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Landis, Arthur H., 1917-1986. Arthur H. Landis audiotape collection, 1963-1965, 1984.

Title: Arthur H. Landis audiotape collection, 1963-1965, 1984.

Landis provided vets with a demo tape (ALBA A 66-038) that "gave the outline structure of the book and a detailed explanation of his desire to give adequate attention to all phases of the war which Americans participated in, from ambulance drivers to the commando zealots." Further, Landis stressed: "material for taping [should] be put in chronological order to avoid a time-consuming play-back. We suggest you at least make notes before making the tape. Oh yes, tape at a speed of 3-1/4." Members were told that they could use their own tape recorders, or that VALB would loan out both recorder and tapes. The tapes were not professionally recorded, nor were the sessions conducted as conventional oral histories. Consequently, the sound quality varies tape to tape, and veterans at times do not identify themselves or provide many autobiographical details. The focus is on their day-by-day participation in the war. An additional box of 1/4 in. reel-to-reel tapes at the end of the collection (ALBA A 66-147 through ALBA A 66-163) contains miscellaneous reels not associated with the book project, several of which feature German singer Bart Van der Schelling singing songs of the Spanish Civil War. Van der Schelling is pictured with Paul Robeson and Arthur Landis, among others, in a photograph in the Arthur H. Landis Photo Collection.

ArchivalResource: 56 sound tape reels ; 1/4 in. tape.90 sound cassettes.

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Smith, Randall B., 1916-1989,. Randall B. Smith collection of Spanish Civil War materials.

Title: Randall B. Smith collection of Spanish Civil War materials.

Collection consists of materials relating to the Spanish Civil War and the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade.

ArchivalResource: 73 sound recordings.

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Guide to the Walter Schuetrum Papers, 1937-1989

Title: Guide to the Walter Schuetrum Papers, 1937-1989

Walter J. Schuetrum (1911-1986), a native of Wisconsin, served as an ambulance driver in the Spanish Civil War. After serving in the front lines of some of the crucial battles of the War, he retunred to the U.S. and, after service in World War II, settled in San Francisco. He worked as a longshoreman and a merchant seaman and was active in the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union, the National Maritime Union, and the Bay Area Post of the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. This collection of his papers includes documents, correspondence, ephemera, and artifacts from his time in Spain, as well as correspondence and papers from the 1960s-1980s.

ArchivalResource: 2.0 linear feet; (4 boxes)

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Robert Steck Papers, Bulk, 1936-1993, 1917-1998

Title: Robert Steck Papers Bulk, 1936-1993 1917-1998

In January 1937, Robert Steck, actor and social activist, sailed to Europe to volunteer for the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War. He was taken prisoner in April 1938 and held for seventeen months. After serving in World War II, Steck became a history teacher. Throughout his career, Steck also organized many events designed to present the history of the Spanish Civil War. The collection reflects the range of Steck’s progressive activities and concerns, including his long association with the communal adult camp, Camp Unity, correspondence with members of the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, and biographical profiles and research associated with his collaboration on Carl Geiser’s book . Prisoners of the Good Fight

ArchivalResource: 7.0 linear feet; (7 boxes)

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Arthur H. Landis Oral History Collection, 1963-1965

Title: Arthur H. Landis Oral History Collection 1963-1965

Arthur H. Landis (1917-1986) went to Spain in 1937 as a volunteer with the 15th International Brigade and fought with the MacKenzie-Papineau Battalion. In 1967, Landis wrote , a general history of American volunteers in the Spanish Civil War, and later published , about the political complexities of the war. The Landis collection of audiotapes consists primarily of interviews with American Spanish Civil War veterans conducted in the 1960s as part of his research for . A few miscellaneous tapes recorded for other purposes are also included. The Abraham Lincoln Brigade Spain! The Unfinished Revolution The Abraham Lincoln Brigade

ArchivalResource: 6.0 linear feet

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Steck, Robert. Papers, 1917-1998 (bulk 1936-1944, 1977-1993).

Title: Papers, 1917-1998 (bulk 1936-1944, 1977-1993).

The collection reflects the range of Steck's progressive activities and concerns, including his long association with the communal adult camp, Camp Unity, correspondence with members of the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, and biographical profiles and research associated with his collaboration on Carl Geiser's book Prisoners of the Good Fight.

ArchivalResource: 7 linear ft. (7 boxes)

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Randall Smith: Maritime Radicalism Collection, 1940s-1980s, undated

Title: Randall Smith: Maritime Radicalism Collection 1940s-1980s, undated

ArchivalResource: 1.0 linear feet; (2 boxes)

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Randall Smith: Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Historical Commission Records, undated

Title: Randall Smith: Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Historical Commission Records undated

ArchivalResource: 21.0 linear feet; (41 boxes)

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Martin, Fredericka I. Papers, 1926-1990 (bulk 1968-1984).

Title: Papers, 1926-1990 (bulk 1968-1984).

Series I includes correspondence from and biographical material on hundreds of medical volunteers from over 25 countries (Includes materials written in Spanish, French, Russian, Rumanian and German). Particularly informative are questionnaires sent by Martin and filled in by dozens of doctors, nurses, ambulance drives and other medical personnel detailing their activities in Spain and their subsequent experiences. These also provide data on political affiliations before and after the war and personal motivations for going to Spain. Much of the correspondence to and from Martin chronicles the later lives of the volunteers and offers insights to the range of attitudes regarding Martin's efforts to record their work in Spain. Additionally, this series contains materials donated to Martin, including Spanish Civil War letters (originals and copies), diaries and journals (typescripts and photocopies,) personal essays, clippings, leaflets and other ephemera. Martin also collected the medical writings and other materials published by the medical volunteers. Series II contains Martin's research files pertaining to medical aid and services in Spain during the war. Materials related to the Medical Bureau to Aid Spanish Democracy are located in this series including research correspondence related to the establishment and structure of the Medical Bureau; brochures, press releases, leaflets and other ephemera; information on the merger with the North American Committee to Aid Spanish Democracy; and documents related to the passport application policy for Medical Bureau personnel. Series III includes correspondence from and biographical material on Spanish Civil War combat volunteers. Series IV consist of Martin's incoming and outgoing correspondence from a range of friends, political figures, researchers and former Medical Bureau officers and organizers. Included in this latter category are Executive Secretary Herman F. Reissig, Evelyn Ahrend Kirkpatrick, James Loeb, Louis Miller, Harold L. Oram, Violet Robbin, John Sherman, and Charles Tobach who contribute information on the structure and activities of the Medical Bureau in the United States. Other correspondents include: Canadian Communist leader Tim Buck and his wife Bess, journalist Herbert Matthews, writer Joesph North and his wife Helen, and author of a book on the Jewish participation in the Spanish Civil War, Gina Medem. Series V This series consists of primary and secondary materials collected by Martin in the course of her research. Series VI includes the black wool nurse's cape Martin wore in Spain, and a Medical Bureau pin - a gold cross surrounded by laurel leaves. Series VII includes six boxes of duplicate material (chiefly carbons and photocopies).

ArchivalResource: 36 linear ft. (36 boxes)

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Randall Smith Spanish Civil War Correspondence, 1937-1942

Title: Randall Smith Spanish Civil War Correspondence 1937-1942

Randall Smith (1917-1989) was an ambulance driver in Spain during the Spanish Civil War. After the war he lived in California where be became a longshoreman and a seaman, as well as an active member of the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union and the National Maritime Union. Later, Smith moved to New York City and worked as a marketing executive. This collection includes letters written by Randall Smith to his mother and sister while an American volunteer in the Spanish Civil War.

ArchivalResource: 0.25 linear feet; (1 box)

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Guide to the Fredericka Martin Papers, 1926-2019

Title: Guide to the Fredericka Martin Papers, 1926-2019

Fredericka (Freddie) Imogene Martin (1905-1992) was writer, photographer, historian, and chief nurse and administrator of the American medical volunteers who served during the Spanish Civil War. Following the war, Martin worked on the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea, becoming spokesperson and advocate for the indigenous Aleut sealing community. She produced a series of articles and books on Aleut culture and history and edited an Aleut language dictionary. In 1950, Martin moved to Cuernavaca, Mexico, a cultural outpost for Spanish exiles and American expatriates. During the 1960s, she initiated research for a projected book on the participation of the American medical units in the Spanish Civil War. Her papers reveal her dedication to amassing the most comprehensive record on the role of medical volunteers in Spain. In addition to the diaries, journals, clippings, leaflets and other ephemera donated to Martin, the collection includes extensive correspondence between Martin and hundreds of medical and combat veterans from around the world. Materials in this collection also document her writing career, anthropological interests, and life in Mexico.

ArchivalResource: 42 linear feet

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