Działalność naukowa i dydaktyczna doc. dr Ireny Radtke na Uniwersytecie im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
Scientific and teaching activity of dr. Irena Radtke, assistant professor at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań

Summary/Abstract: Docent Irena Radtke (1923–2014) was an exceptional archivist and archival science teacher. This article, written to celebrate her 100th birthday, aims at highlighting her achievements as an academic and as a teacher. For her whole professional life, Irena Radtke was associated with the State Archive in Poznań and with Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. She juggled her duties as an archivist with her work as a teacher and scientist. She majored in history and classical philology, and in 1963, she obtained her Ph.D. in humanities. All her professional life, she was dedicated to conducting archival research. Her research interests mainly included the evolution of registry forms, registry systems (she was an expert in Prussian registry), archival methods, register and information equipment, biography studies, source science, and regional studies. She was a co-author of archival science textbooks for students and archivists. Her achievements in academia and science have greatly contributed to the development of archival studies in Poland. Her high scientific and professional qualifications helped her gain employment in 1976 at the Division of Archival Studies of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, where she was also a lecturer and a tutor. She worked there until 1988. For many years, she was the backbone of archival studies in Poznań.

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