Abstract
The research grant requested is intended to support the transcription, technical review and analysis of a set of handwritten sources from the Taunay Collection of Museu Paulista (USP). They refer to "intimate writings" (5 volumes of Memórias do Visconde de Taunay (1890-1891), 5 Cadernos de Diários (1884-1896). The documentary set will be questioned as a "system of narratives", supported b…