This dissertation is based on the personal collection of Brazilian writer Samuel Rawet, which was donated in 2018 to the Casa de Rui Barbosa Foundation s Archive Museum of Brazilian Literature. As we turn to Rawet s writing procedures and creative paths, we wish to discuss how his collection can be viewed as an integral part of his literary work. The work is grounded on an understanding that investigating the documentary sources which compose Rawet s collection and considering the possible articulations between them and the author s published texts may open up new pathways into the writer s creative universe, especially by highlighting the movements and processes which characterize his writing — in particular, his production of stories and essays. Our research corpus is primarily based on Rawet s personal notebook and on a selection of the author s transcripts, notes, and typewritten texts. The study, which is informed by Michel Foucault s and Jacques Derrida s contributions, as well as by Reinaldo Marques insights into the scope of literary archives, intertwines thoughts on the formation of Samuel Rawet s collection in the contemporary world with broader reflections on the notion and operation of archives.