STÁTNÍ ARCHIVNÍ ŠKOLA A JEJÍ UČITELÉ
THE STATE ARCHIVAL SCHOOL AND ITS TEACHERS

Summary/Abstract: The authoress follows the beginning and fate of the Státní archivní škola (State Archival School), which was the oldest Czech school for preparation of qualified experts working in the archives, until its dissolution in 1949. She focuses first of all on the most important personalities working at the School who guaranteed for the contents and quality of education, mostly in the functions of directors or secretaries of the School: Gustav Friedrich, professor in ordinary of the Kabinet pro pomocné vědy historické České filozofické fakulty Univerzity Karlovy (Cabinet for Auxiliary Sciences of History at the Czech Philosophical Faculty, Charles University); he was the director of the State Archival School since its establishment in 1919 till 1941. He gave lectures in the main subjects from auxiliary sciences of history, general paleography and diplomatics, also chronology, sphragistics, heraldry and genealogy. Jan Bedřich Novák who was a director of the Archiv Země české (Archives of the Czech Lands) gave lectures in palaeography and diplomatics of the modern ages. Vladimír Klecanda, a Land Archivist and secretary of Archival School, taught basis of codicology, archival science and history of administration. Václav Vojtíšek, an Archivist of the Capital town of Prague, led courses of history of town administration, later he taught sphragistics, heraldry, genealogy and Czech diplomatics. Josef Borovička, from 1928 an archivist of the Archiv Země české, used to give lectures on archival science in the first years of Archival School. Bedřich Jenšovský, a secretary from 1927 to 1941 and a director between March and October 1941, gave lectures on patrimony, regional and town administration and archival science. Jaroslav Prokeš, an archivist of Ministry of the Interior, led the School in the years 1941–1945. The above-mentioned and a long-term teacher of the School Václav Vojtíšek stood at the head of the School from 1945 till the end of it. These teachers together with other highly qualified specialists either for law history, history of arts, philology, museology or in some period librarians were able to keep a high level of education and raise qualified experts even in very modest conditions.

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