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Acquisition files from the Zentralarchivs of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Acquisition files from the Zentralarchivs of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin © SPK / photothek.net / Florian Gärtner
Letter from Director-General Count Guido von Usedom to the Director of the Nationalgalerie, Max Heinrich Jordan, 19 Nov. 1879
Letter from Director-General Count Guido von Usedom to the Director of the Nationalgalerie, Max Heinrich Jordan, 19 Nov. 1879 © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Zentralarchiv; CC NC-BY-SA
Cross-section of a roof design for the Egyptian House in the Neues Museum, 23 May 1883
Cross-section of a roof design for the Egyptian House in the Neues Museum, 23 May 1883 © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Zentralarchiv; CC NC-BY-SA
Floor plan of the first floor of the Pergamonmuseum, ca. 1930
Floor plan of the first floor of the Pergamonmuseum, ca. 1930 © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Zentralarchiv; CC NC-BY-SA
Postcard of Otto Dix, 11 Dec. 1920, artist documentation
Postcard of Otto Dix, 11 Dec. 1920, artist documentation © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Zentralarchiv; CC NC-BY-SA
Photograph from one of Adolph Menzel’s sketchbooks, undated, artist documentation
Photograph from one of Adolph Menzel’s sketchbooks, undated, artist documentation © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Zentralarchiv; CC NC-BY-SA
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III Files of friends groups, associations, and commissions (including depositories)

Volume: 11.3 linear metres
Period: 1898–1945
Contents: DOG I general information: general meetings, board and work-group meetings, board elections, correspondence, lectures, exhibitions, sections/chapters, issues relating to individual members, financial affairs; DOG II excavations (including excavation correspondence): Mesopotamia, Palestine, Asia Minor, and Egypt.

To access the DOG archives, please submit a request to the Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft by using the form below. Once your request has been granted, the DOG will forward your request to the ZA and we will contact you: www.orient-gesellschaft.de

Volume: 1 linear metre (48 files)
Period: 1927–1942
Contents: Files of Konrad Hahm, director, on commission’s foundation, participation in international folk art commissions, promotion of ethnographic research, exhibitions, and publications

Volume: 17 linear metres (546 files)
Period: starting from 1910
Contents: Files of the Board, minutes of meetings, general assemblies, correspondence

Volume: 6.2 linear metres (72 files)
Period: starting from 1977
Contents: Members’ concerns, minutes

Volume: 0.2 linear metres (9 files)
Period: 1926–1946
Contents: Members’ concerns, printed matter

Volume: 0.2 linear metres (13 files)
Period: 1936–1945
Contents: Files of Konrad Hahm, director, and his assistant W. Schuchardt relating to the creation, establishment, and activities of the institute

Volume: 11.1 linear metres (99 files)
Period: starting from 1897
Contents: Matters relating to charter, membership, and funding, acquisitions on behalf of the Kaiser Friedrich-Museum, minutes of Board meetings and general assemblies

Volume: 0.3 linear metres (10 files)
Period: 1888–1945
Contents: Matters relating to charter, membership, and funding primarily from the years 1937–1945, lectures, meetings

Volume:  2,1 linear metres
Period: 1881-1943
Contents: Members’ and financial concerns, minutes of general meetings and committee meetings, correspondence, excavations in Sendschirli

Volume: 0.3 linear metres (12 files)
Period: 1810–1943
Contents: Members’ concerns, minutes

Volume: 0.8 linear metres (40 files)
Period: 1896–1946
Contents: Institutional matters, membership and funding, reopening after the First World War, research funding (grants, courses of study, and publications), sessions

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