Archival records
The Mailopu Archive provides access to a variety of archival records from different institutions. This map depicts the current locations of all objects that are part of the Mailopu Archive. However, additional archival records are dispersed among collections worldwide. Below, we provide a list of all institutions and collections known to us that hold archival records connected to the II. Freiburg Moluccan Expedition. These institutions can be consulted for further research.
Archival records available via the Mailopu Archive
List of all related archival records
Ethnologisches Museum, Berlin (Germany)
(Ethnological Museum, Berlin)
Sound recordings on wax cylinders collected by Tauern in 1912 on Bali, Misool and Seram; 87 recordings.
Photographic material from the expedition, including glass plate negatives and photo prints; over 1000 items.
GRASSI Museum für Völkerkunde zu Leipzig (SKD) (Germany)
(GRASSI Museum of Ethnology in Leipzig)
Ethnographic objects collected by Tauern between 1910 – 1912 on Halmahera, Misool, Seram and other unspecified locations in Maluku; 12 items.
Historische Sammlung, Universitätsbibliothek der LMU München (Germany)
(Historical Collections Department, University Library, LMU Munich)
Bequest of Erwin Stresemann (no. NL-75) including documents related to the expedition, by or about Deninger, Mailopu, Stresemann, and Tauern as well as documentation of research conducted on the archival records by university staff; 10 boxes.
Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (Germany)
(Museum of Natural History, Berlin)
Bequest of Erwin Stresemann (no. N038, S IV „Molukkenwerk“) including documents related to the expedition, as well as other items such as a plaster bust of Mailopu or a photograph.
Museum Natur und Mensch Freiburg (Germany)
(Museum Nature and Humanity Freiburg)
Ethnographic objects collected by Deninger during his „first“ Moluccan Expedition in 1906/07 on Buru; 27 items.
Museum für Völkerkunde, Dresden (SKD) (Germany)
(Museum of Ethnology, Dresden (SKD))
Ethnographic objects collected by Deninger between 1910 – 1912 on the Malay Peninsula; 32 items.
Ethnographic objects collected by Tauern between 1910 – 1912 on Seram; 287 items.
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum, Köln (Germany)
(Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum, Cologne)
Ethnographic objects collected by Tauern between 1910 – 1912 on the Malay Peninsula, Bali, Misool and Seram; around 818 items.
Staatsbibliothek, Berlin (Germany)
(State Library, Berlin)
Bequest of Erwin Stresemann (no. 150, Erg. 2) including documents related to the expedition; 5 file folders, 1 portfolio, 1 bound typescript.
Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
(Museum of World Cultures, Frankfurt am Main)
Ethnographic objects collected by Deninger and Stresemann in 1911 on Seram; around 228 items.
Zoologische Staatssammlung München, SNSB (Germany)
(Bavarian State Collection of Zoology)
Bird specimens collected by Tauern and Stresemann in 1911 on Misool and Seram; over 100 items as well as bird specimens collected by Deninger during his „first“ Moluccan Expedition in 1906/07 on Buru; around 24 items.
Universitaire Bibliotheken Leiden (Netherlands)
(Leiden Unviserity Libraries)
Historical maps and photographs made by Deninger, Tauern and Stresemann during the expedition; 2 items.
American Museum of Natural History, New York (USA)
Bird specimens collected by Stresemann between 1910 – 1913 in Malaysia and on Seram and Buru; 861 items.
California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco (USA)
Ant specimens collected by Stresemann in Malaysia and Indonesia; 6 items.
Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago (USA)
Bird specimen collected by Stresemann in 1911 in Indonesia; 1 item.
National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. (USA)
Bird specimen and ferns collected by Stresemann between 1911 – 1912 in Indonesia; 6 items.
Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (USA)
Parasitic mite specimens collected by Stresemann in 1911 in Indonesia; 14 items.
Natural History Museum, London (UK)
Mammal, bird and insect specimens and moss collected by Stresemann between 1911 – 1913 in Indonesia; 35 items.
Moss collected by Deninger in 1906 during his „first“ Moluccan Expedition and in 1911 in Indonesia; 2 items.
Finnish Museum of Natural History - Botany and Mycology Unit, Helsinki (Finland)
Moss collected by Stresemann in 1911 in Indonesia; 1 item.
Herbarium Hausknecht, Jena (Germany)
Moss collected by Stresemann between 1910 – 1911 in Malaysia and Indonesia; 28 items.
Moss collected by Deninger in 1906 during his „first“ Moluccan Expedition and 1911 in Indonesia; 11 items.
Royal Botanics Garden Kew, London (UK)
Flowerings plants and fern collected by Stresemann between 1911 – 1912 in Indonesia; 5 items.
Botany Collections of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris (France)
(National Museum of Natural History)
Moss collected by Stresemann in 1911 in Indonesia; 5 items.
Moss collected by Deninger in 1906 during his „first“ Moluccan Expedition and 1911 in Indonesia; 3 items.
Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge (UK)
Flowering plants, fern and moss collected by Stresemann between 1911 – 1912 in Indonesia; 7 items.
National Herbarium of New South Wales, Sydney (Australia)
Flowering plant collected by Stresemann in 1911 in Indonesia; 1 item.
Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm (Sweden)
(Swedish Museum of Natural History)
Moss and flowering plants collected by Stresemann between 1910 – 1911 in Malaysia and Indonesia; 8 items.
Moss collected by Deninger in 1906 during his „first“ Moluccan Expedition and 1911 in Indonesia; 2 items.
Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden (Netherlands)
Moss collected by Deninger in 1911 in Indonesia; 2 items.
Fern, flowering plants, coniferous tree and moss collected by Stresemann between 1911 – 1912 in Indonesia; 397 items.
Bird Specimens collected by Stresemann between 1910 – 1912 in Malaysia and Indonesia; 161 items. The bird specimens used to be part of the collections at Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie and Zoologisch Museum Amsterdam.