The historical archive of the paleontological collection of Tübingen, Germany

[摘要] In 2017, the archives of the Palaeontological Collection Of Tübingen, Germany, were fully catalogued. This process revealed a large number of drawings, letters, notes, manuscripts, photo plates, and documents going as far back as the early nineteeth century and ending in modern times. The archive provides insight to the state of mind, the scientific state of art, and the life histories of some famous palaeontologists and geologists in Tübingen. These people include Friedrich August von Quenstedt, Wilhelm Branco (Wilhelm von Branca), Ernst Hermann Friedrich Koken, Josef Felix Pompeckj, Edwin Hennig, Friedrich Richard Freiherr von Hoyningen Huene, Otto Heinrich Schindewolf, Alfred Eisenack, Georg Wagner, Jost Wiedmann, Wolf-Ernst Reif, Adolf Seilacher, and Hans Gocht. By this publication, we make the archives available for international research and provide insights to the history of one of the largest university collections of the world.

[学科分类] 地质学

[关键词] Juliane K. Hinz;Ingmar Werneburg;history of science;letters;paleontology;fossils;Germany