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296 Veronika Nováková the persecution of peasants and small entrepreneurs following socialist collectivisation and nationalisation). In 1990, the Archive took over the material of District Committees of the Slovak Communist Party in Galanta and Dunajská Streda. They complement in interesting ways the documents of the state authorities and at the same time, they reveal the tight links which existed between the party and the organs of the state administration during the socialist period. In 2000, we started with the analyses and the preparation of these materials for wider public access. Presently, the researcher has an unlimited access to the materials originating in the period up to the year 1969. Since at the offices of the committee of the Communist Party documents were regularly discarded, the amount of preserved materials varies from district to district. For example, the most complete material comes from the district of Dunajská Streda due to the reluctance of their employees to discard documents. The most valuable documents regarding regional history are included in the sources of the notary’s offices from the first half of 19th century to 1945 and in the sources of the village municipal offices from 1945 to 1990. These materials reflect the social, cultural and sport activities of the communities in that period. Documents of the school inspectorates and schools also offer interesting information regarding the history of local schools. For space restrictions in our archive, we only keep archival material from the schools of the Dunajská Streda district. The Archive preserves the written material of various clubs, societies, and associations as well as of individuals.3 Author of our most valuable private archival material is Jozef Sellyéi Miskovics, a peasant writer who lived in Šaľa in the interwar period. Fie recorded legends handed down orally from generation to generation in the region. FHis short-stories reflect the life and popular customs of the Šaľa area in the end of the 19th century and the first half of the 20lh century. This source was donated to the Archive by the writer's family. Some of Miskovics’ short-stories, so far almost
