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Date(s)
- [1936 - 1939] (Creation)
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1 file
Scope and content
Articles, short stories and lecture by Tom Wintringham written during and after the Spanish Civil War relating to the British Bn, International Brigade, including typescript article, 'Huesca', [Sep 1936]; notebook sent by Wintringham from Spain to Leslie Reade in New York, Jul 1937, containing manuscript stories on the International Brigade, World War One and Nazi Germany entitled 'Forgetty pill', 'Chica', 'Uncontrollable', 'Ingratitude', 'Not a war area' and 'Something to do'; typescript draft of 'The Forgetty Pill' [Nov 1937]; typescript notes taken from a book by P O'Donnell, An Irishman in Spain, 1937; typescript and manuscript draft chapters of unpublished account of Wintringham's experiences in the Spanish Civil War, beginning with his injury in the Battle of Jarama, entitled 'Some Life'; draft typescript article, 'Spain 1938'; [Jan 1938]; press cutting, 'What next in Spain?', 20 Feb 1938; draft typescript article, 'British Battalion in Spain' [Mar] 1938; draft typescript article, 'Front line schools', [1938]; transcript of lecture given by Wintringham, 'The Spanish war and military knowledge', [1938]; press cutting, 'The British Battalion, a fine record', Manchester Guardian, 13 Oct 1938; press cutting, 'Volunteers return', Manchester Guardian; draft typescript article, 'Remembering Madrigueras', for International Bde Association Bulletin , [1939]; draft typescript article, 'Jarama battle', for International Bde Association Bulletin, [1939]; article on the British Battalion of the International Brigade for the Daily Herald, [1939]; draft typescript article, 'International Brigade' for Voice of East London, [1939] and draft typescript article, 'Madrid', [1939]. 1 file