Lakos János: A Magyar Országos Levéltár története (Budapest, 2006)
A képek jegyzéke
(Archivum Regni), and directed by the newly appointed general archivist as the head of the "United National Archives". The fourth part discusses the period of 1874-1922, when the National Archives was supervised by the Ministry of the Interior. In 1874, legally not a new archival institution was established, but the old National Archives was radically reorganized. Practically, regarding the characteristics and its function, we can speak about a new institution. A significant difference between the old and the new National Archives was that the main and exclusive task of the former institution of the Estates included the enforcement of rights and privileges, while the latter was meant to serve historical science and the government during the civil transformation. Gyula Pauler was the leader of the National Archives for three decades (from 1893 as a national archivist) until 1903, and he organized the institution on the basis of his observations obtained during his several months long study trip abroad. In 1875, and in the following years, the order of the Archives' functioning took shape. During Pauler's period, the Archives was struggling against lack of space. From time to time, they acquired new premises in the building, but due to the regular transfers of records, the archives became more and more crammed. At the very end of the 19 th century, the plan of a new archival building was made, but the constructions started only two decades later. The small workforce caused serious problems. From 1878, the Archives had 22 permanent posts, and 23 from 1898. Excellent historians worked here as archivists: 7 of the 12 qualified drafters were members of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Gyula Pauler, Elek Jakab, Lipót Óvári, Gyula Nagy Tasnádi, Dezső Csánki, András Komáromy, Károly Tagányi) in 1897. Among the activities of the archives, the record transfers of competence, deposition of family archives and purchasing records were the most significant. According to estimations, in 1874 the Archives preserved an archival material of approximately 10 000 linear metres, but this quantity increased to 15 000 linear meters until 1903. Pauler, following the methods used in several countries, wanted to divide the major archival bodies into four main units of archival material (I. Diplomatics, II. Historical, III. Transylvanian, III. Hungarian). He managed to establish only the I. Department with the separation of the documents created before 1526 and placing them into a separate collection. The establishment of the other departments also started, but these activities did not produce real progress because of lack of manpower. After 523
