Historical Approach to the Role of the Archive on the Formation of the Nation-State in Colombia during the Decade of 1860-1869

Abstract

This article presents the historical thesis that, during the decade from 1860 to 1869, the National Archives had a fundamental role in the State-Nation consolidation process. For this purpose, the hermeneutical method was defined, through which the primary sources (manuals and regulations of the National Archives from the period in question) are interpreted, in the light of a reconstruction of the context, by identifying secondary sources (historical research results). The research presents, in a systematic way, the information retrieval process and a deep state of the art, based on a documentary description, both in the qualitative and quantitative context, which enables documentary control and the validity of the statements through the corroboration of the sources used.