The Historical File of the
Factories of
Riópar shows an original set of documents which
was guarded in the offices by the "taller de San Carlos". This
set constitutes nowadays the documentary collection of the Museum.These documents have grounded from the commercial
activity on the manufacturing area for more than 230 years consecutively,
under different governments.The
documentary set is constituted by accounting books (mayor,
diaries, till, balance etc.), and administration documents (articles
of association, mail, acts, payslips, company books etc.) inventories,
catalogues, photographies, original building plans and drawings dating
back from 1846 to 2002. The inventory is
chronologically divided in four series. Each one of them
belongs to the different mercantile stages that the Factories have lived, from
their constitution as a private company in 1846 (documents previous to this
date are not kept) to year 2002. That was the date in which the "Escuela
Taller" (Worksop School) stopped being funded and the Museum opening became possible.
The Archive remains closed to the public until we can
ensure the necessary conditions of conservation and
use. Researchers can perform queries on the archive through
the Documentation Centre.
The Centro de Documentación de las Fábricas de
San Juan de Alcaraz y Cartagena , a
new Documentation Centre about the Industrial Complex, has been created to
collect, recover and select, and also to analyze and transmit the data from the
Factories (in Riópar and Cartagena), spread out in libraries and archives
all over the country. This archive has been properly inventoried according to
regulation guidelines.
The archive gives a comfortable access to researchers, as well as to the local
community. They can investigate on the historical knowledge and look at the
collections kept in the Museum.It is located in the offices of San Carlos, attached to the
warehouses of the Historical File of the Factories.
IMPORTANT: Users must previously arrange a
visit with the Museum.
