Historical Archive

The documentation described in this inventory forms part of the design and administrative fonds of the archive of the engineering practice of the brothers Bruno, Cesare and Lino Gentilini and of the design company SEPI, active from the late 1950s to the beginning of this century. It consists of the documentation gathered and produced in the course of design, consultancy and works supervision by the engineers and professionals of the practice, whose founders and principal figures were Bruno and Lino Gentilini.

The boxes of the historical archive of the Fondazione ing. Lino Gentilini - ETS
The sections of the archive

The archive as a whole consists of three sections:

  • technical and administrative section;
  • design section;
  • photographic section.

1. Technical and administrative section

The technical and administrative section, catalogued according to the international archival standards ISAD(G) and ISAAR(CPF), adapted for electronic use and available online, is the most articulated and substantial part of the archive. It consists of files concerning design work and the administration of works. Its extent is around 4,300 archival units, held in some 1,950 boxes, for an approximate total of 300 linear metres.

2. Design section

The second section consists of design drawings kept in tubes or in large-format cases. For the most part these are original drawings on tracing paper, amounting to around 6,900 storage units, for a total of approximately 400 linear metres.

3. Photographic section

A third section, finally, comprises heterogeneous material: photographic documentation, cine film, audiovisual material on magnetic media, technical monographs and periodicals, and computer media. Its extent in this case is around 9,500 documentary units.

Consultation

Requests to consult the documentation, to obtain copies, or to publish information, images or other archival material must be made in writing using the appropriate forms, which are also available online. They presuppose compliance with the data protection legislation in force and acceptance of the regulations for consulting the archive, likewise available on the website of the Fondazione ing. Lino Gentilini - ETS.

The Fondazione ing. Lino Gentilini - ETS reserves the right to accept or refuse such requests, in whole or in part, and in any case to submit them for examination and authorisation to other bodies, companies or professionals involved in any way in the design, consultancy or construction of the works and infrastructure concerned, having regard to any holders of copyright or of rights relating to professional and industrial confidentiality. It is understood in this connection that the Fondazione ing. Lino Gentilini - ETS, operating for historical and cultural purposes and on a not-for-profit basis, may refuse consultation of the documentation to applicants who do not pursue the same purposes as the Fondazione ing. Lino Gentilini - ETS.

Archive documents and the library may be consulted only at the premises of the Fondazione ing. Lino Gentilini - ETS, during opening hours and by prior arrangement. Where this is not possible within the set hours, one or more separate sessions may be arranged, upon reasoned request and entirely by way of exception.

The three archive databases are available to accredited researchers.

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