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General National Archive (Mexico)
General National Archive () is the name of several national archives in Latin America. *General Archive of the Nation (Argentina) *General Archive of the Nation (Colombia) *General National Archive (El Salvador) General National Archive () is the name of several national archives in Latin America. *General Archive of the Nation (Argentina) The General Archive of the Nation (, AGN) are the national archives of Argentina. It is a body under the Secretaria ... * General National Archive (Mexico) * General National Archive (Nicaragua) * General Archive of the Nation (Peru) * General National Archive (Uruguay) * General National Archive (Venezuela) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Archive
National archives are the archives of a country. The concept evolved in various nations at the dawn of modernity based on the impact of nationalism upon bureaucratic processes of paperwork retention. Conceptual development From the Middle Ages into the Early modern period archives generated by royal and clerical institutions retained proofs of political and genealogical claims as a "bastion of authenticity." The emerging Enlightenment concept of studying history as a science rather than as literature was influenced by Leopold von Ranke and brought archives into the limelight of serious historical study. In the late 18th century, the storage of old records was divided. Business records in the ''archives courantes'' went the way of records management while documents of cultural import in the ''archives historiques'' formed the core of Western-conceived archives. As the popularity of archives increased as a function of substantiating historical narratives, national archives were pur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General Archive Of The Nation (Argentina)
The General Archive of the Nation (, AGN) are the national archives of Argentina. It is a body under the Secretariat of the Interior, which aims to collect, order and keep the documentation that the law entrusts to it, to spread knowledge of the sources of Argentine history.La Institución on Argentina.gob.ar Overview The archives were established on August 28, 1821, by Governor Martín Rodríguez as the " Archive". In 1884 the archive's jurisdiction expanded to the entire country, being renamed "Archivo Gener ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General Archive Of The Nation (Colombia)
The General Archive of the Nation () is a Colombian government agency ascribed to the Colombian Ministry of Culture charged with "''conserving the historical legacy, as well as recovering and circulating the documentary heritage of the country''". It is the head of the National System of Archives. The headquarters are located in the city of Bogotá and was designed by the architect Rogelio Salmona. Contents The archive contains historical documents that date from 1541 to 1991. These documents include constitutional policies, notarized documents, judicial documents from colonial times, letters from famous historical figures such as Simón Bolívar, and historical maps of the New Kingdom of Granada. The collections has documents from all periods of the history of the Americas, from the conquest to the present day. In addition to material from Colombia, the archive has documents from the territories that formed the New Kingdom of Granada as well as from the later countries of Gran Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General National Archive (El Salvador)
General National Archive () is the name of several national archives in Latin America. *General Archive of the Nation (Argentina) The General Archive of the Nation (, AGN) are the national archives of Argentina. It is a body under the Secretariat of the Interior, which aims to collect, order and keep the documentation that the law entrusts to it, to spread knowledge of the ... * General Archive of the Nation (Colombia) * General National Archive (El Salvador) * General National Archive (Mexico) * General National Archive (Nicaragua) * General Archive of the Nation (Peru) * General National Archive (Uruguay) * General National Archive (Venezuela) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General National Archive (Mexico)
General National Archive () is the name of several national archives in Latin America. *General Archive of the Nation (Argentina) *General Archive of the Nation (Colombia) *General National Archive (El Salvador) General National Archive () is the name of several national archives in Latin America. *General Archive of the Nation (Argentina) The General Archive of the Nation (, AGN) are the national archives of Argentina. It is a body under the Secretaria ... * General National Archive (Mexico) * General National Archive (Nicaragua) * General Archive of the Nation (Peru) * General National Archive (Uruguay) * General National Archive (Venezuela) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General National Archive (Nicaragua)
The General National Archive () is charged with conserving the documentary heritage of Nicaragua, standardizing the national archival system, and promoting research and access to information. History A presidential decree on February 21, 1863, regulated the functions of the General Governmental Archive (Spanish: ''Archivo General del Gobierno''), which was to be composed of the documents of the nascent institutions and supervised by the Minister of Finance. But it was not until July 7, 1896, that President José Santos Zelaya decreed the creation of the General National Archive as the repository for the holdings of the executive, judicial, and legislative branches of government, as well as holding the archives of the municipalities. The earthquake of March 31, 1931 provoked a fire that destroyed the majority of the archives, including the ''Sección de Tierras'', which included documents from the colonial era. In October 1959, another decree was issued to regulate the operations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General Archive Of The Nation (Peru)
The General Archive of the Nation () is the national archive of Peru, located in the historic centre of Lima. History It was created on May 15, 1861, during the government of Ramón Castilla, as the National Archive (), with the aim of safeguarding historical government documentation, which until then had been kept in the Convent of San Agustín. The archive was located in the old National Library. In 1943, the archive, which houses approximately 150 million historical and administrative documents, was moved to the Palace of Justice. However, due to changes made to the building's infrastructure, the facility was put at risk in 2024. In 1972, the Revolutionary Government of the Armed Forces changed its name to the "General Archive of the Nation," which remains to this day. In 2010, it joined the newly created Ministry of Culture. List of directors * (1864-1867) * (1897-1903) * Constantino R. Salazar (1904-1909) * Luis Antonio Eguiguren Escudero (1914-1915) * Guillermo Lohm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General National Archive (Uruguay)
The National Archives of Uruguay also called ''Archivo General de la Nación'' is located in Montevideo, Uruguay. It was established in 1926. Directors * Alicia Casas de Barran See also * List of national archives External links * http://www.agn.gub.uy Uruguay Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast, while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the A ... Archives in Uruguay {{uruguay-gov-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
