Evelyn Kroker

Evelyn Kroker (born June 7, 1942 in Chemnitz as Evelyn Modes ; † February 7, 2012 ) was a German sociologist , historian and economic archivist .

Kroker studied sociology, history and education. In the late 1960s, she was an assistant to Albrecht Timm at the Department of Economic and technological history of the Ruhr-University Bochum and received his doctorate in 1973 with a dissertation on the contribution of the mining industry to the world exhibitions from 1851 to 1880, with the Rudolf Kellermann Price was awarded for the history of technology.

She came to the German Mining Museum in Bochum as a research assistant in 1974 and was in charge of the mining archive there until her retirement .

“When Evelyn Kroker started working for the mining archive, this (...) was hardly more than established in its structures. Evelyn Kroker was left with the right to develop “her” mining archive into a modern and archival scientific standard in the following more than 25 years - a lifetime achievement that she and her in the masculine and traditionally hierarchical professional world of mining knew how to master his own creative ability and assertiveness in an outstanding manner. "

- Michael Farrenkopf, Renate Köhne-Lindenlaub, 2012

Evelyn Kroker was also involved in various professional associations. From 1980 she was a member and 1992-1998 chairwoman of the board of the Association of German Business Archivists . In addition, she was chair of the specialist group for business archivists in the Association of German Archivists .

She had been married to mining historian Werner Kroker (1941–2015) since 1968 .

Fonts

• The world exhibitions in the 19th century. Proof of industrial performance, competitive behavior and communication function taking into account the coal and steel industry in the Ruhr area between 1851 and 1880. Dissertation, Ruhr University Bochum, 1973. / Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1975, ISBN 3-525-42203-2 .
• (with Gabriele Unverferth): The miner's workplace in historical pictures and documents. (= Publications from the German Mining Museum Bochum , No. 15.) (= publications from the Mining Archive , No. 2.) Bochum 1979, ISBN 3-921533-14-7 . / 3rd, revised edition, Bochum 1990, ISBN 3-921533-21-X .
• The miner's workplace. The way to full mechanization. (= Publications from the Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum , no. 37.) (= publications of the mining archive , no. 4.) Bochum 1986, ISBN 3-921533-36-8 .
• (with Werner Kroker): Solidarity out of tradition. The Knappenvereine in the Ruhr area. CH Beck, Munich 1988, ISBN 3-406-33389-3 .
• (with Werner Kroker): Women and Mining. Testimonies from five centuries. (Catalog for the exhibition of the German Mining Museum Bochum from August 29 to December 10, 1989) (= publications from the German Mining Museum Bochum , No. 45.) Bochum 1989, ISBN 3-921533-43-0 .
• (with Michael Farrenkopf ): Mine accidents in German-speaking countries. Catalog of the mines, victims, causes and sources. (= Publications from the German Mining Museum Bochum , no. 79.) (= publications of the mining archive , no. 8.) 2nd revised edition, Bochum 1999, ISBN 3-921533-68-6 .

literature

• Mining Archive Director Dr. Evelyn Kroker is dead. In: Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung of February 14, 2012 ( online )
• Michael Farrenkopf, Renate Köhne-Lindenlaub: Dr. Evelyn Kroker MA in memory (1942–2012). In: Archive and Economy , Volume 45, 2012, Issue 2, pp. 105–108. ( online as PDF file; 109 kB)