and c. 31,500 postcards Dance and Ballet Collection, c. 2,700 volumes on the history of dance and ballet Hölderlin Archive, including manuscripts and first editions of Friedrich Hölderlin's works; editor of the International Hölderlin Bibliography Stefan George Archive, including Stefan George's literary estate and editions of his work Former Library of the State Crafts and Trade Office (Landesgewerbeamt) Inventory , the library held 6.1 million media, including: over 4 million books 15,555 manuscripts 7,093 incunabula 180,606 autographs 485,325 microfiches and microfilms 156,904 maps and atlases 160,945 pamphlets 584,205 photographs 147,748 military mail letters 73,861 volumes of sheet music 48,388 sound recordings and image carrier (av-materials) several electronic databases References Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart. Ein Führer durch ihre Geschichte und ihre Sammlungen. Stuttgart: WLB (1990) (library guide) Felix Heinzer: Württemberg State Library. In: David H. Stam (ed.): International Dictionary of Library Histories. Chicago and London: Fitzroy Dearborn (2001) , vol. 2, pp. 936–938 External links (with an English menu, but most content only available in German) Libraries in Stuttgart 1765 establishments in the Holy Roman Empire Government buildings completed in 1970 Library buildings completed in 1970 Academic libraries in Germany Deposit libraries 18th-century establishments in Württemberg Libraries established in 1765