1. The Historical Archives of the European Union Presentation
17th Meeting of the European Archives Group EAG
Turin, 3 November 2014

2. Historical Archives of the European Union
1) Mission
Specialised archives on European Integration and cooperation
Main mission: Collect, preserve and make accessible historical archives of the EU Institutions
Another mission is to collect private archives of individuals and organisations with European scope
Established 1984 at the European University Institute, an internationally renowned centre of academic learning
EU historical archives declassified and open for consultation after 30 years

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New seat of the HAEU at the historical Villa Salviati in Florence

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2) Historical Archives of EU Institutions
3,600 linear meters of paper files covering the years 1951 to 1983.
Yearly transfers with growth rates of 250 lm/10,000 files
EU-Institutional fonds:
European Parliament
Council of the EU
European Commission
Court of Auditors
European Investment Bank
Court of Justice

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3) Private archives and collections
1,400 linear meters dating from 1890s to early 2000 with yearly growth of approx. 50 lm
a) Individuals:
Founders of the European Communities: Alcide De Gasperi, Paul-Henri Spaak (digital copy)
High EU Officials: Franco Maria Malfatti, Francois-Xavier Ortoli, Piero Malvestiti (digital copy), Romano Prodi
Pioneers and Federalists: Altiero Spinelli, Pierre Uri

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b) Private Archives of Organisations, Associations and Political Groups
Political Groups of the European Parliament: Socialists and Liberals
European Federalists: European Movement, Young European Federalists, Council of European Municipalities and Regions
European Non-EU Organisations: Western European Union, European Space Agency (ESA)

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The new reading room at Villa Salviati
The new storage facilities providing 11,000 linear meters space

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4) Oral History Sources
Since 1997 the Archives has been collecting oral history sources
Today the collection contains 600 interviews, mostly oral history programmes of the European Commission
The Archives preserves these collections and makes them available to users via an online database
The database contains abstracts and keywords for each interview, text transcriptions and, when available and open to consultation, digital audio recordings

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5) Online Services
Online database containing approx. 170 fonds and records (mostly file level description)
13,000 paper files have been digitised and made available either in-house or online
Archival description is based on ISAD(G) and ISAAR(CPF)
More than web site visitors per year
35,000 file downloads per year

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6) EU Historical Archives and APEX
HAEU coordinates the presentation of all EU Institutions’ archival holdings in APEX
HAEU online database built on EAC/EAD metadata framework which allows for data import from EU Institutions’ database systems and for data export into APEX
Launch of the presentation of EU historical archives in the European Archives Portal on 1 November 2014

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7) Digital Archives
Common priority of EU Institutions to digitise and make available online paper-based archival holdings using the HAEU portal as central entry point
HAEU digitises selected private archives, e.g. Alcide De Gasperi and Piero Malvestiti
Current development of a repository for digitised and digitally born records, planned to be operational in 2015
Alfresco platform used to manage digital records and archival deposits

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8) Research, Training and Partnerships
800 researchers in the reading room per year
Open Day of the HAEU at Villa Salviati on 10 May with visitors
(Co-) organises academic workshops and conferences: 8 May 2014 on the Commission’s oral history programmes; 14 November 2014 on Alcide De Gasperi
Traineeship programme based on conventions with Archival Schools in Florence, Paris, Madrid and Rome
Educational programmes for primary and secondary school classes
Host for guided tours and cultural events

13. Thank you
Visit of José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, to the Archives on 8 May 2014