Private correspondence 1903-1935 [microform]

Bib ID:
343270
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) ; 586.
Summary:

Correspondence with private individuals including Albert Hahl, governor of German New Guinea, from 1902-1904. The correspondence with Hahl covers the periods 1903-1916. Other correspondents represented on the microfilm are: Albert Einstein, 1918-1930; Mathias Erzberger, 1914-1919; Richard Fisk, 1913-1929/1935; Bruno Fuchs, 1914-1918; H. Gerlich, 1889-1895, 1915-1918; Otto Glein, 1911-1916; Fritz Haber, 1924-1929; Maximilien von Hagen, 1918-1935; Ewald Herker, 1914-1920; Edmund and Elizabeth von Heyking, 1914-1924; Alfred von Heymel , 1912-1914; Gottlieb von Jagow, 1914-1934.

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:
1903-1935
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