In the beginning the Bobbato archives constitute themselves around the nucleus composed by the documentation about anti-fascism and the Resistance of the province of Pesaro and Urbino and by the associated archives of ANPI. Numerous materials which were traced and in many cases saved from destruction, derived from important private archives, were put together over the years to the original documents of partisan sources which are related to the military operations all over the region Marche, thanks to the historical research made by the Institute to reconstruct the history of the twentieth century in our province.
Besides, during these last few years Bobbato Library has intensified its activity of intervention and safeguarding, conscious that unfortunately the historical transition phases, such as the present one, usually lead to a systematic impoverishment of the documentary sources concerning the contemporary history.
At the present time the archives are composed of 30 documentary funds concerning the political, social and union life, paying particular attention to the province of Pesaro and Urbino.
Our centre also offers an archival consultation to agencies and associations in the management of their own historical heritage.
The archives are in a phase of proliferating information and take part to an important national project, combined with the National Institute for the History of the Liberation Movement, that constitutes an archival data base through the ISIS software of UNESCO, and is common to different centres which are engaged in the preservation of the documentation about contemporary history. beniculturali.ilc.cnr.it/insmli/

The consultation of funds is free. To watch the documentation you have to send a request also by e-mail to the director at the address bobbato@provincia.ps.it. In fact, not all the funds are available in the library, so you have to order their consultation.