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Weule, Johann Konrad Karl (1864-1926)

Collection - Estate

Johann Konrad Karl Weule was a German geographer and ethnologist whose work and research focused on Africa. He was director of the museum that is today Grassi Museum für Völkerkunde in Leipzig (Leipzig Museum of Ethnology).

Material:

  • 3 handwritten manuscripts (seminar transcripts: “Völkerkunde von Amerika”, place unspecified, 1908, 78 sheets; “Vergleichende Völkerkunde”, place unspecified, 1907-08, 52 sheets; “Entwicklungsgeschichte und Urgeschichte des Menschen”, place unspecified, 1908-09, 44 sheets)

Provenance: part of Walter Lehmann’s papers.

Keywords: ethnology