Abstract/Résumé/Resumen
This article discusses the creation of a finding aid in the form of a guide for the personal archive of Maura de Senna Pereira—poet, columnist, journalist, and feminist activist from Santa Catarina, Brazil. The main goal is to emphasize the role of archival description as a tool to give visibility to women’s collections. The research, which is qualitative, exploratory, bibliographic, and documentary in nature, enabled an in-depth understanding of Maura’s life and the organization of a concise guide containing key information about her biography and archive. The collection, donated to the Literature and Memory Center (nuLIME/UFSC), comprises personal documents, unpublished and published texts, photographs, newspaper clippings, and records of her cultural engagement. The guide was designed to serve both academic and general audiences, aiming to democratize access to the memory of a historically overlooked woman. This initiative contributes to addressing gaps in institutional memory and highlights the relevance of efforts focused on the preservation and dissemination of women’s archives, combining archival practices, gender studies, and the recognition of underrepresented historical trajectories.
