"Prolegomena" sau "file" din trecutul unei instituţii
"Prolegomena" or "pages" from the past of an institution

Summary/Abstract: We considered the appeal to memory, as motivated, within an institution which has recently celebrated two decades of existence. When the native historiography undergoes a long transition stage and the own research net is under continuous conceptual- methodological amendments, the appeal to the document, implying the written proofs, seems necessary, moreover, due to the fact that the participants to the creation of this scientific approach, are fewer and sometimes forgotten, as time goes by. We did consider the fact that our younger colleagues of today have the moral and professional obligation to apprehend significant data about the evolution of the historical research going on within the Institute of National History, founded on February 1st, 1920, by Prof. Alexandru Lapedatu and Ioan Lupaş. The documents about the development of the institution within the University of Cluj, reveal a series of different trends and means of activity and manifestation, proper to the institutional stage of organization and research during the above mentioned period of time. The set of thoroughly selected information from the archives, preserved along generations, in the Institute of History "George Bariţiu" of the Romanian Academy- as legitimate successor - illustrates different aspects of development in space and time,of this institution; from the problem of the location, with all logistical implications, to that of the continuous changes of staff, the additional furniture and library patrimony, the subventions for the institution's own magazine and other printings, series/collections, the contest and award system for the students' works, up to the collaboration among institutions, universities, both in the country and abroad etc. We do consider, that the archive testimonies, suggesting a typical perspective contribute to the comprehension and interpretation of the institution's ascension, under the unquestionable impact of complex and obvious factors in the comparative dialogue within the Romanian and continental historiographical area.

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