Primary contact
Βόλος - Volos
GR
Identity area
Identifier
UTH-HA
Authorized form of name
University of Thessaly Historical Archive
Parallel form(s) of name
- Ιστορικό Αρχείο Πανεπιστημίου Θεσσαλίας
Other form(s) of name
Type
- University
Contact area
Ιωάννης Κλαψόπουλος - Ioannis Clapsopoulos
Primary contact
Type
Address
Street address
Locality
Βόλος - Volos
Region
Country name
Greece
Postal code
Telephone
Fax
libutha@uth.gr
Note
Description area
History
The University Senate established the "Historical Archive of the University of Thessaly" (IAPATH) in 2017 with the purpose of gathering, recording, preserving, organizing, digitizing, promoting and generally managing the archival collections owned or to be acquired by the University.
Geographical and cultural context
Thessaly, Greece, University Archive, Cultural and Industrial Heritage.
Mandates/Sources of authority
Senate decision 182/8-4-2017
Administrative structure
Belongs to the University of Thessaly Library and Information Centre (functions as a Central Library branch).
Records management and collecting policies
The Historical Archive receives inactive archives of the Departments and organizations headed by the University of Thessaly. It also accepts donations of archives and archival collections of University researchers or external scholars. It follows the acquisitions policy of "holistic documentation" and together with archival records receives accompanying material (objects, collections) that complements and extends their meaning and uses.
Buildings
Department of Historical Archive (Tsalapata Complex)
Parts of the archival collections are stored in the Central Library and the Kitsos Makris Folklore Centre buildings
Holdings
The Historical Archive holdings includes archives from the University administration of the, abolished university Departments, university professors and businesses. Most have been acquired either as inactive archives or through donations. Almost all of them date from after World War II. In the majority of documents, the medium is paper. The archives also include audio-visual material, photographs, slides and collections of objects.
Finding aids, guides and publications
An electronic index with archival descriptions will be published in the website. Specific and thematic indexes have not yet been compiled.
Access area
Opening times
The building is not yet open to the public (access to the collections is provided exclusively online).
Access conditions and requirements
Accessibility
Services area
Research services
Reproduction services
Digital copies and item photography are provided upon request. The requested items are provided to interested students and researchers solely for educational and research purposes, subject to compliance with applicable copyright laws. Usually there are no charges, except in the case that prints or extensive research of the archival collections are requested by a member of the staff of the University of Thessaly Historical Archive (in the case of any charge, those interested will be informed by staff members).
Public areas
Control area
Description identifier
GR UTH-HA
Institution identifier
GR UTH-HA
Rules and/or conventions used
ISDIAH
Status
Revised
Level of detail
Partial
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Language(s)
- Greek
Script(s)
- Greek
Sources
Maintenance notes
Access points
Access Points
- Βιομηχανία (Thematic area)
- Politics and Government (Thematic area)
- Education (Thematic area)
- Arts and Culture (Thematic area)
- Industry, Manufacturing and Commerce (Thematic area)
- Λαϊκό πολιτισμό (Thematic area)
- Θεσσαλία (Geographic subregion)
- Ελλάδα (Geographic subregion)
- Thessaly (Geographic subregion)
- Greece (Geographic subregion)