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.
i.e. Dr Fisch’s report on the health situation of missionaries in India 10.6.1913, with [3] replies from India and an estimate of the costs for a petrol-driven pump and a new well in Balmatta.. Rudolf Fisch returned from almost 30 years’ work as a…
Essays about India 1929-30, & articles on the political situation 1930. An index lists 62 items, all either originally in German or translated into the language. (Items 1a, 2, 13, 18-19, 45, 47-52, and 56 are missing). The file on the political…
India, 1931. Contents arranged as C-10.8,1 - 46 documents individually listed on a broad range of social, political and ecclesiastical topics, mostly originally in English and translated into German. There is, additionally, a substantial file of…
India 1932-3. Mostly a collection of translations of essays from English into German. Divided topically: Gandhi; History of Religions, Christianity and Hindusism; the Catholic movement among the Syrians; Miscellaneous.
India 1933-38. A much less well organised file with miscellaneous contents - press cuttings in German, translations of English essays, some English documents. Organised into sub-files: Gandhi and Nationalism: Missions; Christianity and…
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