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The State Archive preserves the archival records from the former of (up to 1798), the Helvetian cantons of and Oberland (1798-1803), and the records of the Bernese cantonal administration from 1803 to the present day.

In addition to the governmental holdings, the Archive also holds private source material (personal bequests, family archives, society and company archives etc.) and has a comprehensive specialist library.

Archival holdings

• around 24,000 shelf metres of files
• 33,400 deeds and charters
• around 30,000 maps and plans
• 800,000 photographs and negatives

For our electronic archive inventory (Query), see the •Online Archives.

Library

• 40,000 books
• 170 periodicals
• Around 250 newspapers (including 30 currently issued newspapers)
• Official publications (Canton of Bern and the Confederation)

Our library stocks can be found in the •IDS Basel/Bern catalogue
(•New acquisitions).