Robert Steck Papers
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Abstract
In January 1937, Robert Steck, actor and social activist, sailed to Europe to volunteer for the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War. He was taken prisoner in April 1938 and held for seventeen months. After serving in World War II, Steck became a history teacher. Throughout his career, Steck also organized many events designed to present the history of the Spanish Civil War. The collection reflects the range of Steck's progressive activities and concerns, including his long association with the communal adult camp, Camp Unity, correspondence with members of the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, and biographical profiles and research associated with his collaboration on Carl Geiser's book Prisoners of the Good Fight.
Historical/Biographical Note
Robert Steck was born in 1912 in Rock Island, Illinois. One of five brothers, he inherited a keen awareness of society's injustices from his father, a fruit and vegetable wholesaler and member of the Freethinking Society, leading Steck to a lifelong commitment to public service and political activism. While attending St. Ambrose College in Iowa, Steck discovered the theater and, after a stint as a truck driver for his father's business, landed in New York City, where he worked on the staff of New Theater Magazine alongside editor Herb Kline (who would later fight with Steck in the Spanish Civil War). Here Steck wed his theater skills to social activism, joining Studio One's Theater of Action, an offshoot of the WPA-sponsored Workers Laboratory Theater. In the summer, Steck worked at Camp Unity, an interracial, socialist adult camp, first as an actor, then as director of activities.
By January 1937, Steck's Camp Unity associates Yale Stuart and Philip Bard had departed for Spain to fight in the Spanish Civil War (SCW). Steck, already active in efforts for the Republican cause, soon followed. He sailed on the Ile de Francein February 1937, where he joined the first group of U.S. International Brigades volunteers required to walk from France over the Pyrenees to get into Spain (their passports had been stamped "not valid for travel in Spain"). In the following months, Steck served in the International Brigades with the First Regiment de Tren, where he was elected political commissar; worked with British writer Ralph Bates, putting out the magazine Volunteer for Liberty; headed the Tarazona Base Cultural Commission, adapting his theater experience to the political and social realities of the war and creating skits performed off the back of trucks (known as "Buffoons on Trucks"); and was rifleman, runner and battalion scout for the Third Lincoln company.
On April 9, 1938, during the retreat from Gandesa, Steck was captured by Italian fascists, who would have executed him were it not for Mussolini's order to exchange International Brigaders for captured fascists. Steck was first kept for two days in complete darkness at the bottom of a cistern, then transferred to the prison at San Pedro de Cardena, where he spent the following seventeen months. While in prison Steck organized an "Institute for Higher Learning" and, together with fellow-prisoners Hy Wallach and Sidney Rosenblatt, put out a handwritten newspaper, "Jaily News," illustrated by British prisoner Jimmy Moon. They made only a single copy of each issue, concealing it beneath the floorboards when it wasn't being surreptitiously circulated among the prisoners (Steck later smuggled two issues home under his clothes). Meanwhile, Steck's father joined the Friends of the Prisoners committee in the U.S. to work for his son's release. It was only after the war had ended that the State Department finally negotiated the release of a group of eleven prisoners that included Steck.
Back in the States, Steck married Josephine (Jo) Savage. He also quickly connected with the recently-formed Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade (VALB), chairing the Committee for the Release of the International Prisoners in Spain. Steck returned to Camp Unity as director of activities in the summer of 1940, finding a welcome refuge for himself and other veterans, and in the autumn and winter continued his social work at community centers in the Bronx and Philadelphia. He worked as well for a short time as a welder at Todd Shipyards. Steck joined the U.S. Army in 1943, serving until 1946 in the Medical Corps at Fort Meade, in the Specialized Training Program at Georgetown University, and in Intelligence training (in Russian) at Camp Ritchie. His deployment overseas was repeatedly put off, however, and Steck became convinced that this was due to discrimination based upon his participation in the SCW.
After an honorable discharge, Steck again returned to Camp Unity as director of activities. He left in 1952 as a result of differences over policy. In 1956, after running a travel agency for a year, Steck formed a communally-oriented children's camp, Camp Calumet, with friend and Camp Unity associate, Sophie Saroff. In 1967, Steck became a full time fifth grade teacher at P.S. 40 in the South Bronx, then taught high school history and social studies in New Jersey, New York and later in Connecticut, where he and Jo settled in Lime Rock. He retired from teaching in 1978, affording him more time to devote his energies to a broad spectrum of social issues, including nuclear disarmament, the Nicaraguan revolution, the struggle in El Salvador, and justice for Palestinians. For years, he spent every Saturday standing in a Vigil for Peace on the Salisbury Green in Connecticut.
Steck remained a core member of VALB, serving twice on the Executive Board of the National Council, and chairing the Prisoner Historical Committee. From 1979 through 1986, he worked closely with veteran Carl Geiser on Geiser's Prisoners of the Good Fight, organizing numerous fundraising endeavors, conducting extensive research, and traveling internationally to locate American ex-prisoners. From his research and interviews, Steck wrote 120 biographical profiles that underlay Geiser's account of the Americans' experience in Spanish prisons. During this period Steck also used his research to write and publish a pamphlet on Walter Fairbanks Grant, a prisoner killed in Spain; and an article for Jewish Currentsabout Sol Leiserowitz, another prisoner who disappeared. Prisoners of the Good Fightwas published in 1986.
Arrangement
Series I arranged alphabetically. Series II arranged alphabetically within each subseries.
Organized into 2 series:
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- I. General Files
- II. Prisoners of the Good Fight: Project Files
Scope and Content Note
Series I, General Files, 1937-1998 (bulk 1975-1996).
This series, comprised of correspondence, notes, employment documentation, and writings, reflects the sweep of Steck's interests and activities, and reveals how tightly interlaced were the activist and personal strands that ran through his life. This is especially apparent in his correspondence with other Abraham Lincoln Brigade veterans, many of whom were good friends, where debates about politics, issues and current events, planning for conferences and activities frequently occur in the same letters that share personal news. Notable here is correspondence with SCW veterans Homer Chase, Maury Colow, Moe Fishman, Benjamin Goldring, Herbert Kline, Ed Lending, Steve Nelson, Adolph (Buster) Ross, Randall Pete Smith, Irving Weissman, Milton Wolff and James Yates; a letter to Albert Prago on Jewish identity, Zionism, and the Middle East; and an exchange with George Watt about POUM, Orwell, and the Nazi-Soviet pact. There is ample documentation of Steck's involvement with the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade (VALB), generated by the range of roles he assumed at the organization over the years. Materials include official correspondence, minutes and notes, and anniversary programs. Of note is an exchange between the Abraham Lincoln Brigades Archive, VALB, and the SCW Historical Society about stewardship of the veterans' archives.
Steck's writings not only demonstrate the breadth of his activities as a public figure, creating political theater and hosting scores of events and commemorative gatherings; they also convey his aspirations as a novelist, poet and screenwriter. His writings frequently demonstrate his commitment to presenting the history and lessons of the SCW; many writings appear only as fragments and drafts, with handwritten notes for speeches, scripts, lectures, and presentations.
Steck's association with Camp Unity and his directorship of Camp Calumet are evidenced here by oral histories by former Unity campers and staff, as well as original flyers, brochures, and retrospective publications. The file for Sophie Saroff's 80th birthday celebration contains a wealth of information about Saroff's life. An annual report of the House Un-American Activities Committee indicates its surveillance of Unity.
Original items from the SCW period include a program for a concert held by American Battalion members on board the R.M.S. Ausonia; an Agence Espagne statement (in French) calling for the U.S. to lift its embargo on Spain, titled "How Fascism Menaces the Americas"; a pamphlet, "Crime of Guernica"; two hand-compiled booklets; a League of American Writers and American Students Union flyer; and a poem by Muriel Rukeyser.
The series also offers a selection of Steck's official papers from World War II, as well as documents from his teaching career.
Series II. Prisoners of the Good Fight: Project Files (bulk 1936-1942; 1978-1986).
Steck's work with Carl Geiser on Prisoners of the Good Fightresulted in extensive research and correspondence, reflected in Series II. Copious handwritten notes and partial drafts describe prisoners and document communication with ex-prisoners and relatives. Also included are the original papers of former prisoners, as well as news articles from the SCW period, including those by New York Timesreporter William Carney. Foreign Service communications update relatives regarding missing men and securing prisoners' release, while the U.S. Embassy reports on prison conditions. A number of transcripts record the recollections of ex-prisoners.
Of note in the biographical files (Subseries A) are letters documenting Walter Fairbanks Grant's father's attempts to find his son after he disappeared in Spain; Albert Ziegler's letters from Spain, including one explaining to his mother why he hadn't told her that he was going to fight; a manuscript by Henry Ben Megquier; a letter from the president of the New York State Economic Council reporting on his visit to Geiser in prison; a flattened bullet engraved by Steck; a deck of miniature playing cards; and an announcement for a "Three B's" party to Bring Bob [Steck] Back from prison. Sol Leiserowitz's file includes a letter he wrote to his sister from the battlefield and a letter from the State Department reporting that Leiserowitz could not be located. Other materials include a declassified FBI report (circa 1943) detailing Charles Keith's Communist affiliations; a hand-illustrated postcard from Leo Torgoff; a 1938 booklet, "Life & Death of an American Hero: The Story of Dave Doran," published by the Young Communist League; a letter from ex-prisoner Jimmy Moon listing prisoners smuggled out by Greek International Brigaders; and a Folkways pamphlet describing veteran Max Parker's recording of SCW songs.
Subseries B contains extensive correspondence between Steck and Carl Geiser, reflecting their close working relationship, with a daily exchange of letters during the height of the book's preparation. The relationship of VALB's Prisoner Historical Committee to the book project can be discerned. Also of note are Steck's research materials, evidence of fundraising efforts, and letters regarding publication. Other items include a 1937 pamphlet, "Italian Prisoners in Spain" (in Italian); and correspondence from the U.S. Embassy, Red Cross, and the Friends of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade documenting attempts to deliver money and essentials to prisoners. One issue of "Jaily News," represented here in photocopy, also exists in the original (please consult staff for access).
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Access Restrictions
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.
Use Restrictions
Any rights (including copyright and related rights to publicity and privacy) held by the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives (ALBA), were transferred to New York University in November 2000 by the ALBA Board of Governors. Permission to publish or reproduce materials in this collection must be secured from the Tamiment Library & Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives. For more information, contact tamiment.wagner@nyu.edu or 212-998-2630.
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Provenance
The bulk of material regarding Camp Unity, Camp Calumet, and Sophie Saroff was donated to Tamiment Library by Robert Steck in 1979. The remaining Robert Steck Papers were donated to the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives by Robert Steck between 1979 and 1998. This portion of the collection came to New York University in January 2001 as part of the original acquisition of ALBA collections, formerly housed at Brandeis University.
Separated Material
Photographs, audio tapes, maps and other non-print materials from the Robert Steck Collection have been transferred to the non-print section of the ALBA collection in the Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives.
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Series I: General
Abortion Rights, undated, inclusive
ALBA-VALB-Spanish Civil War Historical Society Relationship, undated , Oct 1977-Nov 1985, inclusive
Alexander, Bill: International Brigade Association, Oct 1991
Babi Yar, Sep 1987
Barsky, Edward K., Feb 1967
Berch, Victor, undated , Dec 1975-Jul 1986, inclusive
Bernardi, Herschel, undated , Jul 1971-Jul 1986, inclusive
Bessie, Alvah, Feb 1982-Jul 1985
Bessie, Alvah: "The Good Fight" (unpublished anthology proposal), Mar 1985
Block, Paul, Oct 1937
Brandt, Joseph, Aug 1984
Brandt, Joseph: "Fighting for Destruction of Fascism: WWII" (research paper), 1985, inclusive
Bruskin, Perry: "Telling It Like It Was" (documentary): Workers Laboratory Theater, undated , 1992-1995, inclusive
Cagney, James: Support for Loyalists in Spanish Civil War [??], undated, inclusive
Calendar page (Catalan): signed Paul Robeson, Charles Haldane (photocopy), 1938, inclusive
Camp Calumet: General, undated , 1960-1986, inclusive
Camp Calumet: Sale of, Dec 1954-Jan 1975
Camp Kinderland, undated , 1979, inclusive
Camp Sharilawn Sherwood: Map, Nov 5 1954, inclusive
Camp Unity: 20th Anniversary Reunion Ball, Jan 1947
Camp Unity: Accounts, 1945 , 1966-1967, inclusive
Camp Unity: Brochures and Flyers, undated , 1959 , 1967, inclusive
Camp Unity: Committee on Un-American Activities and Anti-CP Activities, undated , Jan 1947[?], inclusive
Camp Unity: Correspondence (photocopies), 1946-1948, inclusive
Camp Unity: Correspondence, undated , Dec 1975-Feb 1994, inclusive
Camp Unity: Correspondence: Shapiro, Linn, undated , Jul 1979-Aug 1990, inclusive
"Camp Unity and the Fight against White Chauvinism" (paper), Apr 1990
Camp Unity: Freedom of Information Requests, undated , Apr 1979-Feb 1985, inclusive
Camp Unity: Jackman, Ken, on, Aug 1983
Camp Unity: Lead Belly Project, undated , Jun 1991-Aug 1995, inclusive
Camp Unity: Matusow, Harvey, Sep 1981
Camp Unity: Mendelson, Wilfred (Mendy), 1980-1987, inclusive
Camp Unity: Music, undated , 1964 , 1987, inclusive
Camp Unity: Notes, undated, inclusive
Camp Unity: Singer, Ruth, Nov 1979
Camp Unity: Theatrical Productions, 1940 , 1948, inclusive
Camp Unity: Transcript of Gerson Interview, Mar 1983
Camp Unity: Transcript of Letters from Campers, ca.1980, inclusive
Camp Unity: Transcript of Reuben Homer Interview, Aug 1983
Camp Unity: Transcript of Robert Steck Interview, Mar 1979
Camps: General, Jun 1986-Jul 1989
Camps: Socialist Camps for Children, undated, inclusive
Carroll, Peter, Jan 1992
China: Dr. Norman Bethune International Peace Hospital, Jul 1985-Aug 1985
China: Steck trip to, undated, inclusive
China: U.S.-China Peoples Friendship Association, Jun 1975-Apr 1976
Cogswell, Theodore, undated, inclusive
Collins, Len, undated, inclusive
Colodny, Robert: on Vietnam, undated, inclusive
Colow, Maury, undated , Nov 1979-Mar 1985, inclusive
Conference: 50th Anniversary of the Spanish Civil War (Siena College), Jun 1986
Conference: "First International Colloquium on the Spanish Civil War" (University of Barcelona), Apr 1979
Conference: "Image of Spain in the Mass Media" (Rutgers University), Apr 1978
Conference: "Malraux-Hemingway—Embattled Spain", undated , May 1937 , Oct 1990, inclusive
Conference: The Spanish Civil War (Dartmouth College), Apr 1981
Conference: The Spanish Civil War (University of Chicago), 1977, inclusive
Conference: "The Spanish Civil War and Its International Impact" (New School), Oct 1981-Dec 1981
Conference: "The Spanish Civil War, A Retrospective Evening" (Center for Labor Research and Studies), Dec 1979
Conference: Spanish Institute, Apr 1979
Constantine, Ed, Dec 1986-Jan 1987
Coordinadora Catalana d'Associaciones d'Ex-Combatants de la Republica, Jun 1987
Correspondence: General, undated , Jan 1980-Feb 1996, inclusive
Correspondence: Get Well Wishes, 1988, inclusive
Correspondence: Greetings/Thank you's/Holiday Wishes, undated , Dec 1969-Jul 1994, inclusive
Cowley, Malcolm: Support for Children in Spain, Sep 1937
Crank Letters, undated , Nov 1981, inclusive
Cuba, undated , Aug 1985, inclusive
Cussen, Joseph, undated , Feb 1981-Aug 1981, inclusive
Dallet, Joseph, Jr., undated, inclusive
Doyle, Joe, Jun 1983-Aug 1986
El Salvador, Apr 1981-Oct 1981
Fishman, Moe, undated , Jun 1979-Aug 1994, inclusive
Funaroff, Sol: "Exile From a Future Time," Posthumous Poems (photocopy), 1943, inclusive
Geiser, Carl, undated , Nov 1992-Apr 1993, inclusive
Geiser, Carl: Correspondence, Feb 1990-Aug 1995
Gerassi, John, undated , Nov 1979-Apr 1981, inclusive
Goff, Irving, Dec 1979
Goldring, Benjamin, undated , Feb 1980-Oct 1986, inclusive
Goldstein, Ben (Butch), 1981, inclusive
Green Party, Jul 1996
Hakam, Harry, Jan 1981
Hamill, Pete, undated, inclusive
Harriman, Manny, undated , May 1980, inclusive
Harris, Sydney, undated , Jul 1978-Dec 1983, inclusive
Hemingway, Ernest, undated , ca.1987, inclusive
Hiroshima, ca.1980, inclusive
Hudson, Hosea, undated , Jan 1980, inclusive
Hunter, Oscar, Nov 1979-Jul 1980
Ibárruri, Dolores (La Pasionaria), undated , Jun 1983-Dec 1985, inclusive
Iceland, Ben, May 1982-Oct 1986
Ickes, Harold, undated, inclusive
"Identity and Politics in the Basque Country and Catalonia" (research paper), undated, inclusive
Inter Theater, Jun 1986
Irish Independence, undated, inclusive
Japan Attacks China (article), 1937, inclusive
Keller, Fred, undated , Nov 1979-Dec 1993, inclusive
Kline, Herbert, undated , Jan 1980-Apr 1986, inclusive
Knox, Bernard, undated , Jul 1983, inclusive
Kozar, John (Topsy), undated, inclusive
Lending, Edward, undated , Jul 1979-Sep 1998, inclusive
Markert, Clement, Anthony Demaio, and Robert Steck, Dec 1986
Montell, Judith, May 1993
Morel, Willan B.: Commendation from Sindicato de Tecnicos, Barcelona (photocopy), Nov 1938
National Jewish Youth Conference, Aug 1956-Sep 1956
Nelson, Steve, undated , Jul 1979-Apr 1986, inclusive
Nicaragua, undated , Oct 1984-May 1986, inclusive
Noble Horizons, 1989-1990, inclusive
Noll Gonzalez, Francisco, Nov 1938-Dec 1938
"Notes on Some International Problems": Azcárate, Manuel (article), May 1979
Nuclear Disarmament, undated , Jun 1982-Oct 1992, inclusive
Nusser, Charles, undated, 1937, Jun 1985, inclusive
Obituaries and Memorials, undated , Dec 1971-Apr 1982, inclusive
Orwell, George, undated, inclusive
Ost, Milton, Nov 1981
Peace Movement, undated , Nov 1981-Mar 1996, inclusive
Peekskill Riot, undated, inclusive
Political/Social Issues: Articles and Appeals, undated , Nov 1981-May 1986, inclusive
Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research in Spain, 1978-1979, inclusive
Prago, Albert, undated , Nov 1982-Jan 1993, inclusive
Prago, Albert: "40th Anniversary of Spanish Vets in Florence" ( Jewish Currentsarticle), Feb 1977
Prago, Albert: on Burnet Bolleten, undated, inclusive
Prago, Albert: on Jewish Participation in Spanish Civil War ( The Shekelarticle), Oct 1983
Prago, Albert: on Spanish Women Political Prisoners (pamphlet), undated, inclusive
"Raisin in the Sun": Investment, Apr 1975
Reed, Bob, undated , Mar 1982-Mar 1996, inclusive
Robinson, Earl, undated, inclusive
Robinson, Edward (Frenchy), May 1980
Rosen, Alex, undated , Apr 1968-Jul 1990, inclusive
Rosenstein, Herman, Jun 1983
Ross, Adolph (Buster), undated , Dec 1984-Mar 1996, inclusive
Rukeyser, Muriel, undated , Feb 1980-Mar 1980, inclusive
Ryan, James G.: "The American Communist Party and the Spanish Civil War" (research paper), Jun 1986
Salzman, Salman: Israel Association of Volunteers of the International Brigade in Spain, Oct 1986-Dec 1986
Sandburg, Carl, Jan 1978
Saroff, Sophie, undated , Nov 1974-Apr 1995, inclusive
Saroff, Sophie: 80th Birthday Celebration, undated , Feb 1976-May 1976, inclusive
Saroff, Sophie: 80th Birthday Celebration: Correspondence, undated , Dec 1975-May 1976, inclusive
Saroff, Sophie: 80th Birthday Celebration: Script and Speeches, 1976, inclusive
Schappes, Morris: on Israel/Palestine Conflict, etc., undated, inclusive
Schappes, Morris: Jewish Currents, Aug 1986
Segal, Edith, 1973-1987, inclusive
Senior Outreach Advocacy Program, Sep 1983
Smith, Randall Pete, undated , Apr 1977-Aug 1981, inclusive
Society for Spanish and Portuguese Historians, undated , May 1977, inclusive
Spain: Gellhorn, Martha: "The Indomitable Losers: Spain Revisited", Feb 1976
Spain: List of Slides, undated, inclusive
Spain: Politics and Government after the Spanish Civil War: Articles, undated , 1938 , Sep 1969-Mar 1986, inclusive
Spain: Politics: Notes, undated , May 1981, inclusive
Spain: Return Trips to, undated , Jan 1977-Dec 1983, inclusive
Spain: Suarez, Manny, Feb 1983
Spain: Women Political Prisoners in the 1970s, undated , Apr 1970, inclusive
Spain: Workers Commission: Camacho, Marielino, Oct 1976
Spanish Civil War: "African Americans and the Spanish Civil War" (chapter), undated, inclusive
Spanish Civil War: African-American Volunteer List, undated, inclusive
Spanish Civil War: Article: "Liberacion" (Costa Rica), Sep 1937
Spanish Civil War: Articles on, undated , Sep 1936-Dec 1938, inclusive
Spanish Civil War: Articles on, undated , Mar 1970-Sep 1987, inclusive
Spanish Civil War: Bibliographies and Readings, undated , Nov 1987, inclusive
Spanish Civil War: Booklet Compiled from Clippings: "The Americans are Coming!", ca.1938, inclusive
Spanish Civil War: Booklet Compiled from Clippings: "Save Me, I Am Too Young to Die!", ca.1938, inclusive
Spanish Civil War: City College Veterans, undated , Dec 1979-Apr 1980, inclusive
Spanish Civil War: "The Crime of Guernica" (pamphlet), 1937, inclusive
Spanish Civil War: Dr. Seymour J. Robbins Memorial Concert, Mar 1938
Spanish Civil War: Embargo against Spain, undated , May 1938-Jan 1939, inclusive
Spanish Civil War: Erika Mann: German and Austrian Veterans, Mar 1939-May 1939
Spanish Civil War: Films: "A Valley in Spain" (proposal), Aug 1983
Spanish Civil War: Films: "Between the Wars—The Spanish Civil War", Jul 1978
Spanish Civil War: Films: General, undated , Jan 1981, inclusive
Spanish Civil War: Films: "The Good Fight", undated , Nov 1978-Nov 1995, inclusive
Spanish Civil War: Finnish-American Veterans, Aug 1992
Spanish Civil War: General, undated , May 1944, inclusive
Spanish Civil War: Graphic Propaganda (photocopies), ca.1937, inclusive
Spanish Civil War Historical Society: General, undated , Jan 1980-Jun 1982, inclusive
Spanish Civil War Historical Society: Monument to American Vets in Spain, May 1982-Apr 1987
Spanish Civil War: International Brigades, Oct 1986
Spanish Civil War: Irish Participation, Aug 1980
Spanish Civil War: "Jews and General Franco", undated, inclusive
Spanish Civil War: Karol (Walter) Swierczewski: Russian Veteran, 1980, inclusive
Spanish Civil War: Latin-American Volunteers, Aug 1979
Spanish Civil War: League of American Writers and American Students Union, ca.1938, inclusive
Spanish Civil War: MacKenzie-Papineau Battalion of Canada, May 1978-Mar 1982
Spanish Civil War: "Memories of Spain" Concert: on Board R.M.S. Ausonia, Dec 1938
Spanish Civil War: New York University Students in, undated, inclusive
Spanish Civil War: Poetry, undated, inclusive
Spanish Civil War: Puerto Rican Participation, undated, inclusive
Spanish Civil War: "Reflections on the Spanish Civil War" ( Monthly Reviewarticle), Sep 1962
Spanish Civil War: Sam Katz: German Veteran, Dec 1986
Spanish Civil War: Stephen Hegarty: Foster Parents' Plan for Children in Spain (photocopies), Mar 1939-Apr 1939
Spanish Civil War: Streisand Peace Memorial, Dec 1937
Spanish Civil War: Swiss Veterans, undated , Oct 1976-Jan 1986, inclusive
Spanish Civil War: Time MagazineCoverage (photocopy), Jul 1936-Mar 1939
Spanish Civil War: U.S. Medical Participation, Jul 1990-Aug 1990
Spanish Civil War: Veterans: Articles on, undated , Feb 1975-May 1994, inclusive
Spanish Civil War: Veterans: Politics, undated, inclusive
Spanish Civil War: Veterans: Questionnaire, undated, inclusive
Spanish Civil War: Voice of the Federation: Letters to the Editor (photocopies), 1938-1939, inclusive
Spanish Refugee Aid, undated , Oct 1946 , Sep 1980, inclusive
Steck: to Al Prago on Jewish Identity, Zionism and the Middle East, undated, inclusive
Steck: Alfred E. Smith High School, undated , Nov 1968-Nov 1976, inclusive
Steck: Biographical, undated , Mar 1986-Feb 1989, inclusive
Steck: to Carl Geiser on Soviet Union, undated, inclusive
Steck: Employment Recommendations, Oct 1942-Jun 1972
Steck: with George Watt on Nazi-Soviet Pact, POUM, Orwell, Anarchists, Mar 1983-Jan 1988
Steck: Housatonic Valley Regional High School, undated , Jul 1970-Jun 1993, inclusive
Steck: Interview Release, Feb 1980
Steck: on Jewish Identity, undated, inclusive
Steck: Medical History, Jan 1990
Steck: Oral History Interview Transcript, Sep 1994
Steck: P.S. 30, undated , Jan 1968-May 1970, inclusive
Steck: Regional Board of Education, Jan 1993-Aug 1994
Steck: School and Community Activities, undated , Sep 1968-Apr 1995, inclusive
Steck: School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, Nov 1944
Steck: School Transcripts, 1941-1967, inclusive
Steck: Speaking Engagements, undated , Dec 1987-Feb 1997, inclusive
Steck: Student Evaluations and Work, undated , 1971, inclusive
Steck: Student Evaluations: "Contemporary Problems", 1975, inclusive
Steck: Taconic Learning Center/Housatonic Youth Service Bureau, undated , Feb 1989-Jun 1996, inclusive
Steck: Teacher Retirement, Nov 1971-Jun 1977
Steck: Teaching: Certificates and Diplomas, 1968-1977, inclusive
Steck: Teaching: Notes, undated, inclusive
Steck: Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Great Valley, AZ, Dec 1996-Mar 1998
Steck: West Side High School, undated , Apr 1976-Jun 1977, inclusive
VALB: 32nd Anniversary, 1969, inclusive
VALB: 40th Anniversary, May 1976
VALB: 40th Anniversary (script by Steck), 1977, inclusive
VALB: 42nd Anniversary, Feb 1979
VALB: 45th Anniversary, Apr 1982
VALB: 47th Anniversary, Apr 1984
VALB: 50th Anniversary, undated , Sep 1985-Oct 1986, inclusive
VALB: 51st Anniversary, Apr 1988
VALB: 54th Anniversary, Apr 1991
VALB: 55th Anniversary: Dr. Charlie Clements (speech), Apr 1992
VALB: Bay Area Post, Oct 1979-Feb 1982
VALB: Constitution and By-Laws, 1939 , 1973, inclusive
VALB: Correspondence, undated , Mar 1976-Jun 1993, inclusive
VALB: Dinner (Steck remarks), 1970, inclusive
VALB: Finances, undated , Jan 1978-Dec 1985, inclusive
VALB: General, undated , Sep 1976-Aug 1984, inclusive
VALB: Historical Commission, undated , Jan 1968-Mar 1982, inclusive
VALB: Meeting Minutes and Notes, undated , 1969-May-93, inclusive
VALB: Memorial Services, undated , Nov 1982, inclusive
VALB: New York Post, Nov 1976-Jun 1982
VALB: Oral History Project, undated , 1986, inclusive
VALB: Polish Jewish Volunteers: Controversy, undated , Feb 1988, inclusive
VALB: Subversive Activities Control Act and Legal Activity, May 1980
VALB: Tour of Spain, Oct 1986
VALB: Veterans Rights Committee, undated , Feb 1980-May 1982, inclusive
Ware, Marianne, undated, inclusive
Watt, George: "Another Look at the Good Fight" (speech), Dec 1986
Watt, George: "Is There 'No Experience of History' for Us?" (article), Jan 1988
Weissman, Irving, undated , Jul 1979-Feb 1988, inclusive
Wellman, Saul, undated , Sep 1978-Sep 1979, inclusive
Wellman, Saul: on Santiago Carrillo Visit to Yale University, undated , Dec 1977, inclusive
Wiesel, Elie, Feb 1986
Wolff, Frieda, undated , Feb 1983, inclusive
Wolff, Milton, undated , Jul 1979-Apr 1988, inclusive
World War II: Camp Ritchie: Military Intelligence Training Center, Nov 1944-Dec 1944
World War II: Camp Ritchie: Military Intelligence Training Center: Certificate of Completion, December 23, 1944, inclusive
World War II: Demobilization Papers, Jun 1944-Nov 1947
World War II: Kesler Field, MS, Dec 1945
World War II: Officers Candidate School, Apr 1944-Aug 1944
Writings: "Camp Coop" partial drafts, undated, inclusive
Writings: Eulogies, undated, inclusive
Writings: "Homeless", undated, inclusive
Writings: Lectures: "The American Dream", undated, inclusive
Writings: Lectures: Mark Twain, undated, inclusive
Writings: Lectures: Miscellaneous, undated, inclusive
Writings: Letters to the Editor and Drafts of Articles, undated , 1974, inclusive
Writings: Miscellaneous, undated , 1962, inclusive
Writings: on POUM, undated, inclusive
Writings: Poetry, undated, inclusive
Writings: "Re: San Pedro", undated, inclusive
Writings: Script Drafts, undated , ca.1993, inclusive
Writings: Speeches and Presentations, undated, inclusive
Yates, James, undated , May 1980-1986, inclusive
Series II: Prisoners of the Good Fight
Subseries II:A: Biographical Files
Abello, Pete, undated, inclusive
Acken, Edgar L., undated, inclusive
Adolphe, Hans, undated, inclusive
Alvarez, Manuel Eddy, undated, inclusive
Alvarez y Gonzalez, Bernardo, undated, inclusive
Amades, Vincent Sanches, undated, inclusive
Anderson, Ray, undated , 1978-1979, inclusive
Andreason, Alf, undated , 1938, inclusive
Argirakis, Matthew, undated, inclusive
Assa, Alberto, undated , Aug 1938-Oct 1938 , Jan 1983-Mar 1983, inclusive
Babsky, Sidney, undated , Sep 1979-Feb 1982, inclusive
Balagurchik, Elias (Ilya), undated, inclusive
Barr, Charles, undated , ca.1939, inclusive
Barr, Reuben (Conrad Henry Stojewa), undated , Dec 1939-Feb 1940 , May 1979-Jun 1984, inclusive
Beamud, Antonio, undated, inclusive
Belau, Carl, undated, inclusive
Berman, Leopold, undated , May 1978, inclusive
Bertolini, Renato, May 1971
Blackman, Frank, Apr 1979
Blair, John Clarence Avie, undated , Jul 1976-May 1982, inclusive
Braley, Roger, undated , May 1978, inclusive
Brown, Tom, undated, inclusive
Browne, Richard, undated, inclusive
Burns, Paul, undated, inclusive
Cameron, James, Feb 1979-Oct 1979
Canales, Victor Gerro, undated, inclusive
de la Casa, Jesus Andrew, undated , Jul 1979-Oct 1979, inclusive
de la Casa, Jose Manuel, undated, inclusive
Chang, Jul 1979
Chase, Homer, undated , Nov 1979-Mar 1985, inclusive
Chase, Van Rensalar, undated, inclusive
Clemente Garcia, Santos, undated, inclusive
Colver, Robert, undated , Sep 1979, inclusive
Company, Manuel, undated, inclusive
Conway, Morris Michael, undated , Jun 1940, inclusive
Dahl, Harold (Whitey), undated, inclusive
Delgado Delgado, Carmelo, undated , Jul 1937 , Jul 1985, inclusive
Delgado, Emilio, undated, inclusive
Delitch, George, undated , Aug 1939 , Feb 1982, inclusive
Domnauer, Olaf, undated , May 1980-Aug 1980, inclusive
Doran, Dave, undated , Jun 1938, inclusive
Doran, Lawrence Fant, undated , ca.1939, inclusive
Dorland, Norman, undated , 1942-1956 , 1980-1985, inclusive
Doyle, Bob, Jan 1983-Jun 1983
Dykstra, Matthew, undated , Apr 1979, inclusive
Earl, Howard, undated , Jun 1982, inclusive
Eggar, Dougal, undated , Aug 1983, inclusive
Fajardo, Marcos, undated, inclusive
Firmin, John Charles, undated , Jul 1980-Aug 1980, inclusive
Freed, Edward Milton, undated , Apr 1937-1938 , 1982, inclusive
Garafolo, Patrick J., undated , Jun 1979-Feb 1982, inclusive
Garcia, Enrique, undated, inclusive
Geiser, Carl, undated , May 1937-Oct 1938 , Feb 1979-Jun 1983, inclusive
Gerhardt, Julius, undated, inclusive
Gilbert, Tony, Sep 1981
Giler, Henry, undated , Feb 1974-Feb 1982, inclusive
Goddard, Howard, undated, inclusive
Grachow, Leo, undated , 1928 , Nov 1974-Feb 1983, inclusive
Grant, Samuel, undated, inclusive
Grant, Walter Fairbanks: Correspondence regarding (photocopy), Oct 1939
Grant, Walter Fairbanks: Correspondence regarding, undated , Jan 1980-Dec 1982, inclusive
Grant, Walter Fairbanks: Drafts of Pamphlet on: I, ca.1982, inclusive
Grant, Walter Fairbanks: Drafts of Pamphlet on: II, ca.1982, inclusive
Grant, Walter Fairbanks: Notes and Articles, undated , Feb 1980-Jul 1984, inclusive
Grant, Walter Fairbanks: Publication of Pamphlet on, undated , May 1982-Sep 1982, inclusive
Grant, Walter Fairbanks: Spanish Civil War Correspondence from and Other Writings by, Oct 1929-Feb 1937
Grigas, Joseph, undated , May 1939 , May 1978-Dec 1980, inclusive
Grodski, Frank, undated , Jun 1956 , Apr 1979-Jun 1980, inclusive
Gurko, Maurice, undated , Aug 1979-Sep 1979, inclusive
Hafner, Otto, undated, inclusive
Hall, Charles, undated , Jan 1977-Jun 1980 , Oct 1980, inclusive
Hathaway, William, undated, inclusive
Hausman, Carl, undated , Aug 1937-Oct 1938, inclusive
Heinricher, Stanley, undated , May 1978, inclusive
Heinzman, Georg, 1979-1981, inclusive
Higgins, John, undated , Apr 1982, inclusive
Hodge, Edward, undated , Feb 1979-May 1983, inclusive
Jacobs, Edward Deyo, undated , Aug 1979-Jun 1983, inclusive
Jenkins, John Hollis, undated , Dec 1978-Feb 1982, inclusive
Johnson, Edward, undated, inclusive
Jones, Tom, Aug 1981-Oct 1982
Jordan, Heinz, undated, inclusive
Keeler, Addison Stan, undated, inclusive
Keith, Charles, undated , Feb 1939 , Jun 1978-Jul 1980, inclusive
Keller, Fred, undated, inclusive
Kelly, David Gillis, undated, inclusive
Kerhlicker, Anthony Peter, undated , Jun 1939 , Jun 1979-Jul 1979, inclusive
Kleiman, Harry (Cohn Haber), undated , Jun 1979-Sep 1979, inclusive
Koneski, Samuel, undated, inclusive
Kormes, Karl, Sep 1983-May 1996
Kunstlich, Alexander Cecil, undated , Jan 1993, inclusive
Lardner, James Phillips, undated , Jan 1979-Nov 1982, inclusive
Leiserowitz, Sol: Letters from S.S. Manhattan, Paris and Spain, Jul 1938-Mar 1939
Leiserowitz, Sol: Miscellaneous, undated , Jun 1917 , 1935-1950, inclusive
Leiserowitz, Sol: Miscellaneous, undated , Jun 1982-Aug 1986, inclusive
Lemke, Otto, undated , Apr 1979-Jan 1981, inclusive
Lerner, Sol, undated , Jun 1979-Feb 1982, inclusive
Levitas, Maurice, Aug 1981
Lewis, J.F., undated, inclusive
Listhaeghe, Gustav, undated, inclusive
Loesch, Karl, Jul 1981
Logan, John Monroe, undated, inclusive
Mail, Jack, undated , Jul 1979-Oct 1982, inclusive
Maki, Martin, undated , Jan 1973-Jan 1983, inclusive
McCartney, Garry, Mar 1983-Mar 1984
McEachron, Paul, undated , Jul 1979, inclusive
Megquier, Henry Ben, undated , 1939, inclusive
Merriman, Robert, undated , Mar 1979-Apr 1986, inclusive
Miller, Fred Ralph, undated , Dec 1978, inclusive
Miller, William Colfax, undated , Jan 1980-Apr 1983, inclusive
Montanarella, Felice, undated, inclusive
Moon, Jimmy, undated , 1938 , May 1978-Aug 1981, inclusive
Moskowitz, Ignatz, undated, inclusive
Neafus, Ralph, undated, inclusive
Neri, Dino, undated , Feb 1979-May 1979, inclusive
Opara, Rudolph, undated , Jun 1979, inclusive
Ornitz, Louis Noah, undated , Aug 1978-Nov 1983, inclusive
Paivio, Julies, Nov 1977
Pannszewicz, John Peter, undated , Sep 1979-Mar 1983, inclusive
Parker, Max, undated , Apr 1938 , Jun 1979-Dec 1983, inclusive
Parks, John, undated , Mar 1979-Nov 1982, inclusive
Polansky, Samuel, undated , Jan 1939, inclusive
Poling, Eugene, undated , 1937-1939 , Nov 1973-Mar 1984, inclusive
Pringle, Claude, undated , Mar 1979, inclusive
Raacke, Peter, undated , May 1978-Mar 1979, inclusive
Radacoy, Joseph, undated, inclusive
Riffe, Herman Carl, undated , 1979-1982, inclusive
Robles, Francisco Coco, undated , Aug 1939, inclusive
Romer, Samuel and Edna, undated , Jan 1979-Feb 1982, inclusive
Rosenblatt, Sidney, undated , Feb 1939-Nov 1944 , Nov 1978-Jun 1983, inclusive
Rutherford, James, undated , Feb 1982, inclusive
Ryan, Frank, undated , Apr 1979-May 1979, inclusive
Sanjenis, Cabarrocas (Sergio), undated, inclusive
Shufer, Max, undated , Feb 1979-Nov 1982, inclusive
Shields, Art, undated , Jun 1983, inclusive
Stanley, Fred (Tex), undated , Apr 1979-Jul 1983, inclusive
Steck, Robert, undated , Jul 1938-Jan 1940, inclusive
Steck, Robert, undated , Jan 1976-Jan 1979, inclusive
Steinberg, Jack, undated, inclusive
Stern, Marvin, Mar 1937
Stevenson, Alwyn, undated , May 1978-Jun 1979, inclusive
Stix, Frederick, undated, inclusive
Stone, William, undated , 1979, inclusive
Streit, Herman, Jul 1981
Tabb, Herbert (Hy), undated , Dec 1978-Feb 1979, inclusive
Tenor, Leon, undated , Mar 1939 , Oct 1978-Jan 1980, inclusive
Thayer, Donald, undated , Jun 1973, inclusive
Thompson, Richard Chester, undated , Jun 1978-Feb 1983, inclusive
Ticer, Leon Norwell, undated, inclusive
Tobman, Morris (Moishe), undated , Sep 1939 , Dec 1978-May 1979, inclusive
Torgoff, Leo, 1936-1939, inclusive
Torgoff, Leo, undated , Jan 1982-Oct 1986, inclusive
Wallach, Hy, undated , Dec 1939 , Nov 1979-Jun 1984, inclusive
Weinand, Robert, undated, inclusive
West, Frank, Sep 1981
Young, Joseph, undated , Sep 1978-Dec 1983, inclusive
Zarth, Alfred, undated, inclusive
Ziegler, Albert, undated , Jan 1932-Dec 1938, inclusive
Ziegler, Albert, Jan 1939-Jul 1940
Ziegler, Albert, undated , Jan 1982-Jul 1985, inclusive
Biographical Materials: Miscellaneous, undated, inclusive
Biographical Materials: Miscellaneous: Alvarez – Busch, undated, inclusive
Biographical Materials: Miscellaneous: Camnitz – Fernandez, undated, inclusive
Biographical Materials: Miscellaneous: Garcia – Kruisement, undated, inclusive
Biographical Materials: Miscellaneous: Lamas -- Nunez, undated, inclusive
Biographical Materials: Miscellaneous: O'Beirne – Small, undated, inclusive
Biographical Materials: Miscellaneous: Smith – Zdananskas, undated, inclusive
Biographical Summaries, undated, inclusive
Subseries II:B: Subject Files
American Ex-Prisoners of War, undated, inclusive
Archivo Parroquial del Carcedo de Burgos, undated, inclusive
Articles re: Prisoners, 1938-1939, inclusive
Articles re: Prisoners, undated , Apr 1980-Sep 1980, inclusive
Belafonte, Harry: Fundraiser, undated , Feb 1981-May 1981, inclusive
Bibliographies and Sources, undated, inclusive
British Prisoners, Nov 1982
Carney, William: Visit to San Pedro de Cardena, undated , 1938, inclusive
Committee for the Release of International Prisoners in Spain, Dec 1939
Consultants and Acknowledgements, undated, inclusive
Correspondence: Carl Geiser w/ Max Shufer, undated , Sep 1978-Mar 1990, inclusive
Correspondence: Carl Geiser w/ others, undated , May 1977-Mar 1995, inclusive
Correspondence: Carl Geiser w/Robert Steck, undated, inclusive
Correspondence: Carl Geiser w/Robert Steck, Jan 1976-Oct 1980
Correspondence: Carl Geiser w/Robert Steck, Nov 1980-Feb 1983
Correspondence: Carl Geiser w/Robert Steck, Mar 1983-Jul 1985
Correspondence: Carl Geiser w/Robert Steck, Aug 1985-Feb 1990
Correspondence: General, undated , Apr 1978-Nov 1986, inclusive
Correspondence: Giler, Henry, undated , Jun 1980-Mar 1987, inclusive
Correspondence: Shapiro, Linn, undated, inclusive
"Cultural Life in a Concentration Camp": Mavard, Morgan (copy), Jan 1949
Dust Jacket, undated, inclusive
Foreign Service of the U.S.A.: "The Right of American Citizens Imprisoned by the Spanish Insurgent Military Forces to Diplomatic Interposition on Their Behalf", 1940, inclusive
Friends of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, Dec 1937-May 1939
Fundraising: Grants, undated , Apr 1979-Jul 1982, inclusive
Fundraising: for Research and Writing, undated , Jan 1980-Dec 1982, inclusive
Fundraising: Ring Lardner, Jr., undated , Jan 1980-Feb 1980, inclusive
German and Czech Prisoners, undated, inclusive
Great Britain: Foreign Office (list of documents), undated, inclusive
Greeting Card from Zaragoza Inmate, ca.1938, inclusive
Hellman, Lillian: on Carney Visit to San Pedro de Cardena (article), Jul 1938
Italian Involvement, undated , 1937-1938 , 1980, inclusive
"Jaily News": on Carney Visit to San Pedro de Cardena (no. 15, p. 2, partial photocopy), Aug 11, 1938, inclusive
Existence and Location of Originals
Original handwritten issue of "Jaily News" in Abraham Lincoln Brigade Vertical Files: Subjects (ALBA.VF.001), Tamiment Library.