Archivio di Stato di Reggio Emilia

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The State Archive of Reggio nell'Emilia is the peripheral office of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism which by law preserves the historical documentation produced by the public bodies of the province of Reggio Emilia and by deposit voluntary, temporary custody, donation or purchase of any other archive or documentary collection of historical importance.

It is located in the Palazzo Carmi.

The Reggio Emilia State Archive was established in January 1887 as a Provincial General Archive by the Municipality, the Province, the Administration of charities, the Consortium for the reclamation of Reggio Emilia and the Parmigiana Moglia Reclamation Consortium. With rd March 20, 1892, n. 222 - at the request of the founding bodies - the institute was set up in the State Archive starting from the following 1 July. Subsequently classified as Section of the State Archive by l. 22 December 1939, n. 2006, summarized the name of Archivio di Stato following the enactment of Presidential Decree 30 September 1963, n. 1409.

In addition to the documentation produced by local pre-unification government bodies and post-unitary peripheral state offices, the institute preserves the municipal historical archive of the capital. The ancient Archive, a term used to indicate the communal maps concerning the period up to 1796, was transferred in 1864 from the Torre del Bordello to the Palazzo S. Giorgio, in rooms adjacent to the library and entrusted to the custody of the librarian Prospero Viani. The Municipal Administration implements several attempts to reorganize the most important of which was completed in 1877 by Giovanni Livi and the archive thus rearranged is entrusted to the archivist Ippolito Malaguzzi. In 1887 the General Provincial Archive which has as its initial endowment, in addition to the public archives of the Pie Works and of the Province, also the Ancient Archive or the Private Archive of the Public, as the Archives of the Municipality are defined. Subsequently the papers produced by the Municipality of Reggio from 1797 to 1803 are also paid, thus marking the demarcation between the ancient documentation and the one after 1803, the year in which the Napoleonic classification holder was adopted by the Municipality. In 1888 the municipal administrative correspondence was also transferred to the provincial general archives from 1803 to 1859. Finally, in 1898 the last payment was made from the municipal deposit archive to the now established State Archive consisting of classified correspondence and protocol registers from the years 1860 to 1884. Subsequently the papers produced by the Municipality of Reggio from 1797 to 1803 are also paid, thus marking the demarcation between the ancient documentation and the one after 1803, the year in which the Napoleonic classification holder was adopted by the Municipality. In 1888 the municipal administrative correspondence was also transferred to the provincial general archives from 1803 to 1859. Finally, in 1898 the last payment was made from the municipal deposit archive to the now established State Archive consisting of classified correspondence and protocol registers from the years 1860 to 1884. Subsequently the papers produced by the Municipality of Reggio from 1797 to 1803 are also paid, thus marking the demarcation between the ancient documentation and the one after 1803, the year in which the Napoleonic classification holder was adopted by the Municipality. In 1888 the municipal administrative correspondence was also transferred to the provincial general archives from 1803 to 1859. Finally, in 1898 the last payment was made from the municipal deposit archive to the now established State Archive consisting of classified correspondence and protocol registers from the years 1860 to 1884. year in which the Napoleonic classification holder is adopted by the Municipality. In 1888 the municipal administrative correspondence was also transferred to the provincial general archives from 1803 to 1859. Finally, in 1898 the last payment was made from the municipal deposit archive to the now established State Archive consisting of classified correspondence and protocol registers from the years 1860 to 1884. year in which the Napoleonic classification holder is adopted by the Municipality. In 1888 the municipal administrative correspondence was also transferred to the provincial general archives from 1803 to 1859. Finally, in 1898 the last payment was made from the municipal deposit archive to the now established State Archive consisting of classified correspondence and protocol registers from the years 1860 to 1884.

The institute had its first seat in the eighteenth-century Palazzo San Giorgio, already belonging to the Society of Jesus, where since 1864 the historical archive of the Municipality of Reggio Emilia and the notarial archive had been placed; since 1969 it is housed in Palazzo Carmi at 6 Cairoli Street and has a subsidiary office, used only as a deposit, inside the former San Tommaso district house in via delle Carceri 2.

In addition to the documentation produced by local pre-unification government bodies and post-unitary peripheral state offices, the institute preserves the municipal historical archive of the capital. The State Archive also preserves the archives of other centers in the Reggio area, the historical archive of the Chamber of Commerce, the notarial archives, the archives of suppressed religious corporations and numerous family archives.