Created by means of the Ministerial Order of September 24, 1974 (BOE n.247, 15-10-1974), with the initial aim - later expanded - of receiving the transfers of the documentary funds produced by the services of the State Administration in Alicante and of safeguarding the centuries-old notarial protocols. Management was transferred to the Generalitat Valenciana on October 13, 1983 (Royal Decree 3,066/1983; BOE n.296, 12-12-1983)
Its first headquarters, shared with the Public Library of the State, was in Paseíto de Ramiro, in the traditional center of Alicante.
The priority activity in the early days was the reception of foundational funds such as: notarial protocols, the Archives of the Tax Delegation and the first transfers from the rest of the branches of the State Delegated Administration , and the inventory of funds most demanded by researchers.
Since 2005, it has been fully computerized, but with a comprehensive archive management system that will form part of the SAVEX program (Valencian Online Archival System), with which it is intended to launch a computerized system and comprehensive management of the files that are part of the Valencian Archives System as promulgated by Law 3/2005, of June 15, of the Generalitat, on Archives.
Currently, the archive is located in a new building inaugurated on January 10, 2008. It has a built-up area of 6,632 m² and is composed of two volumes of two different heights, separated by a landscaped interior courtyard, and distributed in two areas: a private one intended for internal work and a public one for users.
On the first floor is the researchers' room, with 35 reading places.
The warehouses occupy 75% of the built space, with a capacity of 35,000 linear meters of shelves.
The chronology of this documentation starts in 1707 until 2012.
Documentary funds
• Alicante Provincial Court (1880-1965)
• Provincial Electoral Board (1977-2004)
• Notarial Protocols (1707-1908)
• Notarial Indexes (1875-1899)
• Mortgage Accounting (1786-1871)
• Property register (1863-1871)
• Delegation/Provincial Directorate of Agriculture and Fisheries (1942-1986)
• Prefecture of the National Agricultural Products Service (SENPA) (1956-1986)
• Provincial Coastal Service (1981-2009)
trade
• General Commissariat of Supplies and Transport (1939-1983)
culture
• Provincial Delegation of Culture (1974-1984)
• Territorial Directorate of Culture (1981-1986)
Economy and Finance
• Provincial Delegation of Finance (1692-1973)
• Management of the Cadastre of Alicante (1912-2000)
• Provincial Delegation of Statistics (1970)
education
•Provincial Education Delegation (1857-1975)
Secondary education institutes (1880-1984)
interior
• Civil Government / Subdelegation (1917-1993)
• Penitentiary Institutions (1935-1956)
• Inspection and Advisory Service of Local Corporations (1951-1983)
• National Local Government Pension Fund (1957-1993)
Public Works
• Delegation/Provincial Directorate of Public Works and Urban Planning (1849-1985)
healthcare
• Delegated Provincial Sanitation Commission (1944-1980)
• Aigües Antituberculosis Prevention Center (1940-1960)
Work and Social Security
• Delegation/Provincial Directorate of Labor and Social Security (1882-1994)
Tourism
• Organization of Port Works (1950-1968)
• Provincial Information and Tourism Delegation (1951-1977)
• Provincial Delegation of the Youth Front (1935-1977)
• Provincial Delegation of the Women's Section (1942-1980)
•Club of Friends of UNESCO
• Association Spain-USSR
•Cinema Club Chaplin
• Castroverde family
• Bonmatí Montoya family
• Brothers Lázaro and Luis López Andres
• Architect Guardiola Payà.
Featured Funds
- Contemporary Funds for Historical Memory.
- Penitentiary Institutions and Civil Government Fund.
Services and activities
About the documentary funds.
Personalized advice.
In person or at a distance (telephone, fax, postal or e-mail). All funds have some instrument of description: indexes, inventories and catalogues. The consultation is freely accessible, with the restrictions set by current legislation. The researcher must be identified with an ID or passport.
Photocopies or photographs may be obtained depending on the state of conservation of the document.
auxiliary library Made up of reference works, archival auxiliary sciences and local history.
(*SIA): Creation of the General Directorate of Books, Archives and Libraries with the aim of facilitating access to professional information for all those working in the archives of the Valencian Community.
– Guided visits to the Archive (groups).
- Revitalization workshops with schoolchildren.
– Document restoration laboratory.
- Event's Hall.
– Exhibition hall.
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Address
C/ Guillem de Castro, 3
CP 03007 Alicante
