: Vöhringer on the resettlements in Duala. See also No; 20, and E-2.41,61 above; No. 25: sketch-map showing a piece of land in Bonamuti for the planned Basel Mission Workshop; Nos . 28-30: Vöhringer and his wife report on the arrest and imprisonment of Rudolf Bell and the arrest of Pastor Modi Pin; Nos. 35-36: both letters are written from Dahomey, where a number of the missionaries were taken as prisoners of the British army; No. 38: envelope containing postcards written by Nestele, Stahl and Hecklinger after the outbreak of war but before the British occupation; Bonaberi: letters and reports from the Station at Bonaberi, Documents 34- 50; Bombe: letters and reports from the Station at Bombe, Documents 51- 65; Besongabang: letters and reports from the Station at Besongabang, Documents 66-84; Nos. 74a and 74b: drawings of the mission compound; No. 84: Stolz on the War and its impact on the Station; Mangamba: letters and reports from the Station at Mangamba, Documents 85-87; No. 85: a letter from the church elders, written in the Duala language and asking for financial assistance in the building of a chapel; Yabassi: letters and reports from the Station at Yabassi, Documents 88-99; Most letters are concerned with the beginning of work in Yabassi and difficulties with the Catholic mission; No. 99: Köngeter describes the arrival and first days in Yabassi, and a journey to Batongtuland; Nyasoso: letters and reports from the Station at Nyasoso, Documents 100-102; Ndunge: letters and reports from the Station at Ndunge, Documents 103-109; Lobethal: letters and reports from the Station at Lobethal, Documents 110-113; Nos. 112-113: results of a survey of the villages of Jadibo and Ndokomongo: population, infant mortality and its causes; Edea: letters and reports from the Station at Edea, Documents 114-119; Ndogbea: letters and reports from the Station at Ndogbea, Documents 120-125; Sakbayeme: letters and reports from the Station at Sakbayeme, Documents 126-139; No. 128: Stutz on starting a seminary in the Basa area. See also No. 137; No. 129: on the idea of a new Station in Northern Babimbi (Longkwo). See also No. 139, a drawing of a temporary building in Longkwo; Victoria: letters and reports from the Station at Victoria, Documents 140-145; Nos. 143-145: the outbreak of war makes life difficult, though there are as yet no reports of fighting in Cameroon; Buea: letters and reports from the Station at Buea, Documents 146-151; No. 150: Schmidt on the treatment of Africans by Europeans; including soldiers; Bali: letters and reports from the Station at Bali, Documents 152-181; No. 153: Widmaier's detailed report on the schools in Bali; No. 154: sketch-map of Bali town and the surrounding villages; No. 163: Keller is convinced that a missionary should be stationed at Babunge; Nos. 178-181: the Professors Kähler, Grile, Westermann and Meinhof give their opinions on how to translate the word God into the Bali language; Bandzun: letters and reports from the Station at Bandzun, Documents 182-188; No. 183: Bana is to be the new Station. See also No. 188; Bana: letters and reports from the Station at Bana, Documents 189-197; No. 189: Billmann and Keller on the beginning of mission work in Bana; No. 193: 2 drawings of simple buildings to be put up in Bana; Bagam: letters and reports from the Station at Bagam. Documents 198-202; Fumban: letters and reports from the Station at Fumban, Documents 203-223; No. 209: Kühnle on King Njoya; No. 212: copy of a letter from King Njoya to the PC at Kuti accusing Manga Bell of inciting people to riot against the Germans; No. 213: Geprägs describes how Njoya came with this accusation to the missionaries, and how they sent the letter on by messenger; No. 214: Vielhauer on p.9 mentions plans to extend Basel Mission work to the Adamawa region. See also No. 217
Kamerun/Cameroon: Quarterly and Annual Reports for 1914, part III
55 documents arranged in 13 sections; Because of the outbreak of war most of the Annual Reports are missing, and there are no reports at all in the relevant categories from a number of stations. Some of the reports were written retrospectively when the missionaries had arrived back in Germany. For the first time there is a section for the Station at Babungo; Bonaku: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Bonaku, Documents 1-9; No. 1: Wöll on his medical work; Bonaberi: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Bonaberi, Documents 10-14; No. 10: Hecklinger writes about Peter Mobi and his Christian way of life; No. 13: Hecklinger, writing at home in Jun 1915, describes the last days of German Duala and the trial and execution of Manga Bell; Besongabang: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Besongabang, Documents 15-19; No. 16: Doxie describes his first impressions of Besongabang, and writes an essay on the topic "Why a man wears an amulette"; Mangamba: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Mangamba, Documents 20-21; Yabassi: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Yabassi. Only one report in this category, No. 21a; Ndunge: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Ndunge. Only one report in this category, No. 22; No. 22: Wittwer reports how the war affected life and work on the Station. He reports the detaining of all Dualas in the area by the Germans and comments on the attitude of Cameroonians to the Germans and the German reprisals; Lobethal: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Lobethal, Documents 23-25; No. 25: Gehr's essay on Cameroonian mammals and their relationship to man; Sakbayeme: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Sakbayeme, Documents 26-30; No. 26: Scheibler: "Ein Stück Heidentum" - his thoughts on paganism; No. 27: Schuckardt's thoughts as a young missionary on the inner and outward poverty of chris tians and non-christians; No. 28: Ziegler on the economic development of the region. He suggests the beginning of mission plantations to save people from working on other plantations, and to settle them under the influence of missionaries and Christian planters; No. 29: Scheibler on the use of the Duala language in the Basa area; No. 30: Scheibler on the troubles which arose with the coming of war; Victoria: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Victoria, Documents 31-32; No. 32: J. Erne mentions the impact on the people and on the mission of the outbreak of war; Buea: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Buea, Documents 33-43; No. 33: Schmidt on the death of several Chiefs in the Buea area; Bali: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Bali, Documents 44-48; No. 47: Miss Milla Roos' report on medical mission; Fumban: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Fumban, Documents 49-54; No. 52a: Miss A. Wuhrmann reports on a harvest festival in Bamum; Babungo: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Babungo. Only one document in this category, No. 55; No. 55: Ammann on the beginning of work in Babungo
[Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: E - Cameroon: E-03 - Letters leaving the Mission House, Basel, for addresses in Cameroon: E-03-1 - Letters to the local Chairman (Präses)