Papers of the International Brigade Association

Papers of the International Brigade Association from its foundation in 1939, including administrative and financial records, extensive correspondence, material produced by local branches of the Association and printed material. Also included is a collection of contemporary records realting to the International Brigade and the Spanish Civil War which were collected by the Association. Series are organised in the following manner:

Administrative papers, 1937-2003

Financial papers, 1940-1999

Correspondence, 1939-2000

Papers of regional branches of the Association, 1940-1998

Contemporary material collected by the Association, 1936-1939

Printed material, 1940-2000

The International Brigade Association was founded in February and March 1939 by veterans of the British Battalion of the International Brigade on their return from Spain. It was instrumental in campaigning for the Spanish Republic, supporting and spreading awareness about the International Brigades, setting up memorials, maintaining contact with sister organisations across the globe and campaigning against Franco's rule in Spain. One of the later acts of the Association was to establish an International Brigade Memorial Archive at the Marx Memorial Library, to which the papers of the Association were donated in the 1970s.

The papers of the International Brigade Association were donated to the Marx Memorial Library in the 1970s, with additional regular deposits made in the following decades.