Municipal fonds

This consists entirely of administrative records produced by the district’s municipal bodies since their creation in 1984 following the division of Barcelona into ten districts. It also includes some records series produced centrally before 1984 and which now constitute the background records to the current District Council’s administrative actions (the background records to industrial activity, works inspections, and so on).

The series most consulted by members of the public include business activity licences, licences for major and minor works, and urban development projects.

Private fonds

We highlight the documentation given to us in 2000 by the Nou Barris Documentation and Studies Centre, once it had wound up. It consists of 50 boxes of studies, reports and bibliography referring to the Nou Barris area, generated or collected by the Centre between 1932 and 1996.

Also of interest is Manuel Pérez Franco’s donation of 148 photographs that document the urban development of the hill Turó de la Peira.

Collections

We have a good selection of posters and handbills produced by both the municipal authorities as well as district associations and other entities. We also conserve photographic positives, mainly in the form of photo reportages. Most of the photographs resulted from District Council protocol activities, as well as private donations.

Both collections are important sources of information for finding out how various facilities and parts of the district have changed, as well as learning more about social, cultural and festive life in Nou Barris.

We also have an auxiliary library, as well as magazines and periodicals produced in Nou Barris, which, in many cases, have come from residents’ associations and other entities.

If you want to find out all the information we have at the Nou Barris Archives, consult the fonds table.