Weronika Krajniak
Archeion, 119, 2018, pp. 331-348
The article is titled Jerzy Serczyk and his materials in the fonds of the archive of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, and consists of a detailed biography of Jerzy Serczyk and a description of his research, educational efforts and private legacy. The article ends with a list of Jerzy Serczyk’s materials from 1917–2006 stored in the Nicolaus Copernicus University Archive.
Weronika Krajniak
Archival and Historical Review, Vol. IV, 2017, pp. 153-164
https://doi.org/10.4467/2391-890XPAH.17.009.14912The article organizes and complements the existing literature information concerning the archive of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. It is based not only on the existing publications, but mainly on source materials. The starting point was the resolution of the Nicolaus Copernicus University Senate of September 16, 1948, establishing the archive and trusting pro164 fessor Bronisław Włodarski with the implementation of this task. The next section is dedicated to archival fonds, their locations during subsequent heads’ terms of office, as well as transformations in the organization of the archive’s work. The conclusion includes a table listing all employees of the archive since its establishment.
Weronika Krajniak
Archival and Historical Review, Vol. VII, 2020, pp. 299-320
https://doi.org/10.4467/2391-890XPAH.20.013.14647The article describes the long-standing tradition of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń to include legacies left by Toruń scientists in the fond of the University’s Archive. So far, 82 archival legacies left by the University’s staff and people associated with it were incorporated into the fond of the Archive of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, including those of 59 professors, 4 docents, 8 scholars with a Ph.D. degree, 10 scholars with an MA degree, as well as one that had belonged to Henrietta and Friedrich Lange, members of the University’s administrative staff, whose level of education remains unknown. The author examined the selected legacies and then performed detailed analysis. In the conclusion, she emphasized that all these legacies are an excellent source for learning about the creative and academic work of their previous owners, and sometimes even the history of the entire institution. Files collected in personal archives can be used by researchers from many disciplines for various scientific purposes. The article is supplemented by a table containing a list of legacies left by the University’s staff and people associated with it in the years 1966–2020, in alphabetical order.