PODODBOR MATICE HRVATSKE U OSIJEKU 1936. – 1945.
THE SUBCOMMITTEE OF MATICA HRVATSKA IN OSIJEK IN 1936-1945

Summary/Abstract: The subcommittee of Matica hrvatska in Osijek was founded in 1936 on the initiative of several active members and commissioners of Matica hrvatska in Osijek, among which Franjo Helfrich, Aleksander Hećimović and Matija Kovačić can be singled out. Grammar school teacher Tomislav Pavetić was elected president at the Constitutional Assembly. The membership structure has been analysed on the basis of available member lists. It has been possible to examine the very rich and propulsive cultural activities of the Subcommittee of Matica hrvatska in Osijek which gave it an important position within the framework of the social, cultural and intellectual network of interwar Osijek. The activities include the establishment of specialized divisions within the Subcommittee, meetings of members, public lectures with home and guest participants, the publication of thematic articles in Hrvatski list, the collaboration with related cultural and heritage institutions in the territory of the city of Osijek, the distribution and sale of publications of Matica hrvatska and so on. These activities continued until 1937; but for a serious review of the activities of the Subcommittee in the following years there is a lack of source materials.

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