three documents concerned with the Inspector’s circular T. Digel, Esslingen, 4 pp., 8. Jan. 1901 K. Ernst, Dharwad, 12 pp, 24. Jan. 1901 Translated extract from the annual report for 1900 of Rev. Henry Ofosu Reynolds, Mampong/Ghana, 1 p. In his…
Remarks by F. Kittel on the revision of the Kannada translation of St John’s Gospel, and the translation of the word „Temptation". MS ( 21 folio pp.) in English and Kannada on the revision of St John’s gospel, with comments up to and including…
Revising the Kannada Bible and the New Testament. Obviously a place where unfiled correspondence about bible translation questions in Kannada has been collected: -two substantial documents from 1851, including an approx A-6 folder containing J.…
Documents concerning the financing, completion and production of the Kannada-English dictionary of Dr Kittel, including some documents from the India Office in London.
No. 28. On agriculture in South Mahratta. 3 quarterly reports by Kies 1859/60[sic]). MS copies made by professional secretaries in Basel, but wrongly bound together so that the earliest (beginning with page 1) is in the centre of the folder.…
letter of complaint. About 60 folio sheets written on both sides (with two short supporting documents). A letter of complaint dated 30th December 1880 and addressed to Inspektor Schott on his visit to India. There are 7 signatories.
Papers on the court case pursued by the Chirakal Rajah against Chowa Jam[?sic] 1867 & 1882. The bulk of the papers date from a land case in 1882 over property claimed by the Rajah but occupied by the Christian community in Chowa. This envelope also…
"An Indian astrologist", by J.J. Jaus, 1884. A life-story of Unniparren (?), an astrologer who became a Basel Mission evangelist. Collected from oral sources (including the testimony of his brother-in-law who worked for the Basel Mission).
miscellaneous, 1840-99. This seems to have been a collecting point for unfiled papers from India from the 19th century. -information on Schott’s planned journey to India 24.Sep.1880-16. Feb. 1881 (2.p duplicated message from B. Graeter to the Basel…
No. 34. The Mutiny in India, examined from a religious standpoint. Lecture in Bombay 14th and 16th August 1859 by Dr John Wilson. German translation, the script by a professional secretary. The significance of the "No. 34" is not known.
memorandum of the Indian members of the District Church Board and the District Committee of the Basel Mission in what is now Northern Karnataka, 1929. Carbon copy of a 69-page typewritten report in German. No names of authors. No list of contents.…
from the office of the Director, miscellaneous reports, authors not members of the Basel Mission. 9 T/S essays on general themes to do with India and the Mission, more than half of them translated from English, e.g. a report from C.F. Andrews, and a…
MSS and letters from Eva Lombard 1921-24. Carbon copies of a considerable number of personal letters to family and friends from Dr. Eva Lombard in Udipi. File 2.5 cm thick. (For other materials from Eva Lombard see also C-10.72, C-4-6.19, and …
questions about the church India 1930-36, please return to the Director. Mostly typewritten documents, a few newspaper cuttings and official printed documents. Haphazard but interesting. The bulk of the documents are German translations of…
In addition someone has written "From Cockburn Kotagiri Nilgiris Indien", "For W. Kühner with my love M.B.L. Cockburn Longwood 10 10/23", and "von Frau Kühner an Herrn Insp. W. ? 22.ix.55". About half the pages contain writing in a very clear script,…
i.e. a German translation of a document by one Zahir on the life history and insights of an old saint in the Himalayas. Rather faint and on tissue paper which is becoming discoloured.
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