In his poem titled My Monument, Valentin Vodnik (1758-1819), the Slovenian priest, poet, pedagogue, journalist and linguist, announced that he shall be remembered mostly for his poems. But the probate inventory reveals that after his death a number of other things were found, listed and valued in his apartment.

The Rules of the Society for Beautification of the Market Town of Postojna for the Welcoming of Foreign Travelers were published in 1883 and were bilingual, written in German and Slovenian. The rules of this Postojna "tourism" society were probably the first rules of any such society that were written in the Slovenian language and show the important contribution that a local society made to the development of tourism in Slovenia.

This month’s archivalia revolves around a fifty-year-old 35 mm film copy of the recording of the puppet show Twinkle Sleepyhead prepared by Črt Škodlar. Although the Archives of the Republic of Slovenia keeps only the Serbo-Croatian version of the recording, we do, however, keep the original shooting script for the film Twinkle Sleepyhead and the digital version of the 2003 film, equipped with original Slovenian sound recording.

Presented here as this month's archivalia are two letters written in 1948 by Milena Mohorič to the Primer Minister of the People's Republic of Slovenia Miha Marinko and to the 2nd Congress of the Communist Party of Slovenia. The story of a Germanist, a female poet and writer Milena Mohorič, married name Premru (1905-1972), is used to demonstrate just how quickly a revolution can turn into a monster that eats its children and how profoundly political systems can affect a life of an individual.

May 13, 2017 marks the 300th anniversary of the birth of the Austrian Archduchess and Empress Maria Theresia, who ruled between 1740 and 1780. This months archivalia presents the powerful monarch with her imperial coat of arms and her ruler's title as depicted by the beautifully preserved seal attached to her 1748 charter.

History knows of stories and personalities who never cease to captivate our imagination. Whether awakened by memories, publicists or other serious scientific work, such personalities instantly come to life whenever even the slightest fragment of archival material concerning them appears. Presented here are such fragments which provide an insight into the agonizing and persistent search of German authorities for the “phantom” leader of Yugoslav partisans.

On November 21, 1916 Emperor Franz Joseph died after having ruled for 68 years. Letters of condolence from offices, various societies and publicly active individuals immediately started to pour to the Vienna court and to various provincial authorities. They were all written in somewhat similar manner; starting with expressions of deepest sympathy, followed by the listing of the emperor’s achievements, and concluding with the paying of the respect to the new emperor. Although written in the same spirit, the here presented document of the Carniolan Chamber of Commerce and Crafts for Carniola was published in a series of papers that the said Chamber regularly put out.

This month’s archivalia, using mostly records kept by the Archives of the Republic of Slovenia, aims to present the reasons for the building of the Brćko-Banovići “youth railway line” and to describe the role of Slovenian youth in this project. An almost 90 km long railway line was built in just over six months.

The online column Archivalia of the Month has been published since January 2011. Its purpose is to promote the Archives of the Republic of Slovenia and its archival holdings. Presented in the column are archival documents that are interesting visually and content-wise, as well as newly acquired documents or the ones that have so far been overlooked. Also published are documents relating to various anniversaries, current events and many more.

Below you will find the Archivalias of the Month of 2016.

In September 1941, the village of Rašica was set on fire as retribution for the partisan attack in which six passengers had been killed in a black Horch with car registration number IA-24080. The Archives of the Republic of Slovenia keeps the original report about the incident written by the German criminal police in Bled on September 22, 1941. Enclosed to the report are sketches of the scene of the crime where the attack took place and eight rather self-explanatory photos.

Apollo 15 was the fourth manned mission to land on the Moon. The very successful space mission ended on August 7, 1971 and at the start of 1972 the astronauts of Apollo 15 and their wives set off on a European tour. In Yugoslavia they first stopped for a short visit in Belgrade and Zagreb, before coming to Slovenia where they stayed from January 27 to 31.

The national defence and educational organization of St. Cyril and Methodius Society opened its first kindergartens in the late 19th century. Pre-school education was carried out by kindergarten vrtnariceas the kindergarten teachers were referred to at that time. Like today, they were the ones who played the most important role in pre-school educational programme, which is why the Society issued special work instructions for them. One of such instructions from the start of the 20th century seems to have preserved its educational and methodological value until today.

This month's archivalia is a piece of heritage that can be found among the holdings of archival institutions as well as among the holdings of museums and libraries. Presented here are the posters, printed brochures and several leaflets rich with photographs and illustrations (some of them created by well established artists) whose sole purpose was to attract visitors, travellers and health seekers.

Criminal trial against Črtomir Nagode and co-defendants in the summer of 1947 was primarily intended to intimidate the existing opposition as well as any potential political adversaries, mostly those arising from the former political parties. The information published by the Public Prosecutor's Office of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia regarding the initiative for retrial points to the fact that, despite many improvements in criminal legislation, not much has changed in the official perception of the justification of political trials in the forty years since one of the biggest political trials which so brutally violated human rights.

The May Declaration that called for the unification of Austro-Hungarian Slovenians, Croats and Serbs into an independent state body under Habsburg rule launched a massive declaration movement with the collection of signatures in support of the declaration. Most of the signatures were collected between December 1917 and March 1918. There were, however, some incidents, whose traces can still be found among the records of the Imperial-Royal Ministry of the Interior.

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the famous criminal trial against Ivan Cankar. Namely, in April 1913 Cankar held a speech Slovenians and Yugoslavs. He saw the solution to the Yugoslav question in a political union into a Yugoslav republic. “We are brothers by blood and at least cousins by language” was his view. But he also uttered famous words “let’s leave Austria in her own crap”. On August 21 he was sentenced to one week in prison due to his “offence against public order “.

Establishment of the Central State Archives of Slovenia in November 1945 laid the foundations for the present-day Archives of the Republic of Slovenia. Though its meaning has somewhat changed in the seventy years of its existence, the important activities performed for the preservation of Slovenian archival cultural heritage have remained the same throughout this time.

This year marks the 70th anniversary of the premiere of the first Slovenian feature film titled On Our Land, an achievement that was a sign of maturity of Slovenian film-makers. The film was very successful, but its success covered up a number of problems that occurred during its shooting. Detailed and at times tragicomic reports from the shooting of the film that was initially to be titled In the Heart of Europe talk about the crew's problems with the weather, actors, electricity, pyrotechnics, vehicles, and about technical complications in general.

The online column Archivalia of the Month has been published since January 2011. Its purpose is to promote the Archives of the Republic of Slovenia and its archival holdings. Presented in the column are archival documents that are interesting visually and content-wise, as well as newly acquired documents or the ones that have so far been overlooked. Also published are documents relating to various anniversaries, current events and many more.

Below you will find the Archivalias of the Month of 2017.

The online column Archivalia of the Month has been published since January 2011. Its purpose is to promote the Archives of the Republic of Slovenia and its archival holdings. Presented in the column are archival documents that are interesting visually and content-wise, as well as newly acquired documents or the ones that have so far been overlooked. Also published are documents relating to various anniversaries, current events and many more.

Below you will find the Archivalias of the Month of 2015.