Metadata : "General Drăgălina" High School in Oraviţa
Collection
- Country:
- Romania
- Holding institution:
- Romanian National Archives, Directorate of Caraş-Severin County
- Holding institution (official language):
- Arhivele Naţionale Române, Direcţia judeţeană Caraş-Severin
- Postal address:
- Şesul Nou Str. No. 12, Caransebeş 325400, Caraş-Severin county, Romania
- Phone number:
- 0040-255-512981
- Country:
- Romania
- Holding institution:
- Romanian National Archives, Directorate of Caraş-Severin County
- Holding institution (official language):
- Arhivele Naţionale Române, Direcţia judeţeană Caraş-Severin
- Postal address:
- Şesul Nou Str. No. 12, Caransebeş 325400, Caraş-Severin county, Romania
- Phone number:
- 0040-255-512981
- Reference number:
- Fond 239
- Title:
- "General Drăgălina" High School in Oraviţa
- Title (official language):
- Liceul "General Drăgălina" din Oraviţa
- Creator/accumulator:
- "General Drăgălina" High School in Oraviţa
- Date(s):
- 1913/1970
- Language:
- German
- Hungarian
- Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan
- Extent:
- 1,080 files
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
- The fonds contains registers and catalogues of grades I–VI, registers of entrance and issue of correspondence, certificates, diplomas, payrolls, goods inventories for the school and its library, timetables, pupils’ records, attendance registers, personnel files and records of the teaching staff. The catalogues include the name, birthplace, birthdate, religion and nationality of each student; the name, profession and residence of their parents; and examination results by subject. The number of Jewish students varies according to the political conditions of the time – before the First World War, their access to education was not restricted, and conditions were also relatively favourable in the interwar years, but immediately before and during the Second World War, Jews were practically excluded from the state education system. After the Second World War, restrictions were lifted and the proportion of Jewish students increased.
- Archival history:
- The fonds was preserved by the school, It was transferred to the Romanian National Archives, Directorate of Caraş-Severin County in 1999 and inventoried.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- The Hungarian government established a school in Oraviţa in 1867, and in 1873 it became a Hungarian royal school with six grades. A school building with dormitories was constructed in 1900–03. In 1913, thanks to contributions from the local community and the MP Iosif Siegescu, it became a high school with eight grades and lessons taught in Hungarian. In 1919, it was taken over by the state and renamed after General Drăgălina, and lessons were taught in Romanian. After the Second World War, under the 1948 communist educational reforms, it was merged with the local high school for girls.
- Access points: locations:
- Oraviţa
- Subject terms:
- Education
- Education--Schools and universities
- System of arrangement:
- The collection is arranged in chronological order.
- Finding aids:
- Inventories No. 293 and 836 of the Romanian National Archives, Directorate of Caraş-Severin County.
- Author of the description:
- Attila Gidó (Institutul pentru Studierea Problemelor Minorităţilor Naţionale, Cluj-Napoca), Ladislau Gyémánt (emeritus professor, Cluj-Napoca), 2016
- Reference number:
- Fond 239
- Title:
- "General Drăgălina" High School in Oraviţa
- Title (official language):
- Liceul "General Drăgălina" din Oraviţa
- Creator/accumulator:
- "General Drăgălina" High School in Oraviţa
- Date(s):
- 1913/1970
- Language:
- German
- Hungarian
- Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan
- Extent:
- 1,080 files
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
- The fonds contains registers and catalogues of grades I–VI, registers of entrance and issue of correspondence, certificates, diplomas, payrolls, goods inventories for the school and its library, timetables, pupils’ records, attendance registers, personnel files and records of the teaching staff. The catalogues include the name, birthplace, birthdate, religion and nationality of each student; the name, profession and residence of their parents; and examination results by subject. The number of Jewish students varies according to the political conditions of the time – before the First World War, their access to education was not restricted, and conditions were also relatively favourable in the interwar years, but immediately before and during the Second World War, Jews were practically excluded from the state education system. After the Second World War, restrictions were lifted and the proportion of Jewish students increased.
- Archival history:
- The fonds was preserved by the school, It was transferred to the Romanian National Archives, Directorate of Caraş-Severin County in 1999 and inventoried.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- The Hungarian government established a school in Oraviţa in 1867, and in 1873 it became a Hungarian royal school with six grades. A school building with dormitories was constructed in 1900–03. In 1913, thanks to contributions from the local community and the MP Iosif Siegescu, it became a high school with eight grades and lessons taught in Hungarian. In 1919, it was taken over by the state and renamed after General Drăgălina, and lessons were taught in Romanian. After the Second World War, under the 1948 communist educational reforms, it was merged with the local high school for girls.
- Access points: locations:
- Oraviţa
- Subject terms:
- Education
- Education--Schools and universities
- System of arrangement:
- The collection is arranged in chronological order.
- Finding aids:
- Inventories No. 293 and 836 of the Romanian National Archives, Directorate of Caraş-Severin County.
- Author of the description:
- Attila Gidó (Institutul pentru Studierea Problemelor Minorităţilor Naţionale, Cluj-Napoca), Ladislau Gyémánt (emeritus professor, Cluj-Napoca), 2016
