Background
ORNELLAS, Manoelito de was born on February 17, 1903 in Itaqui, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
ORNELLAS, Manoelito de was born on February 17, 1903 in Itaqui, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Educated in Porto Alegre.
Director, public library of Rio Grande do Sul, 1938. Director of state printing office and of Jornal do Estado, 1939. Director general, state department, of press and propaganda.
1942; lecturer; director of state public archives, since 1945.
Member: Associagáo Riograndense de Imprensa (president, 1938), Institute Histórico e Geográfico do Rio Grande do Sul, Society Felipe de Oliveira (Rio de Janeiro), Institute Histórico y Geográfico (Uruguay), Society Folclórica (Argentina).