José Hygino

Item

Country

BR

Name of institution (English)

Pernambuco Archaeological, Historical and Geographical Institute

Name of institution (official language of the state)

Instituto Arqueológico, Histórico e Geográfico Pernambucano

Language of name of institution

por

Contact information: postal address

Rua do Hospício 130, Boa Vista, Recife, PE, 50060-080

Contact information: phone number

0055 81 3222-4952

Contact information: web address

https://iahgp.wordpress.com/

Contact information: email

Contact form

Title (official language of the state)

José Hygino

Language of title

por

Creator / accumulator

José Hygino

Date(s)

1635/1654

Language(s)

dut

Extent

32 volumes

Type of material

Textual Material

Scope and content

The José Hygino collection comprises copies of documents extracted from the Dutch West India Company (WIC) fonds that José Hygino Duarte Pereira produced. Hygino made these copies following a mission funded by the local Assembleia Provincial (Provincial Assembly) in 1886.
The collection contains the "Dageliksche Notulen der Hooge Raden in Brazilie" (Daily notices from the High Council of Recife), which is one of the most important sources of information on the urban and social life in Recife during the Dutch occupation when the city hosted an important Sephardic community.

Archival history

The collection comprises copies of documents produced by José Hygino during a research mission in the National Archives in the Hague in 1886.

Administrative / Biographical history

José Hygino Duarte Pereira was a Brazilian lawyer, politician, teacher, magistrate, historian, writer and translator, born on January 22, 1847, in Pernambuco. He was the son of Luiz Duarte Pereira and Carlota Higina de Miranda.
In 1862, he started his studies in Law in Recife, graduating on November 24, 1876. He later obtained his PhD at the same university on November 16, 1877.
His political career started in 1876 when he became the Provincial Deputy in Desterro (Florianópolis). He also held the office of Municipal Judge there at that time. On December 15, 1871, he was nominated 6th Substitute Judge of Pernambuco. He also was appointed Secretary of the Presidency of the same province (1878-79), Assistant to the Director of the Public Archives in the province of Pernambuco (1879), Minister of Public Instruction (1891-92), and Minister of the Federal Supreme Court (1892-97).
In 1886, he travelled to Holland with the support of the Imperial Government and was commissioned by the Instituto Arqueológico e Geográfico Pernambucano. He aimed to examine and collect documents related to Dutch Brazil in the archives of The Hague with relevance to the history of Pernambuco.
José Hygino died at age 52, on December 10, 1901, a victim of cardiac syncope aggravated by pneumonia. He was in Mexico, representing Brazil at the Pan-American Confederation.

(source: Universidade Federal da Bahia, Centro de Estudos Jurídicos)

Access points: locations

Recife (Brazil)

Access points: corporate bodies

West-Indische Compagnie (WIC)

Access points: subject terms

Sephardim and New Christians in Brazil

Circulation of information

Dutch Brazil

Economic matters

Housing

Migration

Networks

Trade and commerce

17th century

Access points: document types

State records

Access, restrictions

Some documents are microfilmed.

Links to finding aids

No finding aid is available online. Contacting the archive for further information is advised.

Existence and location of originals

W.I.C.

Author of the description

Kevin Soares, 2023

Bibliography

Breda, Daniel Oliveira. 2007. “Vicus Jadaeorum: Os Judeus e o Espaço Urbano Do Recife Neerlandês (1630-1654).” Master Thesis, Natal: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte.

Item sets

WSD Roadmap

WSD Roadmap finais

WSD Roadmap Brazil