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Archives and Libraries

Archiv für Agrargeschichte AfA Archives of Rural History. Swiss organization for the safeguarding of documents relating to the history of rural society and the agricultural sector in the 19th and 20th centuries. AfA locate and catalogue but do not store the documents but instead deposit them in existing repositories. The website has information in German, French and English about their method of working and gives access to a database containing information about archived collections.
Archive der Schweizer Arbeiterbewegung A new web portal to facilitate access to the archives of the Swiss labour movement. Documents from trade unions, political parties, women's and youth movements, associations and societies. A collaboration of the Association pour l'Etude de l'Histoire du mouvement ouvrier AEHMO, the College du Travail and the Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv.
Centre international de Recherches sur l'Anarchisme (Lausanne). General holdings information, lists of books, pamphlets, music, films and periodicals in the Centre's collections.
Circolo Carlo Vanza (Minusio). Detailed listing of its (mainly anarchist) holdings.
Fondazione Pellegrini-Canevascini (Bellinzona). Swiss archival and documentation centre holding the papers of Guglielmo Canevascini and Piero Pellegrini, trade union archives (Camera del Lavoro, VPOD, Flmo, SEI) and socialist party archives (PST, PSA, PSU).
Memoriav Association for the Preservation of the Audiovisual Heritage of Switzerland. General information in French, German, Italian and English, a directory of relevant institutions, bibliography, newsletter, and access to Memobase, which contains data of 150,000 photos, films, video and sound recordings.
Repertorium der handschriftlichen Nachlässe in den Bibliotheken und Archiven der Schweiz at the Swiss National Library. Directory of personal papers.
Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv (Zurich). The largest labour history collection in Switzerland. Extensive holdings information. Online catalogs.
Stiftung Studienbibliothek zur Geschichte der Arbeiterbewegung (Zurich). Overview of the collections.

Associations and Societies

Association pour l'Etude de l'Histoire du Mouvement Ouvrier (AEHMO) Swiss organization for the collection and preservation of documents of the labour mouvement. Information about the Association's and other collections, and AEHMO publications including the 'Cahiers d'histoire du mouvement ouvrier'.

Special Topics

Centre international de Recherches sur l'Anarchisme (Lausanne). General holdings information, lists of books, pamphlets, music, films and periodicals in the Centre's collections.
Circolo Carlo Vanza (Minusio). Detailed listing of its (mainly anarchist) holdings.
Spanienfreiwillige - Biografisches Handbuch von A – Z On this website you can find the annotations to the biographical dictionary of the Swiss volunteers in the Spanish Civil War, that was published in March 2009; German text.
Vie quotidienne et Mémoire collective en Pays horloger An oral history study of the Swiss watchmaking industry by Laurence Court (1995). Of the thirteen persons interviewed, seven are women.

Conferences

Spanienfreiwillige - Biografisches Handbuch von A – Z On this website you can find the annotations to the biographical dictionary of the Swiss volunteers in the Spanish Civil War, that was published in March 2009; German text.

Journals

Cahiers d'histoire du mouvement ouvrier Les cahiers sont publiés par l'Association pour l'étude de l'histoire du mouvement ouvrier AEHMO, Lausanne
CIRA Bulletin Les sommaires des bulletins depuis 1959 sont disponibles sur le site de l'International Association of Labour History Institutions (IALHI).

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Last updated 28 January 2014