Special Collections Department
Social Life Documents
Room 166, tel. 61 829 3836
Monday | 10.00 am. – 3.00 pm. |
Tuesday | 10.00 am. – 6.00 pm. |
Wensday, Thursday, Friday | 10.00 am. – 3.00 pm. |
Staff:
Agnieszka UrbaĆska, MA curator
The Section forms a part of the Special Collection Department and originated in 1964.
The collection of social life documents is made up of over 100,000 units and includes retrospective prints published in the years 1801 – 1948 grouped thematically.
There are also prints published at the times of the Targowica Confederation and the times of the second partition of Poland, prints relating to the Duchy of Greater Poland (Grossherzogtum Posen), handbills issued during the Spring of the Nations, political handbills from the times of WWI and WWII (Nazi’s posters, bills and announcements of the German occupation authorities, newer documents issued after the year 1948 and obtained by the Library by way of its deposit copy procedures, purchase or gifts. Another interesting part of the collection is the material of clandestine publications in communist Poland, a large collection of posters and the collection of local newspapers.
The Social Life Documentation Section specialises in gathering and collecting historical and contemporary material pertaining to the region and useful in the local studies (PoznaĆ and the Wielkopolska region).
All the materials are made available for the users in the reading room of the Special Collection Dept.
The available catalogues include: local press, thematic sets of materials, exhibitions and posters. Additionally, there is a card-index of people.
Bibliography:
- AleksiĆski J., Aktualne potrzeby o informacji o dokumentacji ĆŒycia spoĆecznego w regionie. Komunikat. W: Miejsce informacji regionalnej w krajowym systemie informacji naukowej. PoznaĆ 1979 r.
- AleksiĆski J., Poprawski J., WybĂłr exlibrisĂłw polskich. Katalog wystawy. PoznaĆ 1980;
- AleksiĆski J., Bandurski R., Sekcja DokumentĂłw Ć»ycia SpoĆecznego. W: Zbiory Specjalne Biblioteki Uniwersyteckiej PoznaĆ 1983;
- AleksiĆski J., Druki ulotne dotyczÄ ce konfederacji targowickiej i drugiego rozbioru Polski w zbiorach BU. PoznaĆ 1983;
- AleksiĆski J., Sekcja DokumentĂłw Ć»ycia SpoĆecznego. W: ZagroĆŒone Zbiory Specjalne Biblioteki Uniwersyteckiej. PoznaĆ 1986;
- AleksiĆski J., W krzyĆŒu cierpienie. RzeĆșby R. Krawca. Katalog wystawy. PoznaĆ 1995;
- AleksiĆski J., Bandurski R., Zbiory DokumentĂłw ĆŒycia spoĆecznego. W: Zbiory i prace polonijne Biblioteki Uniwersyteckiej w Poznaniu. Warszawa 1995.
- AleksiĆski J., Ulotka informacyjna do wystawy: “Telegramy KoĆciuszkowskie”. PoznaĆ 1996