Classification table
Chronologically, the documentation kept in the Archive covers from the 13th to the 20th century. It is completely classified in documentary series and described in catalogs at the documentary unit level. The documentation generated by the Hospital itself throughout its history includes those from hospitals prior to the foundation of Santa Creu and related institutions, among others.
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Historical background of the old Hospital de la Santa Creu
In order to facilitate researchers' research, on May 2, 2006 the Library of Catalonia and the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau Private Foundation signed a collaboration agreement for the development of a single instrument of description for the fund of the old Hospital de la Santa Creu, divided between the two institutions. This agreement has allowed the creation of a joint catalog for all this documentation, which contains almost 28,000 entries and spans from the 11th century to the 1930s.
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Digitized historical documentation
In 2014 the Fundació Privada Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau joined the BCN Open Challenge project, an initiative of the Institut de Cultura de Barcelona to describe, digitize and publish online documentation from the city's museums and archives. Currently, the Historical Archive has published five documentary series, which represent more than 3,600 documents and more than 55,000 pages.
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Auxiliary library
The auxiliary library of the Historical Archive has numerous works on topics related to the Hospital's fund, such as history, art, architecture or medicine. Its mission is to support Archive researchers by providing complementary sources to research on archival documents.
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Collection Lluís Domènech i Montaner
In order to make them accessible to researchers, the Lluís Domènech i Montaner Foundation has deposited in the Historical Archive more than 20 linear meters of books and documents collected by Lluís Domènech Girbau, Maria Manadé and Lourdes Figueras in their research on the figure of the architect
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TicketsEls recursos obtinguts per la Fundació Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau de les visites i gestió del Recinte Modernista es destinen a donar suport a l’activitat assistencial i investigadora de l’Hospital, a promoure diferents projectes d’acció social i a preservar el seu patrimoni.
