Theodore Cogswell Papers Bulk, 1937-1939 1937-1988

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Theodore Cogswell Papers Bulk, 1937-1939 1937-1988

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Theodore Rose Cogswell (1918-1987) went to Spain to join the International Brigades at the age of 19, working as an ambulance driver. He returned to the States in 1938. In World War II, Cogswell flew cargo planes with the U.S. Army Air Corps. After the war, he became a writer of science fiction. This collection consists of documents, clippings, correspondence and ephemera from Cogswell's year in Spain, as well material from after he was back in the States but continuing to support the Republican effort.

0.25 linear feet; (1 box)

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Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

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