Identification of personal archival collections

the case of the documents of Carlos Ismael Camino kept at the Documentation and Research Center of the Carnival Museum, Uruguay

Abstract

This study presents an investigation that reports on the archival identification of the Collection of Carlos Ismael Camino, a Uruguayan researcher focused on musicology and anthropology. Currently, his collection is housed in the Documentation and Research Center of the Carnival Museum in Uruguay. The research applies a mixed methodology and a descriptive scope, combining the qualitative analysis of documents from an identification form designed specifically for the particularities of the collection, together with the processing of quantitative data. The study identifies 8 species and 23 document types, analyzes their relationship and distribution based on the thematic classification originally assigned by Camino to his own collection. A clear predominance of the dossier document species is detected among the 16,687 pages analyzed, which is associated with Camino’s research practices. In addition, documents were identified whose information is of particular relevance to the purposes of the Carnival Museum.