Przekształcenia własnościowe przełomu lat 80. i 90. XX w. sprawiły, że w Polsce nastąpił rozkwit działalności gospodarczej, prowadzonej przez prywatne podmioty. Konkurencja sprawiła jednak, że część z nich zakończyła działalność, a wytworzona przez nie dokumentacja niearchiwalna została przekazana na czasowe przechowywanie m.in. do archiwów państwowych. Zgodnie z obowiązującymi przepisami akta te są brakowane, a zgodę wydaje archiwum państwowe miejsca przechowywania dokumentacji. Natomiast archiwum państwowego miejsca wytworzenia akt wypowiada się tylko odnośnie do brakowania dokumentacji przedsiębiorstw państwowych i samorządowych. Ponieważ jednak dla dziejów gospodarczych Polski po 1989 r. istotne znacznie mają podmioty prywatne, warto, by głos archiwistów posiadających najlepszą wiedzę na temat kompletności źródeł do dziejów gospodarczych danego regionu (tj. miejsca wytworzenia akt), był obligatoryjny także dla brakowania akt podmiotów niepaństwowych i niesamorządowych.

Disposal of non-archival stored documentation. A view in the discussion on the shape of national archival collection

Ownership transformation in the late 1980s/early 1990s led to economic prosperity for private enterprises. However, due to competition, some of them closed down and their non-archival documentation was transferred to be temporarily stored e.g. in national archives. According to the provisions in force, those files are disposed of, and the permission to do so is issued by the national archive for the region where the documents are stored. The national archive for the region where the files were produced only has its say in matters regarding the disposal of documents from state- or local government-owned enterprises. However, since private entities are of major importance for the economic history of Poland after 1989, it seems justified that the voice of archivists, who have the most extensive knowledge on the completeness of sources on the economic history of a given region (i.e. the place where the files had been created), be also required when disposing of files from private enterprises, i.e. ones not owned by the state or local government.

Key words: stored documentation, disposal, archival collection, economic history of Poland

Ownership transformation in the late 1980s/early 1990s led to economic prosperity for private enterprises. However, due to competition, some of them closed down and their non-archival documentation was transferred to be temporarily stored e.g. in national archives. According to the provisions in force, those files are disposed of, and the permission to do so is issued by the national archive for the region where the documents are stored. The national archive for the region where the files were produced only has its say in matters regarding the disposal of documents from state- or local government-owned enterprises. However, since private entities are of major importance for the economic history of Poland after 1989, it seems justified that the voice of archivists, who have the most extensive knowledge on the completeness of sources on the economic history of a given region (i.e. the place where the files had been created), be also required when disposing of files from private enterprises, i.e. ones not owned by the state or local government.