List jako świadectwo życia kulturalno-naukowego na przykładzie spuścizny rękopiśmiennej ks. Jana Kudery

Father Jan Kudera, together with Father Emil Szramek and Konstanty Prus, belonged to the first generation of researchers of the Silesian literary regionalism. This paper presents the results of an analysis the correspondence of Fr. Jan Kudera, kept at the Archdiocesan Archives in Katowice. The analysed documents come from 9 fonds of the legacy bearing reference numbers from ZS 515 to ZS 523. The research of a historical and literary character was conducted mainly through content analysis. The letter was treated as a document and at the same time an autonomous statement. Correspondence from the legacy of the priest can be a valuable and unique source of information on cultural and scientific life in Silesia in the years 1922–1939 and about Kudera itself.