Papers, 1917-1998 (bulk 1936-1944, 1977-1993).

Weissman, Irving, 1913-1998.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p563gj (person)

Irving Weissman (1913-1998) grew up in a Polish-Jewish immigrant family in New York City. In the early 1930s Weissman attended City College of New York for one year studying English literature and history. He quit school to work in a factory and help support his family. Weissman was a member of the Young Communist League and was active in the Fur and Leather Workers and the United Electrical Workers Unions. He participated in actions of unemployed and laid-off workers during the Dep...

Leiserowitz, Sol.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66m3nq9 (person)

Spain. Ejército Popular de la República. Abraham Lincoln Battalion.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64502xq (corporateBody)

Nelson, Steve, 1903-1993

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fj2x26 (person)

Steve Nelson was born Stjepan Mesaroš in Croatia, and emigrated to the United States with his family after World War I. He was a labor activist and organizer, Communist Party official, Political Commissar in the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, and National Commander of the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade (VALB). During his time in Spain he took part in the Brunete offensive, as well as the battles of Quinto and Belchite. He was wounded at Belchite, and then was recalled to the United States by...

Lending, Edward Isaac, 1912-2003.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dv2038 (person)

Edward Isaac Lending (1912-2003) fought with the International Brigades in Spain and later served in the United States Army during World War II. From the description of Papers, 1937-1995 (bulk 1978-1995). (New York University). WorldCat record id: 476060327 Isaac Edward Lending was born March 24, 1912 and raised in the Bronx. His father, who ran a textile trimmings business, was a religious Jew and early member of the Zionist Organization of America. As a young ...

Yates, James, 1906-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bg334x (person)

Ziegler, Albert, 1921-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6g16f05 (person)

Committee for the Release of International Prisoners in Spain.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tb5p71 (corporateBody)

Carney, William R.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60g4111 (person)

Saroff, Sophie, 1896-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67s83f1 (person)

Chase, Homer.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6223811 (person)

Real Monasterio de San Pedro (Cardeña, Spain)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6v458bn (corporateBody)

Torgoff, Leonard Sloan.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6n30bhm (person)

Kline, Herbert A., 1929-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cz3h24 (person)

Herbert Kline was a pioneer in documentary filmmaking and received a Golden Globe nomination and award, as well as two Academy Award nominations for his achievements. Kline also contributed to or wrote scripts for some of his documentary films. Kline's important early work included The Heart of Spain (1937), Lights Out in Europe (1938), Crisis (1939), and My Father's House (1947). From the description of Herbert Kline collection related to the film Barabbas (The Thief and the Cross),...

Grant, Walter Fairbanks.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rf685z (person)

Moon, Jimmy.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mk6tvp (person)

Goldring, Benjamin

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c82qvn (person)

Benjamin Goldring (1912-2000) was a graduate of Columbia University Law School and was very active in the fields of civil liberties and civil rights law. He worked on Immigration Board, Court of Appeals and Supreme Court cases, assisted Carol King, Esq. in the Schneiderman Case and worked on the legal appeals of Longshormen's Union leader Harry Bridges. He was also a veteran of the Spanish Civil War, having served in the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, and fought in many of the famous battles of the Wa...

Wolff, Milton

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rb7jmf (person)

Milton (Milt) Wolff (1915-2008) was born in Brooklyn, NY to a working-class family. He left school at fifteen and worked in the New Deal 's Civilian Conservation Corps, 1933-1934. He later found work in a Manhattan garment factory and became politically active through membership in the Young Communist League. When the Civil War broke out in Spain he responded to a YCL appeal for volunteers and sailed for Europe, aged 21, in March 1937. He initially served as a medic and then saw act...

Spain. Ejercito Popular de la Republica. Brigada Internacional, XV.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gj3zvm (corporateBody)

Doran, Dave, 1910-1938

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69z9k6d (person)

Parker, Max

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64q88gx (person)

Smith, Randall, 1917-1989

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qf97p3 (person)

Randall B. Smith (1916-1989) was a veteran of the International Brigades who fought in the Spanish Civil War, and an active member of the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. From the description of Randall B. Smith collection of Spanish Civil War materials. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122597666 Randall (Pete) Smith (1917-1989) was born in Pennsylvania to a family whose roots lead back to Colonial America. For generations, both sides of hi...

Megquier, Henry Ben.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63490z3 (person)

Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c57872 (corporateBody)

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...

Fishman, Moses, 1916-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xw50kp (person)

Colow, Maury.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69p3g9g (person)

Abraham Lincoln brigade archives

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pg66mp (corporateBody)

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 ...

Ross, Adolph.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cz3n6k (person)

Watt, George, 1913-1994

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65h7x1t (person)

From an early age, George Watt (b. 1913) was involved in Communist activities, serving as executive secretary of the Communist National Student League. From 1937-1939, he was a political commissar in the Abraham Lincoln Brigade during the Spanish Civil War. Watt later served as a sergeant in the Army Air Force during World War II. After the war, Watt became an official of the American Communist Party. He was one of a group of party officers convicted of sedition in 1953 ...

San Pedro de Cardena (Monastery : Castrillo del Val, Spain)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k11kwh (corporateBody)