Prospecção e identificação de tipologias documentais do colégio sergipano Tobias Barreto (1930-1940)

Abstract

The following article aims to showcase the results of the identification and prospection of documentation from the Tobias Barreto elementary school in the 1930s, under the view of the information studies. Acknowledging the importance of expanding the research on the topic of school records in Sergipe, under the perspective of typology studies, the following questions roused: What kind of document prospects came from the examination of Tobias Barreto elementary school records on the 1930s and what conclusion one can make from that methodology?As a general objective, the analysis of documentary typologies produced by the institution in the 1930s and kept by the Department of School Inspection (DIES), archived under Extinct School, of the State Secretary of Education, Sports and Culture of Sergipe (SEDUC). Specifically searching for:a)Briefly historically contextualize the Tobias Barreto elementary school.b)Present the methodological actions related to the identification and prospection of documentation typologies.The research is guided according to the theory-method model of documentation typology widespread by researchers Herredia Herrera and Heloísa Bellotto. The data collected identifies the context of the typologies, and how documentation organization through the documents types is a methodology that allows an easier research and archive of the documents. In addition to the initial objective, the study revealed some specificities of the documents studied compared to current school documentary funds.