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  • Title: Charles A. Orr papers
    Date (inclusive): 1983-1993
    Collection Number: 92044
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: English
    Physical Description: 1 folder (0.1 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: Autobiographical writings and miscellany, relating to socialism in the United States, conditions in Catalonia during the Spanish Civil War, and encounters with George Orwell in Spain in 1936-1937 and with Leon Trotsky in Mexico in 1940. Photocopy.
    Creator: Orr, Charles Andrew, 1906-
    Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

    Access

    The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

    Use

    For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Acquisition Information

    Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1992.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Charles A. Orr papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Location of Originals

    Originals in possession of: C. A. Orr.

    Biographical/Historical Note

    American economist and socialist; assistant editor, The Spanish Revolution (Barcelona), 1936-1937.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    Autobiographical writings and miscellany, relating to socialism in the United States, conditions in Catalonia during the Spanish Civil War, and encounters with George Orwell in Spain in 1936-1937 and with Leon Trotsky in Mexico in 1940. Photocopy.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939
    Socialism -- United States
    Trotsky, Leon, 1879-1940
    Orwell, George, 1903-1950