Girls Elementary School Nr 1 of Rădăuți

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:: This collection contains hundreds of class registers spanning a period of approximately 70 years for one of the three public elementary schools for girls in Rădăuți. The collection is quite comprehensive and there appear to be no gaps in years and few in terms of classes. The information includes the pupil’s name and age, father's name and occupation, address, religion, mother tongue, grades, absences and other comments. Reflecting the population of Rădăuți, the school was diverse, but particularly in its early years it was primarily attended by girls from German and Jewish families. After World War I the student population appears to become almost exclusively Romanian.

Archival history:: The records were maintained by the school and collected by the Suceava branch of the National Archives after World War II and the restructuring of the school system by the communist regime.