T A R T A R I A – A R C H I V O – C A T E G O R I A S – E N G L I S H
TARTARIA TRILOGY
The Visual Archive contains the photos from this archive and many unpublished ones
Book I: THE TARTARIA TRUNK
The map that changed the history of America
Book II: THE MAP OF FORGOTTEN EMPIRES
The guardians of buried history
Book III: THE LAST ARCHIVE OF TARTARIA
When history begins to remember
LIBRO I
THE TARTARIA TRUNK
The map that changed the history of America
🔥 CHRONOLOGY OF FIRES AND LOSS OF RECORDS
1855–1890 (prior context)
Immigration records at Castle Garden (New York).
Later transferred to Ellis Island.
1897
June 15 — Ellis Island (New York)
Fire completely destroys the immigration station.
More than 1.5 million records (1855–1897) are lost.
No copies exist.
1900
Ellis Island is rebuilt using fireproof materials.
The lost records are not reconstructed.
1910 (structural reference)
African American population owns between 16 and 19 million acres of farmland in the U.S.
1921
January 10 — Department of Commerce (Washington, D.C.)
Fire in the basement.
Destruction of the 1890 census (no copies).
1932
September 10 — Paulding, Mississippi (Jasper County)
Arson attack on a courthouse.
Property records of the Black population are destroyed.
1932–1933
Damaged 1890 census records remain stored without recovery.
1933
February 20
The cornerstone of the National Archives is laid.
February 21
Congress authorizes the final destruction of the 1890 census.
1937–1938
A company claims 9,581 acres in Mississippi.
Courts grant ownership due to absence of documents (burned in 1932).
1973
July 12 — National Personnel Records Center (St. Louis)
Massive fire lasting 22 hours.
Destruction of 16–18 million military records:
80% of Army records (1912–1960)
75% of Air Force records (1947–1963)
No copies or complete inventory.
2001–2002
Associated Press investigation:
1/3 of courthouses in the southern U.S. have suffered fires since the Civil War.
More than 40% in some states.
🧩 KEY PATTERN (summary)
Type of building: archives, courthouses, administrative centers
Type of loss: identity, property, or rights records
Consequence:
→ disappearance of evidence
→ inability to make claims
→ transfer of property or rights