[2] During the first half of the 19th century, most of the political debate in the Province of São Pedro do Rio Grande do Sul was concentrated in the press, which circulated opinions usually aligned to one of the parties in vogue in the city of Porto Alegre and in the interior.

The second version of the IHGPSP was also born linked to the provincial government, and its president at the time, Joaquim Antão Fernandes Leão, was elected a full member of the institution.

[4] This time, with the publication of the journal and a larger body of research associates, the IHGPSP's activities included provincial history studies to be inserted within the national context promoted by the IHGB since the 1840s.

[5] In 1868, the Sociedade Partenon Literário, a literary organization that emerged at a time of great debate among intellectuals, including the unfolding of the Paraguayan War and discussions in the abolitionist movement, was founded in Porto Alegre.

[7] The participants of the Partenon Literário were men with a level of education that stood out from the rest of the population, mostly illiterate, who sought, through this space, for the construction of cultural codes and the creation of a certain ideal of society aligned to progress and modernity.

[9] Due to its progressive character, the magazine debated issues related to the abolition of slavery, women's emancipation in the imperial context, and republicanist agendas.

[7][8] The founding members of IHGRGS were:[10] The collection of the Historic and Geographic Institute of Rio Grande do Sul is diverse, and has different supports, including bibliographic, documental, iconographic, and three-dimensional.