Joan Alzina papers

Collection

Call Number: MS 2082

Scope and Contents

Papers of Joan Alzina, Catalan soldier in the Spanish Civil War’s Republican Army, 24th Army Group, Group Logistics, 3rd Section. Includes seven notebooks documenting Alzina’s service in the army, his time as a prisoner at Navalpino, and his tenure as a prison guard for a mental hospital at Alcalá de Henares, Madrid for other Republican prisoners. Alzina’s notebooks written during the war include uncensored drafts of letters to family members. Also included is a drawing by Alzina of Mickey Mouse as a soldier and notes by Alzina on how to dig and fortify trenches.

Dates

1937 - 1941

Creator

Alzina, Joan

Language of Materials

The materials are in Spanish and Catalan.

Conditions Governing Access

The materials are open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright status for collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Transferred by the Librarian for the Latin American and Iberian Collections, 2017. Purchased by the Librarian for the Latin American and Iberian Collections from Kevin Jackson, History Revealed, 2016.

Arrangement

The material is arranged by type of material and therein chronologically.

Extent

.21 Linear Feet (1 box)

Catalog Record

A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog

Persistent URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.2082

Additional Description

Overview

Biographical / Historical

Joan Alzina, Catalan Republican and member of the Republican Army, served in the 24th Army Group, Group Logistics, 3rd Section. Alzina was held prisoner at Navalpino and later became a camp guard at Alcalá de Henares, a Madrid prison for Republican fighters.