Forerunner institutions
Wiesen- und Wegebauschule (1853-1952)
- 36 m of files and photographic material including 1 file Agricultural Sunday School (founded 1842),
Student and staff files, final papers
- Herbarium of the Wiesenbauschule 1863/64
Findbuch Wiesenbauschule
(Staatliche) Ingenieurschule für Bauwesen (ISB) (1953-1971)
- 20 m of files, student directories, class registers and photographic material
Ingenieurschule für Maschinenwesen (1957-1971)
- 5 m of files and student files
Höhere Wirtschaftsfachschule (HWF) (1962-1971)
- 14 m of files, Student and graduate directories, class registers
Pädagogische Hochschule Westfalen-Lippe, Abteilung Siegerland (1962-1972)
- 8 m files and building plans
Fachhochschule Siegen-Gummersbach (1971-1972)
- 1 m files
Absolventenvereinigung der Fachbereiche Architektur und Bauingenieurwesen
- 1 m files and member directories (1946-1998)
University of Siegen (1972 - 1979) / University GH Siegen (1980 - 2002) / University of Siegen (since 2003)
Rectorate
- 5 m files (1968-1983)
Press Archive
- 2.5 m files (1971-2009)
- 1 m Photo Archive Press (partly also digital) (1975-2012)
- Poster Collection (1992-2005)
Poster and Photo Archive University Library
- including 150 posters (exhibitions, Department 4: Music, University Library and University in general) (1980-2012)
- Photo Archive (partly also digital) (1975-1998) also digital) (1975-1998)
Dekanatsakten FB 1 Sozialwissenschaften - Philosophie - Theologie - Geschichte - Geographie (1969-2005)
- 7 m files
- exhibition documentation (80 years ago: "Der Mythos von Langemarck", 1994 - Fachbereich 1: Geschichte, Prof. Reulecke)
- Excursion documentation History
Official and university publications (1972-2013)
- 3 m Lecture and staff directories, accountability and research reports, student statistics,
Official announcements (examination and doctoral regulations), brochures and university journals
Pre- and posthumous estates
Hermann Busch Archive (musicologist, focus on organ building, organ literature and organ didactics 1943-2010)
- 17 m files, brochures, sheet music, audio documents and photo collection (1814-2010)
Helmut Kreuzer estate (literary and media scholar 1927-2004)
- 18 m files, film and sound documents, photo collection (1919-2004)
Helge-Pross archive (sociologist 1927-1984)
- 6 m files, photo collection, reference library (1930-2003)
Findbuch Helge-Pross-Archiv
Jürgen Reulecke (historian *1940)
- 10 m reference files (incl. German-Turkish summer academies)
- DFG project "Transformation Siegerland"
- Institute for European Regional Research (IFER) - Project "Montanregionen" (1981-2003)
Studiobühne der University of Siegen (Jürgen Kühnel, literary and theater scholar 1944-2018)
- 4 m files, director's books, posters, extensive photo collection (1981-1999)
Various smaller bequests and estates
15 m files, film, sound and photo documents, including those ofincluding from
- Prof. Gerhard Rimbach (1925-2004, 2nd Founding Rector)
- Prof. Norbert Krawitz (*1945, Business Administration)
- Prof. Paul Steinebach (1927-2017, Architecture, Urban and Regional Planning)
- Prof. Christian W. Thomsen (*1940, English Studies)
- Prof. Klaus Vondung (*1941, German Studies)
- Fridolin Zint (1907-1985, Wiesenbau student 1921-1926)
