Metadata: Non-State Provenances, Manuscripts and Materials
Collection
- Country:
- Switzerland
- Holding institution:
- State Archive of Zurich
- Holding institution (official language):
- Staatsarchiv Zürich
- Postal address:
- Winterthurerstrasse 170, CH-8057 Zürich
- Phone number:
- +41 43 258 50 00
- Email:
- staatsarchivzh@ji.zh.ch
- Reference number:
- X
- Title:
- Non-State Provenances, Manuscripts and Materials
- Title (official language):
- Nichtstaatliche Provenienzen, Handschriften und Materialien
- Creator/accumulator:
- Canton of Zurich
- Date(s):
- 1723/1940s
- Language:
- German
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
- The Non-State Provenances in the State Archive of Zurich contain documents of associations, societies, etc., dating from the 5th to the 21st century. Two files in the sub-division Manuscripts and Materials are of interest from a Jewish perspective. There is an anthology of historical, juridical-political and ecclesiastical records, which includes the Jewish oath from 1723. From the 1930s and 1940s there are recounts and excerpts from the council books and legal codes as well as other sources of the State Archive concerning Jews in Zurich in the late Middle Ages. [X 15 g; [X 277]]
- Archival history:
- The collection was probably gradually transferred to the State Archive.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- The State Archive of Zurich is the archive of the Swiss Canton of Zurich and its legal predecessors, in particular the City State of Zurich. The historical holdings of the State Archive date back to the year 853 - the founding charter of the Fraumünster is the oldest surviving document - and have a significance that extends far beyond the canton. The continuity of tradition is considered remarkable, thanks to the absence of major catastrophes and wars. For example, the series of governmental minutes (Small Council and Grand Council), with few gaps, dates back to the early 14th century. The more recent holdings of the Canton of Zurich (since 1831) form the bulk of the archive holdings in terms of quantity, comprising some 30 kilometres of files and documents, to which a few terabytes of electronic data material are added.
- Access points: locations:
- Zurich
- Subject terms:
- Jewish oath
- Legal records
- Finding aids:
- An online finding aid is available, although the information is often rudimentary.
- Links to finding aids:
- https://suche.staatsarchiv.djiktzh.ch/volltextsuche.aspx
- Yerusha Network member:
- Jewish Museum Hohenems
- Author of the description:
- Severin Holzknecht; Jewish Museum of Hohenems; 2020