Arquivo Edgard Leuenroth is a historical and media

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that is maintained by the Brazilian

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(Universidade Estadual de Campinas—Unicamp), located in the city of

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in the state of

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. It was started by a donation of the media collection assembled by Brazilian anarchist

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and

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Edgard Leuenroth (1881–1968). The Arquivo Edgard Leuenroth has the largest collection of materials regarding

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, and other alternative cultural movements in Brazil. This collection is, therefore, very much appreciated by researchers from all over the world, because it presents a non-official view and understanding of Brazil in the twentieth century. Among others, the

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Movement (or Movimento Feminista) and the

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Movement (or Movimento Homossexual, in this case, the Grupo Gay da Bahia), are among the many collections being maintained by the Arquivo Edgard Leuenroth of the State University of Campinas. The collection includes 280,000 documents, 28,000 books, 854 videos, 289 films, 1,419 audio recordings and 45,000 photographs.

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Arquivo Edgard Leuenroth

The Leila Miccolis Brazilian Alternative Press Collection
Official site of the University of Miami, accessed on April 26, 2006.

from the Anarchist Encyclopedia Archives in Brazil University of Campinas Libraries in Brazil Education in São Paulo (state) Organisations based in São Paulo (state) {{library-stub

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