Arhivski vjesnik, Vol. 54 No. 1, 2011.
Pregledni rad
„ARCHIVES OF VELA LUKA“ – THE PROJECT OF COLLECTING AND PROCESSING OF THE WHOLE ARCHIVAL MEMORY ON THE LOCAL LEVEL
Tonko Barčot
; Općina Vela Luka
Sažetak
Vela Luka was formed as a settlement in the late 17th century. In the middle of 19th century it gained its parish independence and, as the century came to end, its political independence. Its pronounced potential as a harbour drew many immigrants (at the dawn of the 20th century the population amounted to over 5 thousand) and public service offices, economic plants and societies are opened. Today the population of Vela Luka ranks second place among Adriatic islands with the significant number of creators. The history of Vela Luka chronicles numerous intentional and unintentional ravages of records of continuing value, most noted being when the partisans burned the municipal record office in 1943. Neglecting of records continued until the beginning of the 20th century, partly as a consequence of disorganized inspection and inability of the responsible State Archives in Dubrovnik. By June 2011 the majority of existing and collected records (total amount of approximately 122 meters) has been arranged and basically described. Over 780 pages of the inventories have been written by that time. Together with 34 basically described fonds (total amount of 97 meters), another 8 have been described analytically (11 meters). About 3.800 items of various records have been listed in the collections. Archival records date mostly from the socialist era; half of the holdings belong to administrative and public services, while the fonds are mostly small in their size. In average they have about 3,4 meters of records, while even ¾ of fonds has less than 2 meters. About 9.730 records have been digitalised, most of which are private records collections. Municipal website gives basic information on the Archives, as well as descriptions and inventories. So far about 100 requests have been received for accessing the records, mostly building permits, buying and selling or grants. The records have been repeatedly quoted in local history yearbooks. Some efforts have also been made in presenting the records through the form of exhibitions, symposiums, publications and lectures. Exhibition entitled „The 1930-is in Vela Luka“ has been co-organised with local institutions, together with the symposium „150 years of schooling in Vela Luka“. The latter produced the proceedings in printed form. A contribution was also given to organize an international symposium on meteorological tsunamis, which produced a booklet „Notes on tidal wave in Vela Luka on June 21st, 1978“. A book collection „Izvori“ has also been initiated. In collaboration with the State Archives in Dubrovnik ways are sought to enhance archival activities in the area of Vela Luka County and to initiate the work of Korčula-Lastovo remote storage and distinct archival repository in Vela Luka. Despite the failure of the local community’s starting goal to initiate an active archival unit responsible to the State Archives in Dubrovnik, County of Vela Luka has made a pioneer undertaking in preserving archival heritage.
Ključne riječi
archives; Vela Luka; island of Korčula; State Archives in Dubrovnik; collecting records; 2006-2011
Hrčak ID:
90519
URI
Datum izdavanja:
19.11.2011.
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