Print / View Finding Aid as Single Page
Guide to the Albert Prago Papers
ALBA.135
Descriptive Summary
| Creator:
|
Prago, Albert |
| Title: |
Albert Prago Papers |
| Dates [inclusive]: |
1937-1994 |
| Abstract:
|
Albert Prago (1911-1993) was born in New York City. He was scholar of Latin American
history and Marxist economics, a college teacher and a veteran of the Abraham Lincoln
Brigade. After being wounded in Spain, he returned to the United States in 1938, and
pursued a career in teaching and research. He published several books and articles
on labor history, Latin-American history and the Spanish Civil War, earned a Ph.D.
in history in 1976, and co-edited the 1987 anthology Our Fight with fellow Lincoln
Brigade veteran Alvah Bessie. Much of the collection is comprised of material selected
for inclusion in Our Fight. Another section consists of materials compiled by Prago
for a course in American labor history. There are also original documents from the
1930s, mostly programs and handbills advertising events in support of the Loyalist
cause. Of interest is a series of folders documenting the controversy among VALB members
about Arthur Landis's contribution to the book International Solidarity with the Spanish
Republic, 1936-1939.
|
| Quantity: |
1.0 linear feet (2 boxes) |
| Call Phrase: |
ALBA.135 |
