http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/institutions/de-002501
type: Institution
sources: Claims Conference Yad Vashem
agent has or had location: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/institutions/de-002501/locations/1
general description: The holdings of the State Archive include materials focusing on the history of North Rhine-Westphalia. The collections include certificates, files, registers and maps from the Middle Ages in addition to photos, films and sound recordings from more contemporary history. See each department's (Abteilung Rheinland, Westfalen or Ostwestfalen-Lippe) entries for information on their individual holdings.
has or had agent name: State Archive North Rhine-Westfalia
name: Landesarchiv Nordrhein-Westfalen
has or had agent name: NRW State Archive
history: Landesarchiv Nordrhein-Westfalen presides over the regional archives of Rheinland, Westfalen and Ostwestfalen-Lippe. Tasks of the State Archive include administrative organization, legal and personal matters as well as education and training.
finding aids: Online Findmittel available: http://www.archive.nrw.de/lav/bestaende_anzeigen_aus_datenbank/online_findmittel/index.php. Archival search additionally available online: http://www.archive.nrw.de/LAV_NRW/jsp/erweitertSuche.jsp.