Bolivia breaks record in the Memory of the World, registering eight documents | Bolivia rompe récord en la Memoria del Mundo, inscribió ocho documentos

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Among the documents Bolivia registered is the “Census of Foreigners (1935-1959) from the La Paz Archive.”

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Bolivia broke a record in the Memory of the World Program (MoWLAC), directed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), with the registration of eight documents.

“With these registrations, Bolivia is recognized as a custodian of historical documents that are part of the Memory of the World and aims to highlight the world’s documentary heritage,” states a press report from the Cultural Foundation of the Central Bank of Bolivia (FC-BCB).

Among the documents Bolivia registered is the “Census of Foreigners (1935-1959) from the La Paz Archive,” a documentary series that was part of the Ministry of the Interior, Migration, and Justice.

The National Archives and Library of Bolivia registered the “Gabriel René Moreno Collection on Mojos and Chiquitos (1758 – 1888).” The archive evidences the settlements of the Jesuit missions in the Bolivian Amazon and Chiquitos, from the late 17th century to 1767.

Also included in the Memory of the World is the document “Expedient on the Forced Relocation of Indians from Puno to the Imperial City of Potosí for Work in Mines and Mills (1745),” safeguarded by the National Mint of Bolivia, which describes the displacement of 83 people (women, men, and children) from the Puno region, now Peru, to the city of Potosí, now Bolivia, to fulfill the mita mining labor system.

Another registered document is the “Treatise on Cinchona [Quina, quinine| (1638-1792),” held by the Plurinational Culture Center. It is a fundamental work in botany and medicine that addresses the study of the cinchona tree and describes the various species discovered in the Viceroyalty of Peru in the 18th century.

Bolivia also registered the “Impartial Manifesto of the Revolution that Occurred in the City of Chuquisaca on Thursday, May 25, 1809,” nominated by Casa de la Libertad and presented as an anonymous diary. The document narrates the revolution of May 25, 1809, in La Plata (today Sucre) and mentions locations situated in what are now Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, and Argentina.

Additionally, the “Spanish-Moseteno and Moseteno-Spanish Dictionary. Covendo 1874” was registered, nominated by the National Museum of Ethnography and Folklore. It was developed for teaching, arts, crafts, and evangelization in the indigenous Moseteno language.

Meanwhile, the National Museum of Art presented the “Political and Artistic Archive of Miguel Alandia Pantoja (1936-1979),” which demonstrates the social and ideological commitment of the Painter of the Revolution in the 20th century and is composed of 52 files.

Finally, the Universidad Mayor, Real y Pontificia de San Francisco Xavier de Chuquisaca registered the archive “Carolina Academy (1778-1941),” comprised of 541 folders of manuscripts as an academic response from the enlightened intellectuals of the time to improve the legal practice of those who studied at this university.

The members of the Regional Committee analyzed 35 eligible nominations for evaluation, submitted by Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, and Venezuela, approving 27 new registrations in the MoWLAC register.

The Memory of the World program was created by UNESCO in 1992 with the objective of promoting the conservation and access to the documentary heritage of humanity, including in digital format.

MoWLAC approved the first nominations for the regional register, and today there are 260 entries of documentary heritage safeguarded in archives, libraries, or museums recognized and selected by the program’s Regional Committee.

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