Spanish Civil War collection, 1936-1989 | Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Collection Overview

Title: Spanish Civil War collection, 1936-1989

ID: 01/01/MSS00056

Primary Creator: Spain. Ejercito Popular de la Republica. Abraham Lincoln Battalion

Extent: 18.0 Cubic Feet

Subjects: Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939

Languages: English, Spanish;Castilian

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Created by the American writers of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. The collection is the result of individual supplementary purchases of Spanish Civil War memorabilia. It contains correspondence, broadsides, photographs, and periodicals.

Subject/Index Terms

Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939

Administrative Information

Repository: Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Access Restrictions: Open to researchers.

Use Restrictions:

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Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Books],
[Series 2: Broadsides],
[Series 3: Clippings],
[Series 4: Correspondence],
[Series 5: Documents],
[Series 6: Manuscripts],
[Series 7: Miscellaneous],
[Series 8: Periodicals],
[Series 9: Photographs],
[Series OS: Oversize materials],
[All]

Series 6: Manuscripts

Note: Contains 11 manuscripts.

Box-Folder 1: An album of original drawings and manuscripts, produced by Republican artists and writers in honor of the Duchess of Athol, [1938?]
Box-Folder MS-001: Alvah Bessie's Spanish Notebooks, 1949
Box-Folder MS-002: Alvah Bessie's "The Last Volunteer" - 1st Draft, 1974
Box-Folder MS-003: Len Fox - They Shall Not Pass, 1937
Box-Folder MS-004: Virginia Malbin speech - typed with annotations, [1985?]
Box-Folder MS-005: "Edwin Rolfe Collected Poems" design & typescript, 1993
Box-Folder MS-006: "Edwin Rolfe Collected Poems" folded and gathered
Box-Folder MS-007: "Edwin Rolfe Collected Poems" master galley, 1993
Box-Folder MS-008: "Edwin Rolfe Collected Poems" galleys, 2nd copy., 1993
Box-Folder MS-009: "Edwin Rolfe Collected Poems" - typescript as sent
Box-Folder MS-010: Play by Gellhorn, Martha and Cowles, Virginia, 1945