Guide to the Fredericka Martin Photographs, circa 1936-1975

Kee, Salaria, 1917-1990

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Salaria Kea O'Reilly (b. July 13 1917, Milledgeville, GA–d. May 18, 1990, Akron, OH) was an American nurse and desegregation activist who volunteered in both the Spanish Civil War and the Second World War. During the Spanish Civil War she was the only African American nurse working in the Abraham Lincoln Battalion....

Temple, Lenora

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Medical Bureau to Aid Spanish Democracy

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Briggs, Judson Reynolds, 1906-

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Fredericka (Freddie) Imogene Martin (1905-1992) was chief nurse and administrator of the American medical volunteers who served during the Spanish Civil War. Under the leadership of surgeon Dr. Edward Barsky, Martin served as chief nurse and administrator of the American Hospital division. The first unit traveled with four ambulances, 12 tons of medical supplies and all the necessary equipment to outfit a 50-bed hospital. During her period of service, Martin supervised the work of fifty-four nur...

Barsky, Edward K., 1895-1975

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Dr. Edward K. Barsky was a prominent surgeon who led a group of American medical volunteers during the Spanish Civil War. For further biographical information on Edward Barsky, and to review the scope and contents of his manuscript collection see, The Guide to the Edward K. Barsky Papers, ALBA 125. The images in this collection were either taken by Barsky and his assistant or accrued in the course of his work as a surgeon in Spain. From the guide to the Edward K. Barsky Photographs, ...

De Vries, Lini M.

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An author, public health nurse, and teacher. Lini Moerkerk de Vries (1905-1982), worked as chief of American Hospital Number 3 on the Madrid-Valencia Road during the Spanish Civil War. She later organized health clinics in New Mexico, California and Puerto Rico. Accused of being a subversive on account of her early affiliation with the Communist Party, she left the U.S. in 1949 for Mexico. She taught medicine and public health to Indians in the Papaloapan River Basin in Oaxaca; taught anthropolo...

Harvan, Rose Margaret.

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Vanzant, Frances

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

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Medical Bureau and North American Committee to Aid Spanish Democracy

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Jensky, Toby, 1911-1995.

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Toby Jensky was a nurse during the Spanish Civil War. She sailed for Spain on April 14, 1937, with Dr. Edward Barsky’s Fourth Medical Unit. Jensky and Barsky had been colleagues at Beth Israel Hospital in New York City. She met future husband Pat Gurney while tending his wounds. After serving in Spain, Jensky nursed at Beth Israel in New York City until her retirement. She assisted Fredericka Martin in gathering primary sources documenting the history of the American Medical Bureau of the North ...

North American Committee to Aid Spanish Democracy

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Shuldiner, Anne.

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Amann, Ernesto

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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 ...

Spain. Ejercito Popular de la Republica. Abraham Lincoln Battalion.

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Goland, Philip Pakier

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Martin, Fredericka Imogene, 1905-1992

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Fredericka (Freddie) Imogene Martin (1905-1992) was a writer, historian, and nurse who served as a chief nurse and medical administrator during the Spanish Civil War. Martin was born in Cooperstown, New York on June 2, 1905. Her father died in an accident before her birth and when she was five her mother remarried. They moved to Oneonta, New York where Martin -- a spirited child by her own account -- grew up in a warm and indulgent family. Following high school, she lived and worked with the St....

Golub, Fanny

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Dyer, May Edythe

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Taft, Anne

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Dhago, Joseph

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Busch, Irving

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Weissman, Oscar Israel

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Harris, Ray, Dr.

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Bruzzichesi, Ave

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Goldblatt, Rose Sara.

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Maas, Johana

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Friedman, A. I.

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Schulman, Rebecca (Durem)

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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...

Vogel, Sidney

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Eloesser, Leo

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American physician. From the description of Leo Eloesser papers, 1888-2007. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754872744 Thoracic surgeon and innovator in rural and wartime healthcare. Born in San Francisco, 1881, died in Tacamburo, Michoacon, Mexico, 1976. From the description of Leo Eloesser papers, 1906-1984 [mixed material]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 678870789 Biographical Note ...