4 pp. MS drafted in German by Rev Ammann on the history of the mission station in Mulki 1841-51 which lay, till c. 1990, unlisted and unbound at the from of one of the early volumes of series C-1.
4 p. German MS letter from Georg Ritter, dat. St. Chrischona 28. Feb.1906 concerning the possibility that the Basel Mission might take over an independent mission in the Nilgiris -v. also a periodical in the Mission 21 library, ref. no. Z688 Die…
A4 file with typescript and manuscript documents in German, Materials on the difficulties in Calicut 1932. 22-page memorandum by Karl Hartenstein, with ca. 45 letters as documentation. / Gemischt MS und Schriebmaschinenschrift Dokumente auf Deutsch,…
A4 envelope with a very mixed collection of mostly typed documents from/about India, probably a remainder category of unfiled documents from Rev Witschi’s office. Mostly in German. / A4 Mappe mit verschiedenen und sehr gemischten Dokumenten aus der…
It encloses a 3 pp. English letter from CMS headquarters in London dd. 14th Feb. 1880 about the legal position of converted young women who were married as children to Hindu husbands, and a 5 p. English Memorandum from Graeter, evidently on the same…
J. Huber, Basel, 25th June 1875 letter to the BM Inspector (2 pp.) J. Huber 2-p. Memorandum on its use against fever (and but with the remark that 2 copies were sent to Africa on 7th July 1875) (2 copies) C.G.Engelmann’s notes, 4 pp., dated Basel…
There is no indication of a family relationship between this Dr Lombard and the Dr Lombard who later worked for the Kanarese and Basel Mission for decades in Karnataka.
On questioning the dead, magic, witchcraft, demons, amulets and secret medicines in India - written by J. Leonberger and dated Fellbach 16th Jan. 1864.
Songs of important poets....the first 11 and the 24th poems of the Dasaropada, which the present translator published in lithographic form in Mangalore in 1850. German MS von H. Mögling, 11 pp., dd. 1859 (with one page of an accompanying letter to…
Huber to Basel 25th May 1852, 1 p. German introduction and then 11p. transcript in English of a speech given by I. Scudder commenting on Graul’s defence of the retention of caste in the Leipzig Mission. Scudder’s comments are translated into German…
Songs of the Saints (who forswear the world and devote themselves to Vishnu) translation [into German] of the first of the old Kannada poems, which were printed in Mangalore in 1850. 20 MS pp., the poems numbered from 1-28. Presumably from G. Weigle…
German text with no indications of origins etc, but probably like C-10.56,9 and C-10.56,6 (though in a different handwriting) translations from Kannada poetry in the Bibliotheca Carnataca.
- Zur Geschichte der ostind. Stationen 1841/1851 / On the history of the [Basel Mission] stations in India 1841/1851. NB the dates on the folder are not comprehensive - it contains material up to 1859 in some cases. Ca. 40 pp. of material which,…
Largely English, some Malayalam. A careful detailed census of the institutions in Bosshardt’s responsibility. Many lists of names of people involved in the mission station in Codacal: Presbytery, Catechists, Bible Women, Schoolmasters, Colporteurs,…
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