The Archive of the Compania Industrial de Atlixco S.A. (CIASA): its Purpose and Documentary Organization

The historical archives of a company are part of the industrial heritage that the development of mechanization be-queathed us. In these archive the economic, political, and social memory of an entire society is kept, and its documents are an important source of quantitative. and most of all. qualitative information, which we can hardly find in public sources and with which important historical processes can be reconstructed. In this sense this article "El Archivo de la Compania Industrial de Atlixco S. A. (CIASA): su funcion y organizacion documental" deals with the mechanisms regarding the information generated during this company and its textile factory's activity (1899-1967). At the same time, it describes the transition of this company archive to a historical documentary collection, how it was organized, and how it was put into value as a source for public consultation and academic research.