Stadelhoferstrasse 12, Zürich, PO: 8001 (Switzerland)

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Switzerland

The Swiss Social Archives (founded in 1906) are Switzerland's main research infrastructure in the fields of social issues and social movements. They include a scientific library (currently 160.000 books and 57.000 volumes of journals and newspapers), archival collections of currently 530 instititutions and 83 individuals, audiovisual materiel (including 109,000 photographs and 2.000 CDs and DVDs) as well as a large documentary collection of pamphlets and newspaper articles (15,000 boxes). These materials are made availabe to historical research and related disciplines. Through the Ellen Rifkin Hill foundation the Swiss Social Archives also provide funding for research related to their topical focus. The Swiss Social Archives are funded by the Swiss Confederation as well as the Canton and the City of Zurich. National and international co-operations and networks include the European Labour History Network (ELHN), the International Association of Labour History Institutions (IALHI)/Social History Portal, Europeana, NEBIS, the Swiss National Library, Webarchiv Schweiz, and Memoriav. The Swiss Social Archives work closely together with the History Departments of the Swiss universities.

Feminism, Social policy, Social democratic party of switzerland, New left, Trade unions, Protest, Society, Socialism, Social issues, Social movements, Communism, Labour movement, Pacifism, Anarchism

Research Archives
Research Libraries

Humanities and Arts
Social Sciences

Social and Cultural Innovation

International Association of Labour History Institutions (IALHI)

Europeana

European Labour History Network (ELHN)