The Historical Archive of the Valencian Community is created by article 88 of Law 12/2009, of the Presidency of the Generalitat, which modifies the name of the Central Archive of the Generalitat Valenciana created by Decree 57/1984, of 21 of May, of the Council of the Generalitat Valenciana, subordinate to the Ministry of Culture, Education and Science, whose mission is to collect, preserve and make available for use the documentary funds of the Generalitat Valenciana, whatever their support and form of presentation.
By virtue of Law 3/2005 on Archives of the Generalitat, the former Central Archive of the Generalitat Valenciana is renamed the Archive of the Generalitat and becomes the head of the Valencian Archives System. In this Archive of the Generalitat, the documentation of files related to the period of establishment of the Generalitat must be preserved, as well as all that historical documentation that is considered of interest and the copies that, in any type of support, obtain historical documentation of which he is not the owner.
Documents of a historical or cultural nature acquired by this institution will also be included in the historical archives of the Generalitat. Likewise, they may admit documents of cultural value belonging to natural or legal persons other than the Generalitat in storage or in a safe deposit box.
The building is a new construction of 6000 m², with a horizontal rectangular arrangement on two floors. The office and a warehouse are located on the ground floor; on the upper floor twelve warehouses with compact shelves. They have capacity for thirty linear kilometers of documentation. The dimensions of the building are equivalent to ten percent of which the General Archive of the Civil Administration of the State possesses. In July 2007, on the occasion of the creation of the Ministry of Culture and Sport, part of the premises of the building were occupied by the central services of this body, respecting only the deposits of the Archive and a minimum space for to carry out technical work and consult documents.
Documentary funds
Among all the collections and documentary series preserved (mainly from Councils), we will point out some that deserve special mention for their importance, antiquity and interest:
-Council minutes, from 1978 to 2012.
- Archive of the Greater Valencia Administrative Corporation, 1949-1986.
- Foundation files, from the 18th century to the present day.
-Personal files of teachers from the province of Valencia, from the end of the 19th century to the present day.
- Juvenile Guardianship Court, from its creation in 1923 until its extinction in 1989.
-Intellectual Property files of the province of Valencia since 1879.
-Files of the legal deposit of the province of Valencia, since its creation in 1958.
-Files of the Law of social danger 1972-1986.
-Files of the Law of Associations since 1887.
- Mining police files since 1897.
-Mining files since 1873.
- Student records of the “Luis Vives” Baccalaureate Institute in Valencia, from 1860 to 1940.
-Republican Courts of Justice, from 1936 to 1939.
Most outstanding documents
In addition to the funds such as that of the "Lluis Vives" Institute or the previously mentioned Republican Courts, other books and documents of historical value stand out in the archive.
-Academic file of Vicente Blasco Ibáñez. It belongs to the fund of the Lluís Vives Institute, founded in 1859. The file covers from 1877, when he enrolled in the first course at the age of 10, until 1882.
- All the architectural works of Sebastiano Serlio, translation of the original in Italian, is the oldest printed book preserved in this archive. It was printed in Venice in 1584.
-XVIth century codex. This codex was made during the second half of the 16th century on parchment leaves. It has information about the Corts de Montsó held in 1585.
- Fund of the Baron de Vallvert. This is a special fund, arrived at the archive in the form of a donation by the Vallvert family. Among the preserved documentation, we can highlight the personal library of Manuel Manglano i Palència, 2nd Baron de Vallvert and the ancient fund, which contains numerous materials of different types (engravings, parchments, manuscript books...) spanning from the 15th century to the 20th A parchment from 1407 stands out, the oldest document preserved in the archive.
Services and activities
It is carried out through the producing office or with its authorization, for documents produced by the regional administration and consultation is free or restricted according to current legislation, for documents containing personal data received from other public bodies.
Formed by more than eight hundred archival works and auxiliary sciences. In addition, we have complete collections of the Official Journal of the Generalitat Valenciana, the Official Bulletin and Journal of Sessions of the Valencian Courts; publications of the Generalitat Valenciana (books, brochures and posters); Official Gazette of the State since 1924, Official Gazette of the Province of Alicante, Castellón and Valencia since 1989; Aranzadi Legislation and Jurisprudence Repertory since 1936.
The Archive has a photocopier and scanner and researchers are authorized to photograph the documents as long as they do not affect conservation.
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