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Harry Randall: Fifteenth International Brigade Photograph Collection ALBA.PHOTO.011

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Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archive

Collection processed by Elizabeth Compa, Evan Daniel, Laura Helton, Julie Kessler, Gail Malmgreen, Porsche Martin and Jessica Weglein

This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit on March 25, 2013
Description is in English.

Descriptive Summary

 
Creator: Spain. Ejercito Popular de la Republica. Brigada Internacional, XV. Photographic Unit.
Title: Harry Randall: Fifteenth International Brigade Photographs
Dates [inclusive]: August 1937-September 1938
Abstract: Under the supervision of Harry W. Randall, Jr, the Photographic Unit of the 15th International Brigade was charged with documenting the activities of the Brigade during the Spanish Civil War. The collection consists of 1,832 images taken by the Unit from August 1937 to September 1938 and captures the daily life of the volunteers in combat, in the camps, and in the towns, villages, and across the rugged terrain where the Brigade trained and participated in the fighting. In addition, the collection documents political assemblies, congresses, celebrations and the everyday activities of the Spanish populace.
Quantity: 6.5 linear feet (approximately 2,000 black and white negatives and prints)
Location note: Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
Call Phrase: ALBA.PHOTO.011