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This series contains a lecture in German titled "Goethe: His Personality and Work" given by Schweitzer in July 1949 at the International Goethe Convocation in Aspen, Colorado (this was the only time Schweitzer ever visited the United States). The lecture is recorded on two vinyl 78rpm records, with an introduction by G. A. Borgese and translation by Thornton Wilder. This series also contains a booklet from the Albert Schweitzer International Convocation held in Aspen in May 1966. The convocation continued the work that began with Schweitzer's visit to the United States in 1949, and was divided into seven sessions with multiple scholars discussing topics including Schweitzer's humanitarian contributions, his contributions to music and the arts, and his contributions to theology and philosophy.

This series contains copies of thirteen typewritten reports from Swiss and German Basel missionaries who were captured and held captive during World War I by British and French troops. Captured while stationed in Cameroon in September and October 1914, these missionaries were held captive until 1915. The reports were recorded in German in 1915 in Basel, Switzerland and Berlin and Connstadt, Germany, and include detailed description and dates of events and names of other missionaries. The thirteen missionaries are Friedrich Bärtschi; J. Bührer; Chr. Gehr.; J. Gutbrod; Philipp Hecklinger; Johannes Ittmann; Johannes Köngeter; Johannes Leiberspeiger; G. Lorch.; Johannes Georg Meier; Robert Schwarz; H. Stahl; and Karl Wittwer.

This series contains records from the Basel Mission relating to its educational work on the Gold Coast (Ghana), West Africa, including practical manuals given to missionaries as standards for teaching at the primary and middle school levels, and a pamphlet on its educational approach.

This series contains administrative records pertaining to the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works Translation Project, helmed by members of the International Bonhoeffer Society under the leadership of Clifford Green, Victoria Barnett, and others. Materials relate to the writing, publication, and reception of Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works and include correspondence, editorial and working draft files, grantwriting and fundraising documentation, and DBWE research files organized according to their final volume number.

This series contains a 423 page notebook of Deinzer's notes, handwritten in German, on the "Dogmatik" lectures given by Gustav Schmidt at Union Theological Seminary in 1894.

This series contains a manuscript of one of Müller's lectures given at Halle University, with the abridged title, "Dogmatik A." Though undated and signed only "Prof. Julius Mull[sic], U. Halle, Germany," this lecture may form part of Müller's Dogmatische Abhandlungen, and is likely a transcription written by one of Müller's students.

This series contains documents from the second and third Lutheran World Federation Assemblies in 1952 and 1957 (with five distinct themes or subtopics: "The Freedom we Have in Christ;" "The Unity of the Church in Christ;" "The Freedom to Reform the Church;" "Free for Service in the World;" and "Free and United in Hope"), yearly runs of the News Bulletin of the Lutheran World Federation from 1946 to 1950, press releases made by the Lutheran World Federation, and the Newsletter of the 3rd Assembly.

This series contains records relating to the educational aims of the Presbyterian Church of the Gold Coast, including memorandums to the Synod of the Presbyterian Church that address integrating the church and Christian doctrine with the customs and society of the local tribes.

This series contains copies of handwritten and typed reports, in German, from the Rheinische Missionsgesellschaft (Rhenish Missionary Society) missionaries located in Southern Africa, Borneo, Sumatra, Nias and New Guinea. Reports discuss progress, experiences of other missionaries, as well as events in each location, such as the Herero uprisings of 1904 in South Africa. The majority of reports are written by J. Spiecker, with others interspersed from such people as G. Haussleiter and R. Wegner.

This series contains materials from Knitter's time in Germany pursuing graduate and doctoral studies at the University of Marburg, and includes notes and clippings, correspondence, and Knitter's dissertation. Some material is in German.