Legacies and special collections held by the Main Library of the Pedagogical University of Cracow

Abstract

Among its’ unique collections, the Main Library of the Pedagogical University of Cracow (MLPU) holds legacies of former faculty members and academic staff and researchers. Due to the specific nature of  much of this material - mostly archive documents - cataloging, storing and allowing access to it presents a challenge for the library. The main aim of this article is to make the wider public - and researchers in particular - aware that the library holds such collections. To illustrate this, the article provides a brief description of three individual collections: the legacy of a former dean (1956-1971) of the Pedagogical University, Professor Wincenty Danek, as well as a legacy from another of the University's Professors, Mieczysława Romankówna, and also a collection of materials acquired by the University at the behest of Professor Jerzy M. Kreiner belonging or relating to the celebrated astronomer and professor of the Jagiellonian University, Tadeusz Banachiewicz. The article also makes mention of two other collections stored, but not yet indexed in the card catalogue, which both belonged to researchers associated to the Pedagogical University, Lucjan Orkisz (doctor, astronomer), and Zofia Krygowska (professor, mathematician).