Archives and collections of organizations related to the Spanish Civil War
Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT) - Archive
Archive of the Comité Nacional of the CNT with other archives deposited or obtained by the CNT.
- Comité Nacional CNT, secretariat 1934-1938: proceedings and minutes of plenary and other meetings; reports on the war, persecution of libertarians and others, general and military situation etc.; correspondence by the secretary-general, Mariano Rodríquez Vázquez with regional organizations and national syndicates of the CNT etc.
- Comité Nacional CNT, Sección Defensa and Subsección Comisarios 1937-1939: files of documents on militaries and military matters; agenda and proceedings concerning the conferences of the Sección Defensa;
- Secretaría y oficina de propaganda en el exterior 1936-1939: correspondence and other documents and printed material.
- Segundo Blanco, Minister of Education of the republican government 1938-1939: official correspondence with various persons and organizations; personal documents.
- Juan García Oliver, Minister of Justice of the republican government: file mainly consisting of correspondence 1936-1937.
- Comité Regional CNT de Cataluña 1931-1939: correspondence with the Comité Nacional and other organizations; documents on military matters; proceedings and resolutions concerning the regional and national conferences of the CNT; financial records; printed material.
- Domingo Lera Ortiz, delegate of Transport and Communication of the Consejo Regional de Defensa de Aragón 1936-1937: general correspondence and financial records concerning the Consejo de Aragón.
- Solidaridad Internacional Antifascista (SIA) 1937-1939: correspondence with various organizations; documents on the national and regional councils of the SIA; financial records; press clippings and circular letters on propaganda and other activities.
- Federación Ibérica de Juventudes Libertarias (FIJL) 1932, 1937-1939: proceedings of plenary sessions; reports, notes and circular letters concerning the libertarian movement.
CNT - Photo Collection
Over 2000 pictures from the Spanish Civil War belong to the archives of the CNT/FAI. The photographs were intended for Solidaridad Obrera and other press services. The (mainly) anonymous Spanish photographers pictured the tragedy and the romanticism of the struggle: the ruins, the defenseless and the dead, the brave civilians at the barricades and members of the militias. Apart from this, there are many photographs about life behind the front.
For a small selection, go to A Dozen Photos from the Spanish Civil War
CNT en el exilio en Francia - Archive
Bulletins and circulars, collected by Antonio Roda Vallés containing the records of the meetings of the various boards within the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo in exile, held in France and in Spain 1963-1966.
CNT en el exilio in Francia - files
- in Ester Borrás archive, nrs 80-143; 95-125, files re: Mario Abad Botella, Emilio Anto, Vicente Araujo García, Sebastián Belchi Serrano, Manuel Caro Sanchez y Mariano García Prieto, Herminio Casaubon Maldonado, Juan Cazorla Pedrero, José Corbi López, Juan Costa Queralt, Guillermo Farregut Castells, Gabriel García Tomás, José Gil Rosas, Secundino Gulias Otero, Jaime Ibars, Ramón Llaugi Pons, Jesús Leal Aranda, Jesús Martínez Maluenda, Vicente Martínez Ceniceros, Marcelino Massana Bancell, José Massana Casoliva, Manuel Méndez de Vigo y Cubas, Francisco Peralta Berges, Thomas Samitier-Uruen, Román Samperiz Zamora, Quintín Sánchez, Francisco Sanz Fernández, Marcelino Segura Taxies, Isidro Serra, Felipe Torrente Larrosa
Files of correspondence with Germinal Esgleas, Marcelino Massana, José Peirats, Roque Santamaria and others;
- in Álvarez Palomo archive, nrs 138-249;
- in Gómez Peláez archive, nrs 748-853: documents of the MLE-CNT in exile; 'Libros de Caja' of the Subcomité Regional de Cataluña; documents re the Subcomité Regional del Centro
CNT Reconstrucción - files
- in Gómes Peláez archive, nrs 854-923
(CNT) Federación Regional Cantabria - Archive
CNT del Interior - Archive
Documents (photocopies) collected by Mariano Trapero Poza: documents (later copies) relating to his conviction and imprisonment for 'military rebellion' in 1939 and 1945-1952; documents of the CNT, Comité Nacional: memo's exchanged with Don Juan de Bourbon and the Consejo Nacional de la Democracia Catalana 1947; correspondence with the Partido Sindicalista 1947; minutes and circulars relating to the Pleno Nacional de Regionales 1947; some circulars by CNT sections 1945-1947; documents of the Comité Regional de Galicia: circulars 1946; minutes and circulars relating to Pleno's Regional 1946-1947; key to cipher coded messages; some other documents 1938, 1946-1947.
CNT del Interior - files
- in Gómes Peláez archive, nrs 726-747;
- in Álvarez Palomo archive, nrs 104-116
Federación Anarquista Ibérica FAI - Archive
- Archive of the Comité Peninsular FAI; documents on the CNT and the Federación Ibérica de Juventudes Libertarias FIJL and the Movimiento Libertario; Secretariado; Germinal de Sousa; Secciones/asuntos: Cultura .Diplomacia .Economía .Sección de Estadística/ Sección Nacional de Coordinación. Grupos del Exterior . Internacional .Secretaria Militar .Organización .Política. Asuntos político-sociales. Regionales. Solidaridad Internacional .Tesorería y Administración .B Regional Andaluza .Regional de Aragón, Rioja y Navarra . Regional Asturiana .Regional de Cataluña. Regional del Centro .Euzkadi . Extremadura .Grupos Anarquistas de Lengua Española en Francia. Regional de Levante .Regional Norte Relaciones con CNT, Federación Ibérica de Juventudes Libertarias (FIJL),Movimiento Libertario,Mujeres Libres, Solidaridad Internacional Antifascista (SIA)
- Archive of the Oficina de Propaganda Exterior CNT/FAI; Correspondence with the Comité Nacional of the CNT, the Comité Peninsular of the FAI, the Comité Regional of the CNT Cataluña, the Solidaridad Internacional Antifascista (SIA), the Deutsche Anarcho-Syndikalisten im Ausland (DAS), the Delegación Permanente in France and in England, etc.;
Federación Española de Deportados e Internados Politicos (FEDIP) - Archive
Minutes and other documents of meetings and congresses; statutes and rules; documents concerning the campaign for the release of the Spanish prisoners in Karaganda 1947-1956; correspondence concerning indemnity payments to former Spanish prisoners in German concentration camps 1958-1974; reports and notes concerning former Spanish prisoners in Mauthausen; nr. 99-103: lists of names 1946, 1968 and n.d.; other documents and clippings concerning deported Spaniards in German concentration camps;
- Files on the interned Spaniards in Karaganda: Avelino Acebal Perez, Francisco Aliaga Diaz, Salvador Almor Chirivella, Francisco Alonso Martin, Pedro Armesto Saco, Jaime Beltran Talon, Antonio Blanch Rodriguez, Juan Bote Garcia, José Calvo Muedra, Angel Castañeda Ochoa, José Castañeda Ochoa, Juan Antonio Castro Lopez, Juan Conesa Castillo, Manuel Davila Eiras, José Diz Rivas, Arturo Fernandez Prieto, Fulgencio Garcia Buendia, José Garcia Garcia, José Garcia Gomez, Vicente Garcia Martinez, Domingo Garcia Meitas, José Garcia Santamaria, José Girones Llop, Juan Gomez Mariño, Manuel Jurado Vazquez, Antonio Leira Carpente, Pedro Llompart Bennasar, Agustin Llona Mechaca, Francisco Llopis Crespo, José Lopez Gonzalez, Quintin Lopez Moreno, Vicente Marquez Castell, Francisco Mercader Saavedra, Obdulio Miralles Pons, Vicente Monclus Guallar, Vicente Montejano Moreno, Leopoldo Morquillas Rubio, Pascual Pastor Juston, Felipe Pedreny Vidal, Antonio Peinado Peñalver, Ricardo Perez Fernandez, José Perez Perez, Enrique Pineiro Diaz, José Pollan Ozaento, Eusebio Pons Lopez, Agustin Puig Delgado, Claudio Ramell Colomer, Máximo Ramos Arribas, Secundino Rodriguez de la Fuente, Victor Rodriguez Rango, Hermógenes Rodriguez Rodriguez, Manuel Rodriguez Teijeiro, Tomas Rodriguez Tenedor, José Romero Carreira, Francisco Ruiz Garcia, Cándido Ruiz Mesa, Juan Sala Pala, Emilio Salut Payá, Ramón Sanchez Gomez, Ramón Santamaria Garcia, Luis Serano Organero, Joaquin Trigo Sayans, José Troche Cotelo, Miguel Velazco Perez, Julio Villanueva Flores.
FEDIP - files
- in Ester Borrás archive, nrs 11-79; files 20-32 on: Jaime Balius Mir, Carmen Companys-Ballester, Jorge Conill Valls, José Doménech, Servideo Garcia, Amador Gonzales Bravo, Marcelino Massana Bancell, Joaquin Mir Jou, Joaquin Navarro Litago, Pedro Prat Nogués, Mariano Puzo, Antonio Rosa Sanchez, Josep Tarradellas.
Federación Iberica de Juventudes Libertarias (FIJL) - Archive
(Archive deposited by CNT) in CNT archive 73C, 92A-92C) Minutes of meetings, bulletins and correspondence.
Movimiento Libertario Español - Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (MLE-CNT) en el Exilio - files
- In Gómes Peláez archive, nrs 748-850
Oficina de Propaganda Exterior CNT/FAI - Archive
(Archive deposited by FAI, in FAI archive, various file nrs): Correspondence with the Comité Nacional of the CNT, the Comité Peninsular of the FAI, the Comité Regional of the CNT Cataluña, the Solidaridad Internacional Antifascista (SIA), the Deutsche Anarcho-Syndikalisten im Ausland (DAS), the Delegación Permanente in France and in England, etc.;
Oficina de Propaganda Exterior CNT/FAI - files
- in CNT archive, nrs. C16, C70-C87: Correspondence with the CRT de Cataluña; Archivo Internacional de Prensa CNT-FAI; Bulletins and other periodicals, press clippings, radio broadcasts et cetera in Spanish, Esperantp, French, German etcetera; documents re the Agencia Fotográfica Española.
Solidaridad Internacional Antifascista (SIA) - Archive
(Archive deposited by CNT, in CNT archive 35A4, 41D, 64A-65E, 75B, 76B-C, 84B, 84C, 88A-91bis, 96B-102D) Correspondence and other documents from the Consejo Nacional del SIA, financial records etc.