Archives of the University of Lviv from 1661 to 1946 available online

Genealogies received a fresh origin of cognition about their ancestors. The University of Wrocław made available the digital Lviv Collection with individual files of people associated with the University of Lviv. This is about 180 1000 high-quality scans and a photograph gallery of employees and professors. The collection covers the years 1661–1946.

What is the Lviv Collection

Lviv Collection is simply a digital base created in the Alma Mater Leopoliensis project. The past of Lviv Humanities 1661–1946. It mainly contains individual files of persons forming the University of Lviv. Each object can be opened in full resolution. Photographs of employees and professors were extracted in the gallery, which speeds up the recognition of people in household photos.

The materials cover the period from the foundation of the Jesuit College in 1661 to 1946. The university is found in sources under different names. College and Jesuit Academy. Józefinski University. C. K. University of Emperor Francis I. Franciscan University. Jan Kazimierz University. Lviv University named Ivan Franki. erstwhile searching, usage these variants.

How to Start Query?

Personal files paper the professional path. They usually include individual forms, résumés, appointments, changes in posts, statements, sometimes correspondence and lists of publications. There are frequently image photographs. A set for a given individual can be uneven due to the fact that they are office materials created at different times.

Go to the Lviv Collection website uwr.edu.pl. usage the name search. Check spelling variants and Polish and Ukrainian forms of names. Close the results with the organizational unit and dates. Open the scans in full resolution and save the signature. besides visit the gallery section where the photos of people are drawn.

Who is behind the task and where the scans were created

Digitization took place in the State Archives of Lviv Oblast. The resources went digitally to the server infrastructure of the University of Wrocław and are publically available. The task was implemented by researchers from Wrocław, Warsaw, Krakow, Rzeszów and Lviv. The manager is Prof. Anna Dąbrowska. The team's work is managed by Dr Helena Sojka-Masztaler. Partners are Wroclaw University with Library and Archives, Lviv University named Ivan Franki from the Archive and State Archives of Lviv Oblast. The backing was provided by the National Programme for the improvement of Humanities National Heritage I 2017, Decision 0170/NPRH6/H11/8/2018.