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