Resumen

GOMEZ GASTELUM, Luis; RAMIREZ MUNGUIA, Cristina  y  GONZALEZ RIZO, Jesús Erick. José Luis Razo Zaragoza and the beginnings of the archival profession in Jalisco. Investig. bibl [online]. 2014, vol.28, n.64, pp.173-190. ISSN 2448-8321.

Focusing on an important early figure, this article examines the process of professionalization of the archival and record-keeping fields in the Mexican state of Jalisco. A biographical sketch of José Luis Razo Zaragoza, including a description of his vocational training in historical archives of Mexico, is presented. The paper also reviews his association with several archives in the State of Jalisco, including Jalisco Institute of Anthropology and History, the Historical Archive of the University of Guadalajara and the Archive of Public Documents of the State of Jalisco. Finally, the researcher offers a critical assessment of his contribution to the organization and continuance document repositories at these institutions.

Palabras llave : Historical Archives; Jalisco; Archive Organization; Professionalization of the Archival Science.