Overview of the Harry Milton papers

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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

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Use

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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

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