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The Albert Einstein Archives at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem is the world's primary repository for the papers and intellectual estate of Albert Einstein (1879–1955). Einstein co-founded the Hebrew University and was a member of its first board of governors; in his will of 1950 he bequeathed all his literary rights and personal papers to the institution. Following Einstein's death in 1955, his trustees — close associates Helen Dukas and Dr. Otto Nathan — spent nearly three decades organising the material. In the 1960s, Dukas and physicist Gerald Holton of Harvard University undertook a major reorganisation in preparation for a joint publication project with Princeton University Press.
In 1982, the Estate of Albert Einstein formally transferred all literary rights and the physical archive to the Jewish National and University Library (now the National Library of Israel) in Jerusalem, as stipulated in Einstein's will. The Bern Dibner Curatorship, which manages the archives, was established in 1988 with funding from the Dibner Fund of Connecticut. The archives became part of HUJI's Library Authority in January 2008 and subsequently moved to the Levy Building on the Givat Ram campus. Since 2004, Dr. Roni Grosz has served as head of the Archives. The entire archive was digitised in 2012 and is available online.
The Albert Einstein Archives hold over 80,000 items, making it the largest collection of original Einstein manuscripts in the world. Holdings include:
Duplicate copies of the manuscript collection are held at Princeton University's Firestone Library. Smaller Einstein holdings are located at the Leo Baeck Institute (New York), the California Institute of Technology, and the ETH Zurich.
The archives contain thousands of newspaper clippings gathered by Einstein and his assistants, as well as press correspondence and statements issued to the media. These materials document public and press engagement with Einstein's science, politics, and cultural persona over several decades.
Access is by prior appointment. Researchers may contact the Archives directly to arrange visits. The digitised catalogue has been available online since 2003, providing open access to item-level descriptions and digital surrogates. Address: Levi Building, Edmond J. Safra Campus (Givat Ram), Jerusalem 91904, Israel.
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