Metadata: New Archive I – State, People and Authorities
Collection
- Country:
- Switzerland
- Holding institution:
- State Archive of Appenzell Innerrhoden
- Holding institution (official language):
- Landesarchiv Appenzell Innerrhoden
- Postal address:
- Marktgasse 2, CH-9050 Appenzell
- Phone number:
- +41 71 788 93 31
- Reference number:
- J
- Title:
- New Archive I – State, People and Authorities
- Title (official language):
- Neues Archiv I – Staat, Volk und Behörden
- Creator/accumulator:
- Canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden
- Date(s):
- 1803/1873
- Language:
- German
- Extent:
- 14.2 shelf metres
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
- The collection contains official documents of the cantonal administration from 1803 to 1873. It includes one file of interest, which is a collection of circular letters concerning the settlement of Jews in the canton between 1808 and 1860. [J.II.a/20]
- Archival history:
- This collection probably came into the possession of the State Archive during the 19th century.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- The State Archive of Appenzell Innerrhoden is the central repository of the written records of the canton's public bodies and other bodies such as associations, corporations, companies etc. As one of the canton's documentation centres, it provides information on the history of the canton from the middle of the 12th century to the present day, taking into account data protection. The State Archive also houses the Common Archive of the two Appenzell cantons, which contains documents up to the division of land in 1597. The New Archive holds mainly official documents starting from the Act of Mediation in 1803 to the 1970s.
- Access points: locations:
- Appenzell Innerrhoden
- Subject terms:
- Residency issues of Jews
- Finding aids:
- An online finding aid is available, although the information is often rudimentary.
- Links to finding aids:
- https://landesarchiv.ai.ch/scopeQuery/suchinfo.aspx
- Yerusha Network member:
- Jewish Museum Hohenems
- Author of the description:
- Severin Holzknecht; Jewish Museum of Hohenems; 2020
