Presença de Dom Pedro II na Paraíba (1975): revelando o historiador Maurílio Augusto de Almeida

Abstract

The memory of a society can be registered through documents, whether physical or digital, they can also be present in literary works that describe social facts, and can serve as a source of information for historical and cultural understanding, even so, they happen not to be consulted due to the lack of perception and value of these publications. Thus, this study aims to present the book by physician and historian Maurílio de Almeida, from the analysis of the book Presença de D. Pedro II in Paraíba (1975), having this as the main source of information for this research, in this case , for considering it a relevant theoretical framework for understanding historical aspects of Paraíba, as well as recovering the memory recorded in it. Thus, this article is characterized in terms of nature as bibliographical and documentary research, with a qualitative approach, having as its foundation the theories of Aróstegui (2006), as a field of study there is the Personal Archive of Maurílio Augusto de Almeida and the their respective work. Finally, the social importance of Maurílio de Almeida's performance for Paraíba is highlighted, both for his performance as a health professional, but also as a writer and historian. It is concluded that the book under study is an artifact of information and memory, as it provides knowledge from the event described and the actions resulting from it, a crossing between the facts, the temporality and spatiality of the information contained in the work, this research suggests new studies to deepen the historical, documentary, heritage and architectural aspects observed in this book.