Documentation Archive for Jewish Culture and History

20 years  Documentation Archive for FINE ARTS
15 years Documentation Archive for JEWISH CULTURE and HISTORY

* The origin history of the archive
* Different areas of the Documentation Archive
* General work areas
* The components of the archive

The Documentation Archive for FINE ARTS
(briefly >ADBK< - existed since 1979)

Components:

• biographic information collections mainly of PAINTERS, ILLUSTRATORS, DRAUGHTSMAN and SCULPTORS.
• Alphabetical card indices (approx. 32.000 cards) with biographical information’s, works and other references of the artists.
• Exhibitions- and Auction-Lists / Catalogues / a Press-Archive and an Art Library.

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The Documentation Archive for JEWISH CULTURE and HISTORY 
(briefly ADJK - it exist since 1984)

Components:

• Biographic information collections of Jewish Artists (worldwide): PAINTERS, ILLUSTRATORS, DESIGNERS, SCULPTORS, MEDAILLEURS, SILVER- and GOLDSMITHS and ARTISANS;
• furthermore, PHOTOGRAPHERS, ART HISTORIANS, ART COLLECTORS and Jewish ART COLLECTIONS and MUSEUMS.
• Alphabetical card indices (about 7.000 manual cards) with the biography, works and other references of the artists.
• Exhibitions- and Auction-Lists / Catalogues / Review Archive and an Art Library.

Scope of duties:

• Preparation of an Artist Lexicon (biographies of the artists from the above-mentioned fields); with an appendix of Architects, Art Historians, Art Collectors, Museums, Galleries; and also from Photographers. (all with a list of their works) 
• Preparation of a biographic Artist-List for the field: Theatre- and Film Actors (inclusive the Israeli and Yiddish Artists); with an appendix of Theatre- and Film Critic and an extended list of plays and films with Jewish topics.
• Preparation of a biographical Music Lexicon; with Jewish Composers, Musicians, Singers and Dancers; with an appendix of Music Critics, Music Publishers and Publishing Houses; and an extended list of operas and compositions with Jewish topics.

Components:

• General information collections on subject of Judaism: History, Culture, Religion, Jewish Municipalities (global),
• Library (Biographies, History, Religion, Religion philosophy, individual displays of city and country municipalities with accentuation of Eastern Judaism; general Literature).
• Press Archive (item collections of individual fields)

Scope of duties:

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LITERATURE ARCHIVE

Components:

• Biographic information collections of Jewish AUTHORS and Jewish LITERATURE.
• Library (Biographies, Novels, Stories, Poetry and general Literature).
• Press- and Review Archive

Scope of duties:

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Archive for CONTEMPORARY HISTORY

Components:

• Biographic information collections on the topic >Drittes Reich<, Fascism and Contemporary History (worldwide).
• Library (individual and particular Representations, Biographies, Documentations, Resistance, Art, Culture and general Literature).
• Press Archives (the item collections are sorted according to topics and persons).

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Archive to document the RIGHT-WING EXTREMISM

Components:

• Biographic information collections for the field of right-wing extremism. (Biographic data's of PERSONS, PARTIES and GROUPING; it is sorted according to countries worldwide; Chronologies of the events)
• Library (individual representations, documentation, general literature)
• Press Archive (sorted after persons, parties, countries etc.)

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• Contacts to Artists; Museums, Galleries, Archives; Authors and Publishers;
• Publications in Jewish press about artists and personalities of the cultural life; as also book reviews, events and exhibitions;
• Biographic and artistic recordings elder and contemporary Jewish artists and authors (also non-Jewish).
• Publication of historical works, also from other topics of the field of Judaism.
• Circulation of own publications (like):

MITTEILUNGSBLATT [Information’s-Bulletin]: (in German language) for Jewish Archives, Museums, Galleries, Press, Libraries and Jewish Municipalities;

MITTEILUNGSBRIEF [Communication Letter]: (in German language) as intermediate information for the subscribers to the Communication Letter; 

JÜDISCHE KULTURBÜHNE  [Jewish Culture Stage]: (in German language) for Jewish Archives, Museums, Galleries, Press, Libraries and for the free sale at Jewish Municipalities;

UNSER WORT [Our Word]: (three-language: German, Russian, Yiddish) for the Russian emigrants of the IKG Munich.

UNSER WORT (special editions): (bilingual: Russian, Yiddish) literature representations of Eastern Jewish authors.

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• MANUAL CARD INDEX  [Biographic annotation of]:
• Painters, Illustrators, Sculptors, Photographer,
• Artisans, Silver- and Goldsmiths,
• Architects,
• Art Collectors and Art Historians.

 
• PRESS-ARCHIVE [Jewish and general press; in various languages] (The issues date back to 1945)
• Daily papers;
• Weeklies;
• Journals and Magazines

 
• PRESS SECTIONS  (sorted according to topics and fields)
• various Reports;
• Press reviews (of Jewish literature, Artists and Exhibitions).

 
• PERIODICALS   (in various languages)
• Art,
• Culture
• Judaism

 
• LIBRARY     (approx. 20.000 volumes)
• Catalogues: Exhibitions / Artists;
• Culture and Art Books;
• Biographies;
• Judaism: general, Culture, Literature, Art, Religion;
• Contemporary History: III. Reich (Third Empire), Fascism, Resistance etc.;
• Right-wing Extremism: Documentations, Representations of facts etc.

 
• AUDIO-DOKUMENTS   (different recordings):
• Biographies, History, 
• Judaism, Culture, Art, 
• Politics, Lectures, 
• general topics and other.

 
• VIDEOTAPE LIBRARY [various recordings] (since 1990)
• Biographies, History, 
• Judaism, Culture, Art, 
• Politics, Lectures, 
• general topics and other.

 
• ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS   (occasionally)
• there are only a few available.

The Documentation Archive for Fine Arts (briefly ADBK) resulted at the end of 1979. It established themselves by a donation of various art books, art and auction catalogues, artist biographies and newspaper items. The supply was registered, archived and enlarged with a manual card index (approximately 32.000 artist) by biographies of Painters, Illustrators and Designers. This documentation material remained up to now the basis of the art archive. In the process of the last years, it was enlarged further and further and finally extended with a press archive (exhibition references, biographic memos, criticisms etc.), new catalogues and Artist monographs.

The Documentation Archive for Jewish Culture and History (briefly ADJKG) was set up in 1984 of the available materials of the ADBK. Already during the reorganization of the whole archive, was considered the aspect  to create a "particularly Jewish department".
This archive (ADJKG), which at the beginning also consisted only of Painters, Illustrators and Draughtsman was soon extended by the following fields: Sculptors, Artisans, Silver- and Goldsmiths, Medailleurs; and at least were still added: Architects, Art Collectors and Art Historians. In addition, quasi as a sub-archive, was now also a Literature- and Author Archive (only Jewish) added, for what - since 1984 - important press reports and information materials had been collected.

In 1985, it was possible that East European Periodicals (Annuals, Bulletins, etc.) could be bought too - retroactively even back to 1945.

Finally the archive could be enlarged with the topic fields »Contemporary History« and »Right-wing Extremism«, and could also be extended with a corresponding library.

During the last years, the Documentation Archive  and the library enlarged enormously; and also the volume the newspaper and press archive extended itself; and an extensive tape and video archive was finally still added; where interesting TV programs and time witness reports are collected.

Although the Documentation Archive  estimates an economical accounting, it often comes for finance problems. However, this also means that important documentations, literature, special catalogues, books and newspapers can not be commanded and bought more.
In such a way there are no other possibilities as to wait for better times, in order to get further necessary things for the archive. 
Over the way of a book review (for different press organs), some interesting books can now and then be acquired for the library.
Further, many new and preferably important second-hand books remain inaccessible for the Archive. 
That is, in addition to financial and spatial needs, one of the main problems the Documentation Archive.

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