Administrative history/biographical information: The existing find book from the 70s was entered into the Augias archive with the help of the files. Later files of the university library from the period of origin until 1945 which were handed over to the university archive were also recorded in the Augias archive. The files with the signatures 0216, 0314, 0317, 0366, 0410, 0432, 0461, 0474, 0475, 0485 and 1144 were missing at the time of inclusion or had already been marked as missing during a revision in 2000 and were therefore not entered. Claudia Hilse Foreword: History of the registry sculptor On February 20, 1831, the UB was founded by cabinet order of Friedrich Wilhelm III, who had been preceded by an application from the rector and senate on the one hand and the then head librarian of the Royal Library, Wilken, on the other. The fund of 500 Thlr. per year approved for the maintenance and propagation of the UB for the first time should be covered until further notice from the surpluses of the wood and light money to be paid by the students. Furthermore, a contribution of 5 Thlr. should be paid to the University Library for the acquisition of a special fund by each PhD at the doctorate, by each Privatdozent at the habilitation and by each newly appointed professor at the employment or promotion. Friedrich W. Eilken was entrusted with the management on a voluntary basis. He designated the doublet room of the KB to receive the compulsory copies of the publishers of the Mark Brandenburg and Berlin which had been sent to the university since 1 January 1825, as well as for new acquisitions. As the acquisition fund was too small, the UB only expanded very slowly. From the very beginning, however, she participated in the exchange of university publications. Later, this exchange developed into a focal point of collecting. Today, the UB Berlin is the central collection point of Germany in the field of dissertations and other university publications as well as the centre of international exchange. The systematic catalogue, which was printed between 1839 and 1842, contained around 10,000 works in 15,000 volumes. The portfolio consisted of 15
and 85% for deposit copies and gifts. A scheduled purchase has therefore not yet taken place. Wilken's multiple attempts to obtain higher funds for the purchase of books and the salaries of officials failed. In 1839 the UB and the KB were spatially separated. The UB moved into the so-called Adler's Hall (Unter den Linden 76). Wilken died on 24.12.1840. His successor, the historian Georg Pertz, led the directorate business from 1842 to 1872 to the advantage of the library. By the end of 1848 the collection had expanded to over 30,000 volumes. In the years 1871 to 1873 the UB received a new building in the Dorotheenstr. 9, which had been calculated too small however regarding its capacity. Therefore, in 1900 the neighbouring property, Dorotheenstr. 10, was acquired. In 1874, Falk Koner began managing the directorate business. His main focus was on the acquisition of book collections of deceased scholars, which were partly donated, partly sold. Koner died in 1887 after receiving the title of Privy Councillor in 1884, but not Director of the UB. Until 1889, Minister von Goßler once again ordered the personal union with the KB, but on October 1, 1889 Wilhelm Erman, until then librarian at the KB, was appointed chief librarian and in April 1890 director of the UB. Erman was responsible for the reading room library, for the abolition of the vouchers, was very active in the collection of university publications and began cataloguing the libraries of the university institutes in 1891 on the basis of a ministerial decree. It is fatal that Ermann received Althoff's consent to the disposal of "superfluous book material". Between 1892 and 1898, 16,869 works were then sorted out, so that in February 1902 Johannes Franke found only 161,735 volumes as Ermann's successor. This made the UB one of the smallest university libraries in Germany. Under Franke, women entered the library service for the first time in Prussia. After two years of training under his direction, they received certificates on the basis of an examination. In addition, Franke dealt with a thorough examination of the entire UB, with the extension of the reading room library and with the reconstruction of the alphabetical catalogue on the basis of the "Prussian Instruction". Franke died on 25.03.1918. On 06 July 1918 Gotthold Naetebus, who came from the KB, took over the business. When he retired in March 1930 due to reaching the age limit, the Berlin and Göttingen UBs belonged to the top group of Prussian university libraries. On February 20th Rudolf Hoecker, the successor of Naetebus, celebrated the centenary of the UB. However, he was granted leave on 31.03.1934 as a member of the library council on the basis of the Nazi law for the protection of the civil service. Gustav Abb, the department director of the Prussian State Library, took over the provisional management of the management business on 01.04.1934. In May 1935 he was appointed director. On 28.04.1945 he retired voluntarily from life. Under Rudolf Hoecker, the clean-up and salvage work began at and in the heavily hit library. Wieland Schmidt, new director of the UB since 01 May 1946, reopened the library. After Schmidt left the company in October 1950, his deputy Rudolf Keydell initially ran the business until it was taken over by Willi Göber, the new director, on 1 April 1952. Under his leadership, the effectiveness of the UB was extended beyond the needs of the Humboldt University. She was granted the right to take over compulsory copies for Greater Berlin. Her special field remained the collection of university publications. From 1961 to 1973 Oskar Tyszko was director of the UB Berlin. Mrs Irmscher has been in his place since 1973. Inventory history The inventory, approx. 16 running metres, was in a completely disordered condition in the building of the University Library and was taken over on 9 and 10 June 1969 by employees of the archive of the Humboldt University. The work was carried out by a trainee of the Fachschule für Archivwesen, whose introduction has been shortened and revised and incorporated into the history of the Inventory Designer. References: 1. printed sources: Friese, Karl: Geschichte der Königlichen Universitäts-Bibliothek zu Berlin Hoecker, Rudolf: Die Universitäts-Bibliothek zu Berlin zum ihren 100jährigen Bestehen 20. Februar, 1831 - 1931 Köpke, Rudolf: Die Gründung der Königlichen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität 2. Archivalische Quellen: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Archive: Stock University Curator current no. 62 - 64 The University Library Bd. 2 1887 - 1922 vol. 3 1923 - 1925 vol. 4 1925 - 1927 current no. 645 New building of the UB Berlin, 1938 - 1939 current no. 1132 - 1134 University library, administrative matters 1928 - 1938 1928 - 1944 1935 - 1941 Citation method: HU UA, University Library.01, No. XXX. HU UA, UB.01, No. XXX.