William Heinrich Solf - Papers, 1899-1934

PMB 582

fonds

Canberra : Pacific Manuscripts Bureau [19--]

440511

Microfilm : PMB 582

microfilm reel 35 mm

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

PMB (Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau) ; 582
The documents comprise: 1. Publications, speeches, etc., 1915-1932 (continued from film PMB 581); -- 2. Letters, 1908, re his publication Eingeborene und Ansiedler auf Samoa'; -- 3. Publications re war treaties, 1916-1918 (3 vols); -- 4. Correspondence with publishers re publications and memoirs, 1918-1934; -- 5. Press reviews, 1919-1920, re his publication Kolonialpolitik' (short title); -- 6. Lectures and essays on Japanese problems, 1923-1933; --7. Press opinions on Solf's lectures and publications, 1926-1933; -- 8. Official and political papers re the German Consulate-General in Calcutta (his fisrt post); -- 9. Officials and political papers re East Africa, 1897-1899; -- 10. Official and political papers re Apia municipality, 1899
Available for reference
Microfilm copy of original held by Bundesarchiv, Koblenz, West Germany