Adolfas Šapoka. Raštai. T. 4. Mokslinė korespondencija

LTKetvirtame žymaus Lietuvos istoriko Adolfo Šapokos (1906-1961) „Raštų“ tome publikuojamą korespondenciją sudaro 84 laiškai, iš kurių 60 istoriko rašyti trisdešimties metų laikotarpiu nuo 1931 m. sausio 25 d. iki 1961 m. vasario 26 d. Jie saugomi Vilniaus universiteto, Lietuvos mokslų akademijos Vrublevskių, Lietuvos nacionalinėje Martyno Mažvydo bibliotekose, Lietuvos centriniame valstybės archyve, Vytauto Didžiojo universiteto Lietuvių išeivijos instituto archyve, Lituanistikos tyrimų ir studijų centro Pasaulio lietuvių archyve (Čikagoje, JAV), Kanados lietuvių archyve-muziejuje. Korespondencija apima beveik visą A. Šapokos profesionalaus istoriko mokslinės veiklos laikotarpį ir atspindi svarbiausius jos aspektus. Publikaciją papildo 24 laiškai, kurie buvo adresuoti A. Šapokai. Visi laiškų respondentai - istorikai arba istorija besidomėję intelektualai, todėl laiškai yra reikšmingi istorijos mokslo istorijos šaltiniai.

ENThe book that contains a collection of 60 letters written by Adolfas Šapoka and 24 letters written by his colleagues. They cover a period of 30 years (from 1931 to 1961) almost entirely all his active life as a historian. Letters are preserved in the libraries of the Vilnius university, the Lithuanian Academy of Science, the National Library of Martynas Mažvydas, the Lithuanian Central State Archives, the Lithuanian Emigration Institute of the Vytautas Magnus University, also in the Lithuanian Studies and Research Centre in Chicago (USA) and Museum-Archive of Canadian Lithuanians in Toronto. There are some empty gaps that coincides with following years: 1938, 1940-1941 (first Soviet occupation), 1943-1946 (a period before Augsburg‘s DP in Germany) and 1952-1954 (initial period of living in Canada). Contemporary correspondence did not survive. For publication were selected letters which are important for the history of historiography. All respondents were historians or amateurs engaged in history. This correspondence reveals the very beginning of A. Šapoka‘s creative work as a scholar – arrangement of very first articles, work at the university, preparation of dissertation, internships in Prague and Stockholm.They cover also further activities – historian‘s foreign relations, preparation of the textbook “History of Lithuania” ant his studies of the Reform Diet (1788-1792) and the Kėdainiai Union (1655), work at the Vilnius University during the Nazi‘s occupation, a period in the camp for displaced persons in Augsburg, also reviewing of amateurish historical works during historian‘s spare time in Canada. This correspondence is rare available source which offers a glimpse in authentic political views of this historian.