Description: This envelope informs us about the precarious situation of the country and its people during especially hard winters or cold waves. Extent and format of original material: Nepaco folder that contains two divider "Notes" and "Comments."
Description: Lavalle was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, a military man that fought in the Wars of Independence under the order of General José de San Martín in the Army of the Andes. He became known as the Hero of the battle of Riobamba. He disagreed with Simón Bolívar when San Martín handed to...
Description: The Democratic National Party (Partido Demócrata Nacional, PDN) was a conservative political party created by the elite that came to power with the 1930 military coup. Until the 1943 military coup this political power governed Argentina during what is now denominated the Infamous De...
Description: In Argentina the existence and activities of private non-profit organisations existed before the conformation of the national state in the second half of the 19th century. These associations looked for the public good and actively intervened in the cultural, relief aid, and social po...
Description: At the beginning of the 1900s, the immigrant groups of Catalan in different cities of Argentina decided to found centres. Many of them did this in opposition to the Spanish authorities due to the War of Barcelona when the workers, in particular the Anarchists, were violently repress...
Description: Casa Amarilla or Yellow House is a handmade envelope about the building, activities, and events of the National Potatoes Market that functioned in this house. Close to the port, the railway, and the Italian neighbourhood of La Boca, this envelope contains photos and clippings glued ...
Description: From 1874 to the decade of the 1930s, the government conservative and the ones pertaining to the Partido Radical underwent deep anti-clerical policies. To confront this state the Catholic Club was founded in order to fight the liberal propaganda. Extent and format of original mater...
Description: "The Province of Santa Fe is located in the Central Region of Argentina. By population and production, the province ranks among the top three, together with Buenos Aires and Cordoba. With a total area of 13.3 million hectares and the 849 km of the Parana River running along the easte...
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: Selling fast food at cheap prices is not an effect of modernisation as its existence may be traced to the beginning of the 20th century. The port of Buenos Aires received delicious meat from the stockbreeder interior of the pampas that was, then, sold at cheap prices. At the same, ...