William Morel Papers
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William Benjamin Morel was a volunteer in the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War. This collection includes an International Brigades Carnet Militar, a 1938 Communist Party of Spain carnet, a VALB membership book, and a letter from the president of the American Communications Association (CIO) to the general secretary of Confederacion Trabajadares de Mexico introducing Morel and asking for assistance to him. The letter contains a brief biography of Morel for the period 1934 to 1940. The collection also contains two photos of Morel and one photo postcard of a group of volunteers on shipboard, returning from Spain in 1939.
Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open to researchers. Please contact the Tamiment Library & Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives for more information and to schedule an appointment, tamiment.wagner@nyu.edu or 212-998-2630.
Conditions Governing Use
Any rights (including copyright and related rights to publicity and privacy) held by the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives (ALBA), were transferred to New York University in November 2000 by the ALBA Board of Governors. Permission to publish or reproduce materials in this collection must be secured from the Tamiment Library & Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives. For more information, contact tamiment.wagner@nyu.edu or 212-998-2630.
