Papers and Manuscripts
The more than 330 legacies in the possession of the Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut (IAI) are mainly from German travelers and scholars who lived and researched in Latin America in the first half of the 20th century. There are also documents from writers (Roberto Arlt, 1900-1942) and translators (e.g. Curt Meyer-Clason, 1910-2012).
Due to their diverse materiality (manuscripts, letters, postcards, telegrams, diaries, notebooks, invoices, certificates, photographs, glass plates, archaeological plans and much more), processing and making this documents available for researchers is a particular challenge and can only be done in close cooperation with scholars from different disciplines.
With the support of the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG) and the Federal Commissioner for Culture and the Media (Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien, BKM), the legacies of the geographer Hans Steffen (1865-1936), the archaeologist Max Uhle (1856-144), the political scientist Wolfgang Hirsch-Weber (1920-2004), the photographer and Maya culture researcher Teobert Maler (1842-1917) and the physical anthropologist and ethnologist Robert Lehmann-Nitsche (1872-1938) are formally cataloged and indexed and can be searched in the IAI's online catalog. Partial holdings are accessible online for research in the IAI's Digital Collections.
Due to their close links with the text, audio and image sources in the Special Collections and the library's holdings, the IAI's papers and manuscripts collection is of particular value for national and international research as well as for publication and exhibition projects.
The processing and indexing of the holdings is based on international standards and regulations (RNAB: resource indexing with standardized data in archives and libraries) as well as the "Guidelines for Safeguarding Good Research Practice. Code of Conduct" of the DFG, "The FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship" and the "Position paper on the handling of ethnological research data" of the German Society for Social and Cultural Anthropology (DGSKA)". The expansion of the holdings is carried out exclusively on the basis of donation or purchase agreements that have been checked by the legal department of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz, SPK).
Conditions and contact
Conditions of use
As a matter of principle, all materials in the papers and manuscripts collection can only be consulted in the IAI reading room. An appointment is required to use the collection.
To request the desired materials, you must fill out the online form and make an appointment with one of the contact persons.
Reproductions can be made for scientific purposes upon written request. However, this is only possible for materials for which the IAI holds the copyright or which are in the public domain. Likewise, there must be no reasons of preservation to prevent this.Out of respect for cultural sensitivities, access to individual images may be restricted.
Consultation hours
Monday: 2 - 4 p.m
Tuesday: 10 a.m. - 12 p.m
Wednesday: 3 - 5 p.m.
Thursday, Friday: 10 a.m. - 12 p.m
Contact us
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Toni Matzdorf
- Working area:
- Special Collections
- Papers and Manuscripts / Image Archive / Collections from corporate bodies
- E-Mail: colecciones(at)iai.spk-berlin.de (opens your email program)
- Tel: +49 30 266 45 3110 (starts a telephone call, if your device allows this)
- Working area:
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Dr. Gregor Wolff
- Working area: Director Special Collections
- E-Mail: colecciones(at)iai.spk-berlin.de (opens your email program)
- Tel: +49 30 266 45 3100 (starts a telephone call, if your device allows this)
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