Walter Schuetrum Papers
Materials are in English, Spanish, German, Swedish, French, and Catalan
The collection is separated into three series.
Series I. Spanish Civil War Files, 1937-1939 consists of material from 1937-1939, from Schuetrum's time in Spain and immediately following. Included are letters from him to his family and friends, documents pertaining to his membership in the IB and various other Spanish organizations, and ephemera collected during his tour.
Series II. General Files, 1946-1987 consists of all materials that postdate the Spanish Civil War. Included are documents pertaining to Schuetrum's enlistment in the Army, his membership in the I.L.W.U, and correspondence from friends and other veterans. Much of the material dated after 1970 is V.A.L.B. related.
Series III. Artifacts and Memorabilia consists of non-print memorabilia from Spain.
Topics
Ebro River, Battle of the, Spain, 1938.;
Teruel, Battle of, Teruel, Spain, 1937-1938.;
Brunete, Battle of, Brunete, Spain, 1937.
Places
Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939 -- Personal narratives.;
Madrid (Spain);
Barcelona (Spain);
Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939 -- Hospitals.;
Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939 -- Foreign public opinion;
Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939 -- Participation, American;
Spain |x History |y Civil War, 1936-1939 |x Causes.;
Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939.;
Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939 -- Campaigns.;
Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939 -- Biography;
Jarama River Valley (Spain);
Belchite (Spain) -- History -- Siege, 1937.
Ariel Zambenedetti, 2008, Gail Malmgreen, 2012. Entered into Archivists Toolkit by Kate Dundon
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Language: English
Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
Series I: Spanish Civil War Files, 1937-1939., 1937-1939, inclusive
Ambulance Drivers Handbook (Comisión Reguladora de Carreteras), [1937], inclusive
1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Asociacion de Amigos de la Union Sovetica: Stamps, Membership cards, 1937-1938, inclusive
1, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Boarding Receipts, 1938, inclusive
1, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Carnet Militar (signed by Langston Hughes, Paul Robeson, John Strachey, and James Waterman Wise), 1937-1938, inclusive
1, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Clippings: Map from The Evening Telegram (Superior, WI), 1938, inclusive
1, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Clippings: On War, in English and French (l'Humanité), 1939, inclusive
1, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Clippings: WS Service in Spain and Return Home in Superior, WI Newspapers, 1939, inclusive
1, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Communist Party of Spain: Carnet de Afiliado (Membership Card), 1938, inclusive
1, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Communist Party of Spain: Farewell Card to International Brigade Volunteers, 1938, inclusive
1, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Conquests of the Salvadorean Army of Spain" (Map), [1938], inclusive
1, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence: "A Letter from Spain," by WS (reprint from an unidentified periodical, 2 copies), Oct 6, 1937, inclusive
1, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence: Bard, Sam (Friends of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade) to Mrs. Schuetrum, 1937, inclusive
1, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence: Buckley, Nat T., 1938, inclusive
1, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence: Dorfs, Sylvia, 1938, inclusive
1, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence: Harju, Rudolph, 1938, inclusive
1, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence: "International Comrades" to Mrs. Schuetrum (Thank You Letter for Package of Sweets), 1938, inclusive
1, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence: Kartinen, Signe, 1938, inclusive
1, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence: McCollough, Kenneth, 1938, inclusive
1, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence: Parents, 1937-1938, inclusive
1, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence: Smith, Violet to Mr. and Mrs. W.J. Schuetrum, 1937, inclusive
1, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence: Sundstrum, Lawrence H./ Boehme, Fred N., 1938, inclusive
1, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Friends of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade: Arrival Notification for WS, Dec 1938, inclusive
1, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Hand-Drawn Map of Ebro Region/ "List of the Personnel of Villa", [1937], inclusive
1, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Log of Vessels: S.S. President Roosevelt, Cunard White Star R.M.S. Ausonia, 1937; 1938, inclusive
1, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Mackenzie, David: "Report on the War in Spain" at Odd Fellows Hall (Flyer), [1937], inclusive
1, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Mailing Receipts, 1937, inclusive
1, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Notebook of Volunteers' U.S. Addresses and List of New York City Restaurants, [1938-1939], inclusive
1, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Notes on History of Conflict and Personal Experiences in Spain, for Unidentified Project, [1939], inclusive
1, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Notes (Typed): "Why Walter Went to Spain," w/ Extracts from his Letters (Author Unidentified), [1930s], inclusive
1, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Pamphlets (Includes Map of Paris for 1937 Exposition and "Guerra Viva" by José Herrera Petere), 1937-1938, inclusive
1, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Radio Interview with WS on WEBC (Transcript), [1939], inclusive
1, Folder: 31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Reconquista, 35 División (Periodical), 1938, inclusive
1, Folder: 32 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Registration Form (American Consular Services), [1937], inclusive
1, Folder: 33 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Relatives of American Prisoners in Franco Spain: "Release Americans in Franco Prisons" (Petition), [1939], inclusive
1, Folder: 34 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Republican Stamps and Currency ("Vales"), 1937-1938, inclusive
1, Folder: 35 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
El Socors Roig de Catalunya: Card to International Brigades Volunteers, [1938], inclusive
1, Folder: 36 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Song-Cards: "Al Soldado Internacional Caído en España" (To a Fallen International Soldier), "A Jaskel Honigstein", "Lina Odena", undated
1, Folder: 37 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Speech on War Experience, [1939], inclusive
1, Folder: 38 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
35 División del Ejército Popular: Carnet de Honor, [1938], inclusive
1, Folder: 39 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Transport Documents (Safe-Conducts, Hoje de Ruta, etc.), 1937-1939, inclusive
1, Folder: 40 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Unión Nacional de Estudiantes de España: Honorary Membership Card, [1937-1938], inclusive
1, Folder: 41 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Series II: General Files (Post-Spanish Civil War), 1946-1987., 1946-1987, inclusive
Abramson, Sam, 1981, inclusive
2, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Black-Jewish Relations, 1978, inclusive
2, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Barr, Reuven, 1982, inclusive
2, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Bender, Ed, 1978, inclusive
2, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Berch, Victor, 1985, inclusive
2, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Bach, Ejgil, 1977-1978, inclusive
2, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Cesarini, Juan Carlos, 1982, inclusive
2, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Dahlem, Franz and Reuter, Fritz, 1977, inclusive
2, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Delaney, Gerry, 1977, inclusive
2, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
DeMaio, Tony, 1982; 1985, inclusive
2, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Durmayer, Heinrich, 1977-1978, inclusive
2, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
El Salvador: Bay Area Protests, [1984], inclusive
2, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Eriksson, Per, 1977-1978, inclusive
2, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Farmer-Labor Progressive Federation: Campaign Ad for WS Board of Education Run, undated
2, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Feinberg, Helen Freeman, 1977, inclusive
2, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Felsen, Milt, 1986, inclusive
2, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Fishman, Moe, 1961-1985, inclusive
2, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Forance, Priscilla, 1985, inclusive
2, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Funke, Otto, 1976-1978, inclusive
2, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
G., Susan (re: Swedish International Brigades Monument, "La Mano"), 1981, inclusive
2, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Geiser, Carl, 1970-1985, inclusive
2, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
German Democratic Republic: I.B. Commemorations, Trips etc., 1961-1981, inclusive
2, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Germany: Anti-Fascist Rally (Berlin), Clippings, 1977, inclusive
2, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Germany: Charles R. Allen, "A Letter from East Germany", 1982, inclusive
2, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Germany: Democratic German Report (News Letter), 1975, inclusive
2, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Goldblatt, Sana, undated
2, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Gonzalez, Celestino, 1977-1978, inclusive
2, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Graeber, Kenneth, 1970, inclusive
2, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Green, Nan, 1977; 1979, inclusive
2, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Greeting Cards (German), 1978; 1984, inclusive
2, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Harju, W. A., 1977, inclusive
2, Folder: 31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Hartzman, Jack, 1977, inclusive
2, Folder: 32 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Hill, Josephine, 1977, inclusive
2, Folder: 33 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Iceland, Ben, 1981-1985, inclusive
2, Folder: 34 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Identification Cards (Includes Honorable Discharge Card), 1957-1964, inclusive
2, Folder: 35 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union, Local 10: Dues Card, 1946-1955, inclusive
2, Folder: 36 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Italy: 40th Anniversary, International Brigades (Florence), 1976, inclusive
2, Folder: 37 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Italy: VALB Meeting with Sergio Segre, 1976, inclusive
2, Folder: 38 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Johnson, John and Irma, 1976, inclusive
2, Folder: 39 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Karsten, Peter, 1985, inclusive
2, Folder: 40 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Klaster, Leo, 1978, inclusive
2, Folder: 41 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Klebba, Gunter, 1978, inclusive
2, Folder: 42 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Knudsen, Arne, 1983, inclusive
2, Folder: 43 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Kozar, Tom, 1979, inclusive
2, Folder: 44 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Kramer, Jacob, [1986], inclusive
2, Folder: 45 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Krauss, Martin, 1980, inclusive
2, Folder: 46 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Kummerer, Martha, 1977; 1978, inclusive
2, Folder: 47 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Landis, Art, 1976; 1981, inclusive
2, Folder: 48 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Lending, Edward, 1981, inclusive
2, Folder: 49 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Macfarlane, John, 1977, inclusive
2, Folder: 50 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Maki, Martin, 1973; 1985, inclusive
2, Folder: 51 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Map to Schuetrum Home, undated
2, Folder: 52 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Marantz, Ray, 1977, inclusive
2, Folder: 53 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Martin, Fredericka, 1970-1972; 1976, inclusive
2, Folder: 54 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Mates, Dave, 1975, inclusive
2, Folder: 55 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Nelson, Steve, 1977-1985, inclusive
2, Folder: 56 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Nicaragua, 1985-1988, inclusive
2, Folder: 57 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Notes: Archives, undated
2, Folder: 58 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Notes: International Brigades, 1987, inclusive
2, Folder: 59 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Notes (Handwritten): "Spain Revisited", 1982, inclusive
2, Folder: 60 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Norris, Len, 1977-1978; 1985, inclusive
2, Folder: 61 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Ornitz, Lou, 1981, inclusive
2, Folder: 62 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Osipenko, A.S., 1983, inclusive
2, Folder: 63 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Persoff, Jim, 1979, inclusive
2, Folder: 64 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Pike, William, 1973; 1985-1986, inclusive
2, Folder: 65 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Postcards (Blank), undated
3, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Renn, Konrad, undated
3, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Ross, Adolph, 1986, inclusive
3, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Salzman, Salman, 1985, inclusive
3, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
San Francisco Bay Area Longshoremen's Memorial Association, 1982, inclusive
3, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Schwartz, George, 1979, inclusive
3, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Sills, Sam, 1985, inclusive
3, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Smith, Randall "Pete", 1977-1987, inclusive
3, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Spain: Carrillo Visit to Yale, 1977, inclusive
3, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Spain: Politics, Prisoners, etc., 1962-1984, inclusive
3, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Spanish Civil War Historical Society, 1975; 1980-1982, inclusive
3, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Steck, Bob, 1979, inclusive
3, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Sweden: Mayday Celebration, 1977, inclusive
3, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Thornton, Phyllis, undated
3, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Tribute to Walter Schuetrum by his Daughter, Nancy Fontana (From The Volunteer, Vol.III, 2), 1986, inclusive
3, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Troxel, Steve: Tribute Written by Walter Schuetrum, 1980, inclusive
3, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Unidentified Correspondents, Undated; 1976-1981, inclusive
3, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
US Army: Honorable Discharge, 1946, inclusive
3, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
US Army: Separation Qualification Record, 1946, inclusive
3, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
US Coast Guard: Certificate of Discharge, 1946, inclusive
3, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade: Anniversaries, Bay Area, 1985, inclusive
3, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
VALB: Bay Area Post, 1973-1986, inclusive
3, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
VALB: Coverage in Bay Area Press, 1971-1986, inclusive
3, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
VALB: Draft Constitution, Discussion, 1979, inclusive
3, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
VALB: Draft Report, 1984, inclusive
3, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
VALB: Finances, 1973-1980, inclusive
3, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
VALB: "Freedom Picnic", undated
3, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
VALB: Historical Commission, 1977; 1980, inclusive
3, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
VALB: Mailings, 1973-1984, inclusive
3, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
VALB: Membership Books/Cards, 1938-1950, inclusive
3, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
VALB: Minutes, Bay Area Post, 1984-1985, inclusive
3, Folder: 31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
VALB: Minutes, National Board, 1977, inclusive
3, Folder: 32 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
VALB: National Conferences (Reports, Discussions, etc.), 1973-1979, inclusive
3, Folder: 33 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
VALB: News, Notes on Vets, 1980, inclusive
3, Folder: 34 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
VALB: Subversive Activities Control Board (SACB), 1965, inclusive
3, Folder: 35 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Volunteer, The: WS Letter Commenting on Landis-Peet Exchange, undated
3, Folder: 36 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Wachtel, Marion (Merriman), 1977-1979, inclusive
3, Folder: 37 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Wallach, Hy: Notes on Conversation with, [1977], inclusive
3, Folder: 38 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Wolff, Frieda, 1984, inclusive
3, Folder: 39 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Wolff, Milton, 1980, inclusive
3, Folder: 40 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Wyden, Peter, 1980, inclusive
3, Folder: 41 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Yates, James, 1980; 1985; 1986, inclusive
3, Folder: 42 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Series III: Artifacts and Memorabilia, 1937, undated., 1937; undated
Brigades Internacionales: Patches (2), undated
4, object: 1 (Material Type: Realia)
Package of Gauze from the Swiss Army ("Individ Verbandpackchen der schwizerischen Armee"), 1937
4, object: 2 (Material Type: Realia)
Shrapnel from Explosive, Wrapped in Gauze, undated
4, object: 3 (Material Type: Realia)
Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade: Pennant, undated
4, object: 4 (Material Type: Realia)
Voluntarios Internacionales de la Libertad: Plaque, undated
4, object: 5 (Material Type: Realia)