Series I: Reel-to-Reel Tapes, 1962-1965.
Language of Materials
English.
Conditions Governing Access
Access copies for some recordings are available by appointment for reading room listening only. Materials not yet digitized will need to have access copies made before they can be used. To request an access copy, or if you are unsure if an item has been digitized, please contact the Tamiment Library & Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives with collection name, collection number, and a description of the item(s) requested. A staff member will respond to you with further information.
Barsky, Edward; Duncan Keir, Jr., undated, inclusive
Box: 1, reel: 66_1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 6, audiocassette: 66_72, 66_73, 66_74 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 1, CD: 66_1 (Material Type: Audio)
Bevensee, Court; and Moe Fishman. Second and Last Session on Brunete and Bevensee's comments on the draft of Landis' book., undated, inclusive
Box: 1, reel: 66_2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 6, audiocassette: 66_75 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 1, CD: 66_2 (Material Type: Audio)
Blair, John; and [Cohn Haber?] Discussing the structure of the MacKenzie-Papineau Battalion and joining the 15th Brigade outside of Quinto., undated, inclusive
Box: 1, reel: 66_3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 6, audiocassette: 66_76, 66_77, 66_78, 66_79 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 1, CD: 66_3 (Material Type: Audio)
Brandt, Joe. [Not transferable], undated, inclusive
Box: 1, reel: 66_4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 6, audiocassette: 66_80, 66_81, 66_82, 66_83 (Material Type: Audio)
Brown, Archie; George Foucek; Sidney Levine; and Donald Thayer. On re-crossing of the Ebro., Oct 31, 1964, inclusive
Box: 1, reel: 66_5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 6, audiocassette: 66_84 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 1, CD: 66_5 (Material Type: Audio)
Brown, Archie; George Foucek; Sidney Levine; and Donald Thayer. Continuing the discussion of Gandesa, while Foucek describes activities leading up to Hill 666., undated, inclusive
Box: 1, reel: 66_6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 6, audiocassette: 66_85 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 1, CD: 66_6 (Material Type: Audio)
Cane, Lawrence (Larry); and Carl Geiser., undated, inclusive
Box: 1, reel: 66_7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 6, audiocassette: 66_86 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 1, CD: 66_7 (Material Type: Audio)
Cane, Lawrence (Larry); and Art Landis., undated, inclusive
Box: 1, reel: 66_8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 6, audiocassette: 66_87 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 1, CD: 66_8 (Material Type: Audio)
Chaiken, George; and Felix Kusman. Kusman discusses the action at Quinto and Belchite, and what the company did on the first, second and third day at Quinto., undated, inclusive
Box: 1, reel: 66_9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 6, audiocassette: 66_88 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 1, CD: 66_9 (Material Type: Audio)
Chesler, Frank; and Max Robert Klonsky. Klonsky describes late 1936 when he agreed to go to Spain and how he went to the Army & Navy store in lower Manhattan to get equipment. [Not transferable], undated, inclusive
Box: 1, reel: 66_10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 6, audiocassette: 66_91, 66_92 (Material Type: Audio)
Chesler, Frank; and Robert Thompson. Discussing Fuentes del Ebro on the Aragon Front where [?] commanded the MacKenzie-Papineau Canadian Battalion., undated, inclusive
Box: 1, reel: 66_11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 6, audiocassette: 66_89, 66_90, 66_93 (Material Type: Audio)
Van Clute, Wilton; Nick (Mike) Pappas; and Kenneth R. Shaker., undated, inclusive
Box: 1, reel: 66_12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 6, audiocassette: 66_94, 66_95, 66_96, 66_97 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 1, CD: 66_12 (Material Type: Audio)
[Colow, Maury?]; and Moe Fishman, undated, inclusive
Box: 1, reel: 66_13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 6, audiocassette: 66_75 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 1, CD: 66_13 (Material Type: Audio)
Colow, Maury; Milton Wolff., undated, inclusive
Box: 1, reel: 66_14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 6, audiocassette: 66_98, 66_99 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 1, CD: 66_14 (Material Type: Audio)
Davidow, Ruth; George Foucek; Donald MacLeod; and Wilbur Ed Wellman., undated, inclusive
Box: 1, reel: 66_15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 6, audiocassette: 66_79, 66_101 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 1, CD: 66_15 (Material Type: Audio)
Durem, Rebecca (Schulman). Landis: "It was my understanding that the State Department...threw a little difficulty in your way before the first group [of nurses] got its passports...", undated, inclusive
Box: 1, reel: 66_16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 7, audiocassette: 66_146, 66_147 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 1, CD: 66_16 (Material Type: Audio)
Eider, Louis., undated, inclusive
Box: 1, reel: 66_17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 6, audiocassette: 66_102, 66_103 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 1, CD: 66_17 (Material Type: Audio)
Fishman, Moe; and Harold Smith. "Bryce Coleman, whose body I saw outside of Villanueva de Canada...", Jun 1, 1964, inclusive
Box: 1, reel: 66_18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 7, audiocassette: 66_151 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 1, CD: 66_18 (Material Type: Audio)
Fisher, Harry; Steve Nelson; Charles Nusser; and Harold Smith. On Brunete., Apr 1964, inclusive
Box: 1, reel: 66_19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 7, audiocassette: 66_123, 66_131, 66_141 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 1, CD: 66_19 (Material Type: Audio)
Foucek, George; Sara Houlihan; Ruth Keller; Donald MacLeod; Donald Thayer; Wilbur Ed Wellman. After the Belchite Action., undated, inclusive
Box: 1, reel: 66_20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 7, audiocassette: 66_108 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 1, CD: 66_20 (Material Type: Audio)
Foucek, George; Sidney Levine; Donald MacLeod; and Steve Nelson. Added Material on the Ebro; Terrain at the Battle of Aragon., undated, inclusive
Box: 1, reel: 66_21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 7, audiocassette: 66_109 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 1, CD: 66_21 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 6, audiocassette: 66_104 (Material Type: Audio)
Foucek, George; Sidney Levine; Donald MacLeod; and Donald Thayer. Teruel., undated, inclusive
Box: 1, reel: 66_22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 6, audiocassette: 66_105, 66_106, 66_107 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 1, CD: 66_22 (Material Type: Audio)
Goddard, Howard Owen; Evelyn Hutchins; and Gabriel Jack Quinones, undated, inclusive
Box: 1, reel: 66_23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 7, audiocassette: 66_112, 66_113 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 6, audiocassette: 66_81 (Material Type: Audio)
Goddard, Howard Owen; Evelyn Hutchins; and Gabriel Jack Quinones [Reel-to-reel tape is inaudible; try cassettes], undated, inclusive
Box: 1, reel: 66_24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 7, audiocassette: 66_114 (Material Type: Audio)
Goff, Irving; and Harold Smith. "Johnson was in command of the base, DeWitt Parker was commissar...", undated, inclusive
Box: 1, reel: 66_25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 7, audiocassette: 66_115, 66_116 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 1, CD: 66_25 (Material Type: Audio)
Geiser, Carl., undated, inclusive
Box: 7, audiocassette: 66_110, 66_111 (Material Type: Audio)
Gittelson, Lester; Herman Klein; Max Robert Klonsky. Gittelson: "I was with the original GW Battalion, but... in July 1937, we became part of the ALB because... most of the men in the GWB and the ALB were either killed or wounded. I recall the day of the first major offensive vividly..." [Not transferable], undated, inclusive
Box: 1, reel: 66_26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 7, audiocassette: 66_120, 66_126 (Material Type: Audio)
Goff, Irving; Benjamin Goldstein. On Fuentes. [Not transferable], undated, inclusive
Box: 1, reel: 66_27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 7, audiocassette: 66_117, 66_118 (Material Type: Audio)
Groden, Daniel Samuel, undated, inclusive
Box: 1, reel: 66_28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 7, audiocassette: 66_119, 66_120 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 1, CD: 66_28 (Material Type: Audio)
Harriman, Manny; and Allan Donald McNeil. "I had in my possession ...[documents that] were seized by the Eastern [?] Committee while I was in Pittsburgh during the infamous Jewish Cultural Center situation...", undated, inclusive
Box: 1, reel: 66_29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 6, audiocassette: 66_82 (Material Type: Audio)
Harriman, Manny; William Gilmore Wheeler. Harriman on MacKenzie-Papineau Battalion at Ebro; Wheeler on Jarama. [Not transferable], undated, inclusive
Box: 1, reel: 66_30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 7, audiocassette: 66_159, 66_160 (Material Type: Audio)
Kaufman, Rubin., undated, inclusive
Box: 1, reel: 66_31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 6, audiocassette: 66_96 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 1, CD: 66_31 (Material Type: Audio)
Keller, Fred Paul., undated, inclusive
Box: 1, reel: 66_32 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 7, audiocassette: 66_121, 66_122, 66_123 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 1, CD: 66_32 (Material Type: Audio)
Keller, Fred Paul; Abraham Osheroff., undated, inclusive
Box: 1, reel: 66_33 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 6, audiocassette: 66_103, 66_107 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 7, audiocassette: 66_124 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 1, CD: 66_33 (Material Type: Audio)
Klein, Herman. On first week in September, 1938, in the Sierra Caballs: "I was in the Third Company of the Lincoln-Washington under the command of Bill Wheeler...", Dec 1965, inclusive
Box: 1, reel: 66_34 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 7, audiocassette: 66_125, 66_129 (Material Type: Audio)
Klein, Herman; and Steve Nelson. [Not transferable], undated, inclusive
Box: 1, reel: 66_35 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 6, audiocassette: 66_83 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 7, audiocassette: 66_137, 66_138 (Material Type: Audio)
Klein, Herman; Charles Nusser; and Max Robert Klonsky. On Brunete; "...Martin Hourihan wounded in the April 5th attack? He was."; comments on the draft of Landis' book., Apr 3, 1965, inclusive
Box: 1, reel: 66_36 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 7, audiocassette: 66_128 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 1, CD: 66_36 (Material Type: Audio)
Klein, Herman; Charles Nusser; Max Robert Klonsky; and Harold Smilth. Smith, commander of battalion headquarters company on the staff structure and events surrounding the loss of Lardner; Nusser or Klonsky on issues concerning the publication of Landis's book., undated, inclusive
Box: 1, reel: 66_37 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 7, audiocassette: 66_127 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 1, CD: 66_37 (Material Type: Audio)
Landis, Arthur; and Isadore Tivin. Landis demonstration tape, with instructions for veterans on how to make tapes; experience with MacKenzie-Papineau Battalion; Tivin on arrival at Albacete and training camp in Madrigueras., undated, inclusive
Box: 1, reel: 66_38 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: Shared Tamiment 168, audiocassette: 66_156, 66_157 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 1, CD: 66_38 (Material Type: Audio)
Levine, Sidney; Donald MacLeod; Donald Thayer; and Wilbur Ed Wellman. Landis: "This tape is an excellent introduction"; MacLeod with transport, and covers a much wider field; Thayer on fighting in both towns as a lieutenant; Wellman on fighting with Lincolns at Quinto and taking of Hill 666; taking of Belchite., undated, inclusive
Box: 1, reel: 66_39 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 7, audiocassette: 66_133, 66_134 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 1, CD: 66_39 (Material Type: Audio)
Levine, Sidney; Donald Thayer. Primarily on Brunete Front., undated, inclusive
Box: 1, reel: 66_40 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 7, audiocassette: 66_130 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 1, CD: 66_40 (Material Type: Audio)
Love, Vaughn Costine; Steve Nelson; and Louis Secundy. Love on reasons why, as a black man, he volunteered for the SCW., Apr 3, 1965, inclusive
Box: 2, reel: 66_41 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 7, audiocassette: 66_143 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: Shared Tamiment 168, audiocassette: 66_158 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 2, CD: 66_41 (Material Type: Audio)
MacLeod, Donald Transport unit called the 2nd Regiment de Tren on Brunete., undated, inclusive
Box: 2, reel: 66_42 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 7, audiocassette: 66_131, 66_132 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 2, CD: 66_42 (Material Type: Audio)
McNeil, Allan, undated, inclusive
Box: 7, audiocassette: 66_135 (Material Type: Audio)
Munday, Arthur; and Charles Nusser., Mar 7, 1965, inclusive
Box: 2, reel: 66_43 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 7, audiocassette: 66_136 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 2, CD: 66_43 (Material Type: Audio)
Nelson, Steve. Nelson: "When the Madrid campaign was over, all the men... wanted to get back to Paris...", Jul 4, 1964, inclusive
Box: 2, reel: 66_44 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 6, audiocassette: 66_97 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 7, audiocassette: 66_142 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 2, CD: 66_44 (Material Type: Audio)
Nelson, Steve; and Charles Nusser. Nelson's response to criticisms of Landis about quality of earlier tapes: "I have perhaps as much information as any single American who was in the Brunete campaign... ", undated, inclusive
Box: 2, reel: 66_45 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 7, audiocassette: 66_139 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 2, CD: 66_45 (Material Type: Audio)
Nelson, Steve; Charles Nusser; and Harold Smith., Apr 1964, inclusive
Box: 2, reel: 66_46 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 6, audiocassette: 66_104 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 2, CD: 66_46 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 7, audiocassette: 66_140 (Material Type: Audio)
Nelson, Steve; and Al Warren. Nelson: "I arrived in Albacete somewhere around the middle of April in 1937. We came in from France by a little fishing boat... ran into an Italian destroyer on the way...", undated, inclusive
Box: 2, reel: 66_47 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 6, audiocassette: 66_93 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: Shared Tamiment 168, audiocassette: 66_158 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 2, CD: 66_47 (Material Type: Audio)
Parker, Max. From the First Transport Regiment, Prisoner, undated, inclusive
Box: 2, reel: 66_48 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: Shared Tamiment 168, audiocassette: 66_144, 66_145 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 2, CD: 66_48 (Material Type: Audio)
Sennett, William [and Songs?]., undated, inclusive
Box: 2, reel: 66_49 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: Shared Tamiment 168, audiocassette: 66_148, 66_149 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 7, audiocassette: 66_142 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 2, CD: 66_49 (Material Type: Audio)
Smith, Harold. Equipment of Washington Battalion when they went into Brunete..., undated, inclusive
Box: 2, reel: 66_50 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: Shared Tamiment 168, audiocassette: 66_150 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 2, CD: 66_50 (Material Type: Audio)
Stuart, Yale., undated, inclusive
Box: 2, reel: 66_51 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 7, audiocassette: 66_132 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: Shared Tamiment 168, audiocassette: 66_152, 66_153 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 2, CD: 66_51 (Material Type: Audio)
Taft, Anne (I). Side 2: "One day...a truck drove up and Dr. Bethune arrived with a refrigerator and blood for transfusions, and set up the transfusion service for us..." [Not transferable], undated, inclusive
Box: 2, reel: 66_52 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: Shared Tamiment 168, audiocassette: 66_155 (Material Type: Audio)
Taft, Anne (II)., undated, inclusive
Box: 2, reel: 66_53 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: Shared Tamiment 168, audiocassette: 66_154 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 2, CD: 66_53 (Material Type: Audio)
Thayer, Donald. Current Medical Problems., undated, inclusive
Box: 2, reel: 66_54 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 7, audiocassette: 66_126 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 2, CD: 66_54 (Material Type: Audio)
Unknown Interviewee. Jarama., undated, inclusive
Box: 2, reel: 66_55 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 7, audiocassette: 66_128 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 2, CD: 66_55 (Material Type: Audio)
Zlotnick, Louis. From Chicago to New York to France, and Over the Mountain to Spain... [audiocassettes 66-129, 66-143], undated, inclusive
Box: 2, reel: 66_56 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 7, audiocassette: 66_129, 66_143 (Material Type: Audio)
