A Guide to the Spanish Civil War Post Card Collection 1936-1939 Spanish Civil War 11243

A Guide to the Spanish Civil War Post Card Collection 1936-1939

A Collection in
The Special Collections Department
Accession number 11243

Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

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Processed by: Special Collections Department

Repository

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Collection number

11243

Title

Spanish Civil War Post Card Collection 1936-1939

Physical Characteristics

Twenty-five propaganda post cards.

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Spanish Civil War postcards, 1936-1939, Accession #11243, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

Donated by Michael L. Perma, New York City, on February 29, 1996.

Processing Information

These post cards were transferred from the Rare Books Division to the Manuscripts Division of Special Collections on June 24, 1996. They had originally been given to Rare Books by Michael L. Perma.

Scope and Content Information

This collection consists of twenty-five propaganda post cards concerning the various groups participating in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939. These include post cards representing the following groups or ideas:

Brigadas Internacionales - International Brigades, Communist Party

Camperols - Peasants, propaganda for agrarian reform

C.N.T. - Confederacion Nacional del Trabajo (National Labor Confederation, Anarcho-syndicalist Union)

Jefatura de Sanidad Del Ejercito - Chief of Sanitation of the Army

Junta de Burgos - seat of Falangist government in 1936, north of Madrid

Junta Delegada de Defensa De Madrid & General Jose Miaja (Madrid Defense Junta)

P.S.U.C. - Partido Socialista Unificado de Cataluna (Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia, from 1936)

S.R.I. - Socorro Rojo Internacional

U.G.T. - Union General de Trabajadores (General Workers' Union, founded in 1888 by two Socialist leaders, Mora and Garcia Quejido)