The ETH Zurich University Archives hold the administrative records of ETH Zurich, personal papers and autographs (manuscripts), the private archives of institutions and other documentation.
Administrative records
Since its foundation in 1999, the ETH Zurich University Archives have systematically gathered records of archival value from the ETH Zurich administration. Before 1999 the ETH-Bibliothek only occasionally received official records.
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Holdings
- Minutes of meetings and records of the Swiss School Board (1854 to 1992)
- Records of all organisational units of the ETH Board (since 1993)
- Records of the Executive Board and all organisational units of ETH Zurich (since 1854)
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Searching and using
- The minutes of meetings of the Swiss School Board in full text are freely accessible via Schulratsprotokolle Online.
- Archival holding description: Search in the Knowledge Portal or the Archivdatenbank Online.
- In accordance with the Federal Law on Archiving, and taking account of the freedom of information principle, the records are subject to a period of protection of 30, or in some cases 50 years.
- Order the documents you require directly from ETH Zurich University Archives or via form. Please announce your visit. Access to the ordered documents is granted in the Reading Room Collections and Archives.
Personal papers, donations, individual acquisitions
Personal papers and autographs (manuscripts) related to ETH Zurich
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Holdings (selection)
- C.G. Jung Papers Collection, Carl Seelig's Albert Einstein documentation, Richard Willstätter, Vladimir Prelog, Leopold Ruzicka, Wolfgang Pauli (in addition to the holdings of the CERN Pauli Archive)
- Mathematicians: Paul Bernays, Wilhelm Fiedler, Heinz Hopf, Adolf Hurwitz, Hermann Weyl, Eduard Stiefel, Heinz Rutishauser, Bartel van der Waerden sowie die Briefsammlung von George Pólya
- Geologists and natural scientists: Arnold Escher von der Linth, Oswald Heer, Louis Rollier, Karl Mayer-Eymar, Albert Heim, Arnold Heim
- Astronomers: Rudolf Wolf, Alfred Wolfer, Max Waldmeier
- Civil engineers: Karl Culmann, Robert Maillart, Fritz Stüss
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Searching and using
- In the Knowledge Portal and the Archivdatenbank Online personal papers are generally described in summary form, and occasionally in detail.
- Detail information of summary descriptions is fully accessible in an internal card catalogue.
- Selected holdings are described in inventories which can be ordered in printed form or viewed in digital form in the Knowledge Portal.
- Selected personal papers have been digitized: Search the platform e-manuscripta.
- The accessibility of personal papers depends on the conditions of use in the relevant contract.
- Order the documents you require directly from ETH Zurich University Archives or via form. Please announce your visit. Access to the ordered documents is granted in the Reading Room Collections and Archives.
Private archives of institutions
Archives of institutions which are connected to ETH Zurich
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Holdings
- Scientific societies: Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Forschung an der ETH, Swiss Mathematical Society, etc.
- Student associations: Association of Students at ETH (VSETH), Architektura, Verein der Mathematik- und Physikstudierenden an der ETH Zürich (VMP), etc.
- Subject-based archives with ETH relevant content: Archives of the History of Nuclear Energy in Switzerland (business papers of Kaiseraugst AG and records of key players), records of the Gotthard Railway, etc.
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Searching and using
- In the Knowledge Portal and the Archivdatenbank Online personal papers are generally described in summary form, and occasionally in detail.
- Detail information of summary descriptions is fully accessible in an internal card catalogue.
- Selected holdings are described in inventories which can be ordered in printed form or viewed in digital form in the Knowledge Portal.
- The accessibility of the archives depends on the conditions of use in the relevant contract.
- Order the documents you require directly from ETH Zurich University Archives or via form. Please announce your visit. Access to the ordered documents is granted in the Reading Room Collections and Archives.
Documentations in the field of university and science history in the ETH Zurich University Archives
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Holdings
- Biographical Files: articles from newspapers and journals, obituaries, necrologies, special print editions, lists of publications, Festschriften on members of ETH Zurich and its institutions.
- Documentation Nuklearforum Schweiz: newspaper articles and reports on institutions, individuals, nuclear power plant projects as well as nuclear power plants collected by Nuklearforum Schweiz.
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Searching and using
- Search in the Knowlegde Portal and the Archivdatenbank Online.
- Order the files you require directly from ETH Zurich University Archives or via form. Please announce your visit. Access to the ordered documents is granted in the Reading Room Collections and Archives.
