Leonard Sloan Torgoff Papers 1928-1936

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Leonard Sloan Torgoff Papers 1928-1936

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Leonard Sloan Torgoff (1916-1937) went to Spain in January 1937 to join the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War. The following month he was killed when his truck was ambushed during the Battle of Jarama. This collection contains correspondence and other materials dating from Torgoff's high school and college years, including examples of Torgoff's published and unpublished writings.

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Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

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