The Paul Kahle fonds is made up of the books and papers produced by the activities of Paul Ernst Kahle (1875-1964). The fonds was purchased by the University of Turin in 1966. Above all, thanks to the vast range of sectors of research touched upon, the fonds constitutes a point of reference for orientalists worldwide.

A considerable part of the collection is made up of papers, manuscripts and typescripts concerning all the research activities undertaken by Paul Kahle. Among the key items, we may cite Kahle's studies dedicated to the Hebrew Bible, as well as his study of literary, historic and geographic sources in Arabic, Turkish and Persian. The preparatory materials have been preserved (notes, studies, copies and/or reproductions of manuscripts), as well as all the documentation produced during the various stages of work on publications.

Together with the documentation relative to the various stages of scholarly production, and as a logical supplement to that documentation, we may note the large section dedicated to correspondence. Here, we find the letters received by Paul Kahle from more than 2,500 correspondents, and, in many cases, the drafts of the letters which he sent to these correspondents. Among his correspondents, we also find many leading scholars and personages from the world of oriental studies, such as the orientalist, Helmut Ritter, the Bible scholar, Matthew Black, and the Coptologist, Aziz Atiya.