The Exploratory Value of Archives in the Department of Denominations of the Provincial Office in Tarnow as a Source for the History of the Apparatus for Religious Denominations in the PRP Cover Image

Wartość badawcza archiwaliów Wydziału do spraw Wyznań Urzędu Wojewódzkiego w Tarnowie jako źródła do dziejów aparatu wyznaniowego PRL
The Exploratory Value of Archives in the Department of Denominations of the Provincial Office in Tarnow as a Source for the History of the Apparatus for Religious Denominations in the PRP

Author(s): Barbara Bielaszka-Podgórny
Subject(s): History, Local History / Microhistory, Post-War period (1950 - 1989)
Published by: Instytut Pamięci Narodowej
Keywords: Provincial Office in Tarnow;the Department of Denominations;archives;The Polish People’s Republic;denominational administration;

Summary/Abstract: The Department of Denominations in Provincial Office in Tarnow was launched in 1975. Throughout all its existence until the end of 1989, the department operated as an autonomous section that was allocated in the structure of the office. Its main role was in coordinating all kinds of actions related to religious affairs. The range of its activity was the area of Tarnow Voivodeship. This article aims to depict and elaborate the archives heritage that was produced in the course of activity of the Department of Denominations in the Provincial Office in Tarnow. In addition, the article presents the exploratory value of records resources from the Department of Denominations as a source for researches concerning directions of religious policy that was conducted in the time of the Polish People’s Republic at the voivodeship level. In this elaboration, particular attention was paid to physical forms and the state of preservation of the archives.

  • Issue Year: 33/2019
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 438-457
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Polish