Hilliard Bernstein Spanish Civil War Materials
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Historical/Biographical Note
Hilliard Edgar Bernstein, born in Richmond, VA. He joined the Socialist Party as a teenager, and later became active in the Workers Alliance, a labor organization for WPA workers and in other labor struggles. In 1936, when he was twenty-five years old, he narrowly escaped lynching in Rockwood TN, where he was supporting a strike of mill workers. He volunteered for service with the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War. On his return from Spain he spoke in defense of the Spanish Republican cause and continued his Socialist Party activity, running for governor of Virginia on the Socialist ticket in 1941.
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This collection is unprocessed.
Scope and Contents
Included in this small collection are a flyer for one of Bernstein's talks on Spain, 48 photographs of Bernstein and his family, an autograph book (1940-41), a Spanish Civil War poster (photocopy, original transferred to ALBA poster collection) a clipping on his campaign for governor, and 5 volumes of his published poetry.
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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
Copyright (or related rights to publicity and privacy) for materials in this collection was not transferred to New York University. Permission to use materials must be secured from the copyright holder. For more information, please contact the Tamiment Library & Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, tamiment.wagner@nyu.edu or 212-998-2630.
