The DMG has numerous special collections. These are located both in the archives of the Universität Halle and in the branch library "Vorderer Orient/Ethnologie" or the section for Historical Collections of the University and State Library Sachsen-Anhalt.
The DMG Archive is located at: Universitätsarchiv der MLU Halle, Dachritzstr. 12, 06108 Halle (Saale). Inquires regarding the available holdings and the use of archival materials should be sent directly to the University Archive (see below fort the relevant contact information). Please use the following form.
To research the DMG Archive, please consult the Verzeichnis des DMG-Archivs (under “Deposita / Rep. 90 Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft”). The current catalogue is available there and always up-to-date.
Location: Section for Special Collections of the University and State Library Halle (Abteilung für Sondersammlungen der ULB Halle), August-Bebel-Straße 13, 06114 Halle (Saale).
Location: Section for Special Collections of the University and State Library (Abteilung für Sondersammlungen der ULB Halle), August-Bebel-Strasse 13, 06114 Halle. If you want to use the collection, please sign the declaration of consent published here.
The coin collection of the DMG is now also accessible via KENOM: Virtuelles Münzkabinett.
The DMG holds the bequeathed scholarly work and possessions of a number of its former members and other Orientalists. A list can be found here: overview of the scholarly bequests of the DMG.
Indologists are listed in the following bibliographical register:
Pohlus, Andreas: Vorordnung der Indologen-Nachlässe der Bibliothek der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (DMG) (=Orientwissenschaftliche Hefte; 7). Halle (Saale): Orientwissenschaftliches Zentrum der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, 2003.
The DMG is also in possession of an extensive Photograph Collection, accessible through its library.
For requests concerning the manuscripts, scholarly bequests, artifacts, and photograph collection, please contact:
Laila Guhlmann
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Zweigbibliothek Vorderer Orient / Ethnologie
Fachreferentin Bibliothek der DMG
Mühlweg 15
06114 Halle
Germany
Tel: +49-345-55-22043
Fax: +49-345-55-27320
E-mail: ha1@bibliothek.uni-halle.de
For requests concerning the coin collection, please contact the head of department of the Historical Collections, ULB Sachsen-Anhalt:
Dr. Julia Knödler
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
August-Bebel-Straße 13
06114 Halle (Saale)
Phone: +49-345-5522158
E-Mail: julia.knoedler@bibliothek.uni-halle.de
For requests concerning the DMG-Archive, please contact:
Karin Keller, Archivist at the University Archive
Archiv der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Dachritzstraße 12
06108 Halle (Saale)
Phone: +49-345-5523924
E-Mail: archiv@uni-halle.de
Prof. Philip Clart, Ph.D.
Universität Leipzig, Ostasiatisches Institut
Schillerstr. 6, D-04109 Leipzig
Tel.: (0341) 9737151
E-mail: clart@uni-leipzig.de
apl. Prof. Dr. Peter Stein
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Theologische Fakultät
Fürstengraben 6, D-07737 Jena
Tel. (03641) 94 27 14
E-mail: peter.stein@uni-jena.de