Illustrated Autobiography of Luka Mladenović Olovkom protiv zaborava
Publisher: Historical Archives of Belgrade
For the Publishers: MA Dragan Gačić
Editors-in-Chief: Mirjana Milenković
Editor: Vladimir Mijatović
Consulting Editor: Rade Ristanović
Consulting Associate: Petar Petrović
Technical Editor: Zorica Smilović
Review by: Tatjana Korićanac, Danijela Punišić
Printed by: Zlamen
Circulation: 500
For the Publishers: MA Dragan Gačić
Editors-in-Chief: Mirjana Milenković
Editor: Vladimir Mijatović
Consulting Editor: Rade Ristanović
Consulting Associate: Petar Petrović
Technical Editor: Zorica Smilović
Review by: Tatjana Korićanac, Danijela Punišić
Printed by: Zlamen
Circulation: 500
Luka Mladenović (Mijić) was born in Žitorađa, a little town near Vladičin Han, on October the 8th 1909, as a son of Milija and Leposava Mijić. As the author of numerous valuable drawings of old Belgrade, his work remains scattered throughout the city - from museums, libraries and archives, to taverns, cafes, bakeries... It can be said that almost every resident of Belgrade has seen at least one of his drawings. However, few would be able to say anything more about the author of these testimonies. The painter, in this case, remained in the shadow of his work. In 1958, Mladenović donated an album of photo reproductions of drawings of old Belgrade to the Historical Archives of Belgrade, with 97 images, and almost three decades later, in 1987, he also submitted the manuscript of his 146-page autobiography.
Luka Mladenović's autobiography is a moving manuscript that testifies to the deep Bulgarian-Serbian division of the population of southern Serbia during the Balkan Wars, to life under occupation in World War I, to the circumstances in interwar Belgrade and Serbia, as well as to the fascinating fate of the author and his family in World War II.
A very important moment in his life was meeting the cartoonist Pjero Križanić and the director of Politika, Vladislav Ribnikar, who awarded Luka Mladenović a scholarship and helped him enroll in the Art School, which he attended as a part-time student from 1926 to 1931. He attended evening classes held by Professor Ilija Šobajić, together with Prvoslav Piva Karamatijević and Branko Šotra. After graduating, he worked as a graphic artist, lithographer, and zincographer for Politika newspapers.
He worked as a zincographer at the Military Institute in Čačak, when the Second World War broke out. German units that entered the Institute captured him and sent him to forced labor in Germany. At the Hanover station, he managed to escape from the train and reach Herford (North Rhine-Westphalia), where he successfully hid due to his good German, and after some time he moved to Berlin as a volunteer worker.
The decision to flee from Herford to Berlin, and then to Serbia to bring his wife and son to Nazi Germany, affected Luka for the rest of his life. In addition to the horror and sufferings they experienced in Berlin, there was obviously also the fear that new communist authorities in Belgrade might not understand his choice and the circumstances that led to it. This fear is best illustrated by Mladenović's biography, written for the catalogue of the exhibition of his drawings, published in 2000 by the National Museum in Belgrade. That biography, written during Luka's lifetime, claimed that he "spent the years of occupation in Belgrade", and that "there was no time or conditions for drawing", but that he only "occasionally refined his drawings". Although Luka provided drawings for the exhibition and had the opportunity to present the truth about his life during World War II to the author of the exhibition and catalog, he did not do so. We assume that even then Mladenović had a certain fear, and that he felt safer if some traces of the past remained hidden in archival depots.
The decision to flee from Herford to Berlin, and then to Serbia to bring his wife and son to Nazi Germany, affected Luka for the rest of his life. In addition to the horror and sufferings they experienced in Berlin, there was obviously also the fear that new communist authorities in Belgrade might not understand his choice and the circumstances that led to it. This fear is best illustrated by Mladenović's biography, written for the catalogue of the exhibition of his drawings, published in 2000 by the National Museum in Belgrade. That biography, written during Luka's lifetime, claimed that he "spent the years of occupation in Belgrade", and that "there was no time or conditions for drawing", but that he only "occasionally refined his drawings". Although Luka provided drawings for the exhibition and had the opportunity to present the truth about his life during World War II to the author of the exhibition and catalog, he did not do so. We assume that even then Mladenović had a certain fear, and that he felt safer if some traces of the past remained hidden in archival depots.
This exciting autobiography follows three phases of the author's life – growing up, life in Belgrade in the interwar period and in Germany during World War II. It was published by the Historical Archives of Belgrade on 200 pages. The text is accompanied by a selection of illustrations and photographs that complement the author's life story and work.
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Arhiv kao čuvar starih zanata
Publisher: Historical Archives of Belgrade
For the Publishers: MA Dragan Gačić
Editors-in-Chief: MA Dragan Gačić
Author of the text, illustrations and photographs: Bojan Kocev
Consultant: Mirjana Milenković, Zorica Smilović
Review by: Radika ilić
Editing and proofreading: Nataša Marković MA
Art and Layout: Zorica Smilović
Printed by: Zlamen
Circulation: 500
For the Publishers: MA Dragan Gačić
Editors-in-Chief: MA Dragan Gačić
Author of the text, illustrations and photographs: Bojan Kocev
Consultant: Mirjana Milenković, Zorica Smilović
Review by: Radika ilić
Editing and proofreading: Nataša Marković MA
Art and Layout: Zorica Smilović
Printed by: Zlamen
Circulation: 500
Тhe Historical Archives of Belgrade, within kilometers of archival material and among 2910 fonds, preserve 24 fonds of guilds and professional craftsmen associations. Some of these associations started to operate in Belgrade back in 1816 and they managed to survive until the socialist period.
Preserved documentation of the guilds provides information on the development of traditional and new crafts, on number of craftsmen in the guilds, their status and reputation. Archival documents also reveal how certain workshops developed into industrial plants, factories or printing offices.
Many crafts have disappeared from everyday life, but bookbinding, one of the oldest crafts in Serbia is still resisting. In order to preserve this traditional and fine craft, the bookbinding service in the Historical Archives of Belgrade operates with two goals: to prevent it from being forgotten and to preserve this precious heritage for the future generations.
The Technical Service of the Archives was founded in 1955 and the same year bookbinding department was established. This department is working on the reparation of old books, bindery, making the archival boxes, folders, maps and similar products necessary for safekeeping of archival material. For a long period of time two workers have been employed in the department, unfortunately today only one bookbinder is working in the Archives, and only three in all Serbian archives.
Publication Arhiv kao čuvar starih zanata does not have pretensions to become a manual or a textbook, but represents an attempt of the Historical Archives of Belgrade to preserve and present to wide audience the significance, specificity and beauty of an old and particular craft. Author of the publication Bojan Kocev describes all elements and phases when working with paper, leather, wood, textile and other materials used in bindery in the Archives.
Preserved documentation of the guilds provides information on the development of traditional and new crafts, on number of craftsmen in the guilds, their status and reputation. Archival documents also reveal how certain workshops developed into industrial plants, factories or printing offices.
Many crafts have disappeared from everyday life, but bookbinding, one of the oldest crafts in Serbia is still resisting. In order to preserve this traditional and fine craft, the bookbinding service in the Historical Archives of Belgrade operates with two goals: to prevent it from being forgotten and to preserve this precious heritage for the future generations.
The Technical Service of the Archives was founded in 1955 and the same year bookbinding department was established. This department is working on the reparation of old books, bindery, making the archival boxes, folders, maps and similar products necessary for safekeeping of archival material. For a long period of time two workers have been employed in the department, unfortunately today only one bookbinder is working in the Archives, and only three in all Serbian archives.
Publication Arhiv kao čuvar starih zanata does not have pretensions to become a manual or a textbook, but represents an attempt of the Historical Archives of Belgrade to preserve and present to wide audience the significance, specificity and beauty of an old and particular craft. Author of the publication Bojan Kocev describes all elements and phases when working with paper, leather, wood, textile and other materials used in bindery in the Archives.
Preserved documentation of the guilds provides information on the development of traditional and new crafts, on number of craftsmen in the guilds, their status and reputation. Archival documents also reveal how certain workshops developed into industrial plants, factories or printing offices.
Many crafts have disappeared from everyday life, but bookbinding, one of the oldest crafts in Serbia is still resisting. In order to preserve this traditional and fine craft, the bookbinding service in the Historical Archives of Belgrade operates with two goals: to prevent it from being forgotten and to preserve this precious heritage for the future generations.
The Technical Service of the Archives was founded in 1955 and the same year bookbinding department was established. This department is working on the reparation of old books, bindery, making the archival boxes, folders, maps and similar products necessary for safekeeping of archival material. For a long period of time two workers have been employed in the department, unfortunately today only one bookbinder is working in the Archives, and only three in all Serbian archives.
Publication Arhiv kao čuvar starih zanata does not have pretensions to become a manual or a textbook, but represents an attempt of the Historical Archives of Belgrade to preserve and present to wide audience the significance, specificity and beauty of an old and particular craft. Author of the publication Bojan Kocev describes all elements and phases when working with paper, leather, wood, textile and other materials used in bindery in the Archives.
Publication Arhiv kao čuvar starih zanata does not have pretensions to become a manual or a textbook, but represents an attempt of the Historical Archives of Belgrade to preserve and present to wide audience the significance, specificity and beauty of an old and particular craft. Author of the publication Bojan Kocev describes all elements and phases when working with paper, leather, wood, textile and other materials used in bindery in the Archives.
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Guide for Future Researchers of the Archives of Belgrade
Publisher: Historical Archives of Belgrade
For the Publishers: MA Dragan Gačić
Editors-in-Chief: MA Dragan Gačić
Author: Zorica Smilović
Consultants: Mirjana Obradović, Slobodan Mandić
Photographs by: Bojan Kocev, Zorica Smilović
Technical support: Bojan Kocev
Editing and proofreading: Nataša Marković MA
Art and Layout: Zorica Smilović
Printed by: Zlamen
Circulation: 500
For the Publishers: MA Dragan Gačić
Editors-in-Chief: MA Dragan Gačić
Author: Zorica Smilović
Consultants: Mirjana Obradović, Slobodan Mandić
Photographs by: Bojan Kocev, Zorica Smilović
Technical support: Bojan Kocev
Editing and proofreading: Nataša Marković MA
Art and Layout: Zorica Smilović
Printed by: Zlamen
Circulation: 500
Publication Arhiv Beograda- vodič za buduće istraživače (Archives of Belgrade – Guide for Future Researchers) is the first publication of the Archives intended for elementary school students. The publication is educational, adjusted to school material, with a goal to present to younger audience the role and the significance of the Archives as a cultural institution.
The first part of the publication explains terms of culture and cultural inheritance, the role of cultural institutions: museums, libraries, institutes for protection of cultural monuments and archives. The second part is focused on the Historical Archives of Belgrade – its role and significance, its departments and activities, presenting as well the most important archival material. The third part focuses on the educational aspect of the archives, exhibitions and editions, digitization projects and available data bases. The guide consists of 48 pages with photographs and illustrations which in simple and amusing way explain archival terms and activities. The text is followed by QR codes.
Consultants who gave their contribution to this pubilaction were Mirjana Obradović, Slobodan Mandić, dr Sanja Sanja Petrović Todosijević, Slobodanka Cvetković, Violeta Radovanvoić, elementary school teacher, as well as the children from our Archvies - Irina, Vukica, Nataša, Milica, Petar and Marko.
The first part of the publication explains terms of culture and cultural inheritance, the role of cultural institutions: museums, libraries, institutes for protection of cultural monuments and archives. The second part is focused on the Historical Archives of Belgrade – its role and significance, its departments and activities, presenting as well the most important archival material. The third part focuses on the educational aspect of the archives, exhibitions and editions, digitization projects and available data bases. The guide consists of 48 pages with photographs and illustrations which in simple and amusing way explain archival terms and activities. The text is followed by QR codes.
Consultants who gave their contribution to this pubilaction were Mirjana Obradović, Slobodan Mandić, dr Sanja Sanja Petrović Todosijević, Slobodanka Cvetković, Violeta Radovanvoić, elementary school teacher, as well as the children from our Archvies - Irina, Vukica, Nataša, Milica, Petar and Marko.
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Milivoje M. Kostić: BEOGRADU USPONU
Publisher: Historical Archives of Belgrade
For the Publishers: MA Dragan Gačić
Editors-in-Chief: MA Dragan Gačić
Text Prepared by: Mirjana Milenković, Zorica Smilović
Associates: Greta Miličić, isodira Stojanović Teodosić
Review by: Dr Vesna Aleksić, Dr Saša Ilić, Dr Sonja Jerković
Editing and proofreading: Nataša Marković MA
Art and Layout: Zorica Smilović
Printed by: Zlamen
Circulation: 500
For the Publishers: MA Dragan Gačić
Editors-in-Chief: MA Dragan Gačić
Text Prepared by: Mirjana Milenković, Zorica Smilović
Associates: Greta Miličić, isodira Stojanović Teodosić
Review by: Dr Vesna Aleksić, Dr Saša Ilić, Dr Sonja Jerković
Editing and proofreading: Nataša Marković MA
Art and Layout: Zorica Smilović
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A manuscript written by Milivoje M. Kostić, a merchant, exporter, industrialist, journalist and publicist, which was purchased from the author in 1957/58, is preserved in the Historical Archives of Belgrade (IAB). For over thirty years he had been a merchant and a witness of trade development in Serbia and development of Belgrade which evolved from oriental town into modern, European city. He also had the opportunity to meet many people important for the economy of the country, and some of them were his business partners or friends. With the intention to preserve the memory of them, he created a necklace of 269 “medallions” – chapters, each one telling the story of merchants, businessmen and bankers who lived and worked in Belgrade in the end of 19th and in the beginning of the 20th century.
Third part of Kostić’s manuscript waited to be published precisely for two decades. This publication consists of 59 biographies. Selected and published text is original and integral, and explanations were provided for certain people mentioned in the text. Archaic language of the author is preserved; only in some cases modern orthographic standard was applied. Text is complemented by architectural designs preserved in the archival fonds Municipality of the City of Belgrade, Technical Directorate. Also, original documents and signatures of the merchants and businessmen used in the publication were taken from the archival collections preserved in the Archives of Belgrade and Archives of Yugoslavia. The text is also complemented by old photographs of merchants and their stores taken from collections of the Historical Archives of Belgrade and the Archives of National Bank of Serbia.
The work on this publication included research of 21 fonds and collections preserved in three archives, over 180 published papers, studies, monographs, doctoral thesis and articles, 28 different newspapers and periodicals, 24 internet portals and 7 databases.
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Historical Archives of Belgrade 1945–2020
For the Publisher: Dragan Gačić MA
Editor-In-Chief: Dragan Gačić MA
Editors: Zorica Smilović, Mirjana Obradović, Snežana Lazić
Authors of the articles: Mirjana Obradović, Zorica Smilović, Snežana Lazić, Branislav Vučković, Bojan Draškić, Jelena Jovanović, Tijana Кovčić, Jelena Mitrović Кocev, Jasmina Latinović, Vesna Lekić Popović, Slobodan Mandić, Vladimir Mijatović, Dragana Mitrašinović, Jelena Nikolić, Marko Perić, Isidora Stojanović Teodosić, Sofija Čauš Milovanović
Graphic Design: Zorica Smilović
Photographs: Bojan Кocev, Zorica Smilović
Technical Assistance: Bojan Kocev
Editing and Proofreading: Nataša Nikolić MA
Printed by: Zlamen
Circulation: 1000
Historical Archives of Belgrade celebrated a grand jubilee on the 26th September 2020, 75 years since the establishment of the city archives. Тhe pandemic circumstances did not allow any bigger gatherings or celebrations. However, the anniversary was marked with an exhibition and a monograph.
The monograph Historical Archives of Belgrade 1945–2020 is divided in seven chapters.
The first chapter First 75 years describes the years before the Second World War and efforts of Marija Ilić Agapova, director of the Belgrade City Library who was promoting the idea of one Cultural Center gathering three cultural institutions: library, museum and archive.
Historical background of the Archives presented all statutory and legal changes, internal organization, important investments and biographies of all Archives’ directors.
The chapter Protection of Archival Material insists on the fact that the archivists are not responsible only for the documentation preserved within the Archives’ repositories, but are responsible also for the documentation kept and still used in the city institutions.
The Guardian of the Memories chapter provides an insight into the activities of the Sector for Processing and Use of Archival Material. 2818 fonds and collections are being sorted and processed by the archivists in order to make them available to the users in the Archives’ Reading Room and the Registry Room. The chapter presents archvial material, publishing activities and exhibitions prepared by the Archvies.
The chapter Digital Archives demonstrates the process and the goal of digitization of archival documentation. Five digitization projects are presented in the publication.
The monograph contains numerous photographs for every chapter and segment of Archives’ history.
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