Lobo Serra Batlle Fonds
The collection includes around 5,000 photographs of the Lobo Serra Batlle family, between 1850 and 1994, where photographs of family and social events stand out, images of characters such as Anicet de Pagès, renowned poet from Figueres of the Renaixença, and especially related with the military and personal life of the outstanding colonel Moisès Serra Bartolomé, during his life in Melilla, the Rif war and the disaster of Annual as well as From the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th, we find photographs of the family of the wife of Màrius Serra Batlle¿the donor's uncle¿named Gustà-Prat, and also of Màrius himself, which he will do from the beginning of the Civil War onwards.
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Àrea d'identificació
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CAT INSPAI 45
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Fons
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Lobo Serra Batlle Fonds
Data/es
Dates of creation: ca. 1850-1994 / Date of addition: 2000
Volum i suport
Approximately 5,000 photographs, of which 4,389 are black and white 35 mm plastic negatives; 31 glass plate negatives, 10 x 15 cm format, in black and white; and 4 glass plate negatives, 6 x 4 format, in black and white. Also includes color images and a ferrotype, cellulose nitrate plastic, cellulose acetate plastic, and albumen paper.
Àrea de contingut i estructura
Most of the images correspond to social and family events, and family portraits.
Another part is made up of photographs of military life from the middle of the 19th century and related to the Battle of Annual in the Rif War (1911-1927) and the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). The most transcendent reflect the effects of the Annual disaster (1921), among which is the recovery of the corpses of Spanish soldiers after the Monte Arruit massacre (October 24).
Likewise, there are many postcards, with views of Girona's counties and other places, drawings or caricatures.
As for the related paper documents, some are of military life, but from the period of the Civil War: military history, cards, conduct records, letters to relatives... and wills from 1889 to 1906, and diplomas and decorations of the Carline wars.
Àrea de documentació relacionada
The written documentation, made up of about 800 items on paper, is crucial to the fonds for the descriptions it provides and a better understanding of the whole.
