Aiming to understand Afonso de Taunay's intellectual trajectory one intends to analyze the exchanges established among this historian and part of his sociability net gathered around the writing of the History of São Paulo in the period from 1911 to 1929. It is believed that Museu Paulista assumed the possibility role for the writing of the History accomplished by the author, facilitating the acquisition of works and documents, as well as strengthening important connections for the materialization of its works. The correspondence comes as the main source for this study.
Interchanges; Intellectual trajectory; Correspondence; Museu Paulista; Historiography