Llavors de llibertat: El fons documental de lanarquisme del segle XIX a la Biblioteca Arús"

The exhibition Llavors de llibertat (Seeds of Freedom) showcases one of the treasures of the Arús Library: one of the most significant documentary collections on 19th-century anarchism in Europe. All the materials on display come from the Library's collection.The collection was formed thanks to figures linked to the origins of the institution and of the anarchist movement, such as Cels Gomis and Eudald Canivell, and was later expanded with donations of great value, among which those of Diego Abad de Santillán, Hermoso Plaja, Mariano Casasús and Antònia Fontanillas stand out.The exhibition brings together letters, communications, pamphlets, books and periodicals from the 19th century. Among the most notable pieces are the handwritten minutes of the First International in the Spanish region, a unique document in the world bearing the signatures of Anselmo Lorenzo and Pablo Iglesias, among others.Also on view are mastheads such as La Federación, Revista Social, Bandera Social, El Productor, Acracia, Ciencia Social, La Revista Blanca and La Tramontana, as well as works by thinkers who influenced the libertarian movement and studies devoted to figures such as Proudhon, Bakunin, Kropotkin, Farga Pellicer, Anselmo Lorenzo and Josep Llunas.The ensemble shows the richness of the holdings of the Biblioteca Pública Arús and its value as a reference centre for the study of the history of 19th-century anarchism.