Spain. Ejército Popular de la República. Brigada Internacional, XV. Photographic Unit.

Under the supervision of Harry W. Randall, Jr., the Photographic Unit of the 15th International Brigade was charged with documenting the activities of the Brigade during the Spanish Civil War. In addition to Randall, the unit was staffed by photographers Benjamin Katine and Anthony B. Drossel, as well as lab technician William H. Oderaka. The team was given full access to move about the camps, chronicling the troops at rest, and venturing to the front to capture scenes of the battalions in the trenches and under fire. Following the war, Randall returned to the United States and brought with him the Brigade's photographic archives - negatives, albums of prints, and logs. In the intervening years the prints, negatives, and logs passed through many hands (most often fellow veterans). In the course of changing stewardship, many prints were dispersed, the original logs separated, and the albums disassembled. This collection represents the most complete record of the Photographic Unit's work in Spain. When the Tamiment Library at New York University acquired the ALBA collections in 2001, the Randall collection was inventoried and reassembled.

From the description of Fifteenth International Brigade Photographic Unit photographs [graphic]. 1937-1938. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 730905586

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