440517
- TitleWilliam Heinrich Solf - Papers, 1928-1932
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- Call numberPMB 585
- Level of descriptionfonds
- Date
Canberra : Pacific Manuscripts Bureau [19--] - Type of material
- Reference code440517
- Issue CopyMicrofilm : PMB 585
- Physical Descriptionmicrofilm reel 35 mm
- ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL 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 beca me governor of Western Samoa when that country became a Germany colony. He remained in that post uuntil 1911 when he became Secretary for the Colonies in the German government. After World War I, he served as German ambassador in Japan - Scope and ContentDocuments relating to his ambassadorship in Japan, 1928, and papers written in retirement, 1929-1932. The latter include Refutation' of Count Bulow's memoirs; a proposal to appoint Solf German Foreign Minister; Solf's mission re minorities in Hungary and German committee on Palestine. (Bulow was Foreign Minister of Germany in 1899 when the acquisition of Western Samoa was negotiated as a German colony.)
- General note
PMB (Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau) ; 585
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Microfilm copy of original held by Bundesarchiv, Koblenz, West Germany - Creator/Author/Artist
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