Din istoria „Revistei Arhivelor” (1924-1989)/ From the „Journal of Archives” history (1924-1989)

Abstract

The Journal of the Archives was founded in 1924 by Constantin Moisil, a university professor, academician, and director of the State Archives. The historian and archivist Aurelian Sacerdoțeanu continued its coordination and published five volumes in 1938–1947, but later the Communist regime abolished the journal for a decade. The Journal of the Archives was the State Archives’ official publication. It had many of the organization and operation issues of this institution both in the Capital and in its regional branches. It also had a variety of studies in archiving, chronology, diplomacy, genealogy, heraldry, numismatics, paleography, and sphragistics, studies regarding the peculiarities of the scientific preservation and capitalization of historical documents, homage volumes, bibliographies, and reports. Hundreds of documents, catagraphs, terms, inscriptions, manuscripts, etc. have been published in this journal. During Communist Romania, The Journal of the Archives resumed its publication in 1958, with a new series, including various socialist propaganda materials, but also valuable archival works. Along with great historians, philologists, university professors, members of the Romanian Academy, such as Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu, Dimitrie Onciul, Nicolae Iorga, many archivists published valuable studies in The Journal of the Archives. They are: Emil Vârtosu, Ștefan Meteș, Teodor Bălan, Mihai Regleanu, Mihail Fănescu, Ștefan Hurmuzache, Tudor Mateescu, Marcel Ciucă. Articles written by archivist ladies Maria Holban, Elena Limona, Maria Dogaru, Mioara Tudorică, Ioana Burlacu, etc. also appeared in this journal, and some were inspired by women’s history.