Maury Colow Papers
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Abstract
Maury Colow (1917- ) was born in Brooklyn. In the 1930s, Colow was a member of the Young Communist League and the Communist Party. He joined the Abraham Lincoln Brigades and arrived in Spain on February 17, 1937, serving with the 86 BD, 20th BN, Co. 2. He returned to the United States in 1938 and later served in the US Navy during World War II. Upon his return he worked in the Midwest as an organizer for the Congress of Industrial Workers (CIO) affiliated International Fur & Leather Workers Union. This unprocessed collection consists of Maury Colow's correspondence with fellow Spanish Civil War veterans and other friends and family during the 1970s and 1980s. Other materials photographs, include newspaper articles, and other ephemeral materials collected by Colow concerning his participation in the war and his later life. The collection also contains a typescript of "The Volunteers: Outline for a Proposed Film" written by Howard Koch in 1978.
Historical/Biographical Note
Maury Colow (1917- ) was born in Brooklyn. In the 1930s, Colow was a member of the Young Communist League and the Communist Party. He joined the Abraham Lincoln Brigades and arrived in Spain on February 17, 1937, serving with the 86 BD, 20th BN, Co. 2. He returned to the United States in 1938 and later served in the US Navy during World War II. Upon his return he worked in the Midwest as an organizer for the Congress of Industrial Workers (CIO) affiliated International Fur & Leather Workers Union. In the late 1960s, Colow served as the National Executive Secretary for the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade.
Arrangement
This collection has not been arranged by an archivist. The materials are arranged in the order in which they were received.
Scope and Contents
This unprocessed collection consists of Maury Colow's correspondence with fellow Spanish Civil War veterans and other friends and family during the 1970s and 1980s. Other materials photographs, include newspaper articles, and other ephemeral materials collected by Colow concerning his participation in the war and his later life. The collection also contains a typescript of "The Volunteers: Outline for a Proposed Film" written by Howard Koch in 1978.
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Access Restrictions
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.
Use Restrictions
Any rights (including copyright and related rights to publicity and privacy) held by Maury Colow or the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives, the creator and subsequent custodian of this collection, were transferred to New York University in November 2000. Permission to publish or reproduce materials in this collection must be secured from the Tamiment Library.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date; Maury Colow Papers; ALBA 149; box number; folder number; Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University.
Custodial History
Maury Colow donated his collection to the Abrhram Lincoln Brigade Archives at Brandeis University in September 1992. In 2000, Brandeis and the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives transferred the collection to Tamiment Library.
