documents concerning Hanna Solf-Dotti, Solf's widow;
a biography of Solf by Maximilien von Hagen, 1937-39;
correspondence re the publication Solf/Wolff-Metternich correspondence, 1946-49;
a manuscript book entitled 'Elf Jahre in Samoa und andere Aufzeichnungen' (Eleven years in Samoa and other notes), written in 1895 by one von Wolffersdorff, known as Tulafale Falepoumaa.
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. The Solf papers have been filmed on reels PMB 581 - 589.
The papers comprise:
letters to family (3 volumes), 1885-1935
personal honours, 1927-34
congratulations on 70th birthday, 1932
publications, speeches, etc. 1886-1932 (Continued on PMB 582)
Documents relating to his ambassadorship in Japan, 1928, and papers written in retirement, 1929-32. 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).
Official and political papers and correspondence re presidency of the municipality of Apia, 1899
Miscellaneous papers and press clippings, re presidency of the municipality of Apia, 1899
-9. Official and political papers and press clippings re governorship of Samoa, 1900-1906 (7 vols). These include an unpublished paper by Dr Erich Schultze on 'The development of the political situation in Samoa'. Dr Schultze was Solf's successor as governor.