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

Baranya Megyei Levéltár (Baranya County Archives)

dations' Estate (1740-1942), the Siklós estate of the Batthyány and Benyovszky families (1780-1914) and the Bükkósd estate of the Jeszenszky family (1780-1930). From the point of view of both economic and cultural history the ecclesiastical archival groups are extremely valuable. Such are the archives of the Pecs cathedral chapter as a place of authenticity, the papers of the Pecs, Mohács, Máriagyüd convents of the Franciscan (eighteenth century) and of the Pecs monastery of the Pauline orders (1746-1942). The most significant collections are the collection of the plans of public and private buildings of Baranya county and Pecs city, and the journals of visitation of the Roman Catholic parishes of Baranya county. The collection of documents and pieces of special interest has come to being by an assortment from the material of the assembly records of the city and from the records of various specialized organs, also by purchase and deposit. The collection of data on the history of the villages prepared by Sándor KRISZTICS and the catalogue of documents made by Béla NÉMETH are due to research in the material of the Hungarian National Archives and other repositories at home and abroad. The archival collection of maps contains three groups: maps oT the county (1749-1886), socage maps (1840-1935) and the material of Pecs city (1777-1900). From the period after World War II the most significant sources of political history are the records of the village national commissions, the districtual and urban screening commissions and the land claimants commissions. Owing to the lack of space only the records of the sections of the Executive Committee of Baranya County Council and a minimal part of the district council papers have come into archival custody. Only a fragment remained of the records of the new socialist town, Komló from 1945 to 1955, owing to careless management. As to the villages, their journals of council meetings, executive committee sessions and standing committee sessions from 1950 to 1956 have been gathered by the Archives. Of the specialized organs of the administration of internal affairs a source value may be attributed to the South Hungarian Section of the Popular Welfare Board, to its organs of county and district level and to the village settlement inspectorates from 1945 to 1948. The records of the county branch of the Hungarian Resettlement Government Commissariat are primary sources of the history of settlements. Of the organs of agricultural administration the Baranya County Land Board presents by its papers from