Hebrew University & Einstein Papers Project Launch New Einstein Website

New website will, for the first time, make records of all archived Einstein documents available to the general public

On March 19, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem launched Albert Einstein's digital archive in commemoration of his 133rd birthday. The site, www.alberteinstein.info will contain the complete catalog of more than 80,000 records of all the documents currently held jointly in the Einstein Archives at the Hebrew University and at the Einstein Papers Project at Caltech.

Records include: more than 40,000 documents contained in the personal papers of Albert Einstein (1879-1955) and over 30,000 additional Einstein and Einstein-related documents discovered, since the 1980s, by the editors of The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, and the staff of the Einstein Archive at the Hebrew University.
Collaborating with the Einstein Papers Project and Princeton University Press, the site was originally launched in 2003. Until now it has presented 43,000 records of documents and 900 manuscripts in Einstein's own hand; the digitization of which was made possible by a generous contribution from the David and Fela Shapell Family Foundation in Los Angeles, California.

Advanced search technology on the updated site will enable display various display modes. "The archives can be explored via a new user friendly and customized interface which provides easy navigation through the life and scientific career of Albert Einstein" explained Dalia Mendelsson, Project Manager.