Collections

PA 1: Fritz Gaerdes (1892–1975), teacher, entomologist and local historian in Okahandja (Namibia).
PA 2: Johann (Jan) Hinrich Gaerdes (1889–1981), farmer at Kalidona near Okahandja (Namibia).
PA 3: Hans Broder Gaerdes (1934–1974), Department of Foreign Affairs diplomat, South Africa.
PA 4: Ernst Rudolf Scherz (1906–1981) and Anneliese Scherz (1900–1987), rock painting researcher and photographer, respectively, in Namibia.
PA 5: Karl Ferdinand Lempp (1913–1986), editor of the "Allgemeine Zeitung", publisher and farmer in Namibia.
PA 6: Carl August Schlettwein (1908–1988), farmer at Otjitambi near Outjo (Namibia).
PA 7: Israel Goldblatt (1897–1982), lawyer in Windhoek (Namibia).
PA 8: Fritz Krampe (1913–1966), artist in Namibia.
PA 9: Markus Zschokke (1893–1971), vet in Namibia.
PA 10: Hans Wilhelm Sartorius von Bach (1904–1975), politician in Namibia and South Africa.
PA 11: Hans-Joachim Rust (1900–1987), Secretary for the "Namibia Scientific Society".
PA 12: Hans Hartmann (1905–1982), journalist in South Africa.
PA 13: Albert Albat (1913–1975), missionary for the Rhenish Missionary Society in southern Namibia.
PA 14: Horst Ueberall (1905–1982), catholic priest and editor of "Angelus" at Döbra near Windhoek (Namibia).
PA 15: Alfons Maria Weber (1904–1984), dentist and collector in Swakopmund (Namibia).
PA 16: Else Ebner (?–1921), temporary resident in southern Namibia.
PA 17: Carl Ossmann (1883–1935), artist in Namibia.
PA 18: David Krynauw (?–?), government archivist in Windhoek (Namibia).
PA 19: F. Schliemann, proprietor of J.W. Koep Wholesale, a firm in Swakopmund (Namibia).
PA 20: Rudolf Kindt (?–1928), journalist and publisher in German South West Africa.
PA 21: Hermann Korn (1907–1946), geologist and painter in Namibia.
PA 22: Ladislaus Menyharth (1849–1895), catholic missionary and botanist in Quelimane (Mozambique).
PA 23: Johann Wilhelm Redecker (1836–1911), missionary colonist of the Rhenish Missionary Society in Otjimbingue (Namibia).
PA 24: Hubertus Graf zu Castell-Rüdenhausen (1909–1995), farmer and tour guide in Namibia.
PA 25: Hans Jenny (1912–1996), journalist on Africa living in Zürich (Switzerland).
PA 26: Christine Lienemann Collection: material on church policies in South Africa (1970–1992).
PA 27: Hella Hammerbeck (1933–1997) and Friedrich Bruhns (1927–2003), farmers in Namibia, members of the solidarity movement in West Germany.
PA 28: Gustav von Sack (1860–1935), officer in German South West Africa.
PA 29: Johannes Spieker (1856–1920), inspector for the Rhenish Missionary Society in Germany.
PA 30: Andreas Wackwitz (1893–1979), provost for the German Evangelical Church in Namibia.
PA 31: Roman Stopa (?–?), Polish linguist, research on Khoisan languages.
PA 32: Carlos Duparquet (1830–1888), catholic priest in Namibia and Angola.
PA 33: Edda Schoedder (1928–1989), architect in Windhoek (Namibia).
PA 34: W.J.B. Chapman (1858–1932), trader and big game hunter in Namibia and Angola.
PA 35: Toivo Tirronen (?–?), teacher for the Finnish Missionary Society in northern Namibia and linguist studying northern Namibian languages.
PA 36: Herbert W. Sommerlatte (1905–1995), Swiss mining engineer in Africa.
PA 37: Karl Rechsteiner (?–? ), journalist for the catholic youth movement in Switzerland.
PA 38: Ernst Dammann (1904–2003) and Ruth Dammann (?–?), respectively a scholar of religions and languages and a photographer in Namibia and eastern Africa.
 
Other collections are currently being catalogued.
 
Inventories:
Printed inventories are available for the following collections:
PA 1–24
PA 26–28
PA 29–37 (in manuscript form)
 

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