Guides to Archival Research in the Eisenhower Library
 

• Archives and libraries in a new Germany. Gen Ref Z 675 .R45 W45 1994
  
• Die Nachlässe und Sammlungen des Deutschen Literaturarchivs Marbach. D Level Stacks Z6621.D454 K872 1999
  
• Archive in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz. Gen Ref CD 1220 .A8
  
• Archive im deutschsprachigen Raum (2 vol.) B Level Stacks CD 1000 .A72
  
• Datierte Handschriften in Bibliotheken der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. D Level Stacks Z6620.G4D37 1984 QUARTO
  
• William Kurrelmeyer collection. Manuscripts and correspondence of largely nineteenth century German poets collected by William Kurrelmeyer. A very important German manuscript collection. Special Collections Ms. 2
  
• Dictionary of Archival Terminology (with German equivalents). Gen Ref CD 945 .D531
  
• Finding archive catalogs or guides in the Libraries Catalog : do a Basic Keyword Search on Subject keywords such as archives, germany,manuscripts, catalogs, handbooks, directories. There are many indexes and guides to individual archives, or archives in specific subjects areas, such as music, history, Exilliteratur, etc.
   
  

Web sites for German Archives 

• Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach : Die Sammlungen geben ein Bild der Literatur deutscher Sprache, des literarischen und kulturellen Lebens von 1750 bis zur Gegenwart. Im Mittelpunkt der Sammlungen stehen die Nachlässe bedeutender Schriftstellerinnen, Schriftsteller und Gelehrter sowie die Archive von Institutionen.
  
• Archives in Germany : information on different types of archives, archival terminology
  
• Deutsche Archive im Internet  : a comprehensive site of catalogs
  
• Bundesarchiv : you can search by a writer's name. Indexes many archives, not just German ones.
  
• Kalliope Portal : Verbundinformationssystem Nachlässe und Autographen. Catalog of the Zentralkartei der Autographen (ZKA); currently contains almost 500,000 records for letters kept and cataloged in German archives and libraries, and brief biographical data for letter writers
  
• Library of Congress Portals to the World : choose Germany, then follow the link to "Libraries and Archives."
  
• Historical Research in Europe : A Guide to Archives and Libraries
  
• British Library Manuscripts Catalogue : from medieval to modern.
  
• Repositories of Primary Sources : Europe : scroll down to get to Germany

ArchivesUSA  (All US JHU)

A searchable database of US archives, including German material.

 

Archives for Individual Writers

• Akademie der Künste: contains the literary archives of many German writers, including
  Walter Benjamin, Bertolt Brecht, Günter Grass, Alfred Döblin, Christa Wolf, Heiner Müller, and many more
  
• Goethe-und-Schiller-Archiv includes many other writers such as Herder, Wieland and Büchner
  
• Walter Kempowski
  
• Friedrich Hölderlin
  
• Hegel-Archiv
  
• Heinse Nachlass  63 manuscript notebooks of Wilhelm Heinse

Aids to Archival Research

• Using Archives : a practical guide for researchers. Canadian, but still a good online guide to the archive research process.
• Using Manuscripts & Archives : a tutorial. Another good online guide, from Yale University.
• The vocabulary of archives
• Archive etiquette, or what to expect.
• Library research using primary sources : a good online guide.
   
   

Hopkins contacts
   
Cynthia Requardt, Curator of Special Collections
Margaret Burri, Manuscripts Librarian 
Sue Waterman, Librarian for German