Antonia Salvador Benítez

El fondo fotográfico Hernández-Pacheco de la Biblioteca Histórica Marqués de Valdecilla. Metodología para su análisis documental

The photographic collection of the prestigious Spanish geologist Eduardo Hernandez-Pacheco is found in the Biblioteca Historica Marques de Valdecilla of the Universidad Complutense of Madrid. It is made up of approximately 3,000 photographs on glass supports dating back to the first half of the 20th century, most of which were taken by the geologist. They feature an average format (8.5 x 10 cm) and contents linked to his specialty, with an abundance of landscapes from Spain and Portugal. The specific characteristics of the collection called for the design of an ad hoc methodology for the documentary processing of the artifacts, bearing in mind their origin, their value (geographic, geological and photographic) and their recovery for use by other historians, scholars and researchers. This article covers the photographic collection of the eminent professor and the methodology for its documentary processing as a model for application to similar collections.

Carteles de ferias y fiestas. Análisis documental e iconográfico

Estudy and document analysis of the festivities posters as a kind of advertising poster. There is adescription of the basic features of 71 representative posters of San Isidro Labrador festivities using a self designmodel for this study. Visually, the results show how are represented the festive elements of Madrid through thisadvertising medium. From the documentary perspective, quantitative and qualitative analysis of the sample hasallowed the identification of the authors of the poster, formats, techniques and the iconographic elements, themesand places most represented on posters.