The C.G. Jung Papers Collection is the world's largest collection of C.G. Jung records. In his will C.G. Jung left his scientific papers to ETH Zurich.
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Holding
- 1,000 manuscripts
- More than 30,000 letters to and from C.G. Jung
- Extensive press archive containing newspaper articles about C.G. Jung
- Collection of special print editions of publications by other authors and a collection of studies by various authors on association psychology
- The collection is complemented by acquisitions: original correspondence between C.G. Jung and Sigmund Freud as well as between C.G. Jung and Victor White
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Searching
The C.G. Jung Papers Collection is described in a number of inventories.
Inventories in digital form:
Following inventories can be ordered and borrowed via Knowledge Portal:
- Inventory of the C.G. Jung press archive
- Inventory of the collection of special print editions
- Inventory of studies on association psychology and psychogalvanic responses
The voluminous correspondence is described in internal finding aids. For questions concerning possible correspondents, please contact Archives and Private Collections.
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Access
- The documents are available for consultation in the Special Collections Reading Room.
- The press archive, collection of special print editions and studies on association psychology can be accessed with no special preconditions.
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The access to the manuscripts and correspondence is regulated by special user rules and regulations agreed between the ETH-Bibliothek and the Foundation for the Works of C.G. Jung. They can only be viewed subject to explicit permission from the Foundation for the Works of C.G. Jung.
To do so, please fill in the application form ( Antrag auf Benutzung des C.G. Jung-Arbeitsarchivs (pdf, 61kB) (German), sign it and send it to Archives and Private Collections. They will forward the application to the Foundation for the Works of C.G. Jung and let you know their decision. Please note that the application procedure may take up to 4 weeks.
