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Languages:
English
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla 92093-0175
Title: Gabriel Jackson Papers
Creator:
Jackson, Gabriel
Identifier/Call Number: MSS 0787
Physical Description:
1.2 Linear feet
(3 archives boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1969 - 2011
Abstract: Papers of Gabriel Jackson, hispanist, historian and professor of modern European history at UC San Diego. The collection contains
correspondence, photographs, and manuscripts of Jackson's writings, particularly on the history of Spain, the Spanish Civil
War, and current events in the United States and Spain.
Scope and Content of Collection
Papers of Gabriel Jackson, hispanist, historian and professor of modern European history at UC San Diego. The collection contains
correspondence, photographs, and manuscripts of Jackson's writings, particularly on the history of Spain, the Spanish Civil
War, and current events in the United States and Spain. Includes materials in both English and Spanish.
Arranged in two series: 1) BIOGRAPHICAL, and 2) WRITINGS.
Publication rights are held by the creator of the collection.
Gabriel Jackson Papers. MSS 787. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
Gabriel Jackson was born in 1921 in Mount Vernon, New York. He received his B.A. in history and literature from Harvard University
in 1942, his M.A. in modern history from Stanford University in 1950, and his Ph.D. in modern and contemporary history from
the University of Toulouse in 1952. Jackson served as a cartographer with the US Army during World War II, and taught history
and music at schools and colleges in the United States from 1946-1965. Suspected of communist sympathies during the McCarthy
era, Jackson was unable to find permanent employment until 1965, when he was hired as professor of modern European history,
humanities, and Spanish history at UC San Diego. Jackson also served as chair of the UC San Diego history department from
1965-1969, and chair of the Faculty Senate from 1969-1971. After retiring as professor emeritus in 1983, Jackson moved to
Barcelona where he continued writing on Spanish and American history and culture. Jackson was awarded the Herbert B. Adams
Prize from the American Historical Association for his first book,
The Spanish Republic and the Civil War, 1931-1939 in 1965, as well as the Antonio de Nebrija Prize of the University of Salamanca in 2003.
Acquired 2016.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939
United States -- History -- 21st century
Jackson, Gabriel -- Archives
University of California, San Diego -- Faculty