Estates and autographs
The ULB’s collections contain over 50 estates of eminent scholars from the 18th to the 21st century. These often include correspondence, manuscripts of works and personal documents belonging to the donors, which are of great value to research. In addition, the ULB holds over 700 autographs from some 380 figures, ranging from Emil Abderhalden to Matthäus Zuber.
The following list contains estates that have been made available for research and prepared for consultation in the Reading Room for Historical Collections, and which are indexed via a detailed catalogue:
A–K
- BACHMANN, Johann Friedrich (1799–1876), theologian
- BAUM, Johann Wilhelm (1809–1878), theologian
- BLANC, Ludwig Gottfried (1781–1866), Romanist
- BLASIUS, Ernst (1802–1875), physician
- BOEHER, Eduard (1827–1906), Romanist and theologian
- CONRAD, Gustav (1869–1927), librarian
- DROYSEN, Johann Gustav (1808–1884), historian
- DROYSEN, Gustav (1838–1908), historian (family estate)
- EGER, Karl Christian , Partial estate (1864–1945), theologian
- Johann Eduard Erdmann(1805–1892), Professor of Philosophy
- FITTING, Hermann Heinrich (1831–1918), Romanist and lawyer
- GARTZ [GARZ], J.C.G. (1792–1864), mathematician
- GERHARD, Karl (1847–1921), librarian
- GOUTTA, Guido Edler von (1887–1966), librarian
- GOSCHE, Richard (1824–1889), literary historian and orientalist
- GUNKEL, Hermann (1862–1932), theologian
- Hans Haussherr (1898–1960), historian
- HAYM, Rudolf (1821–1901), Professor of Philosophy and Literary History
- HUNDESHAGEN, Karl Bernhard (1810–1872), theologian
- HUPFELD, Hermann (1796–1866), theologian
- JUNTKE, Fritz (1886–1984), librarian
- KATTENBUSCH, Friedrich Ferdinand (1851–1935), theologian
- KIRCHHOFF, Alfred (1838–1907), geographer
- KÖSTLIN, Julius (1826–1902), theologian
L–Z
- LANG, August (1867–1945), theologian
- LEO, Heinrich (1799–1878), historian
- LOOFS, Friedrich (1858–1928), theologian
- NITZSCH, Karl Immanuel (1787–1868), theologian
- PARISIUS, Ludolf (1827–1900), lawyer and folklorist
- PFAFF, Johann Friedrich (1756–1825), mathematician
- POTT, August Friedrich (1802–1887), linguist
- PRAECHTER, Karl (1858–1933), classical philologist
- RAUCH, Wilhelm (1871–1952), farmer and folk poet
- ROLOFF, Hermann (1870–1923), secondary school teacher at the Princess Anna Municipal Lyceum in Wernigerode
- Wilhelm Rust (1822–1892), composer, Bach scholar and Thomaskantor
- SCHLÜTER, Otto (1872–1959), geographer
- SCHMIDT, Paul (1872–1950), physician
- SCHNEIDER, Fritz (1872-1957)
- SCHNIEWIND, Julius (1883–1948), theologian
- SICKEL, Karl (1811–1887), professor at the Roßleben Monastery School
- STIEDA, Ludwig (1837–1918), anatomist
- SUCHIER, Wolfram (1883–1964), lawyer and librarian
- THILO, Johann Karl (1794–1853), theologian
- VOLKMANN, Alfred Wilhelm (1801–1877), physiologist
- VORETZSCH, Karl (1867–1947), Romanist and folklorist
- WENDEL, Karl (1874–1951), librarian
- WISSOWA, Georg (1859–1931), classical philologist
- WISSOWA Award 1919 and 1929 / KERN Award 1933
- WITTE, Karl Johann Heinrich Friedrich (1800–1883), lawyer, professor of Roman law
- WOLFF, Hellmut (1876–1961), statistician and transport researcher
- ZACHER, Julius (1816–1887), Germanist
Not yet fully developed
The estates of the following individuals and families have not yet been fully catalogued and are therefore generally unavailable for use:
- Aaland, Kurt, part of his estate (1915–1994), theologian
- Böhlig, Alexander, partial estate (1912–1996), theologian and orientalist
- Diesner, Hans-Joachim, part of his estate, (1922–1994), ancient historian
- Freydank, Dietrich (1928–1999), Slavist, linguist and literary scholar
- Trade (18th/19th centuries), estate of a family of theologians
- Kaiser, Wolfram (1923–2009), historian of medicine
- Pietsch, Karl (1860–1930), specialist in Romance languages and Hispanic studies
- Reinecke, Hans Peter (1926–2003), musicologist
- Chizhevsky (Chizhevsky), Dmitri Ivanovich (1894–1977), Slavist, philosopher
- Zaunick, Rudolf (1893–1967), scientist
- Zech, Carlferdinand (1928–1999), musicologist, composer and choir director
Individual collections held by the ULB, as well as some of the autographs, are fully catalogued within the Kalliope network, which enables a comprehensive search for individual items or people.
When researching the autograph collection, it is advisable to also consult the handwritten catalogue (from page 203) and to contact the Historical Collections Department: historische-sammlungen@bibliothek.uni-halle.de.
In the University Archives and at the German Oriental Society (DMG) Estates are also held here. Estates held by the University Archives can be consulted at the Archives (Contact: archiv@uni-halle.de), catalogued DMG estates can be viewed at the ULB in the Reading Room for Historical Collections (Contact: josef-peter.jeschke@bibliothek.uni-halle.de).