Circular Showcase 1

Left:

The benefactors of the Nation. Designed by the philhellene from Moscow Ioannis Petrov. General State Archives, Central Service

Right:

Depiction of the Benefactors and the Philhellenes who supported the Struggle for Independence. Designed in 1886 by the Philhellene  from Moscow Ioannis Petrov.
General State Archives, Historical Archive – Museum of Hydra

Circular Showcase 2

Left (top to bottom):

1. Metaxas, Georgios (19th cent.)

Document addressed by the Secretariat(=Ministry) of Finance of the State (with a draft edict attached) to King Otto, forwarding a document by the Greek Consul in Bucharest concerning the content of the bequest by the Ioannina-born Georgios Metaxas.

Due to the absence of a National Fund, the Secretariat  requests an edict be issued for depositing of the aforementioned funds in the National Bank of Greece. According to his will, which was drawn up on 23 August 1841, large sums are given to the National Fund of Greece, the Ioannina Hospital and the University of Athens. Athens, 11 November 1841. General State Archives, Central Service

2. Antoniou, Sotirios (19th cent.)

Letter addressed by the Consul of Greece in Cairo to the Ministry of the Royal House and Foreign Affairs. It investigates whether the University received the amount of 2,000 piasters, which was delivered to the then Consul S.D. Kossivas by Stergios Karakostas, heir and executor of Sotirios Antoniou’s will. Cairo, 4/16 October 1858. General State Archives, Central Service

3. Rallis, Ioannis (19th cent.)

Letter of thanks sent by the Provisional Government of Greece to Ioannis Rallis’ sons Pantias, Avgoustos and Efstratios, who lived in London and Marseilles, for their financial contribution to the Public Treasury. Athens, 31 December 1862. General State Archives, Central Service

Right (top to bottom):

1. Triantafillidis, Panayotis (1810-1863)

Document addressed by the Rectorship of the National University to the Ministry of Ecclesiastic Affairs and Public Education notifying of their intention to utilize the P. Triantafillidis’ bequest for the establishment of an Agricultural School. Athens, 2 March 1870. General State Archives, Central Service

2. Document addressed by the Minister of the Interior Affairs Dimitrios Mavrokordatos to the Ministry of Ecclesiastical Affairs and Public Education informing that Ioannis Christophorou (from Vitsa in Zagori) leaves large sums to charitable institutions of Epirus and Athens (Hadjikonsta Orphanage, Poorhouse, Home for the Blind, Girls’ Orphanage), and also for scholarships of students at the Technical University of Athens. Athens, 24 March 1872. General State Archives, Central Service

3. Christophorou or Veitsinos, Ioannis (19th cent.)

Publication of Ioannis Christophorou’s will at the expense of the Rizareios Foundation. Athens, 1872. General State Archives, Central Service

Circular Showcase 3

Left (top to bottom):

1-2. Vikelas, Dimitrios (1835-1908)

The handwritten will and accompanying letter of Dimitrios Vikelas: he bequeaths part of his fortune to the Museum of Fine Arts (which operated as National Gallery until 1900) and almost all of his library to the Municipality of Herakleion of Crete, on the condition that it will be preserved in a conspicuous landmark bearing his name. He also instructs members of his family to donate his unpublished manuscripts they deem fit for publication to the “Society for the Dissemination of beneficial books.” Athens, 8 July 1905. General State Archives, Central Service

3. Kvostova, Sophia (19th cent.)

Letter by the Vice-Governor of the National Bank of Greece informing the Ministry of Ecclesiastic Affairs and Public Education regarding a credit to the monetary bequest of Sophia Kostova. Athens, 19 September 1874. General State Archives, Central Service

Left (top to bottom):

1. Sarros, Ioannis (19th cent.)

Document addressed by the Greek Consul in Romania to the Minister of Foreign Affairs informing him of the death of Ioannis Sarros from Ioannina, and of Sarros’ wish to donate an amount of money for boys’ or girls’ orphanages in Athens. Bucharest, 21 March 1872. General State Archives, Central Service

2. Annex to Volume I of the Register of Bequests under the management and control of the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs.

The bequests of Ioannis Varvakis for the erection of a high school for the education of Greek youth, of the Zosimas brothers for the education of orphans, of Andreas Syngros for the building of primary schools and courts of justice in provinces and municipalities outside the capital, and of Alexandros Soutsos for the establishment and maintenance of a museum of painting in Athens can be found inside. Athens, 1930. General State Archives, Central Service

3. Vallianos brothers. Marinos or Maris (1808-1891), Panagis (1814-1902)

Letter to the Vallianos brothers in London, announcing the issue of a royal edict specifying the location where the National Library of Greece is to be erected at their expense. Athens, 26 August 1886. General State Archives, Central Service

Circular Showcase 4

Right (from top to bottom)

1. Stavrou, Georgios (1788-1869) General State Archives, Central Service