Edwin Rolfe papers, 1920-1994

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Edwin Rolfe papers, 1920-1994

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Archival material by and about Edwin Rolfe, an American author and member of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War.

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University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

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University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

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

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Rolfe, Edwin, 1909-1954

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Edwin Rolfe, born Solomon Fishman, was a journalist, author, and Communist Party activist. During the 1930s he was employed by the "Daily Worker." In the spring of 1937, he joined the International Brigades. Once in Spain, he was assigned to edit the "Volunteer for Liberty," the English-language magazine of the volunteers, in Madrid until joining the troops in the field in the spring of 1938. From the description of Edwin Rolfe photograph collection [graphic]. ca. 1937. (New York Uni...