Lycée "Ștefan cel Mare”, Suceava

Collection description

Holding institution (official language):: Arhivele Naționale ale României, Direcţia Judeţeană Suceava

Postal address:: Arhivele Naționale ale României, Direcţia Judeţeană Suceava, Strada Ştefan cel Mare nr. 33, cod 720003, jud. Suceava Romania

Scope and content:: The collection contains matriculation registers, administrative correspondence, administrative and faculty meeting minutes and various papers pertaining to budget and finances. Matriculation registers from the period of the Habsburg regime are arranged by class and then alphabetically by student surname within each class. As can be seen from the entries, the student population was quite mixed and included Germans, Jews, Romanians, Ruthenians, Armenians and many of the other nationalities present in the Bukovina region at the time. For some classes there are multiple sections, including in some cases special German or Romanian sections. Each page contains an entry for a single student listing their coursework and grades as well as comments on conduct and other observations. The entry also lists the student's religion, residence, nationality, and native language as well as the name, residence, and profession of the student's father (sometimes also the mother) and if applicable the name of any guardians or of the address where the student resided while attending the school. At the start of each class's entries are general statistics on the class's performance for that year as well as a list of instructors, including instructors for religion sections (Roman Catholic, Orthodox, and Jewish).

Archival history:: During the decade from 1977 to 1987 the records were transferred from the school to Suceava branch of the National Archives.

Administrative/biographical history:: The school was founded as the Griechisch-orthodox kaiserlich-königliches Gymnasium by order of the Ministry of Education in Vienna in 1860. The language of instruction was German until 1882, at which point a Romanian section was established in parallel to the German-language sections. In 1919, the school was renamed Liceul de băeți Ștefan cel Mare (Ștefan cel Mare Boys Lycée). Throughout its history the school maintained a reputation as one of the best in Bukovina and attracted students from the entire Bukovina region and beyond.