Fonds 1.03.0 - 1.03.0 - Rectorate 1900-1945

Abbreviation: 1.03.0 Stock profile: Stock description: Rectorate 1900 - 1945 Content: Head of the University, Statutes, Council Duration: 1900 - 1945 Scope: over 800 files, 20 linear metres Cataloguing: database, find book, FINDBUCH.Net Citation method: Universitätsarchiv Rostock, 1.03.0, Signatur Vorwort: The rector is the elected academic head of the University of Rostock. As an advisory and decisive central body, the Council and the Senate support him in the management of the university. The archives of the Rectorate thus contain the most important management decisions and processes at the University of Rostock and the central sources for the documentation of the history of this university. The written records of the university management from the period 1900-1945 document the drastic historical events as well as the social and political changes, which are reflected in the first half of the century also in the Rostock university history. For example, the beginning of women's studies in 1909, the First World War and the university jubilee in 1919, as well as the disputes over a new statute were reflected in the rector's files. The collection also documents conservative traditions and critical tendencies such as the introduction of the Führer Principle, the exclusion of Jewish academics, the university's collaboration with Ernst Heinkel, and the National Socialists' standardization of education. Finally, the sources reflect the devastating effects of the Second World War. The rectorate holdings 1900-1945 are connected to the old rectorate holdings 1419-1900. Presumably after the completion of the order and the drawing up of the older files, an attempt was made here to archive the newer files from 1900 onwards according to a file plan. The signatures consist of a combination of numbers and letters. However, not all items of the newly introduced file plan had been the subject of written records, and for some subjects numerous volumes had been produced under a single signature. As a result, gaps in the course of the signatures had to be accepted in the new order and distortion of the inventory in the 1990s. Wherever possible, the traditional numbering was retained or restored, but in some cases also extended. For the use of the rectorate holdings 1419-1900 and 1900-1945, it must be noted that no systematic inventory delimitation was carried out here. Numerous older files have been included in the newer rectorate holdings and numerous newer files in the older ones. In the case of gaps in the period from about 1830 onwards, it is advisable to research the newer holdings as well, since complete processes on some topics were taken from the old holdings and merged with the newer files. All files on relations with other German universities are, for example, completely preserved in the Rectorate holdings 1900-1945. While the archives of the First World War and the university anniversary can be found in the rectorate's holdings before 1900. Since 2007, it has been possible to use the search function on the Internet.

University Archive Rostock >> 01.00.0 Management of the University

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