Private correspondence 1898-1935 [microform]

Bib ID:
1865710
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 (Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau) ; 587.
Summary:

Correspondence with private individuals: Gottlieb von Jagow, 1914-1934 (cont. from film PMB 586); H. Knipping, 1900-1904, 1920-1930; Richard von Kuhlmann, 1912-1917; Richard Kuenzer, 1912-1935; Karl Max Lisknowsky, 1914-1918; Emil Ludwig, 1916-1918; Adolf-Friedrich Mecklenberg, 1913-1916; Albrecht Medelssohn, 1922-1931; Walther Rathenau, 1911-1918; Otto Riedel (manager of the Deutsche Handels-und Plantagen-Gesellschaft), 1905-1926; Paul Rohrbach, 1913-1918; F. Rose, 1900-1906; Friedrich Rosen, 1898-1932; Erich von Salzmann, 1921-1932 ; and E. Schmidt-Dergitz, 1899-1904. (Note: Rose and Schmidt-Dergitz were Pacific specialists in the German Colonial Office).

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 became governor of Western Samoa when that country became a German colony. He remained in that post until 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:
Time Coverage:
1898-1935
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