African-Americans in the Spanish Civil War: Research Files

The collection contains files on individuals, correspondence, minutes, work logs, production and publicity files, and microfilm of relevant documents of the U.S. State Department.

Series I: Individual Research Files, 1933-1990. This series contains research material relating to individuals profiled in the book African Americans in the Spanish Civil War: "This Ain't Ethiopia, But It'll Do" (1992) and some other material on volunteers. Files include copies of U.S. State Department and other official records, research notes and citations, correspondence, and interview transcripts. Also included are a group of files of official correspondence relating to individuals -- most of them not African-Americans -- who stowed away on the SS Normandie. [Note: Files with the following labels, found in the collection, were empty: Chesterton, Tomas Collado, Gerald Goldwyn, William Moore, Tom Trent.]

Series II: Book Production/Research Notes, 1989-1994, contains material relating to the production and publication of the book. Files include correspondence, research notes, introduction drafts, permissions forms, meeting minutes, work logs, and publicity items.

Series III: Microfilm--National Archives Publication M973, "Purport Lists for the Department of State Decimal File, 1910-1944." This series consists of one reel of 35mm microfilm produced by the National Archives and Records Administration and containing U.S. State Department Records pertaining to the Spanish Civil War. Included are a chronology of war events and international involvement, information on U.S. enlistments (filed alphabetically by surname), lists of Spanish army equipment and supplies, and information on naval activities. Files are titled "Decimal Files," 852.01/16-852.42765/2. Film is NARA Microfilm Publication M973, Roll 400.