Dr. Péter Balázs: Guide to the archives of Hungary (Budapest, 1976)
A Pécsi Székeskáptalan Levéltára (The Archives of the Pécs Cathedral Chapter)
medieval charters for the diocese, or he copied them, respectively. These are divided among the episcopal and the chapter archives and the University Library. (They total more than 300 pieces.) The archives of the chapter has 8 charters prior to Mohács. * The archival material totals 170 running metres. The first mention is due to the so-called private archives of the chapter, named so to distinguish it from the material issued by the chapter as a place of authenticity. Here we find the journals and records of the chapter meetings. The material begins with the 1700s and lasts until our day. The economic archives of the chapter (1767-1947) contains the accounts of the estates and other records pertaining to economy of the body corporate. The cathedral archives embraces partly the records of the estate serving the maintenance of the church, partly those of the building and conservation of the cathedral from 1737 to 1950. The archives of the chapter preserves the records of the Pécs Seminary and Theological High School, together with the accounts of the estate of these institutions (1747 to 1950); also the papers of the common attorney of the chapter and the seminary are found here (1926-1947). In the collection called Cathedral Museum the literary bequests of single priests are preserved. (They have been collected by István SZENTKIRÁLYI between 1930 and 1941.) The collection of maps and plans contains the maps and plans of the estates of the chapter, the cathedral and the seminary (1100 pieces). The first index to the archives was made by József KOLLER and continued from 1830 by Pál AIGL. From the 1900s József RÉZBÁNYAI and István SZENTKIRÁLYI were active on the index. These finding aids help research even to-day. * As the archives has no research room, researchers are admitted from April to October only. The reference library collects the works of the diocesan priests. Dr. Ede PETROVICH
