Below, you will find some of the archives I found on the Neuchâtel Observatory. The paper archives of the State of Neuchâtel and of the Bibliothèque Publique et Universitaire de Neuchâtel are a selection of what exists.
Photographic archives
Library of La Chaux-de-Fonds, DAV
Administrative fee: CHF 20.- + CHF 10.- for each high resolution scan + the rights according to their editorial status, to the photographer who took them.
Family Suzanne Guyot
Free, but ask for agreement
Family Marie Juan
Free, but ask for agreement
Book L’Observatoire cantonal neuchâtelois 1858-1912
Free, but ask for agreement
Inventory of objects
Inventory of the State of Neuchâtel
The objects are stored in the reserves of the International Watch Museum in La Chaux-de-Fonds for their safekeeping in good conditions.
Audio, videos archives
SSR SRG Archives
Archives TV and radio from 1940 to 2011
CHF 250.- for the first file and then CHF 100.- per additional sequence + the rights
Memoriav
Science. Archive Ciné-Journal 20.01.1956 (french version)
Centenary of the Neuchâtel Observatory. Archive Ciné-Journal 30.05.1958 (german version)
Centenary of the Neuchâtel Observatory. Archive Ciné-Journal 30.05.1958 (french version)
The most accurate clock in the world. Archive Ciné-Journal 01.02.1963 (french version)
The most accurate clock in the world. Archive Ciné-Journal 01.02.1963 (german version)
The self-adjusting clock. Archive Ciné-Journal 12.08.1966 (french version)
Administrative fee for an exhibition (user licence valid for 7 years): CHF 300.- + CHF 60.- (technical costs).
La Chaux-de-Fonds Library – DAV
Archives TV and lecture in Club 44
Paper Archives
Selection of the Neuchâtel State Archives
Selection of the Neuchâtel Public Library Archives
The correspondence of the various directors and employees, instrument diagrams, original paintings of the certicates, etc. can be found here.