Digitization of Archival Sources concerning the Duchy of Westphalia in the Early Modern Period

• Applicant: Dr. Frank M. Bischoff
• Subject Area: Early Modern History
• Term: from 2019 to 2020
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 415766787

Late medieval and especially early modern records of the episcopal territory in Westphalia, the Duchy of Westphalia, which are kept in both a state and a municipal archives, are to be digitized from the original.The records kept in the Landesarchiv Nordrhein-Westfalen, Abteilung Westfalen at Münster, and the municipal archives at Arnsberg are to be digitized by service providers. The digital images will be referenced with the finding aids provided in the portals "archive.nrw.de" and "Archivportal D" and are thus accessible. The aim is the broad accessibility of important parts of the documents of the Duchy of Westphalia for research and teaching.

• DFG Programme: Cataloguing and Digitisation (Scientific Library Services and Information Systems)
• Co-Investigator: Ralf Paul Bittner