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thyssenkrupp Corporate Archives

thyssenkrupp Corporate Archives takes over and preserves legally and historically significant documents of the thyssenkrupp group and the former Thyssen Group with its subsidiaries and shareholdings, the Hoesch Group and the Thyssen Industrial History Foundation / "Stiftung zur Industriegeschichte Thyssen" (e.g. Thyssen-Bornemisza group of companies and estates) as a store of knowledge and long-term memory.

The historical records cover the Ruhr region from Hoesch in Dortmund to the coke oven manufacturer Dr. C. Otto in Bochum and the Rheinstahl Group in Essen to August Thyssen-Hütte and Niederrheinische Hütte in Duisburg.

The Corporate Archives permanently safeguard written documents, maps and plans, films and photographs, digital media, posters and medals from the mid-19th century to the present day so that they can be used to research history and understand the present and future.

The Corporate Archives team is happy to assist with historical research. Upon prior written request, personal research can also be conducted in the holdings in Duisburg.

Ahead of the company's 75th anniversary in 1965 and the planned commemorative publication ("The fires never go out") August Thyssen-Hütte AG expands its economics department to include a scientifically managed "Works archive", as the department was then designated.

From January 1, 1961 Dr. Gertrud Milkereit and her colleagues establish the archive by collecting material found in attics and cellars. Despite two world wars, the occupation of the Ruhr area and dismantling, she collects a large volume of documents from the time before World War One. In accordance with her librarian's background, she catalogues the files with a subject index as well as an index of people and places. She publishes a large number of articles on history and archival management in specialist publications and also articles on the company history and industrial heritage in the employees' magazine.

With accessions from Vereinigte Stahlwerke AG und Bergbau- und Industriewerte GmbH, Dr. Milkereit also collects the first records not relating exclusively to Thyssen. Her successor Dr. Carl-Friedrich Baumann (1927 - 1996) manages the archive from 1979 - 1992. He lays the foundations for expanding the works and group archives of the former Thyssen group, among other things by organizing the accession of the works archives of Friedrich Wilhelms-Hütte and Rheinische Stahlwerke as well as the records bequeathed by Heinrich Dinkelbach, Walter Rohland and Wilhelm Steinberg. His extensive knowledge of the iron and steel history in the Rhine and Westphalian regions is used in many publications of his own and those of various other authors.

From 1992 Prof. Dr. Manfred Rasch is in charge of the archive which he expands to form a corporate archive, among other things by adding records from non-steel companies (Henschel, Carl Still, Dr. C. Otto & Comp.). Alongside the accession of extensive new records, his work focuses on the introduction of computerized archiving systems, planning the building of and move to larger office and storage rooms, and the publication of computer resources (see reference works in literature index) as well as the digitization of glass plate negatives. The film catalogue begun by his predecessor is successfully continued. Selected industrial films are shown to the general public at two year intervals in cooperation with other archives in the region and in association with the Ruhr municipal corporation.

Since March 17, 1999 the archive of the former Thyssen AG has functioned as the corporate archive of thyssenkrupp AG. As of 2020 it is named thyssenkrupp Corporate Archives.

In October 2018 Andreas Zilt succeeded Professor Rasch. Astrid Dörnemann remains responsible for the media holdings of the Corporate Archives.

Digital company magazines

thyssenkrupp Corporate Archives has digitized some of the company magazines to make them more easily accessible to interested parties.

Take a look for yourself and get an idea of what moved the workforce in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s!

go to digitized publications

Overview of stocks

AAugust Thyssen-Hütte / thyssenkrupp AG Resources: computer catalogue, index1867 ff.5,530
BESBerliner Eisen- und Stahl-AG
Resources: computer catalogue, index
1927 - 199025
Resources: index1933 - 1939,1954 - 19871.5
BRTKSBetriebsrat August Thyssen-Hütte AG / Thyssen Stahl AG / 
thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG
Resources: computer catalogue, index
1949 - 1959, 1984 - 20059
BSBBandstahl Berlin GmbH Resources: index1969 - 199211
BSIBergische Stahl-Industrie Resources: computer catalogue, index1900 - 1912,1930 - 19936.5
BWSBetriebswirtschaftliches Institut Stahl
Resources: computer catalogue
1935 - 19904.5
CHConcordiahütte GmbH Resources: computer catalogue, index1860, 1883,1960 - 19961.5
EHEisenbahn und Häfen GbR / GmbH
Resources: computer catalogue, index
[1890] - 201023
EHWEisen- und Hüttenwerke AG Resources: computer catalogue, index1917 - 198833.5
EWEisenwerk Wanheim GmbH
Resources: computer catalogue, index
1912 - 19665.5
EXPExploration und Bergbau GmbH
Resources: computer catalogue, index
1900 - 1996142
HASHeinr. Aug. Schulte AG Resources: index1906 - 199526
HSPHoesch Schwerter Profil Resources: index1856 - 200011
KBRKonzernbetriebsrat thyssenkrupp
Resources: index
1995 - 200511
LESLindener Eisen- und Stahlwerke GmbH Resources: index1946 - 19673
LGList Gesellschaft e. V. Resources: computer catalogue, index1956 - 19921.5
MontaMonta-Film GmbH Resources: computer catalogue1957 - 19952.5
RSWRheinische Stahlwerke Resources: computer catalogue, index1870 - 1998495
RUBRheinstahl Union Brückenbau AG Resources: index1935 - 19697
SWBStahlwerke Bochum AG Resources: computer catalogue1947 - 198518
TBWThyssen bauen und wohnen
Resources: computer catalogue, index
1933 - 200332
TDThyssen Draht AG Resources: computer catalogue1816 - 19948
TGThyssen Guss AG Resources: computer catalogue1948 - 20024
THUThyssen Handelsunion AG Resources: computer catalogue, index1954 - 1998170
TIHThyssen Industrie AG Henschel
Resources: computer catalogue, index
1842 - 1910,1935 - 1998100
TINThyssen International GmbH
Resources: index
1951 - 19808.5
TIPThyssen International / Purofer GmbH
Resources: index
1951 - 197956
TLiThyssen Liegenschaften GmbH
Resources: computer catalogue, index
1890 - 1995270
TNHThyssen Niederrhein AG Werk Hochfeld
Resources: computer catalogue
1850 - 19809
TNOThyssen Niederrhein AG Werk Oberhausen Resources: computer catalogue, index1947 - 1986150
TSKThyssen Schwerkomponenten GmbH
Resources: index
1973 - 198740
TSOThyssen Still Otto Anlagentechnik GmbH Resources: computer catalogue1844 - 199453
TTWThyssen Tiefziehwerk GmbH
Resources: index
1965 - 19733.5
TUBThyssen Umformtechnik GmbH Werk Brackwede Resources: reference volume (print), computer catalogue1900 - 19832
WKWWalzstahlkontor West GmbH
Resources: index
1967 - 19719
WVSWirtschaftsvereinigung Stahl
Resources: computer catalogue
1946 - 20075.5
AbbreviationStockPeriodScope / meter
DHHUDortmund-Hörder Hüttenunion AG Resources: Kartei, computer catalogue1841 - 1970160
H„Altarchiv“ Hoesch Resources: Kartei, computer catalogue1871 - 1975300
HoeHoesch AG Resources: Kartei, computer catalogue, index1950 - 19921,010
HWSHüttenwerke Siegerland AG Resources: computer catalogue1930 - 19843.5
KBVKölner Bergwerks-Verein Resources: reference volume, Kartei1845 - 196013
AbbreviationStockPeriodScope / meter
DHHUDortmund-Hörder Hüttenunion AG Resources: Kartei, computer catalogue1841 - 1970160
H„Altarchiv“ Hoesch Resources: Kartei, computer catalogue1871 - 1975300
HoeHoesch AG Resources: Kartei, computer catalogue, index1950 - 19921,010
HWSHüttenwerke Siegerland AG Resources: computer catalogue1930 - 19843.5
KBVKölner Bergwerks-Verein Resources: reference volume, Kartei1845 - 196013
AbbreviationStockPeriodScope / meter
ATSAugust Thyssen-Stiftung Schloß Landsberg Resources: computer catalogue, index1926 - 19925
BIWBergbau- und Industriewerte GmbH Resources: reference volume (print), computer catalogue1930 - 197525
FWHFriedrich Wilhelms-Hütte Resources: reference volume (print), computer catalogue1852 - 1970100
GAGussstahlwerk Annen Resources: computer catalogue, index1914 - 19977
GGGussstahlwerk Gelsenkirchen AG Resources: reference volume (print), computer catalogue1888 - 19830.5
GOGussstahlwerk Oberkassel AG reference volume (print), computer catalogue1900 - 19785.5
GWGussstahlwerk Witten AG Resources: reference volume (print), computer catalogue, index1930 - 197838
NDINachlass Heinrich Dinkelbach (1891 - 1967) Resources: computer catalogue1944 - 19673.5
NELLNachlass Robert Ellscheid (1901 - 1985) Resources: computer catalogue1926 - 19661.5
NJTNachlass Erben Joseph Thyssen (1844 - 1915) Resources: index1845 - 20104
NKSNachlass Kurt Schmitz (1895 - 1984) Resources: index1953 - 19841
NOStNachlass Otto Steinbrinck (1888 - 1949) Resources: computer catalogue1939 - 19500.1
NRONachlass Walter Rohland (1898 - 1981) Resources: reference volume (print), computer catalogue1933 - 19802.5
NROENachlass Wilhelm Roelen (1889 - 1958) Resources: reference volume (print), computer catalogue1918 - 19582
NStNachlass Wilhelm Steinberg (1896 - 1984) Resources: reference volume (print), computer catalogue1924 - 19846
NUENachlass Helmut Uebbing (*1926)1965 - 19904.5
NWENachlass Wolfgang Wenzel (*1936) Resources: index1980 - 199637
NZTNachlass Anita Zichy-Thyssen (1909 - 1990) Resources: index1895 - 19901
RCRuhr-Consulting GmbH Resources: reference volume (print), computer catalogue1954 - 196615
RSRuhrstahl AG Resources: reference volume (print), computer catalogue1930 - 196320
TBThyssen-Bornemisza (Familie, Unternehmen und Kunst) Resources: computer catalogue, index1876 - 2007840
TEWThyssen Edelstahlwerke AG Resources: computer catalogue, index1920 - 1994285
THhThyssen Henrichshütte AG Resources: reference volume (Druck), computer catalogue, index1907 - 198754
TRWThyssen Röhrenwerke AG Resources: computer catalogue, index1952 - 197354
TSBThyssen Schachtbau GmbH Resources: index1953 - 19832.5
TSVThyssen Schalker Verein GmbH Resources: computer catalogue, index1888 - 199457
TVThyssen Vermögensverwaltung GmbH Resources: computer catalogue, index1924 - 19870.7
VStVereinigte Stahlwerke AG Resources: reference volume (print), computer catalogue1926 - 1954110
AbbreviationStockPeriodScope / meter
ATSAugust Thyssen-Stiftung Schloß Landsberg Resources: computer catalogue, index1926 - 19925
BIWBergbau- und Industriewerte GmbH Resources: reference volume (print), computer catalogue1930 - 197525
FWHFriedrich Wilhelms-Hütte Resources: reference volume (print), computer catalogue1852 - 1970100
GAGussstahlwerk Annen Resources: computer catalogue, index1914 - 19977
GGGussstahlwerk Gelsenkirchen AG Resources: reference volume (print), computer catalogue1888 - 19830.5
GOGussstahlwerk Oberkassel AG reference volume (print), computer catalogue1900 - 19785.5
GWGussstahlwerk Witten AG Resources: reference volume (print), computer catalogue, index1930 - 197838
NDINachlass Heinrich Dinkelbach (1891 - 1967) Resources: computer catalogue1944 - 19673.5
NELLNachlass Robert Ellscheid (1901 - 1985) Resources: computer catalogue1926 - 19661.5
NJTNachlass Erben Joseph Thyssen (1844 - 1915) Resources: index1845 - 20104
NKSNachlass Kurt Schmitz (1895 - 1984) Resources: index1953 - 19841
NOStNachlass Otto Steinbrinck (1888 - 1949) Resources: computer catalogue1939 - 19500.1
NRONachlass Walter Rohland (1898 - 1981) Resources: reference volume (print), computer catalogue1933 - 19802.5
NROENachlass Wilhelm Roelen (1889 - 1958) Resources: reference volume (print), computer catalogue1918 - 19582
NStNachlass Wilhelm Steinberg (1896 - 1984) Resources: reference volume (print), computer catalogue1924 - 19846
NUENachlass Helmut Uebbing (*1926)1965 - 19904.5
NWENachlass Wolfgang Wenzel (*1936) Resources: index1980 - 199637
NZTNachlass Anita Zichy-Thyssen (1909 - 1990) Resources: index1895 - 19901
RCRuhr-Consulting GmbH Resources: reference volume (print), computer catalogue1954 - 196615
RSRuhrstahl AG Resources: reference volume (print), computer catalogue1930 - 196320
TBThyssen-Bornemisza (Familie, Unternehmen und Kunst) Resources: computer catalogue, index1876 - 2007840
TEWThyssen Edelstahlwerke AG Resources: computer catalogue, index1920 - 1994285
THhThyssen Henrichshütte AG Resources: reference volume (Druck), computer catalogue, index1907 - 198754
TRWThyssen Röhrenwerke AG Resources: computer catalogue, index1952 - 197354
TSBThyssen Schachtbau GmbH Resources: index1953 - 19832.5
TSVThyssen Schalker Verein GmbH Resources: computer catalogue, index1888 - 199457
TVThyssen Vermögensverwaltung GmbH Resources: computer catalogue, index1924 - 19870.7
VStVereinigte Stahlwerke AG Resources: reference volume (print), computer catalogue1926 - 1954110
AbbreviationStockPeriodScope
B(Special) libraryResources: computer catalogue1840 - 201116,763volumes
FPhotographsResources: reference volume, computer catalogue, classification data, index1890 - 2009500m
F/AlbPhotograph albumsResources: reference volume (print), computer catalogue1895 - 2009approx. 1000items
FilmFilmsResources: reference volume (print), computer catalogue, index1924 - 2005approx. 3,800rolls
Fschr.Publications of various firmsResources: computer catalogue1855 - 2011211m
KMaps and plansResources: computer catalogue, presort1860 - 2000approx. 25,000items
MMedaillenResources: computer catalogue1852 - 201084items
PPosters and leafletsResources: computer catalogue1914, 1918 - 2011850items
PAPerson-related press clippingsResources: computer catalogue[1950] ff.15m
PAATopic- and company-related press clippingsResources: alphabetic sorting[1950] ff.75m
VideoVideosResources: computer catalogue, index1980 - 2011approx. 4,800items
ZNewspapersResources: computer catalogue1850 - 2011437m
AbbreviationStockPeriodScope
B(Special) libraryResources: computer catalogue1840 - 201116,763volumes
FPhotographsResources: reference volume, computer catalogue, classification data, index1890 - 2009500m
F/AlbPhotograph albumsResources: reference volume (print), computer catalogue1895 - 2009approx. 1000items
FilmFilmsResources: reference volume (print), computer catalogue, index1924 - 2005approx. 3,800rolls
Fschr.Publications of various firmsResources: computer catalogue1855 - 2011211m
KMaps and plansResources: computer catalogue, presort1860 - 2000approx. 25,000items
MMedaillenResources: computer catalogue1852 - 201084items
PPosters and leafletsResources: computer catalogue1914, 1918 - 2011850items
PAPerson-related press clippingsResources: computer catalogue[1950] ff.15m
PAATopic- and company-related press clippingsResources: alphabetic sorting[1950] ff.75m
VideoVideosResources: computer catalogue, index1980 - 2011approx. 4,800items
ZNewspapersResources: computer catalogue1850 - 2011437m

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Andreas Zilt M. A.

thyssenkrupp Corporate Archives
47161 Duisburg

Phone:+49 203 52668-22
Fax:+49 203 52668-25
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