THE PROMOTION OF THE BIBLIOGRAPHY “OLD POSTCARDS IN THE COLLECTIONS OF THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MONTENEGRO “ĐURĐE CRNOJEVIĆ” AND THE STATE ARCHIVES OF MONTENEGRO: 1889–1940”
The promotion of the bibliography “Old Postcards in the Collections of the National Library of Montenegro “Đurđe Crnojević” and the State Archives of Montenegro”, whose authors are library consultant Danijela Radulović and archivist Ana Pejović, was held last night in the National Library of Montenegro.
The bibliography contains 2083 bibliographic units that are listed by direct inspection and contain complete bibliographic data characteristic for this type of printed publications, i.e. according to the International Standard Bibliographic Description for Non-Book Materials, with detailed notes accompanying each unit. They are divided into nine sections: topographical postcards, public publications, historical events, war scenes, public ceremonies, portraits, reproductions of works of art, greeting cards and other. The most common are topographical postcards, which were made with the aim of popularizing, that is, promoting the beauty of certain cities, towns, public buildings, hotels, etc., depending on the need and purpose of the publisher.
The publishers, the director of the Library, Dragica Lompar, and the director of archives, Danilo Mrvaljević, spoke at the promotion. One of the authors, Danijela Radulović, addressed the audience as well.
From Mrs. Lompar's speech, we highlight the following: “There are opposing opinions about the time of the appearance of the first Montenegrin postcard, but we think that the first postcard from Montenegro was created in 1893 with the motif of Cetinje. Kotor is the second city to receive its own postcard, at the same time as Dubrovnik. This postcard appeared in 1895, and was made in Marseille, while the Montenegrin Post officially introduced the postcard into postal traffic in 1898 in order to respond to the need for ever-increasing postal traffic.”
She pointed out that the publication of this work achieved cooperation between two national cultural institutions on a joint project, primarily in terms of improving their user function and introducing the wider public to the richness of funds and collections kept in them, as part of the Montenegrin cultural heritage.
Mr. Mrvaljević indicated that the Archive Week, a manifestation within which the presentation of this work was organized, is in progress. He said that the special importance of the bibliography is that it represents a pioneering project when it comes to this type of material and that because of that a special recognition should be given to the authors.
One of the authors, Danijela Radulović, shared with the attendees the feeling of “professional and personal satisfaction that postcards are becoming the subject of serious research in the institutions that preserve and care for them and that this bibliography is not just a dead letter on paper but an active witness of the history and culture of Montenegro. In addition to the visual appearance that evokes curiosity and nostalgia, there is a textual content, a message that strongly emotionally takes us back to past times and creates an almost realistic feeling of family, friendship and emotional relationships between people.”
She thanked the directors of the institutions in her name and in the name of her colleague Ana Pejović for ha understanding the importance of this project and helping its realization.
The promotion of the bibliography “Old Postcards in the Collections of the National Library of Montenegro “Đurđe Crnojević” and the State Archives of Montenegro”, whose authors are library consultant Danijela Radulović and archivist Ana Pejović, was held last night in the National Library of Montenegro.
The bibliography contains 2083 bibliographic units that are listed by direct inspection and contain complete bibliographic data characteristic for this type of printed publications, i.e. according to the International Standard Bibliographic Description for Non-Book Materials, with detailed notes accompanying each unit. They are divided into nine sections: topographical postcards, public publications, historical events, war scenes, public ceremonies, portraits, reproductions of works of art, greeting cards and other. The most common are topographical postcards, which were made with the aim of popularizing, that is, promoting the beauty of certain cities, towns, public buildings, hotels, etc., depending on the need and purpose of the publisher.
The publishers, the director of the Library, Dragica Lompar, and the director of archives, Danilo Mrvaljević, spoke at the promotion. One of the authors, Danijela Radulović, addressed the audience as well.
From Mrs. Lompar's speech, we highlight the following: “There are opposing opinions about the time of the appearance of the first Montenegrin postcard, but we think that the first postcard from Montenegro was created in 1893 with the motif of Cetinje. Kotor is the second city to receive its own postcard, at the same time as Dubrovnik. This postcard appeared in 1895, and was made in Marseille, while the Montenegrin Post officially introduced the postcard into postal traffic in 1898 in order to respond to the need for ever-increasing postal traffic.”
She pointed out that the publication of this work achieved cooperation between two national cultural institutions on a joint project, primarily in terms of improving their user function and introducing the wider public to the richness of funds and collections kept in them, as part of the Montenegrin cultural heritage.
Mr. Mrvaljević indicated that the Archive Week, a manifestation within which the presentation of this work was organized, is in progress. He said that the special importance of the bibliography is that it represents a pioneering project when it comes to this type of material and that because of that a special recognition should be given to the authors.
One of the authors, Danijela Radulović, shared with the attendees the feeling of “professional and personal satisfaction that postcards are becoming the subject of serious research in the institutions that preserve and care for them and that this bibliography is not just a dead letter on paper but an active witness of the history and culture of Montenegro. In addition to the visual appearance that evokes curiosity and nostalgia, there is a textual content, a message that strongly emotionally takes us back to past times and creates an almost realistic feeling of family, friendship and emotional relationships between people.”
She thanked the directors of the institutions in her name and in the name of her colleague Ana Pejović for ha understanding the importance of this project and helping its realization.