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Archival Heritage of Religious Communities in Croatia and Possibilities for its e-Accessibility
Dražen KušenState Archives in Osijek
31000 Osijek, K. Firingera [email protected]
Croatia – Influences during the History
The Mediterranean
influence
Central European influence
Western infuelce
Eastern influences
Religious influences
Political influences
Social migrations
CROATIA
Croatian Identity today
Multiethnic
Multicultural Multireligious
The most important religious Communities contributing to archival Herritage in Croatia
Roman catholic Church (roman tradition)
Greek catholic Church (byzantine tradition – unity with Roman catholic
church) Serbian ortodox Church Reformation Churches Jewis religious Community Islam religious Community
Necessary to understand
typology and hierarchical archive levels of Croatian religious communities
typology and the importance of the preserved archives content
most important data resources and their application
Dispersion religious Archival heritage in two different contexts:
The holdings and collections of archival heritage of religious communities, which are preserved in public archive institutions as their own materials.
The holdings and collections which are preserved within the religious institutions and archives as their own materials.
Register
The result of the cooperation between Croatian state archive and the religious communities: Register of archive funds and collections of Republic
of Croatia, which was published in 2006. ARHiNET - a network information system for
describing, processing and managing archival material.
The most religious communities do not have any published registers of their own archives
Access
Access to religious archives is mainly limited, but varies in different institutions.There are some archives which are easy to
access, including via internetThe other ones with limited or no access to
rather at all conventional documents.
Content of religious Archives
The records about the history of the very institutions.
The other holdings and collections, gathered, donated or deposited during the history.
The most important documents: notarial documents, register of births, marriages and deaths, records of Canon visitations (inspections) and Status animarum
Some Illustrations of Materials in Archives of the Catholic Church
Some Examples of good Practice in Croatia
The one hundred year old cooperation between Roman Catholic Archdiocese archives in Zagreb and Croatian State Archives
Jewish research and documenting Center “Cendo”Zagreb
Endeavors at international Level
International Council on Archives (ICA) - “Section of Archives of Churches and Religious Denominations” (SKR)
UNESCO portal has the links of the religious communities archives, associations and organizations all over the world which take care of religious heritage archive
A material assumptions (preparatory work) for e-Accessibility
Necessary Activities
professional assessment of the condition
material protection
intellectual protection:expert processing of material and staff training
perspective: collaboration with IT professionals
Partners in the Process
Financial partners (governments, NGOs, sponzors)
Religious communities
Archival profession
Thank you for your attention!
Dražen KušenState Archives in Osijek
31000 Osijek, K. Firingera [email protected]