Special collections

Our collection boasts unique heritage pieces and exceptional sources. Discover some hidden treasures and the fascinating stories behind them – all available digitally in our catalog.

Amsab-ISG has built up considerable expertise in digitizing newspapers and archives over the past few years. This section also provides insights into a selection of these sources, which are full-text searchable wherever possible.

From 1931 until his death in 1939, Frits Van den Berghe, one of Belgium's greatest expressionist and surrealist painters, was the house cartoonist for the newspaper Vooruit .

For the weekly magazine Koekoek , he created sharp caricatures against fascism and Nazism. Together with Richard Minne, he also created the witty Ghent comic series " Brieven van Pierken" (Letters from Pierken ). In addition to his work in newspapers and magazines, Amsab-ISG also preserves his original drawings and several impressive posters, signed "FREE."