From 1991 on, he was also a professor at the Lusófona University in Lisbon and Director of the General Library, demonstrating a tenacity to continue working despite the various strokes (CVA) he suffered. In addition to duties in the area of Contemporary History of Portugal as part of the Political Science degree (and also as Director of the Study Centre), he was responsible for setting up the Library (initially in the Santa Helena Palace and later in the former Campo Grande Barracks) which became known as the Vitor de Sá University Library in 1997 in homage to him and in recognition of his services. He also donated his own personal library of around 3000 monographs to it. He saw this task as being, in his own words, “the last one on my journey as a living being”. Lisbon and Braga have thus become places of reference for the work of Victor de Sá: if his handwritten archives can mostly be found in the Braga Public Library, in the Lusófona University Library his own journey and his bibliographic interests can be followed, both of which bear witness to his generous legacy and the consistency and coherence of his academic path.

Works by the author: As Bibliotecas, o público e a cultura: um inquérito necessário. Braga, V. Sá, 1956 ([2ªed. aum.], Lisboa, Livros Horizonte, 1983); Amorim Viana e Proudhon. Lisboa, Seara Nova, 1960; Perspectivas do século XIX. Lisboa, Portugália, 1964 (2ª edição, Porto, Lumiar, 1975); A Crise do liberarlismo e as primeiras manifestações das ideias socialistas em Portugal: 1820-1852. Lisboa, Seara Nova, 1969 (2ª ed. 1970; 3ª ed., Lisboa, Livros Horizonte, 1979); A Revolução de Setembro de 1836. Lisboa, D.Quixote, 1969 (2ª ed. 1970; 3ª ed., Lisboa, Livros Horizonte, 1978); Ribeiro Sanches: Dificuldades que tem um velho reino para emendar-se e outros textos. Porto, Inova, 1971 (2ª ed., Lisboa, Livros Horizonte, 1980); Formação do movimento operário português: memoria de uma reprovação. Coimbra, Centelha, 1978; No Mar do Futuro. Lisboa, Livros Horizonte, 1980; Época contemporânea portuguesa I: onde o Portugal velho acaba. Lisboa, Livros Horizonte, 1981; Liberais e Republicanos, 1ª ed. Lisboa, Livros Horizonte, 1986. Fascismo no quotidiano. Lisboa, Vega, 1989; Roteiro da Imprensa Operária e Sindical (1836-1986). Lisboa, Editorial Caminho, 1991.

Note: An excellent systematisation of the bibliography of Victor Sá may be found in: NUNES, Manuela Barreto, “Bibliografia de Victor de Sá”. AAVV, Estudos de História Contemporânea Portuguesa. Lisboa, Livros Horizonte, 1991, pp. 21-51.

Luís Alberto Alves

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