ETH Zurich University Archives
Travelogue of Geologist Arnold Heim
ETH Zurich University Archives
Karl Culmann's manuscript of the second edition of a graphic statistic, 1875. ETH Zurich University Archives
"Azimutscheiben" to Eugen Müller's panoramas and sketches
ETH Zurich University Archives
Lecture notes from the hand of the later Geneva architect Frantz Fulpius. ETH Zurich University Archives
Presidential and school board protocolls 1854–1857
ETH Zurich University Archives
Letters of Albert Einstein to Hermann Weyl
ETH Zurich University Archives
Vladimir Prelog's Nobel Prize and Medal 1975
ETH Zurich University Archives
ETH Zurich University Archives
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ETH Zurich University Archives
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ETH Zurich University Archives
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ETH Zurich University Archives
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ETH Zurich University Archives
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Extent
- ETH-Zurich and ETH-Board Archives: 1,870 metres (status 2016)
- Personal archives: 1,950 metres (status 2016)
Holdings
- Minutes and other records of the Swiss School Board (1854–1992), of organisational units of ETH Zurich (since 1854) and of the ETH Board (since 1993)
- Private papers of engineers: e.g. Karl Culmann, Robert Maillart, Aurel Stodola
- Private papers of natural scientists: e.g. Albert Einstein documents by Carl Seelig, Vladimir Prelog, Leopold Ruzicka, Rudolf Wolf
- Private papers of mathematicians: e.g. Paul Bernays, Heinz Hopf, Hermann Weyl, Eduard Stiefel, George Pólya
- Private papers of psychologists: e.g. C.G. Jung Papers Collection
- Subject-based archives with contents related to ETH Zurich: e.g. Archives of the History of Nuclear Energy in Switzerland
- Archives of student associations and academic societies
Relevance of research and Public
The balanced mix of administrative records and private papers is complemented by archives that have a structural or subject-based connection to ETH Zurich. Together, they form a solid foundation for research on technical, social and science history issues.
Moreover, the private papers, student administration records and the continuously expanded biographical documentation are also a valuable source for genealogical and other biographically oriented research.
Current activities, projects
- Archival description and digitization for presentation on the portal external pagee-manuscripta.ch
- Digitization of sunspot drawings – Archival description and digitisation of the sunspot records from the Locarno-Monti observatory
Use of the archive / online presence
- Minutes of the Swiss School Board Meetings are freely accessible via Schulratsprotokolle Online.
- Digitally indexed archival material can be searched on ETH Library's Search Portal or on Hochschularchiv online.
- Private papers are continuously digitised and made accessible on the portal external pagee-manuscripta.ch in due consideration of the legal parameters.
- Please arrange an appointment in advance with to access archival material. In original it may only be examined on site in the Reading Room Collections and Archives.
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Opening hours
Reading Room Collections and Archives
Mon–Fri: 10.00–17.00
(Please book in advance)
Individual guided tours on request
Related links
- chevron_right Hochschularchiv online (available in German only)
- chevron_right Einstein Online
- external page call_made e-manuscripta.ch
- chevron_right Schulratsprotokolle Online (available in German only)
- chevron_right Public Tours
- chevron_right extract – exhibition space of the Collections and Archives