{"id":114422,"date":"2024-03-05T14:02:17","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T13:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/?page_id=114422"},"modified":"2026-01-12T10:44:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T09:44:41","slug":"history-and-fonds","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/uapsds\/archivio-storico-e-biblioteca\/the-historical-diplomatic-archives\/history-and-fonds\/","title":{"rendered":"History and fonds"},"content":{"rendered":"

PLEASE NOTE<\/u>: in view of facilitating the use of the services provided by the Archives, prior consultation of the Minimum Glossary<\/strong> <\/a>of Archival Terminology is highly recommended.<\/p>\n

Mission<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Historical Diplomatic Archives deal with the conservation, reorganisation and inventory of historical diplomatic documentation produced by the Ministry\u2019s Central Offices and its Diplomatic and Consular Missions abroad.
\nThe Archives also manage the public accessibility of these documents, within the limits of the possibility of consulting<\/a> them.<\/p>\n

Documentation stored<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Historical Diplomatic Archives currently hold approximately 30 linear kilometres of documents, arranged and stored according to their institutional origin (i.e. the transferring office) and preserving the original organisation.<\/p>\n

Fonds<\/strong><\/a>
\nThe fonds available for consultation are equipped with descriptive tools (published inventories, typewritten inventories, transfer records, etc.) to facilitate research. These tools can be consulted in paper format in the Reading Room and, in many cases, they are also available online.<\/p>\n

Inventories<\/strong>
\nTwo lists of inventories are available:
\n\u2013 digital inventories<\/strong> (which can be consulted online below<\/a>)
\n\u2013 inventories in paper format<\/strong> (which can be consulted only in the Reading Room \u2013 list below<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Diplomatic documents online<\/strong>
\nBefore starting an archival search, please consult the published series of Italian Diplomatic Documents<\/a>.<\/p>\n


\nDigital inventories\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>Pre-unitary fonds<\/strong><\/p>\n

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