Thomas Mann Archives
Section of the book holdings in Thomas Mann's personal library, 2016. Photo: Frank Blaser
Thomas Mann on a deckchair, Pacific Palisades, 1941.
Photo: unknown. Image code: TMA_3019 The "Zauberberg" manuscript on Thomas Mann's desk, Munich, 1924.
Photo: unknown. Image code: TMA_4356 Thomas Mann's study. Hönggerberg campus, 2016
Photo: Frank Blaser
Photo: unknown. Image code: TMA_3019 The "Zauberberg" manuscript on Thomas Mann's desk, Munich, 1924.
Photo: unknown. Image code: TMA_4356 Thomas Mann's study. Hönggerberg campus, 2016
Photo: Frank Blaser
Extent
- 110,000 manuscript and typescript pages
- 84,000 press articles
- 25,000 printed media
Holdings
- Thomas Mann's literary legacy
- The author's personal library
- His final study
- Collections of works, translations and secondary literature
- Photo collection
- Art collection
- Audio documents
Relevance of research and Public
The Thomas Mann Archives own the largest number of Thomas Mann documents in the world, making them the main research centre on the author's life and work. Moreover, the archives publish the academic series "Thomas-Mann-Studien".
Visitors can view the author's unique, fully reconstructed study in a showroom, complete with his extensive library. Events and tours are available for the general interested public.
Current activities, projects
Thanks to the project TMPersonalLibrary, Thomas Mann's handwritten marginalia in his own library are being recorded, digitized and rendered accessible.
Use of the archive / online presence
- The entire manuscript holdings and the historical press collections can be searched via Thomas-Mann-Archiv Online.
- All printed media, including Thomas Mann’s personal library, can be searched on ETH Library's Search Portal.
- The reference library and the digital copies of the original manuscripts and press articles can be viewed in the reading room (by appointment).