%0 Journal Article %T Mieczysław Białynia-Rzepecki and Tadeusz Antoni Esman. Managerial staff in state archives in the years 1918–1939 — an introduction %A Degen, Robert %A Syta, Krzysztof %J Archival and Historical Review %V 2019 %R 10.4467/2391-890XPAH.19.004.14933 %N Vol. VI %P 73-95 %K state archives in Poland, State Archive in Poznań, State Archive in Bydgoszcz, state archive staff, state archive management, Białynia-Rzepecki Mieczysław, Esman Tadeusz %@ 2391-890X %D 2019 %U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/przeglad-archiwalno-historyczny/article/mieczyslaw-bialynia-rzepecki-i-tadeusz-antoni-esman-przyczynek-do-charakterystyki-kadry-kierowniczej-archiwow-panstwowych-w-okresie-miedzywojennym %X Among the field managers working in state archives in the interwar period, Białynia-Rzepecki and Esman belonged to the smallest group coming from the territory of the former Prussian partition. They represented two different generations of archivists: the former started working in archival services after he had turned sixty (just like 18% of managers), while the latter (like 20% of managers) — before he turned thirty. They also had different education: Białynia-Rzepecki finished his at high school, while Esman (like most managers working in archives) had a university degree in history. This had no real impact on how many papers they published, though it was Esman who was in a group of 54% of managers who had published scientific works before the war. They both came from Bydgoszcz and like most archivists in the interwar period they were socially active and involved in the life of scientific societies.