Arhivski vjesnik, Vol. 55 No. 1, 2012.
Stručni rad
Stjepan Bäuerlein’s Archival Activity in Đakovo
Vlatko Dolančić
; Središnji nadbiskupijski arhiv u Đakovu
Sažetak
Stjepan Bäuerlein (1905-1973), the bishop of Bosnia-–Đkovo and Syrmia Roman Catholic Diocese from 1951 to 1973, was also an archivist and a librarian in the episcopal Archives and library in Đakovo. This occurred before he was appointed a bishop during 1950 and is still almost an unknown fact. His work in the episcopal Archives and library was described in “The diary in the episcopal Archives and the library”, which he personally kept. Today the diary is stored in the Central Episcopal Archives in Đakovo as part of bishop Bäuerlein’s papers. In the diary Bäuerlein chronologically recorded data on arranging the records and library holdings and he also wrote information about the researches that were using the records in the Archives and the library. Furthermore, Bäuerlein described the problems that he encountered during his work. These problems seem difficult to comprehend nowadays (such as the lack of the adequate work space, unarranged archival and library holdings, borrowing of the records due to the lack of a reading room in a way library books are currently being borrowed, etc.). Unfortunately, Bäuerlein only performed the duties of an archivist and a librarian for a very short time, so he soon stopped keeping his diary. It is not known whether or if anyone succeeded Bäuerlein as an archivist and a librarian in Đakovo. However, he left a permanent written trace about the state of the Archives and the library at that time, the work that was undertaken there and preservation of the records and library holdings in the episcopal Archives and the library in Đakovo. Besides the diary he kept, Bäuerlein, while tending for the future, also made the statute of the episcopal Archives. In its 33 points he presented his own vision of the structure and the work in the Episcopal Archives in Đakovo, as well as the process of researching the records within the Archives. So far this is the only known and authorized statute of the Đakovo Archives. Although Stjepan Bäuerlein was not the only archivist that worked in the episcopal Archives in Đakovo, his diary represents the only proof and description of the works undertaken in the episcopal Archives and the library and of the users that visited these institutions and used their records. The notes Stjepan Bäuerlein wrote during the mid-20th century represent an important source of interesting information for present and future employees of the Central Episcopal Archives in Đakovo, as well as for the researches. They bear witness to the time during which Stjepan Bäuerlein lived and worked in the Đakovo Archives and library.
Ključne riječi
Stjepan Bäuerlein; library; Archives; records; collection; diary; statute
Hrčak ID:
103117
URI
Datum izdavanja:
11.12.2012.
Posjeta: 967 *