Metadata: Archive items
Collection
- Country:
- Austria
- Holding institution:
- Tyrolean Regional Archive
- Holding institution (official language):
- Tiroler Landesarchiv
- Postal address:
- Michael-Gaismair-Straße 1; 6020 Innsbruck
- Phone number:
- 0043 512 508 3502
- Web address:
- https://www.tirol.gv.at/kunst-kultur/landesarchiv/
- Email:
- landesarchiv@tirol.gv.at
- Reference number:
- Mischbestände - Archivsachen
- Title:
- Archive items
- Title (official language):
- Archivsachen
- Creator/accumulator:
- Privy Council; Gubernium
- Date(s):
- 1500/1970
- Date note:
- ca. 1500-1970
- Language:
- German
- Extent:
- 31 boxes
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
-
The collection “Archive items” is a non-Jewish collection with a small number of Jewish-related documents. It covers the period from 1500 to 1970 and includes records about the history of the Tyrolean Regional Archive in Innsbruck and its archiving system. It is divided into two sections (Section I and Section II). Section I deals with the structure, establishment and archiving system of former archives and registries of the Tyrolean Regional Archive, for example the court registry, the archive of the local government or the treasury archive, while Section II deals with deliveries to other states or archives. The collection includes documents about the archive structure, for example records about collecting, archiving and indexing of incoming documents as well as their conservation. Additionally, these documents show details about the functions and services of archives.
After the “Anschluss” in March 1938 the access to archival collections for Jewish people was increasingly restricted. It was ordered that Jews were only allowed to research their nation and their family history, but access to all other documents was prohibited. These regulations were further tightened in September 1938, when it was decreed that foreigners with “suspicious names” should be screened for Jewish ancestors and if they were found to be of Jewish heritage were to be denied access to any documents. In November 1939 it was prohibited for public institutions to accept donations from Jews.
- Archival history:
- This collection was transferred to the Tyrolean Regional Archive as part of the regular document transfer process stipulated by national archival regulations.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- At the end of the 19th century the Tyrolean Regional Archive as the secondary accumulator and creator of the records “Archive items” collected documents about archive administration of different offices and departments in Innsbruck and created one extensive fonds, which was divided into two main parts (Section I and Section II). After 1900, further records concerning the archive administration were added. The primary creators of this collection were the Privy Council and later the so-called “Gubernium” with its registries. The former was established under Archduke Ferdinand II in the year 1573 in Innsbruck as an independent administration and governance for Tyrol and Further Austria. Additionally it was a court of appeal (“Appellations- und Revisionsinstanz”). The Regional Government (“Regiment”/“Regierung”) and the Chamber (responsible for financial matters) were subjectsto the Privy Council authority. In 1763 the Privy Council and the Chamber were replaced by the so-called “Gubernium” as highest authority in the administration of Tyrol. Cf. Wilfried Beimrohr, Das Tiroler Landesarchiv und seine Bestände (Tiroler Landesarchiv – Tiroler Geschichtsquellen 47), Innsbruck 2002, 57.
- Subject terms:
- Antisemitism
- Antisemitism--Antisemitic legislation
- Genealogy
- Libraries
- System of arrangement:
- The collection is divided into two sections, Section I and Section II. Section I deals with the structure, establishment and archiving system of former archives and registries of the Tyrolean Regional Archive and Section II deals with deliveries to other states or archives.
- Access, restrictions:
- Public access
- Finding aids:
- Finding aid: Rep. B 180. NB: Most of the catalogues of the Tyrolean Regional Archive include not only content registers but also subject indices. These can be searched for terms such as “Juden” (“Jews”), “Judentum” (“Judaism“), “Judenschaft” (“Judaism”), “Israeliten” (Israelites) and “Hebräer” (Hebrews). Usually there are numbers next to the entries concerning Jewish matters, which are needed to find the records in the register. The next step is to look up the number in the content registers to get a first impression of the written sources. Documents of interest can be ordered with their reference number for further consultation.
- Yerusha Network member:
- Jewish Museum Hohenems
- Author of the description:
- Rebecca Muršec, June 2017