Fundo arquivístico Ricardo Vieira Coutinho: um relato de experiência a partir do acervo referente à sua função pública como deputado estadual

Abstract

The general objective of this paper is to report the experience gained during the activities with the Ricardo Vieira Coutinho private archival fund`s (RVC), specifically with the collection related to the Public Function as State Representative. It presents a theoretical approach around personal private archives highlighting its relevance to the holder, as well as their role in the social context. As methodological procedures, the research is empirical, descriptive of a qualitative approach, characterized by an experience report, whose study is based on the observance of the practices experienced at the Fundação Casa de José Américo (FCJA) under the perspective of participant research. The interest for this study arose because of the non-compulsory stage and extended opportunity for this researcher to be hired to continue the activities in the FCJA. In this sense, it was possible to develop the story from the experience in a contextualized way and supported by archival authors at which time real situations were analyzed that provided the alignment between theory and practice. The research provided an understanding of how the spheres of the private documents of public men are dynamic and representative in the genesis of culture and its political and social spheres, since they demonstrate situations of the daily life of its holders that permeate values and judgments within social vicissitudes. Thus, it becomes evident how significant the social role of personal private archives is as a place of memory.