2018 annual report of the ETH Zurich University Archives
Insights into the work of the Archives over the last year
The collections of the ETH Zurich University Archives provide answers to questions on the history of ETH Zurich as well as on the history of science in general.
The amount of genuinely digital documents obtained and catalogued by the archives is constantly growing. Last year they received 3400 GB of archival material. Despite the ongoing digitization of the ETH Zurich administration over the past decades, paper documents still form a major part of the archival material that enters the archives. The number of consultations and inquiries is growing continuously. You will find facts and figures as well as an overview of the work of the archives in the 2018 annual report.
ETH Zurich University Archives belongs to ETH Library. It is responsible for preservation, cataloguing and accessibility of important documents of ETH Zurich and the ETH Board as well as personal papers of prominent former members of ETH.