archives and collections

There are five institutes with holdings pertaining to Otto Neurath's pictorial statistics. These are the Österreichisches Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftsmuseum (ÖGWM) and the Institute Vienna Circle/IVC (both in Vienna, Austria), the Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, The International Institute of Social History (nederlandsch Economisch-Historisch Archief) and the Vienna Circle Foundation, Haarlem, and the Isotype Collection at the University of Reading.
Original material at the IVC, consists of 10 exhibition charts produced by the Mundaneum Wien between 1929 and 1933. The charts and his Arbeitsbibliothek were donated to the IVC by Otto's son, Paul Neurath. The ÖGWM in Vienna, the successor to Otto Neurath's original GWM, was established in 1945, with its old name Verein Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftsmuseum. The ÖGWM's holdings of primary materials are limited in scope and accessibility. They comprise some original charts, books in first editions, papers, leaflets, and brochures. Not incorporated in the library but held separately, these materials are stored, without classification, cataloguing or systematic listings [source: Hadwig Kraeutler, Otto Neurath. Museum and Exhibition Work. Spaces (Designed) for Communication (Frankfurt am Main, etc. 2008) 103-104].
The materials at the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag are considered to be "documentary to Gerd Arntz". However, there are original charts, lino-blocks for pictogram-production, original pictogram-prints (proofs), the picture dictionary, i.e. the collection of pictograms as they had been developed over the years in Vienna and The Hague. There are also books and other printed materials (postcards, catalogues, PR-publications) produced by the Isostat Institute in Moscow (from 1931 onwards), and 22 books and booklets designed by Marie Neurath, published in the years from 1948-1957 [source: Hadwig Kraeutler, Otto Neurath (Frankfurt am Main, etc. 2008) 104].
The International Institute of Social History (and the collection of the Nederlandsch Economisch-Historisch Archief at the IISH) houses several archives with materials pertaining to Neurath and Arntz and original material from the period the Economic History Library, Amsterdam donated by Neurath in exchange for exhibition space [see right]. The collections contains printed material as well.
The contact of the Dutch researcher-philosopher Henk Mulder with Marie Neurath was crucial for acquiring part of Otto Neurath's belongings and for transferring them from London in 1967. Since February 1992, these materials have been held at the Vienna Circle Foundation of the Rijksarchief in Noord-Holland [source: Hadwig Kraeutler, Otto Neurath (Frankfurt am Main, etc. 2008) 104].
In 1971 Marie Neurath decided to donate the Otto and Marie Neurath collection to the Library of Reading University. It is known as The Otto and Marie Neurath Isotype Collection. Today, the holdings of the Isotype Collection are used by the Department for teaching and for work assignments of students and can be consulted by the interested public on appointment.
The Isotype Collection-material is grouped according to, firstly original work by Otto Neurath and his teams, original charts other original exhibition materials, the photographic documentation, photographic work-materials (fragments of) typescripts and manuscripts books by or about Otto Neurath and team members, books which belonged to Otto Neurath and Marie Neurath, books related to or referring to Isotype work, but of a more recent date [source: Hadwig Kraeutler, Otto Neurath (Frankfurt am Main, etc. 2008) 105-109].

GEMEENTEMUSEUM DEN HAAG

Gerd Arntz Archives
The Gerd Arntz archive at the Municipal Museum The Hague contains more than 4000 pictograms and small illustrations designed by Gerd Arntz for Isotype. This archive has now been completely digitized by the Memory of the Netherlands Foundation. A comprehensive and inspiring selection of Arntz' 'signatures' is accessible on the Gerd Arntz Web Archive.

INSTITUT WIENER KREIS/INSTITUTE VIENNA CIRCLE

Arbeitsbibliothek Otto Neurath
The personal library (Arbeitsbibliothek) of Otto Neurath was donated to the Institute by the Wiener Kreis Stichting, Haarlem Netherlands in 1995.

INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL HISTORY

Gerd Arntz Papers
The Gerd Arntz Papers do not include correspondence with Otto Neurath.
- [finding aid] Gerd Arntz Papers Inventory / inventory by Tiny de Boer (2006); accruel 2007 by Bouwe Hijma (2007).
Carl Herz Papers
Includes correspondence with Otto Neurath 1930-1944 (12 letters to C.H., 2 letters from C.H. and some additional reprints and publications).
- [finding aid] Carl Herz Papers Inventory / list made by G.R. van der Ham in 1972, accrual by G.Langkau in 1994.
Hans Stein Papers
The archive includes files concerning Stein's activities after his emigration to Holland consisting of correspondence with the Mundaneum Institute in The Hague (Otto Neurath) 1934-1938 and other persons and institutions; press clippings and other printed material.
- [finding aid] Hans Stein Papers Inventory / list made by G.R. van der Ham in 1977.
Martha Tausk Papers
Includes some correspondence with Otto Neurath 1934-1938.
- [finding aid] The list of the Martha Tausk Papers is a provisional one and regards only the content of 3 of the 8 boxes of the accrual of 2004.

NEDERLANDSCH ECONOMISCH-HISTORISCH ARCHIEF

The Nederlandsch Economisch-Historisch Archief 1932 annual report lists a donation from the Mundaneum Wien and the accommodations provided to the Museum für Bildstatistik in Vienna (both designations refer to the GeWiMu). Neurath compiled statistics for Posthumus in the years 1932-1936 in exchange for exhibition space at the library of the NEHA and at the Museum van de Arbeid [labour museum], which was also in Amsterdam. Several specimens have been preserved in the special collections of the NEHA. See also Bijzondere Collecties 659.

UNIVERSITY OF READING

Isotype Collection
The University's Lettering, Printing and Graphic Design Collections are housed in and maintained by Typography. These include the Otto and Marie Neurath Isotype collection and others. This collection includes also papers, manuscripts etc. by Peter Alma, Gerd Arntz, etc.
- [finding aid] Collections List. A comprehensive list of collections held in the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication.

VIENNA CIRCLE FOUNDATION

Vienna Circle Archive
The Vienna Circle Archive comprises the scientific papers of Moritz Schlick and Otto Neurath: correspondence, manuscripts, notes, etc. It was the creation of one person: Henk L. Mulder (1921–1998) [See also Mulder’s recollections of his discovery of the Schlick and Neurath papers in 'The Vienna Circle Archive and the literary remains of Moritz Schlick and Otto Neurath'].
In 1992 the Vienna Circle Archive was transferred to the Noord-Hollands Archief in Haarlem, not far from Amsterdam, which is the main Dutch repository for scientific archives. A detailed finding-aid has been prepared by Reinhard Fabian (Graz); it is also electronically available. A microfiche version of the archive has also been made.
- [finding aid] Inventory of the papers of the Vienna Circle Movement (1924–1938) in particular of the scientific papers of the philosophers Moritz Schlick (1882–1936) and Otto Neurath (1882–1945) / by Reinhard Fabian (Forschungsstelle und Dokumentationszentrum für österreichische Philosophie : Graz / Noord-Hollands Archief : Haarlem 2007).
- [publication] Henk L. Mulder, 'The Vienna Circle Archive and the literary remains of Moritz Schlick and Otto Neurath', in Synthese 64, nr. 3 (September 1985) 375–387.