XXIX

2023

Publication date: 25.11.2024

Licence: CC BY

Editorial team

Sekretarz naukowy Aldona Warzecha

Editor-in-Chief Kamila Follprecht

Issue content

Papers

Opis granic wsi Czeluśnica, Gąsówka i Umieszcz pod koniec XVIII w. w świetle pierwszego austriackiego katastru nieruchomości

Jakub Bodaszewski

Krakow Archives Annual, XXIX, 2023, pp. 11-41

https://doi.org/10.4467/12332135KRA.23.001.18609

The aim of the article is to describe the cadastral measurements carried out by the Austrian authorities in 1787 based on entries from the Josephine register of 1787 for the villages of Czeluśnica, Gąsówka and Umieszcz in today’s Jasło district. It shows not only how the village borders were established, but also raises issues related to border signs, people participating in measurement commissions and ways of recording borders and validating them. Attention is paid to the direction of starting the measurements and the poorly researched case of the so-called border witnesses. This article, in the absence of record books, can also be a contribution to genealogical research and historical geography.

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Krakowskie winiety papierów firmowych jako źródło historyczne (połowa XIX – początek XX w.). Zarys problematyki

Kamila Follprecht

Krakow Archives Annual, XXIX, 2023, pp. 43-61

https://doi.org/10.4467/12332135KRA.23.002.18610

From the mid-nineteenth century, as a way of advertising offered services or products, decorative letterheads were introduced on a larger scale, with the vignette usually including basic information: the owner’s full name, the company name, and sometimes the date of its establishment, address of the company’s headquarters and branches. Over time, the phone number, bank account number, and possible forms of payment were also provided. Ornamental motifs, allegorical figures, attributes of crafts, images of the assortment, medals obtained at prestigious competitions, diplomas, awards or certificates, as well as architectural representations of buildings and industrial complexes were used as decorative elements. The collections of letterheads from the mid-nineteenth century to 1918, preserved in the National Archives in Krakow, are dated, making it possible to track the frequency and nature of the introduced changes, reflecting the company’s history. The article presents an analysis of letterheads with vignettes of the well-known company of Maurycy Baruch (1800–1874) and his sons, Emil (1832–1886) and Gustaw (1838–1907), operating in Podgórze and Łagiewniki. Based on the preserved letterheads with vignettes and advertisements, the sheet metal company of Władysław Kosydarski (1851–1919) operating in a tenement house in Kraków’s Market Square in the years 1878–1917 is also presented.

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Stypendysta Akademii. Związki Tadeusza Smoleńskiego (1884–1909) z Akademią Umiejętności

Bernadeta Wilk

Krakow Archives Annual, XXIX, 2023, pp. 63-94

https://doi.org/10.4467/12332135KRA.23.003.18611

The article aims to present Tadeusz Smoleński’s relationship with the Academy of Arts and Sciences, thanks to which he was able to expand his knowledge of ancient Egypt. T. Smoleński studied history and geography at Jagiellonian University. In 1904, doctors diagnosed him with lung disease, which forced him to stop studying and undergo climatotherapy in Egypt. In Cairo, he began studying archaeology and Egyptian philology under the guidance of Gaston Maspero. The difficult financial situation in the land of the pharaohs made him turn to Bolesław Ulanowski, secretary general of the Academy of Arts and Sciences. In the years 1905/1906, 1906/1907, and 1907/1908, T. Smoleński received a scholarship from the Academy of Arts and Sciences of 600 Austrian crowns a year from the bequest of Malwina Jankowska. In 1907 and 1908, he took part in two Austro-Hungarian excavation expeditions in Sharuna and El-Gamhud. Thanks to the young Egyptologist’s participation in the excavation campaigns on the Nile, the Academy of Arts and Sciences received four sarcophagi with mummies from El-Gamhud and two limestone slabs from the Ptolemaic temple in Sharuna.

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Działalność dydaktyczna Mariana Friedberga

Wiktor Szymborski

Krakow Archives Annual, XXIX, 2023, pp. 96-120

https://doi.org/10.4467/12332135KRA.23.004.18612

This work aims to show the least recognized, so far, aspect related to the scientific activity of the outstanding Kraków archivist, scientist and historian, Professor Marian Friedberg – his involvement in the field of education. Based on the scientific legacy of M. Friedberg kept in the National Archives in Kraków, it was possible to trace his involvement in education, with the source base supplemented by materials collected in the Archives of Jagiellonian University and printed lists of lectures given at the same university. Analysis of the preserved archival materials made it possible to discuss the Professor’s involvement in lectures addressed to students of Jagiellonian University and those for archivists, as well as in the organization of editing courses prepared by the archives in Kraków. M. Friedberg gave a number of academic lectures, with topics focused on various issues included in the auxiliary sciences of history and archiving. M. Friedberg’s contribution to the education of future archivists is discussed separately.

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Source Materials

22. Pułk Ułanów Podkarpackich oczami ułana Józefa Puchały w latach 1924–1925

Maciej Łyszczarz

Krakow Archives Annual, XXIX, 2023, pp. 123-147

https://doi.org/10.4467/12332135KRA.23.005.18613

The published memoirs of Józef Puchała (1902–1983), a committed social worker, as well as folk artist and painter, concern his service in the 22nd Carpathian Lancer Regiment in the years 1924–1925. In them, the author describes the life of a cavalryman, both in the barracks and during manoeuvres, thus providing an insight into a different perspective of military service than that previously known from officers’ accounts. The manuscript of memoirs was also adorned with drawings, with some reproduced as illustrative material for this text, presenting, among others, officers and non-commissioned officers of the 22nd Cavalry Regiment that Puchała met during his service. In addition to personal relationships, the author tried to explain the organization of a cavalry regiment from the 1920s, and also described his superiors.

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Archival Science Issues

Przejmowanie w latach 2021–2022 na stan zasobu Archiwum Narodowego w Krakowie materiałów archiwalnych pozostających w użyczeniu i używaniu na podstawie umów użyczenia oraz porozumienia

Grażyna Spyrka

Krakow Archives Annual, XXIX, 2023, pp. 151-162

https://doi.org/10.4467/12332135KRA.23.006.18614

The article describes the activities undertaken by the National Archives in Kraków in 2021–2022 in order to formally take over (without transporting the documentation to the archives) archival materials that are on loan and used on the basis of lending agreements, which the archive entered into with external entities in previous years. In the period from 2016 to 2021, 49 such agreements were signed, as was one agreement on keeping archival materials for use. Due to the work completed in December 2022, the resources of the National Archives in Kraków were enlarged by over 200 metres of files. However, the files themselves are not kept in the institution’s storage rooms. According to the assumptions of the Supervisory Director of the State Archives, the registration of lent or deposited archival materials in the archive resources by entry in the book of acquisitions was intended to enable, among others, organization of the documentation’s ownership status. However, the storage of borrowed archival materials, which already constitute the resources of a given archive, outside its premises raises some concerns. Despite many provisions in the signed lending agreements aimed at protecting archival materials, the state archives does not have the ability to monitor the conditions for storing documentation on an ongoing basis and to check whether their completeness and approved layout are maintained.

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Miscellanea

Wprowadzenie do Zaduszek Archiwalnych

Waldemar Chorążyczewski, Halina Dudała

Krakow Archives Annual, XXIX, 2023, pp. 165-166

https://doi.org/10.4467/12332135KRA.23.007.18615

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Inne drogi w archiwum

Wojciech Krawczuk

Krakow Archives Annual, XXIX, 2023, pp. 167-170

https://doi.org/10.4467/12332135KRA.23.008.18616

The article describes possible ways of expanding the archival and palaeographic research catalogue. The idea is to recreate writing skills, combining research on legacies with the analysis of preserved artefacts in a defined structure. Research on preserving the image of a given space appears to be important.

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Archiwista w poszukiwaniu głębi, czyli rozmowa o teologii archiwum

Waldemar Chorążyczewski, Halina Dudała

Krakow Archives Annual, XXIX, 2023, pp. 171-187

https://doi.org/10.4467/12332135KRA.23.009.18617

The authors consider the possibility of conducting in-depth reflection on the phenomenon of the archive. They consider the potential existence of a theology, philosophy or metaphysics of archives. They observe that the starting point for such a view of archives is archival sensitivity, one of the three conditions of being an archivist, alongside knowledge and skills. Archival sensitivity is most clearly manifested when noticing the fact that archives are disappearing. Deepening the archival perspective allows us to liberate ourselves from an exclusively technical approach to archival work and supports the development of the professional ethos of archivists. The authors propose a research program that includes tracing archival or memory threads in various religions and value systems characteristic of numerous cultures and religions, both past and present. They also predict a search for inspiration and support in all areas of scientific thinking – anthropological, historical, sociological, philosophical and theological, referring to the category of memory in their considerations and description of reality.

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Teologia pamięci według św. Tomasza z Akwinu. Głos w dyskusji

Tomasz Gałuszka

Krakow Archives Annual, XXIX, 2023, pp. 189-195

https://doi.org/10.4467/12332135KRA.23.010.18618

When dogmatists consider where to look for inspiration regarding the theology of the archive, they should start not from things, not even from man, but from the Holy Trinity and God the Father, i.e., from the One who is the beginning, is memory, but also has such features which for us, archivists or those involved in theological and philosophical reflection on the archive, are crucial and which we touch intuitively. The theology of God the Father therefore becomes a starting point for a discussion on where to look for roots regarding theological reflection on memory and the archive itself.

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Transcendencja archiwalnego uniwersum. Pytania o metafizykę w archiwistyce

Dariusz Magier

Krakow Archives Annual, XXIX, 2023, pp. 197-203

https://doi.org/10.4467/12332135KRA.23.011.18619

Every universe needs a realm of transcendence that maintains the world in the necessary balance. In archival science, metaphysics reaches back to the sources, to the birth of the archive as a result of archival selection. Dealing with it therefore requires an appropriate

dose of spirituality accompanying the life of the archive. In this context, archives become temples of memory, and their custodians are priests who interact with archives acting as sacred artefacts containing priceless content. As people restoring order to the world of the Creator, they stand on the front line in the fight against the forces of chaos and decay. The author’s considerations attempt to answer the following questions: In the archival realm, can we talk about existence beyond the limits of human cognition? How can this spirituality be described if it cannot be known? What does this mean for archival science?

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Archiwa – oddziaływania i wartości

Magdalena Wiśniewska-Drewniak

Krakow Archives Annual, XXIX, 2023, pp. 205-214

https://doi.org/10.4467/12332135KRA.23.012.18620

The article aims to draw attention to non-material aspects related to archives, especially community archives. Based on the analysis of literature (especially foreign literature) and interviews conducted with community archivists in 2015–2018, the author briefly discusses issues regarding the social impact of community archives and the affective impact of archives on recipients, donors and archivists, also raising the issue of vicarious trauma.

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Między miastem a cmentarzem

Kamila Follprecht

Krakow Archives Annual, XXIX, 2023, pp. 215-222

https://doi.org/10.4467/12332135KRA.23.013.18621

Until the end of the 18th century, cemeteries were a natural part of Kraków, where the life of the inhabitants took place, both in terms of religious ceremonies in temples and everyday urban life. The Austrian authorities, modernizing the city’s functioning, banned burials in city cemeteries, and a general cemetery was established in 1803 near the village of Rakowice. In 2020, at 22E Rakowicka Street, i.e., between the city and the cemetery, a new modern building of the National Archives in Kraków was built, with the archives stored there bringing former Kraków inhabitants out of the darkness of oblivion, including: the traveller Anzelm Teodor Dzwonkowski (1764–1850) and his family.

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