ETH Zurich University Archives
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The ETH Zurich University Archives are responsible for safeguarding, indexing and mediating documents belonging to ETH Zurich (founded in 1855) and the ETH Board. They also curate the private papers of scientists and societies with ties to ETH Zurich. Its holdings aid research on national and international academic, university and technical history. Biographical dossiers and other documents round off the archival holdings.
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ETH Zurich University Archives | |
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Hochschularchiv der ETH Zürich | |
47.37682377413173°N 8.54714168491619°E / 47.37682377413173; 8.54714168491619 | |
Location | Zurich, Switzerland |
Type | Scientific archive |
Established | 1999 |
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Size | about 4‘000 rm |
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Website | ETH Zurich University Archive |
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The ETH Zurich University Archives were founded based on the Swiss Federal Act on Archiving (BGA) of 1998:.[1] Archival holdings from private personal papers, but also from ETH Zurich’s administration that had already been handed over in previous decades, were integrated in the University Archives.