Durango Archives and Libraries

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CIIDIR Historical Archive, Durango, IPN (Archivo Histórico del CIIDIR, Durango, I.P.N.) Sigma No. 119 20 de noviembre 34220 Durango Telephone: 52 155 5729 6000 Extensión: 82617 Email: [mailto:archivohistorico@ipn.mx archivohistorico@ipn.mx] Email #2: [mailto:archivo_historico_ciidirdgo@ipn.mx archivo_historico_ciidirdgo@ipn.mx] Website: CIIDIR Historical Archive, Durango, IPN Website #2: Durango

Durango Municipal General and Historical Archive (Archivo General e Histórico Municipal de Durango) Av. Universidad s/n, antiguas instalaciones de la Feria Fraccionamiento los Remedios 34100 Durango Telephone: 52 618 811 1043 Email: [mailto:archivo.historico@durango.gob.mx archivo.historico@durango.gob.mx] Email #2: [mailto:cuauhtemoc.martinez@gmail.com cuauhtemoc.martinez@gmail.com] Website: Durango Municipal General and Historical Archive Website #2: Durango

General Archive of the Congress of the State of Durango (Archivo General de H. Congreso del Estado de Durango) 5 de Febrero y 1115 Poniente Centro 34000 Durango Telephone: 52 618 825 1701 Email: [mailto:archivo.dgo@hotmail.com archivo.dgo@hotmail.com] Website: General Archive of the Congress of the State of Durango Website #2: Durango

General Archive of Notaries of the State of Durango (Archivo General de Notarías del Estado de Durango) Avenida 5 de Febrero, número 218 oriente, Unidad Administrativa Centro 34000 Durango Telephone: 52 618 137 9268/137 9687 Email: [mailto:direcciongeneraldenotariasdgo@hotmail.com direcciongeneraldenotariasdgo@hotmail.com] Website: General Archive of Notaries of the State of Durango Website #2: Durango

General Archive of the Superior Court of Justice of the State of Durango (Archivo General del Tribunal Superior de Justicia del Estado de Durango) Avenida 5 de Febrero y Zaragoza S/N Centro 34000 Durango Telephone: 52 618 811 6561 Extensión: 128 Email: [mailto:archivojudicial@tsjdgo.gob.mx archivojudicial@tsjdgo.gob.mx] Email #2: [mailto:euniceesqui@hotmail.com euniceesqui@hotmail.com] Website: General Archive of the Superior Court of Justice of the State of Durango Website #2: Durango

General Directorate of the Historical Archive of Durango (Dirección General del Archivo Histórico de Durango) Cerro de La Cruz 122 Fracc. Lomas del Guadiana 34110 Durango Telephone: 52 618 137 7980/137 7981/137 7982 Email: [mailto:archivo.historico@durango.gob.mx archivo.historico@durango.gob.mx] Email #2: [mailto:juandedios.castro@durango.gob.mx juandedios.castro@durango.gob.mx] Website: General Directorate of the Historical Archive of Durango Website #2: Dirección General del Archivo Histórico


 * The General Directorate of the Historic Archive of Durango (DGAH) is a decentralized body of the General Undersecretariat of Government whose function is to rescue, manage, catalog, preserve and make available for public consultation the documentary, visual and digital collections that make up more of four centuries of history of Duranguenses.

Historical Archive of the Meritorious and Centennial Normal School of the State of Durango (Archivo Histórico de la Benemérita y Centenaria Escuela Normal del Estado de Durango) Calz. Esc. Normal s/n Centro 34000 Durango Telephone: 52 618 217 4076/811 9478 Email: [mailto:richardt_89@hotmail.com richardt_89@hotmail.com] Website: Historical Archive of the Meritorious and Centennial Normal School of the State of Durango Website #2: Durango

Municipal Archive of Canatlán, Durango (Archivo Municipal de Canatlán, Durango) Palacio Municipal s / n Centro 34400 Canatlán Telephone: 52 677 872 0700/872 1108 Email: [mailto:mgoe@canatlan.gob.mx mgoe@canatlan.gob.mx] Email #2: [mailto:pmi@canatlan.gob.mx pmi@canatlan.gob.mx] Email #3: [mailto:presidencia_canatlan@hotmail.com presidencia_canatlan@hotmail.com] Website: Municipal Archive of Canatlán, Durango Website #2: Durango

Municipal Historical Archive of Canelas, Durango (Archivo Histórico Municipal de Canelas, Durango) Victoria, s/n Centro 34500 Canelas Telephone: 52 674 864 0013/864 0014/864 0080 Email: [mailto:contraloriacanelas@gmail.com contraloriacanelas@gmail.com] Website: Municipal Historical Archive of Canelas, Durango Website #2: Durango

Municipal Historical Archive of Coneto de Comonfort, Durango (Archivo Histórico Municipal de Coneto de Comonfort, Durango) Benito Juárez, sin número Centro 34470 Coneto de Comonfort Telephone: 52 677 874 6016/874 6077 Email: [mailto:renereyes_2@yahoo.com.mx renereyes_2@yahoo.com.mx] Website: Municipal Historical Archive of Coneto de Comonfort, Durango Website #2: Durango

Municipal Historical Archive of Cuencamé, Durango (Archivo Histórico Municipal de Cuencamé, Durango) Constitución número 109 Centro 35800 Cuencamé Telephone: 52 671 763 0137 Website: Municipal Historical Archive of Cuencamé, Durango Website #2: Durango

Historical Archive of the Municipality of Durango (Archivo General Histórico del Municipio de Durango)
Our knowledge of the history of Durango would be very incomplete without the resources offered to us by Durango's historical archives. In these repositories we find documents that illuminate the daily life of Durango residents. Here we find documents that tell the story of the daily life of a people, and their struggle to become a progressive and modern community.

We can also locate the records of the diverse stages of community development, which took place during the different municipal administrations since the eighteenth century until the end of the 1980s. In the archives we also find everything related to the history of pulic works, civil security, council acts, public health and education, infrastructure services to the population, etc.

The Archive also contains an excellent collection of everything relating to the Porfiriato era (1876-1911).

But perhaps one of the most spectacular collections is the collection of old photographs of the General Historical Municipal Archive of Durango. Here we can find photos of old Durango that are virtually undiscovered. These photographs are classified by subject, such as: houses of worship, public buildings, streets, parks and monuments, businesses, etc. There is also a section specializing in people and historical figures. Many of the photographs include complete families or self-portraits that encompass nearly a century, from 1860 to 1970. This collection is made richer each day with the donation of private parties and with the old photography contests held each year for the celebrations of the anniversary of Durango.

It is important to mention that by studying an old document, we find that the spelling of the era is highly irregular: we can often find the same word spelled many different ways. The name José, for instance, is written as Josef, Joseph, or Yosef. Cristóbal appears as Cristoval, Christobal, and even Xtoval.

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