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Bildersammlung Annemarie Schwarzenbach
Education, culture and sport
Annemarie Schwarzenbach, 1908 in Zürich geboren, 1942 in Sils gestorben, gehört zu den herausragenden Schweizer Reporterinnen der 1930er und 1940er Jahre. Sie bezeichnete sich s...
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Eduard Spelterini image collection
Education, culture and sport
Between 1890 and 1910 Eduard Spelterini (1852-1931) undertook a number of travels by balloon over Switzerland and other countries. While doing this, he took photographs from ab...
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Photoglob-Wehrli Archive
Education, culture and sport
The Photoglob-Wehrli archive at the Swiss National Library is part of the Federal Archives of Historic Monuments (FAHM) held by the Prints and Drawings Department. Over 12,000 p...
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Max van Berchem image collection
Education, culture and sport
Born in Geneva in 1863, Max van Berchem was an Orientalist, specialist in Islamic archaeology and photographer. He travelled to Egypt, Palestine, Syria and Turkey to carry out r...
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Bauhistorische Fotosammlung von Uster (1893-1909) von Julius Gujer
Population and society, Education, culture and sport, Economy and finance
Diese Teilauswahl des Fotobestandes von Julius Gujer bietet einen Einblick in den **Baumwollindustriestandort Uster Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts**. Durch eine umfangreiche Gebä...
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Photos by Documenta Natura (1987–2010)
Education, culture and sport, Environment, Transport
The pictures of the Documenta Natura Foundation, which existed from 1987-2010, made it their business to photographically document changes in the Swiss landscape. The photograph...
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Swiss Photography Metadata
Education, culture and sport
The database serves as a finding aid for photography collections and estates in Switzerland. Please note that the biographical texts and the texts covering institutions and hold...
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Inventory of Research Libraries in Switzerland
Education, culture and sport
The inventory contains all institutions which are included in the Swissbib library meta-catalogue. It comprises ca. 900 institutions with name, address, geocoordinates, codes, U...
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Medieval manuscripts in the Basel University Library
Education, culture and sport
This collection includes high-quality reproductions of more than 70 of the medieval manuscripts in the Basel University Library. Most of the manuscripts were written in the l...
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Gramophone Collection - Swiss National Sound Archives
Education, culture and sport
Gramophone is a project of the Swiss National Sound Archives, which aims to safeguard and enhance a number of historical sound recordings (on cylinders and 78rpm records) preser...
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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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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.