Frances Patai Papers
1937-1998, inclusive
; 1989-1997, bulk
The Frances Patai Papers consist predominantly of research materials she gathered and the drafts she produced during the course of her work on her unpublished book, Heroines of the Good Fight: U.S. Women Volunteers in the Spanish Civil War including articles, clippings, and notes. The collection is arranged in three series.
Series I: biographical files of nurses and other women personnel who served during the Spanish Civil War. These contain recollections and firsthand accounts of the wartime medical facilities and the conditions in Spain during the conflict.
Series II: published and unpublished materials by Patai, including drafts of her book, articles about the women in the International Brigades, conference papers and proposals, and miscellaneous writings on pornography and sexual abuse.
Series III: This series is made up of subject files. Included here are notes, excerpt from publications, and research materials on general topics, organizations, and individuals as well as biographical material on Patai. Notable among these files are copies of Jirku Gusti's, "We Fight Death," and Sandor Voros' unpublished manuscript on hospitals and medical services.
Angela Frattarola and Ted Casselman
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Language: Description is in English.
Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
Series I: Biographical Files
Alcade, Carmen, undated, inclusive
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Andell, Evelyn, undated, inclusive
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Bell, Hilda (Roberts), undated, inclusive
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Brisker, Luba, undated, inclusive
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Bruzzichesi, Ava, undated, inclusive
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Chadwick, Selma, undated, inclusive
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Davidow, Ruth, undated, inclusive
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DeVries, Lini (Fuhr), undated, inclusive
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Duncan, Cleo, undated, inclusive
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Dyer, Edith, undated, inclusive
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Edwards, Thyra, undated, inclusive
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Erickson, Thelma (Byrne), undated, inclusive
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Esther, Hon (Brown), undated, inclusive
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Ferwerda, Ena (Andry), undated, inclusive
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Fontaine, Dorothy (Mardfin), undated, inclusive
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Foy, Mable (Levin), undated, inclusive
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Freed, Rose, undated, inclusive
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Freedman, Helen (Feinberg), undated, inclusive
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Galleani, Gerumina, undated, inclusive
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Goldblatt, Sana, undated, inclusive
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Golden, Irene (Spiegel), undated, inclusive
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Golub, Fannie, undated, inclusive
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Greenspan, Celia (Seborer), undated, inclusive
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Grunsky, Eugenia, undated, inclusive
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Harris, Ray (Marantz), undated, inclusive
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Hershkowitz, Honey, undated, inclusive
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Hutchins, Evelyn (Rahman), undated, inclusive
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Jensky, Toby, undated, inclusive
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Jirku, Gusti (Stridsberg), undated, inclusive
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Kee, Salaria (a.k.a. Salaria Kea, later O'Reilly), undated, inclusive
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Kyle, Constance (Lamb), undated, inclusive
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Leight, Clara, undated, inclusive
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Levine, May (Hartzman), undated, inclusive
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Martin, Fredericka, undated, inclusive
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Malbin, Virginia (Social Worker), undated, inclusive
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Merims, Sonia (Kolkin), undated, inclusive
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Merriman, Marion (Wachtel), undated, inclusive
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Montseny, Federica, undated, inclusive
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North, Helen (Green), undated, inclusive
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Novac, Alba (Ryan), undated, inclusive
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Perez, Leonor, undated, inclusive
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Pike, Florence, undated, inclusive
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Plotkin, Mary (Torrance), undated, inclusive
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Rackley, Mildred (Simon), undated, inclusive
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Rader, Mary (Garrity), undated, inclusive
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Rolfe, Mary, undated, inclusive
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Romer, Edna (Drabkin), undated, inclusive
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Schulman, Rebecca (Durem), undated, inclusive
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Shuldiner, Anna (Goldman), undated, inclusive
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Silverstein, Esther (Blanc), undated, inclusive
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Taft, Anne (Muldaven), undated, inclusive
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Temple, Leonora, undated, inclusive
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Vanzant, Frances Dr., undated, inclusive
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Wacksman, Rose (Sorkin), undated, inclusive
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Wagnon, Alice (Martin), undated, inclusive
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Wilkes, Harry, undated, inclusive
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Williams, Helen, undated, inclusive
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Wilson, Ruth (Epstein), undated, inclusive
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Weissman, Helene, undated, inclusive
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Series II: Writings
Book Reviews: Memories of Resistance by Shirley Mangini and Defying Male Civilization by Mary Nash, undated, inclusive
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Dolores Ibarruri, 'La Pasionaria' (1895-1998)... (Article), 1997-02-06
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Heroines, Humanitarians, Anti-Fascists: US Women Volunteers in the Spanish Civil War, 1994-01-11
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Heroines of the Good Fight: Book Proposal, undated, inclusive
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Heroines of the Good Fight: Introduction (2 versions), undated, inclusive
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Heroines of the Good Fight: Part I, Chapter 1, undated, inclusive
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Heroines of the Good Fight: Part I, Chapter 2, undated, inclusive
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Heroines of the Good Fight: Sources Used and Methodology, undated, inclusive
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Heroines of the Good Fight: Table of Contents (2 versions), undated, inclusive
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Heroines of the Good Fight: Testimonies of U.S. Volunteer Nurses in the Spanish Civil War (different versions), undated, inclusive
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Heroines of the Good Fight: U.S. Women Medical Service Volunteers in the Spanish Civil War (2 versions), undated, inclusive
5, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Humanitarian Work as Anti-Fascist Political Action (conference paper and other versions), undated, inclusive
5, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
I'm a Forever Anti-Fascist: Voices of US Women Medical Service Volunteers in the Spanish Civil War (Article based on oral histories), undated, inclusive
5, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Medical Bureau History: Outline and Drafts, undated, inclusive
5, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Mujeres voluntarias estadounidenses en la guerra civil espanola... (Article in Spanish), 1996-03
5, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
New York City Labor Chorus: Singing International Solidarity (Article), 1997-04-21
5, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
1936 International Anti-Fascists Return to Spain for 1996 Homage (Article), 1996-11
5, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Power, Paychecks, Protest, Pain in the Real World of 'Women's Work' (Conference Paper Proposal), 1994-10
5, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Prostitution: Miscellaneous Writings, undated, inclusive
5, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Twentieth Century Judiths: US Women Anti-Fascist Volunteers... (Conference Paper Proposal), 1996-06
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With Liberty and Justice for Whom? (Letter to editor of NY Times), 1995-05-23
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Untitled Article on U.S. Women Volunteers in the Spanish Civil War, undated, inclusive
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Series III: Subject Files
Ambulances, undated, inclusive
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American Friends Service Committee, 1937, inclusive
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American Medical Bureau: Accounts, 1938, inclusive
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American Medical Bureau: History, 1938, inclusive
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American Medical Bureau: Miscellany from F. Martin, 1937-1986, inclusive
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Correspondence, 1992, inclusive
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Fascist (?) Leaflet: Welcome to the International Brigade, undated, inclusive
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Fisher, Ruth and Harry, undated , 1938 , 1988, inclusive
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Franco's 'Mein Kampf' (Spanish Information Bureau), 1939, inclusive
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Garcia Lorca, Federico, 1986, inclusive
6, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Gonshak, Sam, 1978-1979, inclusive
6, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Holman, Portia: "Hospital in Spain", 1937, inclusive
6, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Hornstein, Claire Hartford, 1990, inclusive
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Jewish Volunteers, 1938 , 1989-1990, inclusive
6, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Jirku, Gusti: We Fight Death (photocopies), ca.1937, inclusive
6, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Kutnick, Lee (Executive Secretary, Friends of ALBA), 1992, inclusive
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Martin, Fredericka: "The American Indian" (inscribed to F. Patai), Spring 1950
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Medical Aid: General, 1938-1941, inclusive
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North American Committee to Aid Spanish Democracy, 1937, inclusive
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Nurses: General, 1937-1977, inclusive
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Palmer, Nettie and Len Fox, "Australians in Spain", 1948, inclusive
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Patai, Frances: Biographical, undated, inclusive
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Patai, Frances: Book Project, Miscellaneous Notes and Forms, undated, inclusive
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Patai Fund: CUNY, 1997, inclusive
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Poder y Libertad: Special Women's Issue (articles by Patai and Martin), 1989, inclusive
7, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Radio Broadcasts: Transcripts from New York Public Library and Columbia University, 1937-1938, inclusive
7, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Redondo, Carmen (Rescued by U.S. Nurses) and Jose Luis, 1990, inclusive
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Relief Ship, undated, inclusive
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Soccoro, Rojo, undated, inclusive
7, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Social Workers: Aid to Spain, 1937, inclusive
7, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Spain: Veterans' Visit, 1996, inclusive
7, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Voros, Sandor: Unpublished Manuscript on Hospitals and Medical Services in Spain, ca.1937, inclusive
7, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Women in the Spanish Civil War: Miscellaneous Papers and Articles, 1936-1996, inclusive
7, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Women Volunteers: From F. Martin, undated, inclusive
7, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)