IHA Archives

Two categories of archives are held and/or managed by the IHA:

archival documents from head offices, factories, or subsidiaries of aluminium companies, which have been preserved by former employees of these companies or by IHA volunteers, following reorganizations or site closures.
These may be complete archives, retracing the entire activity of the entity or part(s) of the archival collections;
archival documents retracing the professional, as well as non-profit work, etc., individual activities, (whether they worked at an aluminium company and/or in other related organizations) and which are transferred to the IHA as a coherent whole.

These archives represent, in 2024, a set of about 280 linear meters of which about half has been the subject of extensive conservation and cataloguing efforts.

Online Research Tools

Archives that are accessible on Culturalu.org :

- Fonds Jean-Albert Grégoire et ses entreprises (24 ml, 1905-1994)
Work to integrate the original photographs and plans is underway in 2024, leading to changes in research tools.

- Fonds Jacques Marchandise (8,84 ml, 1938-2003)

- Fonds Alumaf (L’Aluminium Africain) (3,6 ml, 1948-1981)

- Fonds Henri Morsel, Professeur d'histoire économique contemporaine (8,23 ml, 1855-1996)

- Fonds Aluminium Bâtiment (6,63 ml, 1947-1996)

Communication Rules

IHA is subject to the same rules regarding public archives, as indicated in the Heritage Code, articles L213-1 to L213-8.