Archives cantonales vaudoises

State Archives of the Canton of Vaud
Outside view of the building
Archive type	State Archives
Coordinates	46 ° 31 '32.4 "  N , 6 ° 34' 41.5"  E Coordinates: 46 ° 31 '32.4 "  N , 6 ° 34' 41.5"  E ; CH1903:  five hundred and thirty-three thousand nine hundred eighty  /  153072
place	Chavannes-près-Renens
Visitor address	Rue de Mouline 32
founding	1798
scope	37 163 m (2018)
ISIL	000053-1
carrier	Canton of Vaud
Organizational form	Office
Website	https://www.vd.ch/toutes-les-autorites/archives-cantonales-vaudoises-acv/

The Archives cantonales vaudoises are the state archives of the Swiss canton of Vaud .

history

Creation of the State Archives

The Vaud State Archives (Archives cantonales vaudoises) came into being with the independence of Vaud, when the last representatives of the Canton of Bern left Vaud on January 24, 1798, which had been Bernese for 262 years. It preceded all other memorial institutions that the cantonal administration of Vaud established over time after gaining sovereignty in 1803. As early as autumn 1798, the archives were returned from Bern to Lausanne. In doing so, the new authorities stated that they were not only claiming the archival material required for their official duties, but all of the holdings associated with the Vaud area.

As a result of the revolution, the archives of the Ancien Régime lost their legal and administrative importance. The historical dimension assigned from the 1840s onwards was not in any way apparent in the early days of the canton of Vaud. After the fiefs were dissolved in 1804, the old archival holdings were considered to be “useless and annoying” and were rated as “a mere mess of paper”. Some congregations took over their archives, others burned them. Before 1798–1803, archivists had differentiated between useful and useless documents. Then they took into account those that served as evidence or were classified as cultural monuments. Even if awareness of this was only gradually emerging, after the turning point of 1798, the archive inventories changed from instruments for administration and the preservation of legal claims to tools for access to historical evidence. The inventories that were previously only selective became more and more detailed in the 19th and 20th centuries. What had been neglected in previous centuries increasingly found its way into inventories and used in historical research.

In December 1837, the Grand Council ordered by decree that the second highest official in the State Chancellery, Pierre-Antoine Baron (1788–1868), who looked after the chancellery archives, was responsible for the organization and maintenance of the “big archive” in the cathedral was housed, should be responsible. This created the office of the state archivist. This was closely related to the administration, but was also characterized by a liberal spirit. Because the regulations for the office of state archivist corresponded to the needs of scientific research, which was subject to authorization. In addition, it obviously took into account the goals of the Société d'histoire de la Suisse romande .

From 1896 the state archivists controlled the municipal archives and usually also inventoried the archive holdings. The 2003 publication Panorama des Archives communales vaudoises 1401–2003 and the database Inventaire général des archives communales vaudoises avant 1961 show a situation that is unique in Switzerland: all municipalities have an inventory of their archives from the beginnings to 1960.

The texts show that the Vaud State Archives took over private archives from 1907 on the basis of proper agreements. The first documents from private ownership were probably recorded under Alfred Millioud, state archivist from 1895 to 1913.

The first traces of the debate in Switzerland on the principles of order can apparently be found in the Vaudois State Archives. The archivist and paleographer Ernest Grégoire, who studied at the École des chartes in Paris , recommended the principle of provenance in one of various drafts for the organization of old archives . His design from 1858 was commissioned by the Vaudois authorities. In other proposals, on the other hand, preference was given to the order of the subject matter. The State Archives took a few years and introduced their first registry plan in 1915. This brought with it a fragmentation of the earlier medieval and Bernese series and laid down the principle of pertinence for archive holdings before 1798, following the example of the inventories of the 19th century. The principle of provenance, which had been considered since 1858, was therefore not taken into account in later versions under the influence of the registry plans that the Vaudois state archivists received from other Swiss archives. Since then, the registry plan has been expanded to include several departments based on the principle of provenance. It was regularly redesigned and changed significantly between 1996 and 2007 in order to meet the requirements for harmonization of the vocabulary, the principles of level mapping and the requirements of a contextual presentation.

From 1798 the State Archives were housed in the bell tower ("tour du beffroi") of the Lausanne Cathedral , later in a former furniture store on Rue du Maupas in Lausanne, where a reading room was opened in 1955 (today the seat of the Lausanne City Archives). Since 1985, the State Archives have been located at the University of Lausanne (in the La Mouline quarter in Chavannes-près-Renens ) in a specially constructed building (architects: Guy and Marc-Henri Collomb, Atelier Cube).

Since January 1, 2014, the archive has been affiliated with the State Chancellery, with which it has always maintained close relationships. It is also the seat of the Association vaudoise des archivistes, the Société vaudoise d'histoire et d'archéologie and the Cercle vaudois de généalogie. The state archive is considered a cultural asset of national importance.

State archivists

The first official state archivist was Pierre-Antoine Baron (1837–1864). He was followed by Aymon de Crousaz (1864–1909), Alfred Millioud (1909–1913), Bernard Cérenville (1914–1915), Maxime Reymond (1915–1942), Louis Junod (1943–1963), Olivier Dessemontet (1963–1979) , Jean-Pierre Chapuisat (1979–1995) and Gilbert Coutaz (1995–2019).

In 2019, Delphine Friedmann was the first woman to be elected state archivist in Vaud.

tasks

According to the Archives Act of 14 June 2011 (the first to be voted on in the canton of Vaud), the Vaud State Archives are: • the central location for the archives of the executive, legislative and judicial authorities of the canton of Vaud; • a memory institution; • a space for reflection and research • an institution for storage and communication.

The Vaud State Archives were created in 1798 to hold official archives. Over two hundred years later, it is still primarily the central repository for official archives. The requirements with regard to the preservation of the cultural heritage and the expanded spectrum of sources and information carriers prompted the State Archives to involve new archivists and to enter into new partnerships. In order to keep the archive material in the context of its origin, photographs as well as film and audio documents are also included in addition to the written material, depending on the inventory. For other information carriers, agreements with other memorial institutions, in particular the Musée cantonal d'archéologie et d'histoire, are required in individual cases. The municipalities are responsible for managing their archives and maintaining them. The State Archives advise them on archiving policy issues and publish the guidelines for archiving management, which are updated regularly. It also has the right to inspect the municipal archives if necessary. Professional archivists meet in most of the district capitals and the most important municipalities in the canton. The Association vaudoise des archivistes has existed since October 1, 1996.

Holdings and collections

An example from a photo collection: Albert Naef photographed the hill near Saint-Triphon in 1899

The Vaudois State Archive comprises 36,414 linear meters of archival material with 3,685 holdings, including over 1200 private archives, as well as 31,567 titles. This is where the archives of the various authorities that have been in succession since the year 1000 are kept: the records from the time of the Burgundian kings, the House of Savoy and the diocese of Lausanne (970–1536), the archives of the Bernese administration from 1536 to 1798 and the canton of Léman in of the Helvetic Republic and of course the official archives of the executive, legislative and judicial authorities since the foundation of the canton of Vaud in 1803. The private archives are very diverse. These include family archives, the archives of humanitarian organizations and corporations, sports, fashion, and media archives, etc. The State Archives also contain over 530 collections of photos with over a million physical units.

Finding aids

State Archives of the Canton of Vaud, Louis Dumur exhibition, April 2017

• Website of the Archives cantonales vaudoises.
• DAVEL database
• PANORAMA21 database
• Guide des sources historiques du Pays de Vaud, à l'époque Bernoise (1536–1798)
• Guide des Archives cantonales vaudoises, 1990 (2e éd. 1993) - largely out of date
• Guide de consultation du Registre foncier vaudois and Guide de consultation du cadastre
• Activity reports, from 1996
• Thematic reports, since 1996

literature

• Gilbert Coutaz, Salut les donateurs. Vers des archives citoyennes. Exposition du 21 janvier au 31 December 2019 Chavannes-près-Renens, 2019, 86 pp.
• Gilbert Coutaz: “Petit précis d'archivistique” dans Rapport d'activité des Archives cantonales vaudoises 2018 , Chavannes-près-Renens, 2019, pp. 46–86.
• Gilbert Coutaz, ppur.org : Archives en Suisse. Conserver la mémoire à l'ère numérique , Lausanne: Presses polytechniques et universitaires romandes, 2016, 131 pp.
• Gilbert Coutaz: Nouvel examen des fonds d'archives au moment de l'introduction de la Réforme dans le Pays de Vaud: dispersion, rupture et continuité. In: Revue historique vaudoise. Volume 199, 2011, pp. 205-225.
• Gilbert Coutaz: Le plan général de classement des Archives cantonales vaudoises de 1915: ses origines et des développements. Deux siècles d'histoire institutionalnelle. In: Rapport d'activité des Archives cantonales vaudoises 2010. Chavannes-près-Renens 2011, pp. 37–139.
• Gilbert Coutaz: Histoire illustrée de l'administration cantonale vaudoise (1803-2007). Etat de Vaud-Archives cantonales vaudoises, Lausanne 2010
• Gilbert Coutaz and Jean-Luc Wermeille: Les coulisses de l'Histoire vaudoise. In: Ecole-Musée. No 18, 2007
• Robert Pictet: Gestion de l'information sous le Petit Conseil 1803-1814. Une organization organization du Secrétaire Georges Boisot. In: “Créer un nouveau canton à l'ère des révolutions. Tessin et Vaud dans l'Europe napoléonienne 1798–1815 », Revue historique vaudoise and Bollettino Storico della Svizzera Italiana , 2004, pp. 305–318.
• Robert Pictet: Les archives sous la Médiation: vers la constitution de la mémoire cantonale. In: Vaud sous l'Acte de Médiation. 1803-2003. La naissance d'un canton. Textes réunis par C. Chuard, E. Hofmann, F. Jequier, G. Marion, S. Rial, A. Rochat, D. Tappy. Lausanne 2002, pp. 344-350 (Bibliothèque historique vaudoise, 122).
• Gilbert Coutaz: Les Archives cantonales, une conquête de l'indépendance et de la démocratie. In: La Gazette. Journal de la fonction publique. No 21, 24 août 1998, pp. 6-7.
• Gilbert Coutaz: 1798 ou l'année constitutive des Archives vaudoises. In: Feuille des avis officiels. Supplement. No 96, 2 December 1997, pp. 17-18.
• Robert Pictet: La collaboration entre les Archives cantonales et les communes: une alerte centenaire à la croisée des chemins. In: Le patrimoine vaudois existe, nous l'avons rencontré. États généraux du 6 décembre 1998. Lausanne 1997, pp. 75-77.
• Olivier Dessemontet: Histoire des Archives cantonales vaudoises. 1798-1956 . Lausanne 1956

Individual evidence

1. ^ Gilbert Coutaz, "Le plan general de classement des Archives cantonales vaudoises de 1915: ses origines et des développements. Deux siècles d'histoire institutionalnelle », In: Rapport d'activité des Archives cantonales vaudoises 2010 , 2011, 43 p.
2. ↑ Gilbert Coutaz et al., Panorama des archives communales vaudoises, 1401–2003, Lausanne, Bibliothèque historique vaudoise, 2003, 551 pp.
3. ↑ «Inventaire des archives communales» - ( Memento of the original of April 29, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , at www.vd.ch (accessed April 24, 2017). 
4. ^ Gilbert Coutaz, "Archives cantonales vaudoises 1985", In: Anton Gössi, Gregor Egloff and Max Huber, archive buildings in Switzerland and in the Principality of Liechtenstein 1899–2009 , Baden, here and now, Verlag für Kultur und Geschichte, 2007, p. 59-66.
5. ↑ "L'Institution" patrimoine.vd.ch , 24 avril 2017 (accessed on May 15, 2017)
6. ↑ «Archives cantonales vaudoises» patrimoine.vd.ch , 24 avril 2017 (accessed on May 15, 2012)
7. ↑ Category: Bien culturel d'importance nationale dans le canton de Vaud fr: Category: Bien culturel d'importance nationale dans le canton de Vaud
8. ↑ "Directeurs des Archives cantonales vaudoises" - ( Memento of the original from April 25, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed April 24, 2017). 
9. ↑ "Maxime Reymond» hls-dhs-dss.ch , www.hls-dhs-dss.ch, Historic Switzerland's lexicon (accessed on 24 April 2017).
10. ↑ «Documentation vaudoise / Personnalités» - ( Memento of the original from April 25, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , dbserv1-bcu.unil.ch (accessed April 24, 2017). 
11. ^ La directrice des Archives cantonales vaudoises | Etat de Vaud. Retrieved March 15, 2020 (French). 
12. ↑ «Bases légales» - ( Memento of the original from April 25, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , www.patrimoine.vd.ch (accessed on April 24, 2017). 
13. ↑ «Communes» - ( Memento of the original from April 25, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , at www.vd.ch (accessed April 24, 2017). 
14. ↑ «Archives cantonales vaudoises» - ( Memento of the original from June 10, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , see Section P (accessed April 24, 2017) 
15. ↑ «Archives cantonales vaudoises» - ( Memento of the original from April 25, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , (accessed April 24, 2017) 
16. ↑ Gilbert Coutaz, Pierre-Yves Favez et Sandrine Fantys, Un patrimoine exceptionnel et complexe aux Archives cantonales vaudoises: les archives médiévales , Chavannes-près-Renens, Archives cantonales vaudoises, 2011, 53 p. - ( Memento of the original from April 25, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . 
17. ↑ "Archives cantonales vaudoises" patrimoine.vd.ch  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on April 24, 2017)  
18. ↑ «Plan de classement» - ( Memento of the original from June 10, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , at www.patrimoine.vd.ch (accessed on April 24, 2017). Voir Section P, Fund alphabétique et numériques. 
19. ^ Gilbert Coutaz et al., "Archives et bibliothèques", dans Netzwerk Pressebildarchive / Réseau Archives Photographiques de Presse, Swiss press photography. Insight into the archives / photography de presse en Suisse. Regards sur les archives , Zurich, Limmat Verlag, 2016, 236 p. ISBN 978-3-85791-822-3 , p. 173-184 et 217.
20. ↑ Official website patrimoine.vd.ch
21. ↑ DAVEL database davel.vd.ch .
22. ↑ Guide des sources historiques du Pays de Vaud, à l'époque bernoise (1536–1798) - ( Memento of the original of June 10, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . 
23. ↑ Guides de consultation - ( Memento of the original from June 9, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . 
24. ↑ Reports annuels - ( Memento of the original dated June 9, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
25. ↑ Rapports thématiques - ( Memento of the original from April 25, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . 

See also

• Archives in Switzerland

Web links

Commons : Archives cantonales vaudoises  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Archives cantonales vaudoises vd.ch