In Notre Dame Rare Books and Special Collections
- Wilhelm Beste, Evangelische-lutherische Dogmatik nach der Augustana entwickelt von Wallmann [Südafrikanische Mission] (MSE/MD 4611-1) – Unpublished theological manuscript that draws upon the earlier work of Johann Christian Wallmann (1811-1865), who was the Inspector of the Rheinischen Missionsgesellschaft in Barmen from 1848 to 1857. It is divided into sections labeled “Theologie,” “Anthropologie,” “Soteriologie,” and “Eschatologie.” [In German]
- Würzburg Documents – Range of materials dating between 1711 and 1726 that depict the religious, social, economic, and political affairs of Würzburg. [uncatalogued but searchable by subject]
Web Resources
**When you click on one of the resources below and are linked to the databases page on the Hesburgh Library website, scroll down to the appropriate resource and click on its title. These are subscription-based resources that require you to use the library proxy to access. You will need to enter your NetID and password if you are off-campus.
Newspapers
Amtspresse Preußens
Digitized editions of three of the most influential political presses of the last third of the nineteenth century: Provinzial-Correspondenz (1863-1884), Neueste Mittheilungen (1882-1894), and Teltower Kreisblatt (1856-1896).
ANNO (AustriaN Newspapers Online) Historische österreichische Zeitungen und Zeitschriften
Collection of digitized newspapers from Austria spanning from the nineteenth century to present.
Electronic Databases/Primary Sources
dokument Archiv
Online collections of historical documents and sources for Modern Germany.
Bayerische Landesbibliothek Online
Digital collection of manuscripts, historic maps, newspapers, and other materials documenting the history and culture of Bavaria.
German History in Documents and Images
This database contains primary sources (texts, images, and maps) that document the social, political, economic, religious, and cultural history of Germany from 1500 to present. The German site has the original German texts while the English site provides new English translations for all of them.
German Archival and Manuscript Resources in the U.S.
Links to major and specialized research collections covering German and Austrian history and German Americana.
Monumenta Germaniae Historica (MGH) and eMGH
One of the fundamental collections of primary source resources for historical research on medieval Germany and the Frankish kingdoms, 500-1500. The full set of sources is available only in print (Hesburgh General Collection and Medieval Institute: DD 3 .M825 G75 1979). eMGH, the digital version, contains a selection from the five divisions that comprise MGH. [To access eMGH, click on the link from the library’s database page. Then click on “Enter databases” from the Brepols page. Scroll down and select “Monumenta Germaniae Historica” from the section titled “Brepols Latin: Full-Text Databases.”]
Münchener Digitalisierung Zentrum Digitale Bibliothek (Munich Digitization Center)
Contains the Verhandlungen des Reichstags in addition to a wide variety of other primary sources for Germany.
Audio/Visual
Republik Österreich Parlament (Austrian Parliament)
The Photo Gallery contains pictures from parliamentary events, Presidents of the National and Federal Councils and members of the President’s Conferences, the Parliament Building, and Palais Epstein. Through the Parliamentary Library’s Catalog, information for about 140,000 volumes of the 330,000 books can be accessed as well as Parliamentary materials that have been digitized.
Wochenschau Archiv (German newsreel archives)
Contains more than 6,000 newsreel films from the Federal Film Archives (Berlin), DEFA film library, Deutsche Wochenschau GmbH (Hamburg), Transit-Film GmbH (Munich), and Progress-Filmverleih GmbH (Berlin). Link above is to English site; click here for the German site.
Bibliographic
Archival
Kalliope: Verbundkatalog Nachlässe und Autographen
This is the main resource to locate records for German archival materials and manuscripts in over 100 archives, libraries, museums, and research institutions in Germany. It contains over 1 million records.
Das Schweizerische Bundesarchiv
German Archival and Manuscript Resources
General Reference
Austrian Literature Online
Digital library of over 15,000 books, journals, newspapers, manuscripts, theses,and scientific essays covering the eleventh century to present.
Deutscher Bundestag (German Bundestag)
Contemporary documents including the legislative and administrative documents in the parliamentary archives, official records of all decisions taken by the German Bundestag, printed papers and minutes to the plenary proceedings, and research papers published by the Research Services of the Deutscher Bundestag.
Sophie: A Digital Library of Works by German-Speaking Women
The digital library contains the works of German-speaking who wrote up through the early twentieth century. Represented is a wide variety of genres including novels, stories, dramas, autobiographies, letters, travel journals, poetry, and mission literature. There are also collections for film, music, journalism, reference works, English translations, and the women’s movement.
Legal
ALEX Historische Rechts- und Gesetzestexte Online
The digital archive maintained by Die Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (The Austrian National Library) that contains Austrian laws and legal texts from the 19th and 20th centuries.
Auswahl Juristischer Internetadressen im WWW
Access to Austrian laws and decisions, Supreme Court decisions, and European Union institutions. There are also links to the Austrian government.
Guide to Legal Databases: Austria
List of databases of legal resources for Austria. Some are free; others require subscriptions.
Guide to Legal Databases: Germany
List of databases of legal resources for Germany. Some are free; others require subscriptions.
Das Rechtsinformationssystem des Bundes (RIS) (Legal Information System of the Republic of Austria)
Official site of the Austrian Federal Chancellery that contains full texts of laws and decisions.
