The trajectory of integralist documents in Rio Grande do Sul

Abstract

After the conception of the largest non-European fascist organization in the 1930s, stemming from the Brazilian Integralist Action (Ação Integralista Brasileira – AIB) and outlawed in 1937, integralism underwent various articulations: there was restructuring during the democratic period with the Popular Representation Party (Partido de Representação Popular – PRP) (1945-1965), the integration of integralists in the coup that led to the 1964 civil-military dictatorship, their entry into the regime's supporting party, the National Renewal Alliance (Aliança Renovadora Nacional – ARENA), and, finally, the rise of neo-integralist groups in contemporary times and their connections to Bolsonarism. The movement traversed the 20th century in Brazilian politics, with some of its ideas still relevant today. As a result, there is considerable academic and public production on integralism, with the conservation and availability of documents contributing to increased research. Therefore, this article aims to analyze the trajectory of integralist documentation in Rio Grande do Sul, one of the richest regions, considering the archival preservation efforts by former integralists within the scope of the Civic-Cultural Minuano Association (Associação Cívico-Cultural Minuano – ACCM) and the Documentation Center on Brazilian Integralist Action and Popular Representation Party (Centro de Documentação sobre a Ação Integralista Brasileira e o Partido de Representação Popular – CD-AIB/PRP). The focus is on observing the process of creating the collection, as well as the policies of organization and preservation that later gave rise to the Documentary Collection Brazilian Integralist Action/Popular Representation Party – Documentation and Cultural Memory Space of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (AIB/PRP-DELFOS-PUCRS).