Otto Quelle was a German geographer and historian. From 1929 to 1934 Quelle was deputy director of the Ibero-American Institute (IAI) of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation in Berlin, editor of the journal Ibero-Amerikanisches Archiv and country specialist for Brazil. From 1949 to 1955 he also lectured at Berlin Free University.

Information on his work for the journal Ibero-Amerikanisches Archiv is also indexed under “Ibero-American Institute (IAI) of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation” (see: Collections from corporate bodies).

Material:

• 1 case, 1 offprint
• maps and documents from Brazil
• 15 sheets of notes on the economic history of Brazil
• 1 handwritten list (“Behördenorganisation in Columbien. Hochschulen, Wissenschaftliche Einrichtungen, Landwirtschaftliche Gesellschaft, Handelskammern, Ausenhandelsstellen (1930)”, place and year unspecified, 8 sheets)

Keywords: Brazil, Columbia, history of the IAI, institutions

Information also available under: “Ibero-American Institute (IAI) of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation”