Papers 1928-1932 [microform]
- Bib ID:
- 1863388
- Format:
- Manuscript and Microform
- Author:
- Solf, W. H. (Wilhelm Heinrich), 1862-1936
- Access Conditions:
- Available for reference
- Description:
-
- Canberra Pacific Manuscripts Bureau [19--]
- 1 microfilm reel 35 mm.
- Series:
- PMB ; 585.
- Summary:
-
Documents relating to his ambassadorship in Japan, 1928, and papers written in retirement, 1929-1932. The latter include `Refutation' of Count Bulow's memoirs; a proposal to appoint Solf German Foreign Minister; Solf's mission re minorities in Hungary and German committee on Palestine. (Bulow was Foreign Minister of Germany in 1899 when the acquisition of Western Samoa was negotiated as a German colony.)
- Biography/History:
-
Solf (1862-1936) became president of the municipality of Apia, Western Samoa, in 1899, after serving as a district judge in German East Africa. In 1900 he beca me governor of Western Samoa when that country became a Germany colony. He remained in that post uuntil 1911 when he became Secretary for the Colonies in the German government. After World War I, he served as German ambassador in Japan
- Notes:
- Microfilm copy of original held by Bundesarchiv, Koblenz, West Germany
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau
- Copyright:
-
Copyright Undetermined
If you wish to copy or order copies, contact us. For access conditions return to the record display above.
- Reason for copyright status:
- A Manuscript Collection may have a range of formats and dates.
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
Copyright status may not be correct if data in the record is incomplete or inaccurate. Other access conditions may also apply. For more information please see: Copyright in library collections.
Request this item
Request this item to view in the Library’s reading room.