Dr. Péter Balázs: Guide to the archives of Hungary (Budapest, 1976)

A Váci Székeskáptalan Levéltára (Vác Cathedral Chapter Archives)

The eighteenth century reports on Catholic and non-Catholic elementary and public schools and their teachers, the yearly statistical tables of the inspectorate of schools (1852-1946) and the yearly journals of school boards, forwarded to the chief diocesan inspector of schools (1882-1932) deserve special mention. Contemporary reports and notices on the events of the French-Austrian war of 1809 (the battle of Győr) have come into the archives as a collection of the bishop László KÁMÁNHÁZY (1808-1817). The economic archives of the diocese are a perpetual deposit in Pest County Archives. * Research is possible from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. There is no reference library, but researchers may use the nearby diocesan library. Dr. Péter BALÁZS A VÁCI SZÉKESKÁPTALAN LEVÉLTÁRA (VÁC CATHEDRAL CHAPTER ARCHIVES) 2600 VÁC, Vak Bottyán tér 1. Tel. 11-124. Ernő DOJCSÁN, episcopal senior clerk is in charge of the archives We have the first data from the activity of the chapter from the twelfth century. After the defeat of Mohács Vác was occupied by the Turks in 1544. The chapter fled to Nógrád castle with its archives, which was soon occupied too, so the chapter ceased to exist. After the expulsion of the Turks, at the initiative of the bishop Mihály DVORNIKOVICH, King Leopold I. restored the chapter with all the earlier rights and privileges by royal decree in 1700. Since that time there are records in the archives of the chapter, situated on the first floor of the chathedral. The archival material totals 30 running metres. There are 13 charters before Mohács. The bulk is made up by the journals of the chapter sessions,