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Sources Relating to Ethel Macdonald Aldred, Glasgow, 1St May 1937 (2 Copies) File or box number Item description "Save Spain. Act!" Radio speeches by Ethel MacDonald. Published by Guy A. File 1: Sources relating to Ethel MacDonald Aldred, Glasgow, 1st May 1937 (2 copies). Typed letter addressed to Guy A. Aldred from H.M. Consul General. Dated 14th July 1937. Reply to letter by Aldred of July 7th 1937. It states that Ethel MacDonald was released from prison in Barcelona and her whereabouts are File 1: Sources relating to Ethel MacDonald unknown. Typed letter addressed to Guy A. Aldred from the under-secretary of State at the Foreign Office. Dated 16th July 1937. Regarding Ethel MacDonald's release File 1: Sources relating to Ethel MacDonald from prison. "Ethel MacDonald's Own Story of her Imprisonment in Spain". Newspaper File 1: Sources relating to Ethel MacDonald cutting from the Evening Times, September 27th 1937. "Why I was Arrested" by Ethel MacDonald. Newspaper cutting from the Evening File 1: Sources relating to Ethel MacDonald Times October 28th 1937. Ticket issued by the Revolutionary Socialist Party: "Ethel MacDonald of Glasgow (broadcaster from Barcelona Anarchist radio and just returned from a Spanish prison) will Speak on 'My Experience in Spain' at Picardy Place Hall on Sunday File 1: Sources relating to Ethel MacDonald 12th December 1937". "Ethel MacDonald". Photocopy of article in The Word, January 1942. Reports that Ethel MacDonald has taken a stand as a conscientious objector in the wake File 1: Sources relating to Ethel MacDonald of conscriptions. (2 copies). Handwritten note from Ethel MacDonald and Guy A. Aldred listing the contents File 1: Sources relating to Ethel MacDonald of their donated collection. Dated 5th June 1944. "How Ethel MacDonald's Adventures Ended in Barcelona". Photocopy of article File 1: Sources relating to Ethel MacDonald in the Sunday Mail, 26th December, 1937. Obituary. "Ethel MacDonald Tribute" in The Word Vol XXll No. 3, January 1961. File 1: Sources relating to Ethel MacDonald Photocopy of 4 page article. Image: "Selling 'News From Spain'". Liverpool, 1936. From File 1: Sources relating to Ethel MacDonald http://www.scran.ac.uk/. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography article: "MacDonald, Ethel Camilia (1909-1960) anti-parliamentary socialist". By John .T. Caldwell and Bob Jones. File 1: Sources relating to Ethel MacDonald From http://www.oxforddnb.com/. © Mitchell Library Glasgow. You may download and/or print for your own personal use. Please do not distribute without permission. Image: "Guy Aldred speaking on the subject of socialism". Hyde Park, London, File 1: Sources relating to Ethel MacDonald 1938. From http://www .scran.ac .uk/. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography article: "Aldred, Guy Alfred (1886- 1963) Anarchist and political propagandist". By Bob Jones. From File 1: Sources relating to Ethel MacDonald http://www.oxforddnb .com/. File 2: Newspaper, Newssheets and Bulletins Barcelona Bulletin. Published jointly by Guy A. Aldred and Wm. C. McDougall. (English) Editions: 15th May 1937. (2 copies) File 2: Newspaper, Newssheets and Bulletins Generalital de Catalunya. Barcelona Editions: 3rd June 1937 - 10th Jan 1938, (English) imp. Regeneracion! Issued by Guy Aldred on behalf of the United Socialist File 2: Newspaper, Newssheets and Bulletins Movement. Editions: 5th Aug 1936 - 7th Oct 1936 & 21st Feb 1937 (New Series (English) edited and published by Guy A. Aldred). File 2: Newspaper, Newssheets and Bulletins The Spanish Revolution: Bulletin of the Worker's Party of Marxist Unification. (English) Barcelona. Editions: 17th Feb 1937 & 3rd June 1937. File 2: Newspaper, Newssheets and Bulletins The War in Spain: a weekly summary. Edited by Charles Duff, United Editorial (English) Ltd. Editions; 22nd Jan 1938, 29th Jan 1938 & 6th Aug 1938. File 3: Newspaper, Newssheets and Bulletins (French) Ce Qu'il Faut Dire. Bruxelles. Editions: September 1936 File 3: Newspaper, Newssheets and Bulletins (French) L'Espagne Antifasciste. Barcelona. Editions: 30th Aug 1936 - 1st Sept 1937, imp. File 3: Newspaper, Newssheets and Bulletins La Lutte Ouvriere: Organe Hebdomadaire du Parti Ouvrier lnternationaliste. (French) Editions: 10th Sep 1937. File 3: Newspaper, Newssheets and Bulletins (French) Nouvel Age. Editions: 17th June 1937. File 3: Newspaper, Newssheets and Bulletins (French) Plus Loin. Editions: Oct 1936, July 1937 & Sep 1937 File 3: Newspaper, Newssheets and Bulletins Terre Libre: Organe de la Federation Anarchiste de Langue Francaise. Editions: (French) July 1937 - Apr 1938, imp. File 4: Newspaper, Newssheets and Bulletins (French) L 'Espagne Nouvelle. Editions 5th April 1937 - 15th June 1938, imp. File 5: Newspaper, Newssheets and Bulletins El Amigo del Pueblo: Portavoz de los Amigos de Durruti. Editions: Ano 1- Num. (Spanish) 1. n.d. © Mitchell Library Glasgow. You may download and/or print for your own personal use. Please do not distribute without permission. File 5: Newspaper, Newssheets and Bulletins La Batalla: Organo central del Partido Obrero de Unificacion Marxista. (Spanish) Barcelona. Editions: 10th Jul 1937 - 21 Aug 1937, imp. File 5: Newspaper, Newssheets and Bulletins (Spanish) El Combate. Caspe. Editions: 14th Sep 1936 - 28 Sep 1936. File 5: Newspaper, Newssheets and Bulletins Castilla Libre: Organo de la Confederacion regional del Trabajo del centro. (Spanish) Editions: 12th Feb 1937 & 18th Feb 1937 File 6: Newspaper, Newssheets and Bulletins CNT- Organo de la Confederacion Nacional del Trabajo. Editions: 5th Dec 1936 - (Spanish) 16th Feb 1937, imp. File 7: Newspaper, Newssheets and Bulletins (Spanish) Esfuerzo. Barcelona. Editions: 14th Oct 1937 & 24th Oct 1937. File 7: Newspaper, Newssheets and Bulletins F.I.J.L (Federacion lberica de Juventudes Libertarias). Madrid. Editions: 11th Feb (Spanish) 1937. File 7: Newspaper, Newssheets and Bulletins El Frente- Boletin de Guerra de la Columna Durruti. Editions: 27th Aug 1936 & (Spanish) 4th Sep 1936. File 7: Newspaper, Newssheets and Bulletins Frente Libertario: Organo de las Milicias Confederates. Madrid. Editions: Jan (Spanish) 1937 & Feb 1937. File 8: Newspaper, Newssheets and Bulletins Juventud Obrera: Organo de la Juventud Comunista lberica (POUM). Barcelona. (Spanish) Editions: August 1937, Nos. 3 & 6. File 8: Newspaper, Newssheets and Bulletins (Spanish) La Noche. Barcelona. Editions: 18th May 1937. La Nouvelle Espagne Antifasciste/ Nueva Espagna Antifascista. Paris File 8: Newspaper, Newssheets and Bulletins Editions: 28th Apr 1938. (Spanish) File 8: Newspaper, Newssheets and Bulletins (Spanish) El Liberal. Madrid. Editions: 11th Feb 1937. Organizacion Obrera: Organo de FORA adherida a la ACAT y a la AIT. Buenos File 8: Newspaper, Newssheets and Bulletins Aires. Editions: June 1937 - Nov 1938, imp. (Spanish) File 9: Newspaper, Newssheets and Bulletins (Spanish) El Sindicalista: Organo del Partido Sindicalista. Madrid. Editions: 19th Feb 1937. File 9: Newspaper, Newssheets and Bulletins Solidaridad: Organo de la Federacion Obrera regional Uruguaya. Montevideo, (Spanish) Uruguay. Editions: 1st Aug 1937 - 2nd Jul 1939, imp. © Mitchell Library Glasgow. You may download and/or print for your own personal use. Please do not distribute without permission. File 9: Newspaper, Newssheets and Bulletins Solidaridad Obrera: Organo de la Confederacion Regional del Trabajo de (Spanish) Cataluna. Barcelona. Editions: 20th May 1937. File 9: Newspaper, Newssheets and Bulletins (Spanish) El Socialista. Madrid. Editions: 25th Jan 1938. "16 bombardments in 36 hours". 1 page flyer recording the bombing of File 10: Flyers and Newsletters (English) Mallorca. n.d. Handwritten letter dated 29th July 1936 entitled "Regeneracion! Support File 10: Flyers and Newsletters (English) Spain". Typed letter dated August 1938 from United Editorial Publishers Ltd. detailing subscription costs for The War in Spain- weekly summary and Spain at War File 10: Flyers and Newsletters (English) magazine. File 10: Flyers and Newsletters (English) "Facts for Deans", leaflet published by the Information Distributing Bureau. n.d. "What is the Truth about Spain?" Leaflet published by Spanish Press Services File 10: Flyers and Newsletters (English) Ltd. n.d. (2 copies) "Spain: Reflector of the World". The Anti-Fascist War in Spain, Experience of the International Libertarian Movement. Typed newsletter by Migual Gonzalez File 10: Flyers and Newsletters (English) lnestal. Barcelona, 23rd March 1938. ''The Voice of the Prisons of Spain". Typed newsletter by the Committee for the File 10: Flyers and Newsletters (English) Defence of Working Class Prisoners in Spain. Paris, 12th August 1937. "El Fascismo lntenda Destruir el Museo def Prado". English language newsletter File 10: Flyers and Newsletters (English) with photos. Published by 5th Regimiento, Madrid. n.d. "Peace?" 1 page flyer issued by Glasgow I.L.P. Guild of Youth. Proposals for File 10: Flyers and Newsletters (English) action as WWII draws near- endorsing abolition of capitalism. n.d. "¡¡Adelante con la Revolucion!!" 1 page flyer by the Oficinas de Propaganda, File 11: Flyers and Newsletters (Spanish) CNT/FAI, Barcelona. n.d. "¿¿Que es la Revolucion??" 1 page flyer by the Oficinas de Propaganda File 11: Flyers and Newsletters (Spanish) CNT/ FAI, Barcelona. n.d. "A la Mujer Campesina" 1 page flyer by the Oficinas de Propaganda CNT/FAI, File 11: Flyers and Newsletters (Spanish) Barcelona. n.d. © Mitchell Library Glasgow. You may download and/or print for your own personal use. Please do not distribute without permission. “A la Pequena Burguesia" 1 page flyer by the Oficinas
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