On June 21, 2018, the project partners from the Federal Archives, the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek, FIZ Karlsruhe, and the Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg gathered for a kick-off meeting in the lecture hall of the Main State Archives in Stuttgart.

The Landeskirchliche Archiv Kiel, until Pentecost 2012 the Nordelbische Kirchenarchiv, is one of the three locations of the Landeskirchliche Archiv der Nordkirche. It houses the holdings of the former regional churches of Eutin, Hamburg, Lübeck and Schleswig-Holstein, which existed until 1977.

The LWL Archive Office for Westphalia houses the archive of the Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe (LWL) and the Westphalian Literature Archive. In addition, the Archives Office is responsible for active archival advice for public, non-governmental archives in Westphalia-Lippe.

Only 10 years after the foundation of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, a university archive was established in 1956 and the first files of the young university were taken over. However, it took until 1981 before a full-time archivist was hired for the first time and the archive became available to the general public.

As the memory of the city, the Stadtarchiv-ISG is responsible for all analogue and digital documents on the history of Mannheim. A total of about 14 km of files and official books are kept.