This data package is a secondary publication that compiles the data previously released regarding Heydes' diaries (see related identifiers). The data package contains data referring to the diaries of Maria Elisabeth Heyde (1837 - 1917, Missionary of the Moravian Church).
Contents of the data package are:
-one ReadMe-File: "ReadMe.txt"
-32 folders, each with: A scan of a copy of the original diaries (digitized at the KIZ at the University of Ulm in December 2011) in pdf-format, the file name starts with the Letter "S" for "Scan". A manuscript in pdf-format, with a transcription of the digitized diary entries in german language, the file name starts with the Letter "M" for "Manuskript" (Further information on filenaming is included in ReadMe.txt)
-one folder titled: "Glossar", with three german versions of the same glossary refering to the diary entries and their transcriptions. The versions differ regarding their file formats: .docx; .pdf; .rtf.
The original diary entries were created between 18.06.1862 and 18.03.1917. The author, Maria Elisabeth Heyde (1837-1917), lived in India until 1903, primarily at the Kyelang mission station until 1898 and subsequently near Darjeeling/Ghoom. From 1903 until her death in 1917 she lived in Germany.