Digitisation / Cataloguing of non-textual objects: Digitalization of the RWWA Glass Negative Collections of Rhenish Industrial Photography

• Applicant: Dr. Ulrich S. Soénius
• Subject Area: Classical, Roman, Christian and Islamic Archaeology ; Modern and Contemporary History ; Economic and Social History
• Term: from 2012 to 2015
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 203545091

The project aims at digitizing the complete RWWA collections of glas negatives. They comprise ca. 15.000 such negatives of historical photos with socio-economic as well as cultural relevance. In co-operation with the Cologne Digital Archaeology Laboratory (CoDArchLab) they will be made accessible for woldwide research via the Arachne database.

• DFG Programme: Cataloguing and Digitisation (Scientific Library Services and Information Systems)
• Participating Person: Professor Dr. Reinhard Förtsch