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Digitized Images from Old Books about Africa
Education, culture and sport
2500+ images extracted from Old Books (1598-1907) about Africa with the corresponding metadata. You can browse the images in PARC (Portal for African Research Collections) : ...
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Early modern travel literature
Education, culture and sport
Printed travelogues from the 16th to the 19th century shaped the ideas of foreign countries and continents. They informed, alienated and dramatised and thus satisfied the curios...
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Index général de la correspondance du Musée d'Ethnographie (1900-1952)
Education, culture and sport, Government and public sector
Index d'environ 30'000 lettres écrites et reçues par le Musée d'Ethnographie entre 1900 et 1952. On y retrouve les noms de tous les correspondants, ainsi que leur localisation g...
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Digitized rare books in the Basel University Library
Education, culture and sport, Government and public sector, Regions and cities, Transport
Over 6.000 prints (books, maps or music prints) from the Basel University Library from the 15th to the 19th century, including a lot of early prints from the 16th century.
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Archives holdings metadata
Education, culture and sport
The Archives Portal Europe provides access to information on archival material from the following Swiss archives via its website and API as well as information on archival insti...
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Fonds overview: Federal State since 1848
Government and public sector
The fonds overview of the Swiss Federal Archives’ database guides users within the holdings of the Federal State since 1848 (main department E). It offers an easy starting point...
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Archive database of the Swiss Federal Archives
Government and public sector
Metadata of the fonds in the Swiss Federal Archives. Currently the metadata of 3.84 million files and 257'000 documents are available online (august 2020). Including over 25’000...
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Photos from the Max Frisch Archive
Education, culture and sport
The image database for the Max Frisch Archive comprises roughly 4,000 images that document the life of Max Frisch in photographic form and give a comprehensive insight into the ...
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Annotated references from journal issues and monographs on the history of Venice
Education, culture and sport
A dataset of annotated references (in both reference lists and footnotes) from journal issues and monographs on the history of Venice, created in the context of the LinkedBooks ...
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Bibliographic Records from the Alexandria Library Network
Education, culture and sport
Currently, the Alexandria library network comprises 16 libraries and documentation agencies within and outside the Confederation. The library catalog of this network contains mo...
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Citations extracted from monographs about the history of Venice
Education, culture and sport, Regions and cities
A dataset of citations extracted from monographs about the history of Venice.
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Historical Statistics of Switzerland
Population and society, Education, culture and sport, Energy, Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food, Government and public sector, Economy and finance
The Historical Statistics of Switzerland Online maintains a collection of statistical data on the economic, social, political and cultural development of Switzerland in modern t...
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Carl Durheim’s police photographs of stateless persons
Population and society, Education, culture and sport, Justice, legal system and public safety, Economy and finance
In 1852 and 1853 Carl Durheim, a pioneering photographer from Bern, was commissioned by the Confederation to photograph hundreds of stateless persons and travellers who had been...