Noord-Hollands Archief

The Noord-Hollands Archief collects, preserves and makes available the documentary heritage of the province of Noord-Holland, the Kennemerland region (in particular the municipalities of Aalsmeer, Beverwijk, Bloemendaal, Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude, Haarlemmermeer, Heemskerk, Heemstede, Uitgeest, Uithoorn, Velsen and Zandvoort), and of the provincial capital Haarlem. More information can be found [here](http://www.noord-hollandsarchief.nl/engels/71/) 

In the Noord-Hollands Archief you can find public records and private archives. The government archives include: the administration of the province of North Holland and provincial services, such as Provincial Public Works and the Provincial Hospital; government institutions and government departments in North Holland, such as the Land Registry, the courts and prisons in North Holland; control of the municipalities Aalsmeer, Beverwijk, Bloemendaal, Haarlem, Haarlem and Spaarnwoude, Haarlemmermeer, Heemskerk, Heemstede, Uitgeest, Uithoorn, Velsen and Zandvoort, municipal services and companies in these municipalities other local government bodies in these municipalities (such as water boards). The private archives include those of churches (including the archives of the Diocese of Haarlem), companies, associations, families and individuals (such as the Haarlem regent family Van Valkenburg) that are or were involved in North Holland. Moreover, it is fairly uncommon that the North Holland Archives also manages some sixty archives of scientific institutions and internationally renowned scientists (such as the personal archives of the physicists Hendrik Lorentz and Pieter Zeeman, who both have won the Nobel Prize). More information can be found [here](http://www.noord-hollandsarchief.nl/engels/71/)