- Collection
Estates and Autographs in the University and State Library Darmstadt
- Humanities and Social Sciences
From the estate of Baron von Hüpsch. Photo: ULB Darmstadt
ULB holds more than 130 estates, including those of well-known personalities such as author Frank Thiess, germanist and pedagogue Bräuning-Oktavio, philosopher Hermann Graf von Keyserling, carillon conductor Karl Anton and the poet Hans Schiebelhuth. Individual letters, for instance by Büchner, Humboldt or Luther, provide information on life, research and ways of thinking during particular epochs.