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Events, acquisitions, and projects in the Deutsches Museum Archive

More search options in the Archive: 18 new online finding aids

Otto Lilienthal (1848-1896) mit seinem ersten Flugapparat vor dem Absprung, 1891 Photo: Deutsches Museum

Irene Sänger-Bredt (1911-1983) und Eugen Sänger (1905-1964) im Gespräch Photo: Deutsches Museum | Digitalisierung Susanne Schmidt

Junkers Gartenhaus, Außenansicht mit Metallmöbeln Photo: Deutsches Museum

Digital research into our archival holdings is now even more convenient: 18 new online finding aids have been made available and are ready to be explored. In total, approximately 180 collections and 111,213 archival records are currently accessible on Deutsches Museum Digital.

Among the new additions are significant personal papers, such as those of Otto Lilienthal (aviation pioneer), Eugen Sänger and Irene Sänger-Bredt (space exploration pioneers), Heinrich Hertz (physicist), Erich von Drygalski and Georg von Neumayer (both polar explorers), and Ludwig Mach (physicist and inventor). Also particularly noteworthy are further sub-collections from the Junkers-Werke corporate archive (metalworking and residential construction, as well as ‘propaganda’).

The manuscripts, photographs, and correspondence from Otto Lilienthal’s papers are now available online almost in their entirety via Deutsches Museum Digital.

Drygalski, Erich von (NL 117): DM Digital; PDF finding aid
Falter, Matthias (NL 238): DM Digital; PDF finding aid
Feddersen, Berend Wilhelm (NL 321): DM Digital; PDF finding aid
Halle, Gerhard (NL 325): DM Digital; PDF finding aid
Hertz, Rudolf Heinrich (NL 326): DM Digital; PDF finding aid
Kopfermann, Klaus (NL 371): DM Digital; PDF finding aid
Lilienthal, Otto (NL 334): DM Digital (with digitised material); PDF finding aid
Mach, Ludwig (NL 179): DM Digital; PDF finding aid
Moder, Josef (NL 339): DM Digital; PDF finding aid
Neumayer, Georg von (NL 341): DM Digital; PDF finding aid
Peters, Karl Friedrich Wilhelm (NL 324): DM Digital; PDF finding aid
Peters, Theodor (NL 342): DM Digital; PDF finding aid
Ranke, Johannes (NL 343): DM Digital; PDF finding aid
Sänger, Eugen and Sänger-Bredt, Irene (NL 230): DM Digital; PDF finding aid
Söhnlein, Julius (NL 090): DM Digital; PDF finding aid
Junkers-Werke, Sub-collection: Propaganda Juprop (FA 043 Juprop): DM Digital; PDF finding aid
Junkers-Werke, sub-collection ‘Metal and Building Construction’ (Juhaus) (FA 043 Juhaus): DM Digital; PDF finding aid

The complete list of all online finding aids can be found here: List of online finding aids