Institute Profile

The Dominican Institute of Historical Research has the following tasks:  

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1.- Concentration, cleaning, documentary stabilization through preventive conservation actions.

2.- The classification, organization, cataloging and digitization of the Historical Archive of the Order of Preachers in Mexico.

3.- The implementation of the necessary means to search for documentation to increase the collection of said Archive.

4.- The creation, storage, conservation and classification of a basic library of Dominican Historical Studies at the service of the Province.

5.- The programming and presentation of courses and conferences on the history of the Order in Mexico.

6.- Research, publication and dissemination of works on the spirituality, history, culture and artistic manifestations of the Order in our country.

7.- Periodic publication of a Bulletin that reports on the Institute's heritage and activities to the communities of the Province.

8.- The relationship and exchange with other related Institutions, both within the Order and external to it.

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