An archivist in turbulent times: the activity of Áurea Javierre in the Library of the University of Zaragoza during the Spanish Civil War (1936- 1939)
Abstract
The objective of this article is to analyze the trajectory, accidental and transitory, of Áurea
Javierre in the University Library of Zaragoza; during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Through
various documentary sources, a part of the biography of the turolense archivist virtually unknown is
reconstructed, centered on her work organizing the Servicio de Lecturas del Soldado and her
collaboration with Javier Lasso de la Vega, Head of Servicio de Archivos, Bibliotecas y Registro de
la Propiedad Intelectual, in the adaptation of the Cuerpo Facultativo de Archiveros, Bibliotecarios y
Arqueólogos to the new administrative structure that arose with the New State.
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