Papers, 1937-1945 (bulk 1937-1939).

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Papers, 1937-1945 (bulk 1937-1939).

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Collection is in part comprised of documents created in 1937 when White was a volunteer in Spain. Includes a photocopy of White's "Sketch for a Journal" about his experiences from his arrival in Spain through his participation in the Battle of Brunete (the original may be in the Sandor Voros Spanish Civil War Collection at Adelphi University) and Orders of the Day for the George Washington Battalion, the Fourth Machine Gun Company, and the Abraham Lincoln Battalion, as well as the July 1937 Order to Merge the Abraham Lincoln and George Washington Battalions. Correspondence dates from 1938 and onward, after White's return to the U.S., and includes letters from the mother of Philip Detro, a volunteer who died in Spain; letters from volunteers still in Spain, including Harry Hakam and Carl Geiser, who had been White's political commissar in the Fourth Machine Company; and letters from White's long distance Spanish foster son. Other papers include a small number of White's published and unpublished writings, including "We Who Pledge!" and "Spain and July 4th," about the politics of the Spanish Civil War, as well as flyers and programs promoting White's lectures. F.A.L.B. documents include letters to Phil Bard, White's predecessor, from volunteers in Spain (with a photograph of a group of Lincoln and Garibaldi Battalion members after battle); Bard's communication with volunteers' families; and a typescript report of a contentious meeting with the Confederated Spanish Societies. Other materials in the collection include letters from American volunteers in Spain to Ben Lederman, editor of the Beehive Review, forwarded by volunteer Joe Stone, including a letter from Ed Lending regarding Robert Steck, a volunteer imprisoned in Spain; and a poem by volunteer Leo Grachow.

0.25 linear ft. (1 box)

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