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  • Title: Harry Milton papers
    Date (inclusive): 1937-1986
    Collection Number: 87010
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: English
    Physical Description: 1 oversize box (0.5 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: Letters, memoranda, clippings, and photographs, relating to the service of H. Milton with the Partido Obrero de Unificación Marxista (POUM) militia during the Spanish Civil War, his acquaintanceship with the writer George Orwell in the POUM militia, and miscellaneous activities of the Fourth International. Includes letters by Leon Trotsky.
    Creator: Trotsky, Leon, 1879-1940
    Creator: Milton, Harry
    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 1987.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Harry Milton papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Biographical/Historical Note

    American Trotskyist activist.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    Letters, memoranda, clippings, and photographs, relating to the service of H. Milton with the Partido Obrero de Unificación Marxista (POUM) militia during the Spanish Civil War, his acquaintanceship with the writer George Orwell in the POUM militia, and miscellaneous activities of the Fourth International. Includes letters by Leon Trotsky.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Communism -- United States
    Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939
    Fourth International
    Partido Obrero de Unificación Marxista
    Orwell, George, 1903-1950