%0 Journal Article
%T The Lublin State Archives. Branch in Chełm in 1952–2017
%A Staręgowski, Bartosz
%A Wasyjczuk, Żaneta
%A Ślusarska, Katarzyna
%J Studia Archiwalne
%V 2018
%R 10.4467/17347513SA.18.003.14536
%N Vol. 5
%P 51-66
%K District State Archives in Chełm, Lublin State Archives Branch in Chełm, holdings of the Lublin State Archives Branch in Chełm, Jan Kunicki, Helena Jamka-Gabryńska, Stanisław Minicki
%@ 1734-7513
%D 2018
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/studia-archiwalne/article/archiwum-panstwowe-w-lublinie-oddzial-w-chelmie-w-latach-1952-2017
%X The article presents the history of the Lublin State Archives Branch in Chełm with respect to both organizational and administrative issues (e.g. problems of housing the Archives) and also the ones that are important for the functioning of all archives, i.e. concerning the value of the stored archival materials. The managing personnel of the Chełm Archives were also presented. The article focuses on the tasks implemented by the personnel, illustrating the way of their implementation by examples and figures. The greatest attention was devoted to the archival holdings, especially their contents regarding the records creators. The authors then focused on the use of the archival holdings i.e. inter alia, on their availability in the reading room for scientific purposes and through archival research ordered by offices or individuals from Poland and abroad. As part of the popularization of the knowledge on archives and archive holdings the subjects of the archival exhibitions held within 70 years were presented. The presence of the Chełm Archives at ‘Noc Kultury’ [The Night of Culture], which is an event organized in recent years was also emphasized. The article pointed out the special role of the Archives, archival holdings, and archivists in the life of not only the residents of Chełm and its vicinity but also people from other parts of Poland and abroad.