Arquivo Público do Estado de São Paulo
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The Arquivo Público do Estado de São Paulo contains a large variety of colonial documents; local, state, and national newspapers; public records; personal archives; and the records of the Departamento Estadual de Ordem e Política Social (DEOPS).
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[edit] Address
Rua Voluntários da Pátria, 596, Santana, São Paulo, SP 02010-000
[edit] Website
http://www.arquivodoestado.sp.gov.br
[edit] Telephone
+55-11-2221-4785
[edit] Fax
[edit] Email
[edit] Schedule & hours
Tuesday-Saturday, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
(No requests for documents after 4:00 p.m. DEOPS records not available on Saturdays.)
[edit] Working language(s)
Portuguese
[edit] Directions to the archive
Take the Metrô (Linha 1 - Azul) to Portuguesa-Tietê. Exit from the west side of the station, walk one block west on Rua Mal. Odílio Denys, take a right on Rua Voluntários da Pátria, and the archive will be about three buildings down, on your right.
[edit] Holdings
Colonial documents
Local, state, and national newspapers - This includes local papers like the [i]Folha de S. Paulo[/i], [i]O Estado de S. Paulo[/i], and [i]Jornal da Tarde[/i], as well as smaller local papers; national papers like the [/i]Jornal do Brasil[/i], and newspapers from all over the interior of the state. It is not uncommon for long runs of any given newspaper to be unavailable due to never-completed microfilming, so check before you go if the newspaper you want is available for the years you need.
Public records
Personal archives - Among others, the archive of former President Washington Luis and the personal archive of former governor Adhemar de Barros are held here.
Departamento Estadual de Ordem e Política Social (DEOPS) - Perhaps the most well-known and frequently-consulted collection at the archive, the DEOPS records contain the files of the state political-social police that monitored politicians, social movements, labor, religious organizations, and others for subversion during the Estado Novo, Populist Republic, and military regime. The files include informants' reports on various groups' activities and meetings, as well as personal files on politicians, revolutionaries, labor leaders, etc.;
[edit] Research procedures
[edit] Access
You must register at the entrance with a passport, RG (Brazilian identity document), or RNE (foreigner registration document). No advance arrangements are required.
[edit] Permitted and prohibited items
- Permitted: Laptops, cameras, scanners, pencils, loose paper.
- Prohibited: Bags, pens (not enforced), cell phones (not strictly enforced).
[edit] Document ordering and delivery
The DEOPS records are fairly thoroughly listed on a computer catalogue available for consultation at the archive. Most other holdings are listed in paper binders on a shelf in the main reading room. Retrieval usually takes 5-10 minutes.
You may request up to three folders/items at a time for retrieval and may view them one by one. You must wear latex gloves while handling any items from the archive.
[edit] Photocopying, photography, microfilming
Photography is permitted (no flashes allowed - strictly enforced). Tripods are also permitted. Uncertain about photocopying procedures. Microfilming is not available to researchers.
[edit] Practicalities
There is no food or coffee available. There is a water cooler (usually with a limited supply of disposable plastic cups) by the main entrance. There are a few cheap and unpleasant-looking lanchonetes nearby, a fairly decent per-kilo restaurant on Rua Mal. Odílio Denys, and some fast food in the nearby Tietê bus station.
There are lockers in which you must leave any purse, bag, or laptop bag you have brought with you.
There is parking available if you come by car, but considering São Paulo traffic, public transportation is much more convenient.
There is no Internet access, wireless or wired, currently available at the archive.
