Kamerun/Cameroon, Correspondence 1908, part II
subject: [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: E - Cameroon: E-02 - Kamerun/Cameroon
description: 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…
date: Date early: 1908
date: Proper date: 1908

Kamerun/Cameroon, Quarterly and Annual Reports 1908
subject: [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: E - Cameroon: E-02 - Kamerun/Cameroon
description: 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…
date: Date early: 1908
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Kamerun/Cameroon, Letters and Reports from 1909, part I
subject: [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: E - Cameroon: E-02 - Kamerun/Cameroon
description: 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 an…
date: Date early: 1909
date: Proper date: 1909

Kamerun/Cameroon: Quarterly and Annual Reports for 1909
subject: [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: E - Cameroon: E-02 - Kamerun/Cameroon
description: 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'…
date: Date early: 1909
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Kamerun/Cameroon: Letters and reports for 1910, part I
subject: [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: E - Cameroon: E-02 - Kamerun/Cameroon
description: 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…
date: Date early: 1910
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Kamerun/Cameroon: Quarterly and Annual Reports for 1910, part II
subject: [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: E - Cameroon: E-02 - Kamerun/Cameroon
description: 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;…
date: Date early: 1910
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Kamerun/Cameroon: Correspondence for the year 1911, part I
subject: [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: E - Cameroon: E-02 - Kamerun/Cameroon
description: 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…
date: Date early: 1911
date: Proper date: 1911

Kamerun/Cameroon: Quarterly and Annual Reports for the year 1911, part II
subject: [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: E - Cameroon: E-02 - Kamerun/Cameroon
description: 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 …
date: Date early: 1911
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Kamerun/Cameroon: Letters and reports for 1912, part I
subject: [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: E - Cameroon: E-02 - Kamerun/Cameroon
description: 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
date: Date early: 1912
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Kamerun/Cameroon: Letters and reports from the Basel Mission in 1912, part II
subject: [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: E - Cameroon: E-02 - Kamerun/Cameroon
description: 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 …
date: Date early: 1912
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Kamerun/Cameroon: Quarterly and Annual Reports for the year 1912, part III
subject: [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: E - Cameroon: E-02 - Kamerun/Cameroon
description: 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 repo…
date: Date early: 1912
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Kamerun/Cameroon: Letters and Reports in 1913, part I
subject: [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: E - Cameroon: E-02 - Kamerun/Cameroon
description: 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…
date: Date early: 1913
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Kamerun/Cameroon: Letters and reports from the individual mission stations in 1913, part II
subject: [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: E - Cameroon: E-02 - Kamerun/Cameroon
description: 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…
date: Date early: 1913
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Kamerun/Cameroon: Quarterly and Annual Reports for 1913, part III
subject: [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: E - Cameroon: E-02 - Kamerun/Cameroon
description: 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 Annu…
date: Date early: 1913
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Kamerun/Cameroon: Letters and Reports in 1914, part I
subject: [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: E - Cameroon: E-02 - Kamerun/Cameroon
description: 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 t…
date: Date early: 1914
date: Proper date: 1914

Kamerun/Cameroon: Correspondence for 1914, part II
subject: [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: E - Cameroon: E-02 - Kamerun/Cameroon
description: 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, D…
date: Date early: 1914
date: Proper date: 1914

Kamerun/Cameroon: Quarterly and Annual Reports for 1914, part III
subject: [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: E - Cameroon: E-02 - Kamerun/Cameroon
description: 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 t…
date: Date early: 1914
date: Proper date: 1914

Kamerun Briefe
subject: [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)
date: Date early: 11.11.1886
date: Date late: 31.12.1891
date: Proper date: 11.11.1886-31.12.1891

Kamerun Kopierbuch
subject: [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)
date: Date early: 01.11.1892
date: Date late: 13.11.1897
date: Proper date: 01.11.1892-13.11.1897

Kamerun Kopierbuch
subject: [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)
date: Date early: 08.09.1897
date: Date late: 15.01.1904
date: Proper date: 08.09.1897-15.01.1904