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Collection Title: Zablackas Spanish Civil War Collection
Dates: 1937-1938
Identification: MS-0276
Creator:
Zablackas, Vete
Physical Description: 0.42 linear ft
Language of Materials:
Spanish;Castilian
English
Repository:
Special Collections & University Archives
5500 Campanile Dr. MC 8050
San Diego, CA, 92182-8050
URL: http://library.sdsu.edu/scua
Email: scref@rohan.sdsu.edu
Phone: 619-594-6791
Vete Zablackas was born in Akron, Ohio, and was working as an editor in New York in 1937 when he traveled to Spain and voluntarily
enlisted with Spanish Republican Forces in an International Brigade. He fought on the Republican side in the Spanish Civil
War, primarily in the Pyrenees Mountains along the French border, from 1937 to 1938 when he was given a medical discharge
and returned to the United States.
This collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.
Artifacts
Personal Papers
Publications
Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939
Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939 -- Sources
Spain -- History, Military -- Sources
Children's books -- Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939
Propaganda, Spanish -- Specimens
Ryan, Frank, ed. The Book of the XV Brigade; Records of British, American, Canadian, and Irish volunteers in the XV International
Brigade in Spain, 1936-1938. Madrid: Commissariat of War, XV Brigade, 1938.
K. Preikšas , et. al. Už Ispanijos laisvę: Lietuvių Ispanijos kovų dalyvių atsiminimai / Redakcine komisija. Vilnius: Valstybine,
1957.
Un año de las brigadas internacionales. Madrid: Ediciones del Comisariado de las Brigadas Internacionales, [1937].
The copyright interests in these materials have not been transferred to San Diego State University. Copyright resides with
the creators of materials contained in the collection or their heirs. The nature of historical archival and manuscript collections
is such that copyright status may be difficult or even impossible to determine. Requests for permission to publish must be
submitted to the Head of Special Collections, San Diego State University, Library and Information Access. When granted, permission
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission
of the copyright holder(s), which must also be obtained in order to publish. Materials from our collections are made available
for use in research, teaching, and private study. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including
but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials.
This collection is open for research.
Identification of item, folder title, box number, Zablackas Spanish Civil War Collection, Special Collections and University
Archives, Library and Information Access, San Diego State University.
This collection consists of 155 items of Spanish Civil War materials, including children's books, military documents and regalia,
money, trade cards, receipts, news magazines, postcards, and other propaganda.