A Work Visit of Minister Constantin Angelescu in Târgu-Neamț and Its Surroundings (November 8, 1923) Cover Image

O vizită de lucru a ministrului Constantin Angelescu la Târgu-Neamț și în împrejurimi (8 noiembrie 1923)
A Work Visit of Minister Constantin Angelescu in Târgu-Neamț and Its Surroundings (November 8, 1923)

Author(s): Renata-Gabriela Buzău
Subject(s): Cultural history, Archiving, Political history, Social history, History of Education, State/Government and Education, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), Sociology of Education
Published by: Arhivele Nationale ale Romaniei
Keywords: Constantin Angelescu; Education; Târgu-Neamț; Vânători-Neamț; Primary School; Leon Mrejeriu; Photographs;

Summary/Abstract: Constantin Anghelescu was a complex personality of the Interwar period, who was especially noticed for his tact and perseverance, which helped him to unify and modernize the Romanian educational system after the Unification of 1918. His higher education in Paris provided him a high-class training in the field of Medicine, as his activity as university professor represented a guarantee for the education of the future physicians. Also, The professionalism he provided in the field of politics also recommended him as a model for the future generations. As Minister of the Public Instruction in the liberal governments between the two world wars, Constantin Anghelescu started a wide campaign of building locations for primary schools, which generated occasions for work visits in which he assessed the progress of the construction works and inaugurated new education buildings. Thereby, we can explain the visit of the famous surgeon and politician in Târgu-Neamț and some nearby villages in the autumn of 1923. The archive documents and photographs helped to reconstruct this local history page, and the presence of the schoolmaster Leon Mrejeriu alongside Minister Anghelescu confirms us that the teacher from Neamț told him about the problems of the local schools, as he also held several functions in the Parliament of the Greater Romania.

  • Issue Year: XCV/2018
  • Issue No: 1-2
  • Page Range: 115-143
  • Page Count: 29
  • Language: Romanian