Identity area
Identifier
Authorized form of name
Parallel form(s) of name
Other form(s) of name
Type
- International
- Private
Contact area
Type
Address
Street address
Locality
Region
Country name
Postal code
Telephone
Fax
Note
Description area
History
Geographical and cultural context
Mandates/Sources of authority
Administrative structure
The Archive is a department of Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GMBH.
Records management and collecting policies
Buildings
Holdings
The archive of Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH is the world's largest collection on the history of Zeppelin airship travel. It contains documents from the estate of Count Zeppelin as well as from the history of the company founded in 1908 and its subsidiaries. In addition to files, planning documents, a photo and film collection as well as a comprehensive library on airship travel, the archive also has the estates of important persons in Zeppelin history and an object collection that contains everything from postcards to airship propellers that are related to airship or company history.
Finding aids, guides and publications
Access area
Opening times
Access conditions and requirements
Accessibility
Services area
Research services
Reproduction services
Public areas
Control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
ISDIAH, 1st edition, 2008. Available online: https://www.ica.org/en/isdiah-international-standard-describing-institutions-archival-holdings
Date format: ISO 8601, 2nd edition, 2000.
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Entry prepared in January 2022.
Language(s)
Script(s)
Sources
Complete passages on the presentation part of the archives come from Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GMBH, « LZ-ARCHIV », [Online], accessed in January 2022. URL : https://www.zeppelin-lz.com/lz-archiv.html
To learn more about the archive center see : https://www.zeppelin-museum.de/de/museum/archiv-bibliothek
Maintenance notes
Entry prepared by Archival City.