“Para que não o esqueça(m)” – organização do arquivo pessoal José Alberto Kaplan: relato de experiência

Abstract

It deals with the process of organizing the personal archive of teacher and teacher José Alberto Kaplan (JAK), located in the Documentation and Regional Historical Information Center of the UFPB. Focus mainly on the activities carried out in the second phase, with emphasis on the classification and elaboration of the framework of arrangement. It is characterized as a descriptive research, with a qualitative approach; taking the case study as a method. The data were obtained through the experience by direct observation and practical action of the researcher in the daily archival as a servant of the Institution and responsible for the organization of the JAK Archive. For the theoretical background, he sought reference in national authors on personal archives and classification / arrangement of documents. Through this research, the importance of the arrangement was verified as a methodological instrument that, together with other technical procedures, such as the description, guarantee the organization, preservation, availability and access to documents and information of great cultural, musical and social value, contained in the personal archives, in particular in the JAK Archive. The research aimed to contribute, in an effective way, to the actions directed to the personal archives, as a research practice within the scope of Archivology, and a greater visibility of the Kaplan archives.