African-Americans in the Spanish Civil War: Research Files 1930-1994

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African-Americans in the Spanish Civil War: Research Files 1930-1994

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The material in this collection was accumulated during research for and production of the book, (G. K. Hall, 1992), and for an ALBA-supported research project on this topic. The lack of available information on the approximately 90 African Americans who volunteered and served with the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War spurred the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives support organization (ALBA) to pursue this project. ALBA Executive Director Danny Duncan Collum was the book's Editor and Victor A. Berch, who was the archivist for the ALBA collection at Brandeis University, was Chief Researcher. The collection includes files on individual volunteers, research notes, drafts of Robin D. G. Kelley's introduction to the book, permissions forms, meeting minutes, work logs, and publicity items. Also included is one reel of microfilm containing relevant U.S. State Department documents. African Americans in the Spanish Civil War: "This Ain't Ethiopia, But It'll Do"

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Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

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Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

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Abraham Lincoln brigade archives

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Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives: Small Photograph Collections is a compilation of images that have been separated from ALBA archival collections. For historical/biographical information on each individual, consult the guide to the corresponding manuscript collection. The images include scenes of the battlefield and daily life in the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War, Spanish civilians and locales during the War, portraits and group shots of American volunteers in Spain and in ...

Berch, Victor A.

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

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Collum, Danny Duncan

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Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade

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VALB was formed in December 1937 by U.S. volunteers returning from combat in the Spanish Civil War. VALB originally assisted wounded veterans and sought to awaken the U.S. public to the significance of the Spanish Civil War and the Loyalist cause. In later years, VALB began to address other political issues, including U.S. policy in World War II and later, Cuba, Nicaragua and Vietnam. In addition to their headquarters in New York City, VALB "Posts" developed in various cities including Los Angel...