The von Wright and Wittgenstein Archives belong to the Department of Philosophy,
History, Culture and Art Studies.
It is located in connection with the subjects
Philosophy (teaching in swedish) and Theoretical
philosophy.
P.O. Box 24
(Unioninkatu 40 A)
FIN - 00014 UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI
FINLAND
Tel. +358 9 191 29212
Fax: +358 9 191 28060
hy-wwa (at) helsinki.fi
The von Wright and Wittgenstein Archives
The von Wright and Wittgenstein Archives (WWA) contains Wittgenstein materials collected by the late professor Georg Henrik von Wright during his life-time, described by himself as “probably the most comprehensive and well-organized Wittgenstein archive in the world”. It also holds a collection of von Wright’s own literary estate, including a major part of von Wright’s correspondence relating to his activities as one of Wittgenstein’s literary executors. WWA is also the home of some unique memorabilia, Wittgenstein's walking stick, the handkerchief used to cover his face after his death, and von Wright's travel typewriter from 1919.
Catalogues:
Wittgenstein materials .pdf
Biographical materials .pdf
Wittgenstein library .pdf
von Wright related publications .pdf
The Bibliotheca Wrightiana of the National Library
ACTIVITIES:
Dr. Christian Erbacher. The History of Editing Wittgenstein's Nachlass as a Research Project.(Research seminar 29.3 2012.)
Prof. James Klagge. Wittgenstein: Esotericist or Evangelist.
(Research seminar 22.3 2012.)
Den 4.11 2011 arrangerade WWA tillsammans med arbetsgruppen för von Wright och Svenska Litteratursällskapet ett seminarium om Georg Henrik von Wrights essäistik, I1900-talets brännspegel, i SLSs utrymmen på Riddaregatan 5 i Helsingfors, med stöd av Svenska Kulturfonden..
11-12.11 2011 WWA, together with WAB, arranged the concluding conference of the JNU VWAB program funded by NordForsk in Helsinki . During the conference participants of the JNU VWAB mobility program presented their (mainly Wittgenstein-related) projects.