Mitteilungen des Österreichischen Staatsarchivs 4. (1951)

REGELE, Oskar: Organisation des Archivwesens in Ungarn

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Archivberichte

In June, 1950, a unit from Film Services was detailed to microfilm the oldest and most important groups of records in the Cape Archives, and on the 1st July, 1950, the work of microfilming the records of the Council of Policy was begun.

Film Archives. In 1933 the Union Government established in the Cape Archives Film Archives for the preservation of films of historical and cultural interest relating to South Africa. This collection is gradually being augmented, chiefly through accessions from the Bureau of Information, Johannesburg. The latest addition was made by African Consolidated Theatres donating to the Archives an English and Afrikaans version of the film “Uit de Oude Doos” depicting inter alia President Kruger’s arrival in Europe in 1900.

Publications Section. This section is in charge of a Publications Archivist who is directly responsible to the Chief Archivist. The section has worked out a programme fpr the systematic publication, under the supervision of the Archives Commission, of the most important groups of documents in the various Archives Depots. The following publications have so far 22nd December, 1950 appeared:

Cape Archives: Kaapse Argiefstukken, 1778—1783, 7 volumes.

Kaapse Plakkaatboek, 1652—1795, 4 volumes.

Transvaal Archives: Voortrekker Argiefstukke, 1829—1849, 1 volume.

Transvaalse Argiefstukke, 1850—1853, 1 volume.

S. A. Archival Record s. Transvaal No. 1. Volksraad Notule (met bylae),

1845—1850, 1 volume.

The following are in the press:

Cape Archives: Kaapse Plakkaatboek Vols. V and VI.

Transvaal Archives: S. A. Archival Records. Transvaal No. 1. Volksraad

Notule (met bylae), 1851—1853, 1 volume.

S. A. Archival Records. Transvaal No. 1. Volksraad Notule (met bylae),

1854—1858, 1 volume.

The Archives Year Book for South African History is administered by a separate editorial board, of which the Chief Archivist is the editor in chief and the Publications Archivist the secretary. This year book is the vehicle for the publication of theses, and other historical writings of importance based on research work in the Archives. It was started in 1938 und 19 volumes have so far appeared. Volumes I and II for 1950 are in the press.

UNGARN.

Organisation des Archivwesens.

Von Oskar Regele (Wien).

Mit dem Gesetzartikel XXI vom Jahre 1947 erhielt Ungarn ein neues grundlegendes Gesetz für das gesamte Archivwesen. Der Verfassung Ungarns als Einheitsstaat entsprechend ist auch das Archivwesen voll-