Ioan G. Bibicescu – Guvernator al Băncii Naţionale a României – Activitatea de mecenat cultural pentru românii de pretutindeni
Ioan G. Bibicescu – The Governor of the National Bank of Romania – The Activity as a Cultural Mecenas for all the Romanians

Summary/Abstract: Ioan G. Bibicescu, the governor of the National Bank of Romania, founded in 1921, October, the Library of the city Turnu Severin. It is the institution which has been named I. G. Bibicescu. He donated his own library, which had many valuable volumes written in many languages and from different epochs. His library was made up of many books gathered from bookshops and second-hand bookshops. He, also, donated to the library in Severin some collections which belonged to the National Bank. Bibicescu made this donation in order to complete the organization of the Palace “Theatre”, built under the administration of Teodor Costescu. In those times, the museum “Dr. C.I.Istrati” was moved in the cultural centre. For many years, thanks to I. G. Bibicescu’s actions, this library was the main cultural centre not only for the city Turnu Severin, for all the Romanians who lived in the territories newly – entered under the administration of Romania but also for the Romanians who lived abroad: from the Yugoslavian Banat to America. This activity as a Mecenas, which was continued even after his death, is recorded in many documents which can be found in the patrimony of the Library and of the State’s Archives in Drobeta-Turnu Severin. These documents have been the basis of this survey.

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