Ciuc County branch of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Tîrgu Mureş

Collection

Holding institution:: Harghita County division of the Romanian National Archives

Holding institution (official language):: Serviciul Judetean Harghita al Arhivelor Nationale

Title:: Ciuc County branch of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Tîrgu Mureş

Title (official language):: Camera de Comerţ şi Industrie Târgu Mureş – Oficiul Judeţean Ciuc

Creator/accumulator:: County branch Ciuc of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Tîrgu Mureş

Scope and content:: This fonds comprises the records created by the Ciuc County branch of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Tîrgu Mureş between 1931 and 1950, particularly applications for licences and registration files of industrial and commercial companies. The files include the name, ethnic origin, birth place and year of the owner, the name and brand of the company, the object of its activity and the location of its central institution and branches. Among the registered companies are industrial enterprises (mostly in the timber industry), banks, shops, pubs and restaurants. The fonds also includes a list of nationalised enterprises from 1948 and an alphabetical index of the licenses issued. Jewish companies mentioned are those belonging to Pepi Najovics (married Kahan) (file no. 1), Herman Hirsch (no. 32), Mendel Tuvel (no. 45); Mina Mark (no. 54), the widow of Sigismund Landau (No. 506), Tobias Jeger (No. 999) and Elias Jager (No. 1268).

Archival history:: The fonds was transferred to the Harghita County division of the Romanian National Archives in 1974, where it was inventoried and made available to researchers.

Administrative/biographical history:: Chambers of Industry and Commerce were organised in Transylvania by Law VI issued in 1868, being subordinated to the Hungarian Ministry of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce. Their task was to protect the interests of the merchant and factory owners, to provide annual statistics for the Ministry and to assure the evidence and protection of the brands of the enterprises. In 1891 the Chamber in Tîrgu Mureş was founded, which had authority over all of Szeklerland. After the First World War, these Chambers were reorganised by the Romanian law issued in 1925, with the same responsibilities but being subordinated to the Ministry of National Economy in Bucharest. This included the Chamber for Mureş-Turda county with its residence in Tîrgu Mureş. In 1940-1944 it was reorganised again according to the dispositions of the reinstalled Hungarian administration. After the Second World War the Chamber continued to exist until 1950 when the Communist regime closed such institutions.

Access points: persons/families:: Jager, Elias; Jeger, Tobias; Landau; Mark, Mina; Najovics, Pepi; Tuvel, Mendel

System of arrangement:: The fonds is organised in two series of files in alphabetical order of the companies and with registers of alphabetical indexes.

Finding aids:: Inventories No. 6 and 146, held by the Harghita County division of the Romanian National Archives.

Yerusha Network member:: Romanian Institute for the Research of National Minorities

Author of the description:: Levente Tóth (archivist, Protestant Theological Institute Cluj), Ladislau Gyémánt (emeritus professor), 2017