READING CABINETS IN BUCOVINA. READING OFFICES IN CHERNIVTSI COUNTY DURING 1870-1938
READING CABINETS IN BUCOVINA. READING OFFICES IN CHERNIVTSI COUNTY DURING 1870-1938

Summary/Abstract: After 1860, we can talk about the beginning of the reading rooms that were established from the desire to lay the foundations of a cultural movement in Bucovina. Through these actions, the Academic and Cultural Societies from this area, contributed to the action of cultural, social and economic emancipation of the Romanian population and set up and supported the activity of the reading rooms. Cabinets and reading societies fulfilled their role of "Romanian nests of light and soul" during 1870-1940, by involving the population from villages and towns in the cultural life. The activity of the cabinets is materialized by organizing cultural events that included "folk parties", conferences on various topics, presentation of Romanian plays, meetings with writers and other personalities from Bucovina and Romania, highlighting the national games, the Tricolor and folk costume, promoting among young people and foreigners the development of libraries in cabinets and outside them, through donations and book acquisition, given to poor pupils and students, but good students and involvement in other social and economic problems of the community. In 1900, about 56 reading rooms have activities in the counties of Bucovina, as the published article shows, from "The Calendar of the Bucovina people", but it is assumed that were more. In 1905 were about 47 cabinets, according to the statistics presented by the "Society for Culture" from Cernauti. In Cernauti County, in 1900, 7 reading cabinets carried out their activities and in 1905 in “Patria” Magazine published a record with 11 cabinets, also republished by the writer Constantin Loghin in 1943.

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