This collections spans 125 years and consists of many hundreds of register books or files. From 1826-1890 the collection is not complete (there are records for 1826; 1827; 1828; 1838; 1840; 1850; 1863; 1865; 1866; 1869; 1875; 1877; 1879; 1882; 1886. Beginning in 1890 there are generally class registry books for every year and every class. Whereas in 1826 the pupils did not include any Jewish families, by the 1880s they made up a considerable part of the student body alongside Germans, Poles, Romanians, and Ruthenians. In 1900 for example, one first grade class had 55 pupils of whom 24 were Jewish, 17 were Roman-Catholic, 10 were Greek-Orthodox, and 4 were Greek-Catholic (Eastern Catholic). Of these 32 claimed German as their mother-tongue, 16 Ruthenian (Ukrainian), 6 Polish, and 1 Romanian. In 1915, first grade class "A" had 78 pupils of whom 43 were Jewish, 20 were Roman-Catholic, 14 were Greek-Orthodox, and 1 was Protestant. Of these 64 claimed German as their mother-tongue and 13 Romanian. First grade class "B" had no Jewish students.
Creator:
Boys Elementary School of Siret
Date:
1826-1948
Format:
Register books
Extent:
456 items
Language:
German, Romanian
Provenance:
These records were maintained by the respective school and collected by the Suceava branch of the National Archives at some point in time after World War II and after the restructuring of the school system by the communist regime.
Call Number:
Școala primară de băieți Siret ; număr curent 510 ; fond 319 ; inventar nr. 85
Bibliographic Citation:
Școala primară de băieți Siret ; număr curent 510 ; fond 319 ; inventar nr. 85; Arhivele Naționale ale României, Direcția Județeana Suceava
Repository:
Arhivele Naționale ale României, Direcţia Judeţeană Suceava, strada Ştefan cel Mare nr. 33, cod 720003, jud. Suceava Romania