Description: Against the conservative politics of President Julio A. Roca, the political party Unión Cívica Radical (Civic Radical Union) fought against voting without corruption. This party led cirical upheavals in 1893 and 1905. In this quest, the founded the Hogar Radical (Radical Home) for a...
Description: The history of this high school goes back to 1864 when the, then, President Mitre signed a decree creating a scientific school that will also include humanities. It is still in existence. Extent and format of original material:
Description: Politics in Argentina from 1930s to 1950s is mainly characterized by the occurrence of three military coups that initiated the bad habit of citizens and military officers to decide the government of a democratic republic by the use of force. In 1930, General José Uriburu put a violen...
Description: In addition to the previous description, this envelope informs us of the politics in Argentina from the 1910s to the 1960s. In 1912, President Roque Sáenza Peña—a son of the conservative elite that followed former President Roca—led a progressive sector of the political enclave intr...
Description: The Colegio Nacional Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires National High School) was created in mid-16th century and administered by the Jesuits. When the latter were suppressed in 1767, the school languished until President Bartolomé Mitré renamed it with its actual name and the school started...