The University History Collection currently holds around fifteen thousand frames, some of which are in the form of negatives and some of which are on paper. The earliest images in the collection are of Loránd Eötvös and his family in the 1880s, but most of the images date from between 1950 and 2000.
The majority of the photographs depict events related to university life, such as the opening of the academic year, doctoral inaugurations, conferences, sporting events and artistic performances. We also keep portraits, group photos and building photographs. Digitised items from the collection are available in the ELTE Digital Institutional Repository. A detailed report on the composition and management of our photo collection can be found in the Archives Review (Levéltári Szemle) 2023, issue 4, by Georgina Schlay.