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Spanish Refugee Appeal (U.S.)

 Organization

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from Dorothy Parker to Friend, 1945-06-23

 Item
Identifier: 2006.003.1.2.55
Scope and Contents

Letter from Dorothy Parker, Acting Chairman of the Spanish Refugee Appeal, appealing for urgently needed funds to be sent to France and distributed through the Unitarian Service Committee.

Dates: 1945-06-23

Letter from Dorothy Parker to Friend, 1945-07-27

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Identifier: 2006.003.1.2.55
Scope and Contents

"Dear Friend of the Spanish Republican Exiles: George Seldes has courageously pointed out through the years how distorted are many reports of great historical events. No great event was ever more distorted in the American press than the war in Spain...." Appeal for donations. On verso, a list of national sponsors.

Dates: 1945-07-27

Typewritten letter from Howard Fast to William A. P. White (Anthony Boucher), 1949-06

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 000021914072], Folder: 23
Identifier: 1000.141.23
Scope and Contents

A generic letter requesting a donation to help with Spanish Refugee Appeal.

Dates: 1949-06

What Has Happened to the Valiant..., 1945

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Identifier: 2006.003.1.2.74
Scope and Contents

"...Spanish Fighters for Democracy. A Statement by Orson Welles on Spanish Republicans." Includes reproductions of telegrams, letters and newspaper articles about the dire need for medical aid, food, clothes, etc for the political refugees.

Dates: 1945

Additional filters:

Subject
Anti-fascist movements -- United States 3
Humanitarian assistance, American. 3
Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939 -- Refugees. 3
Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939 -- Concentration camps -- France. 1