Francisco Hernandez Maydagan Papers
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Francisco Hernandez Maydagan was born in Havana, Cuba in 1909. He traveled to Madrid in 1934 and volunteered to fight in the International Brigades on the side of the Spanish Republican Army. He was promoted to captain in December 1936, and was later transferred to the 41st Mixed Brigade in March 1937 and the 197th Mixed Brigade of the 52nd Division in 1938. The Francisco Hernandez Maydagan Papers (dated 1937-1940) includes 51 documents related to Maydagan's service in the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War. Documents in this collection include military orders, letters between Maydagan and commanders, travel documents, receipts, and medical records. Many of these documents relate to Maydagan's travels throughout Spain and his hospitalization during the war.
Biographical / Historical
Francisco Hernandez Maydagan was born in Havana, Cuba in 1909. He traveled to Madrid in 1934 and volunteered to fight in the International Brigades on the side of the Spanish Republican Army. He was promoted to captain in December 1936, and was transferred to the 41st Mixed Brigade in March 1937. Maydagan was wounded several times during the war. In August 1937 he was hospitalized during the battle of Tereul, but resumed fighting in September of that year. He was later hospitalized again and was moved between several brigade hospitals. In 1938 Maydagan was fighting with the 197th Mixed Brigade of the 52nd Division. He returned to Cuba in 1939.
Arrangement
This collection has not been arranged by an archivist. The materials are arranged in the order in which they were received from the donor.
Scope and Contents
The Francisco Hernandez Maydagan Papers (dated 1937-1940) includes 51 documents related to Maydagan's service in the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War. Documents in this collection include military orders, letters between Maydagan and commanders, travel documents, receipts, and medical records. Many of these documents relate to Maydagan's travels throughout Spain and his hospitalization during the war.
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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
The Tamiment Library & Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives has no information about copyright ownership for this collection and is not authorized to grant permission to publish or reproduce materials from it. Copyrights held by original creators of individual items in the collection are expected to pass into the public domain 70 years after the creator's death.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date; Francisco Hernandez Maydagan Papers; ALBA 300; box number; folder number; Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was purchased from Kevin Jackson in 2015; the accession number associated with the collection is 2017.010.
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At the time of accessioning a collection-level finding aid was created to describe the materials in this collection. An item-level inventory provided by the seller was edited by the archivist, and included in the finding aid. Materials in this collection have not been arranged by an archivist.
