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Archive
The archive of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (established around 1800) is responsible for receiving, maintaining and processing the writings of the Academy and from legacies. Among its holdings are the minutes of the meetings of the Academy and its classes since 1779, correspondence (1759–1804), documents pertaining to the “adjuncts”, which were incorporated in the Academy between 1807 and 1827, appraisals of inventions and patents (first half of the 19th century) as well as legacies and members’ files. A part of the records, dating back to 1850, was destroyed during the Second World War.
Dr. Genoveva Rausch M.A.
Archivist
phone: ++49 89 23031-1104
fax: ++49 89 23031-1100
e-mail:archiv@badw.de
Opening hours:
All day Wednesday and Thursday. It is necessary to make an appointment.
Responsibility:
Receiving, maintaining and processing
- the writings of the Academy
- the documents of the Commissions
- the writings from legacies
Holdings:
- minutes of the meetings of the Academy and its classes (since 1779)
- correspondence (1759–1804)
- member´s files
- election files (1807–1944)
- documents pertaining to the "adjuncts" ("Attribute") (1807–1827) and to the "Generalkonservatorium der wissenschaftlichen Sammlungen des Staates"
- administrative records (1759–1850)
- administrative records since 1945
- documents pertaining to the dissolved Commissions
- legacies (Friedrich Baethgen, Konstantin Carathéodory, Wilhelm Eilers, Anselm Ellinger, Othmar Frank, Herbert Franke, Kurt von Fritz, Karl von Goebel, Herbert Grundmann, Wilhelm von Gümbel, Josef Hahn, Karl Theodor von Heigel, Franz von Kobell, Hanno-Walter Kruft, Wolfgang Kunkel, Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, Karl Mayr, Gottfried Merzbacher, Heinrich Mitteis, Hans Möller, Wolfhart Pannenberg, Hans Jakob Piloty, Karl Puchner, Hans Raupach, Mariano San Nicolò, Adolf Heinrich Friedrich von Schlichtegroll, Julius Speer, Heinrich Tietze, Richard Wagner, Ludwig Weickmann, Joachim Werner, Richard Wilhelm, Johannes Winckelmann, Eberhard Zwirner).
The Online Finding Aid offers access to the holdings of the Archive. Please note that not all records have been included so far. Access to the Online Finding Aid.
Correspondence concerning the foundation and the early years of the Academy.
Publication:
Sylvia Krauss, Kaleidoskop der Münchner Wissenschaftgeschichte. Das Archiv der ältesten wissenschaftlichen Einrichtung besteht seit 1759. In: Akademie Aktuell 02/2009, Jubiläumsheft, S. 84-84