Az erdélyi levéltárvédelem múltjából (II.) (Jakó Zsigmond, Entz Géza és Szabó T. Attila jelentései 1945-ből)
From the Past of Archival Protection in Transylvania (II.) (Reports by Zsigmond Jakó, Géza Entz, and Attila T. Szabó from 1945)

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to publish, alongside other documents, the report compiled by Zsigmond Jakó, archivist and professor at Bolyai University, on the activities of the Transylvanian Museum Society’s former archive – the Archives of the Transylvanian National Museum – in 1945. This report, which has remained in manuscript form, serves as a primary source for the history of the archives and, by extension, for Transylvanian archival science. Like earlier reports, it primarily informed the General Assembly of the Transylvanian Museum Society about the operation of the archives – which were then housed in a temporary shelter – including details on the growth of the archival collection, the systematization and organization of archival material, personnel matters, and other related topics. The documents published after the aforementioned report, also from 1945, provide first-hand insight into the Transylvanian Museum Society’s efforts to save and preserve Transylvanian archives during the war years. As a result of these endeavours, a vast amount of archival material was saved from dispersal or complete destruction during that year. These reports, which have also remained in manuscript form, can therefore be regarded as unique sources of Transylvanian archival history, containing essential information for both archival science and historical research.

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