From the Legacy of the Landfras Printing Works in the Jindřichův Hradec Archives – a Mirror of Time in Family Correspondence

Helena Hálová

Pages	177–181
DOI	10.2478/amnpsc-2018-0022
Keywords	Landfras – Jindřichův Hradec – book printing – Czech language – history – gender – women’s education
Type of Article	Peer-reviewed
Citation	HÁLOVÁ, Helena. From the Legacy of the Landfras Printing Works in the Jindřichův Hradec Archives – a Mirror of Time in Family Correspondence. Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae – Historia litterarum. Prague: National Museum, 2018, 63(3-4), 177–181. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amnpsc-2018-0022. ISSN 2570-6861 (Print), 2570-687X (Online). Also available from: https://www.nm.cz/en/periodicals/amnphl/63-3-4/from-the-legacy-of-the-landfras-printing-works-in-the-jindrichuv-hradec-archives-a-mirror-of-time-in-family-correspondence

Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae – Historia litterarum | 2018/63/3-4

The article studies the set of 27 original letters deposited in the Documentation Collection – Cultural-Historical Archives of the State District Archives of Jindřichův Hradec. This collection contains documents of non-official provenance concerning, among other topics, also remarkable figures of the town. A leading position among them is assumed by the Landfras family, whose members were not only owners of a prosperous printing works, but also patriots, leaders of the town, and supporters of education, societies and culture. The letters provide an insight into the private lives of the members of the Landfras family, in particular its most significant member, Alois Landfras, and people connected with the family. The article deals with an overall comparison of the letters. It studies references to them and to events in their family, and connections with their life in Jindřichův Hradec. It adds some less known information on the studies of Alois Landfras at the university in Prague, providing an insight into his inner world. The article is complemented by a synoptic table of all letters, including the quoted persons and places.

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