Exploring the Correspondence of Ivan Luka Garagnin the Elder

Marta Jurković recently consulted the correspondence of Ivan Luka Garagnin the Elder (1722–1783) held in the Croatian State Archives. This is an impressively extensive collection: the letters, housed in three archival boxes, come from no fewer than 179 correspondents. Most date from the period when Garagnin served as Archbishop of Split, during the 1770s and […]

The Correspondence of Adam Alojzije Baričević

In late February, Dr Zrinko Novosel undertook archival research into the correspondence of Croatian polymath Adam Alojzije Baričević (1756–1806), held at the Archives of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (HAZU) in Zagreb (ref. II b 41). The material consists of transcriptions of letters written by and to Baričević, compiled in six volumes under […]

In Search of Maksimilijan Vrhovac’s Will

Dr Stipe Ledić in the Archdiocesan Archives in Zagreb. Assist. Prof. Stipe Ledić from the Catholic University of Croatia was tasked with researching the Enlightenment legacy of Maksimilijan Vrhovac (1752–1827). One of the first things Stipe began investigating was the bishop’s previously unknown last will. This required examining the family archive of the Jelačić family […]