Consultation and research
Consultation of the holdings
You need to to use the holdings of the Thomas Mann Archive in the reading room.
The Thomas Mann Archive operates a reference library; loans are not possible. Its holdings comprise works by Thomas Mann, recent research literature, translations, Thomas Mann yearbooks, and reference works. Access to the reference library is via the Collections and Archives Reading Room (ETH main building, H floor).
The Thomas Mann Archive is public and their holdings can be used free of charge.
Research
There are two platforms for searches in the archival holdings:
- Thomas Mann Archive Online for manuscripts and press documentation
Numerous archival documents exist in the handwriting of Thomas Mann and not in transcription or publication. In preparation for your visit to the archive, we recommend that you familiarise yourself with the handwriting, for example with the manuscript of "Joseph in Ägypten" (3rd volume of "Joseph und seine Brüder"). - E-Pics for photographs
Marginalia can be researched and displayed in the database on Thomas Mann’s personal library. For legal reasons, the service is currently only accessible in the Thomas Mann Archive reading room.
The Library holdings comprising the special collection of printed media on everything to do with Thomas Mann can be searched via external pageETH Library @ swisscoverycall_made, where documents from the Thomas Mann Archive bear the designation "ETH Thomas-Mann-Archiv". Searches on ETH Library @ swisscovery can be narrowed down to the archive's holdings on the left side via the facet " ETH Zürich " with the filter "ETH Zurich Thomas-Mann-Archiv" or via the facet “Data Source” with the Thomas-Mann-Archiv filters.
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