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Correspondence relating to Tinputz (Woskawitz) Plantation, Bougainville, 1888-1985

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Title
Correspondence relating to Tinputz (Woskawitz) Plantation, Bougainville, 1888-1985
Subject
Business enterprises
Social structure
Papua New Guinea--History
Bougainville Island (Papua New Guinea)--History
Germany--Colonies
Colonies--Asia
German language--Writing
Correspondence
Maps
Category
1. Settlement
2. National boundaries
3. World War I
Keywords
Plantations
Creator
Diercke, Carl
Current holder
National Library of Australia
Period of reference
1888 – 1985
Link
https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/4977023
Series number
PMB 1322
Item number
4977023
Access rights
Request at location
Rights
Copyright Undetermined
Country of origin
Papua New Guinea
Place
Bougainville
Language
English
German
Description from source
1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

The collection comprises Carl Diercke's letter book no. 1 (letters out), pp. 1-41, 24 January, 1907-22 August, 1908; Carl Diercke's letter book no. 2 (letters out), pp. 1-47, 11 October, 1908-14 May, 1909; and, Carl Diercke's letter book no. 3 (letters out), pp. 1-100, 13 September, 1909-4 July, 1910.

The collection also includes letters received by Carl Diercke, Rudolf Diercke, Helmuth Bertig, et al., no. 1-40, 1888-1964; letters received by Carl Diercke, Rudolf Diercke, et al., no. 41-80, 1895-1964; letters relating to the publication of an English translation of Richard Parkinson's book, Dreissig Jahre in der Südsee (Thirty years in the South Seas), 1970-1985; and, the United States Navy Hydrographic Office emergency reproduction from the German chart, S-Stiller Ozean, Insel Bougainville, Tinputz-& Teop Hafen, Maszstab 1:25000, 1911.
Physical format
Manuscripts
Letters
Books
Maps