We present a database of 908 spectra of 709 stars obtained with the ELODIE spectrograph at Observatoire de Haute-Provence .
52 orders of the echelle spectra have been carefully fitted together to provide continuous , high-resolution spectra in the wavelength range \lambda \lambda = 410 - 680 nm .
The archive provides a large coverage of the space of atmospheric parameters : T _ { \mathrm { eff } } from 3700 K to 13600 K , \log g from 0.03 to 5.86 and [ Fe/H ] from -2.8 to +0.7 .
At the nominal resolution , R=42000 , the mean signal-to-noise ratio is 150 per pixel .
The spectra given at this resolution are normalized to their pseudo-continuum and are intended to serve for abundance studies , spectral classification and tests of stellar atmosphere models .
A lower resolution version of the archive , at R=10000 , is calibrated in physical flux with a broad-band photometric precision of 2.5 % and narrow-band precision of 0.5 % .
It is scoped for stellar population synthesis of galaxies and clusters , and for kinematical investigations of stellar systems .

The archive is distributed in FITS format through the HYPERCAT and CDS databases .