Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)
Subject
Subject Source: Ukat
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Annotated books concerning the Spanish Civil War.
File
Identifier: Acc.12802
Scope and Contents
Three books containing signatures of members of the International Brigades and of some members of the future Labour Cabinets of 1945 and thereafter.
Dates:
circa 1936-1939.
Gary McCartney Collection., 1938-1985.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.14114 Special Collections 1/23
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Fonds:
The WGMLA Special Collections comprise over 60 collections relating to notable individuals, organisations, and themes in the Scottish labour, trade union, and suffrage movements. In a number of cases, collections do not contain the personal papers of the named individuals or organisations but rather comprise of primary or secondary materials collected by WGML librarian Audrey Canning, or third parties, relating to that individual or organisation and collated for public research purposes....
Dates:
1938-1985.
Letter of John Ross, International Brigader, to James Flowers, Edinburgh.
Item
Identifier: Acc.11843
Scope and Contents
Ross describes his experiences in the Spanish Civil War in which he was later killed.
Dates:
1938.
Papers of, and relating to, Bob Smillie during the Spanish Civil War.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13749
Scope and Contents
Papers of and relating to Bob Smillie, a volunteer with the Independent Labour Party Contingent in the Spanish Civil War, 1937-1938.Consists of two letters and a photographic print. The first letter is of Bob Smillie to his mother, written whilst serving with the Partido Obrero de Unificacion Marxista in Spain alongside Eric Blair (George Orwell). In it he describes the night raid on the Aragon front, in which he recounts Orwell`s role in the action. The second letter, dated 29...
Dates:
1937.
Spanish Civil War Collection., 1936-2012.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.14114 Special Collections 3/7
Scope and Contents
This collection contains papers, photographs, ephemera, press cuttings, and exhibition materials pertaining to the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) and the International Brigade, specifically involvement by Scottish members. Also included is research material and secondary source writing on the period by students, historians, and family members, in the form of articles and university dissertations.
Dates:
1936-2012.