Finding Aid to the Nate Thornton Photograph Collection
Finding aid prepared by Wendy Welker.
Labor Archives and Research Center
2023
San Francisco State University
J. Paul Leonard Library, Room 460
1630 Holloway Ave
San Francisco 94132-1722
Business Number: (415) 405-5571
larc@sfsu.edu
Title: Nate Thornton photograph collection
Date: undated
Creator:
Thornton, Nate, 1915-2011
Creator:
Bermack, Richard
Extent:
0.25 Cubic Feet
(1 folder)
Collection number: larc.pho.0081
Accession number: 2013/014
Repository:
Labor Archives and Research Center
J. Paul Leonard Library, Room 460
San Francisco State University
1630 Holloway Ave
San Francisco, CA 94132-1722
(415) 405-5571
larc@sfsu.edu
Abstract: Contains five photographs belonging to activist Nate Thornton, a volunteer for the International Brigades assisting the Popular
Front during the Spanish Civil War, and an active member of the Bay Area Post of the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade.
Physical Location: Collection available on site.
Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English.
Collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Corine Thornton, 2013 (2013.014).
Nate Thornton was a volunteer for the International Brigades assisting the Popular Front during the Spanish Civil War, and
an active member of the Bay Area Post of the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. Thornton, a carpenter by trade, was
also a member of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and an activist with School of Americas Watch.
[Identification of item], Nate Thornton Photograph Collection, larc.pho.0081, Labor Archives and Research Center, San Francisco
State University.
Lisette and Sam Kutnick Abraham Lincoln Brigade Collection, larc.ms.0229.
Contains five photographs belonging to activist Nate Thornton. These are: 1. Portrait of Thornton taken by Richard Bermack
2. Group of members of the Bay Area Post of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade (some members identified on verso) 3. Harry Bridges
with unidentified man 4. Ray McGrath, Esther "Hon" Brown, and Dave Smith in Victoria, British Columbia 4. Father Vitale,
Martin Sheen and unidentified man.
Copyright has not been assigned to the Labor Archives Research Center. Photographs are for research purposes only.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade
Political activists -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area.
Photographs.