The Marc Crawford and Abby London Crawford photograph collection [graphic]. 1987-1998.

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The Marc Crawford and Abby London Crawford photograph collection [graphic]. 1987-1998.

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The bulk of the collection consists of photographs by Abby Crawford of events organized by Abraham Lincoln Brigade veterans in Spain and the United States. Locations of veterans' events include Madrid, Barcelona, and Seville. There is also a small assortment of portraits, including images of Marc Crawford, Howard Johnson, Steve Nelson and James Yates. There are a few images taken in Spain by Eric Levenson and four prints by Barbara Smith of a protest outside the offices of the Village Voice newspaper. VALB members were protesting an article by Paul Berman in which veteran William Herrick made some controversial statements about brigade history.

2.5 linear ft. (3 boxes)ca. 1,980 photoprints : col. ; 4 x 6 in.4 photoprints : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.ca. 1,980 photonegatices : col.

New-York Historical Society

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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...

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Crawford, Marc

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Marc Crawford, a journalist, civil rights activist and university teacher, co-authored a pictorial history of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade with William Loren Katz. His wife, Abby London Crawford, a teacher and photographer, accompanied him to veterans reunions and related events, both in the U.S. and Spain, and documented these events in hundred of photographs. After Marc Crawford's death in 1996, Abby Crawford continued to be involved with the Lincoln veterans, and to record their recent history...

Crawford, Abby London.

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Yates, James, 1906-

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Nelson, Steve, 1903-1993

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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...

Johnson, Howard, 1945-....

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