Este artigo tem por objetivo resgatar e analisar aspectos históricos relativos à preservação documental no Brasil, ao longo do século XX. À luz das reflexões apontadas pela história cultural, examina as práticas, as narrativas, os atores sociais, os marcos teóricos, os paradigmas, as influências internacionais e as políticas culturais que alicerçaram a inserção e a construção dessa disciplina especializada no âmbito brasileiro.
This paper aims to retrieve and analyse historical aspects that concern document preservation in Brazil through the twentieth century. The study is carried out under the reflections on the field of cultural history. It seeks to investigate the practices, narratives, social actors, theoretical frameworks, patterns as well as international influences and cultural policies that served as a background to the integration and construction of this specialized discipline in Brazil.
