Correspondence with private individuals and institutions: E. Schmidt-Dergitz, 1899-1904 (cont. from film PMB 587); Heinrich Schnee, 1901-1934; Erich Schultze, 1904-1916; Paul von Schwabach, 1910-1918; Theodor Seitz, 1912-1913; Ellen von Siemens, 1902-1924; Harry von der Velde, 1914-1916; Max Warburg, 1913-1929; Paul Wolff-Metternich, 1915-1934; Deutsche Gesellschaft, 1915-1934; Gesellschaft fur Ostasische Kunst, 1930; and Deutsches Ausland Institut, 1928-1934. (Note: Schnee was the first acting governor of German New Guinea and was acting governor of Western Samoa during Solf's absence in 1902. He was later in the German Colonial Office. Schultze was governor of Western Samoa from Solf's departure to 1914).
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 ad German ambassador in Japan.
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