http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf9489p00x No online items Register of the Joaquin Maurin papers Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Library and Archives Hoover Institution Library and Archives © 1999 434 Galvez Mall Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-6003 [email protected] URL: http://www.hoover.org/library-and-archives Register of the Joaquin Maurin 77021 1 papers Title: Joaquin Maurin papers Date (inclusive): 1870-1976 Collection Number: 77021 Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives Language of Material: Primarily in Spanish Physical Description: 31 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 3 envelopes(13.5 Linear Feet) Abstract: Correspondence, writings, clippings, photographs, and printed matter relating to communism and socialism in Spain, the Spanish Civil War, and the American Literary Agency. Creator: Maurín, Joaquín, 1897-1973 Hoover Institution Library & Archives Access The collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least two business days in advance of intended use. Publication Rights For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives. Acquisition Information Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1977. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Joaquin Maurin papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives. General note For further information, see the correspondence file for the following correspondents, to which Maurin gave answers to specific reference questions about his past activities and Spanish politics of the 1920s and 1930s: Arquer, Jordi; Bonamusa Gaspa, Francisco; Cardona, Jose Manuel; Connelly Ullman, Joan; Kairis, Robert A.; Meaker, Gerald H.; Pages, Pedro (Victor Alba); Payne, Stanley; Portela, Luis; Thomas, Hugh; Wolfe, Bertram and Ella 1896, Born in Bonansa, Huesca (Spain), of Aragon mother and Catalan father January 13 1914-1918 Member of "Juventud Republicana", Lerida Writer for El Ideal, the daily mouthpiece of "Juventud Republicana" Teacher of geography and history at Lerida high-school 1919, 2nd Congress of the "Confederacion Nacional del Trabajo" (C.N.T.) in Madrid during which it decided to affiliate December itself with the Communist International 1919-mid Stationed in Madrid during his tour of duty in the Spanish army 1920 mid 1920 Joined the C.N.T. fall Member of the regional committee of Catalonia of the C.N.T., representing the province of Lerida 1920-1921 Secretary of the "Confederacion Provincial del Trabajo", Lerida 1920-1922 Editor of Lucha Social, Lerida, a trade-unionist weekly founded by Pedro Bonet in 1919 1921, May Left with Andres Nin, Arlandis and Ibanez for Moscow 1921, Delegate of the C.N.T. to the 3rd Congress of the Communist International and to the Founding Congress of the June-August Red International of Labor Unions (Profintern) 1921, National plenum of the C.N.T. in Lerida at which the report of the delegation, written by Maurin, was October unanimously approved 1921, October-end Provisional secretary of the executive committee of the C.N.T. of February 1922 1922, June National conference of the C.N.T. in Saragossa at which it rejected the Communist International and the Profintern (triumph of the anarcho-sindicalist position within the C.N.T.) 1922, Co-founder at a meeting in Bilbao of the "Comites Sindicalistas Revolucionarios" (C.S.R.), minority within the December C.N.T., close to the "Partido Comunista de Espana" (P.C.E.) and which wanted the C.N.T. to reaffiliate itself with the Communist International Register of the Joaquin Maurin 77021 2 papers 1922, Founder and editor of La Batalla, Barcelona, a trade-unionist communist weekly, mouthpiece of the C.S.R., December around which gathered a group of Catalan communists and which was subsequently incorporated into the 21-December P.C.E. in 1924 1924 1923 Left the C.N.T. 1924, May Author, L'anarcho-syndicalisme en Espagne (Anarcho-sindicalism in Spain), Paris, Librairie du Travail; 47 p. 1924, Delegate to the 3rd Congress of the Profintern sent by the executive committee of the C.S.R. June-July 1924, mid Plenum of the regional federations of the P.C.E. in Madrid at which Maurin and his group (the "Federacion November Comunista Catalano-Balear", F.C.C.B.) criticized the policy of the executive committee, forcing it to resign 1925, Arrested as he was coming out of the Ateneo of Barcelona January 12 1925, January Political prisoner, first in the prison "Modelo" in Barcelona, then in the fortress of Montjuich, then again in 12-October Barcelona 4, 1927 1926, November Acquitted, but not released immediately 23 1927, November-JuneCorrespondent for Tass and Izvestia on Spanish issues 1930 Worked for Le Monde Resided in Neuilly s/Seine (Paris) 1927, November Married Jeanne Lifchitz (sister of Boris Souvarine) 26 1928, Went to Moscow to justify his position to the Control Commission of the Communist International; whitewashed March-May and offered to be member of the executive committee of the P.C.E.: refused 1928, December Birth of son Mario in Paris 22 1929, 3rd Congress of the P.C.E. in Paris. The F.C.C.B. had to send its proposals, Maurin and Bonet not having been August allowed to attend as delegates 1930, June Returned to Spain after the fall of Primo de Rivera 1930, Maurin expelled from the party. The F.C.C.B. sided with him and was also expelled, and started seeking Summer contacts with the "Partit Comunista Catala" that Jordi Arquer and other members of the F.C.C.B. founded in the years 1928-1929, refusing to follow the discipline of the Communist International any longer So-called Conference of Pamplona of the P.C.E. to which the F.C.C.B. was not invited 1930, Author, Los Hombres de la Dictadura (The men of the dictatorship), Madrid, Cenit; 241 p. October 24 1931, MarchFounded the "Bloque Obrero y Campesino" (B.O.C.) as a rallying platform and framework for communist 1 sympathisers and as a propaganda organization. The F.C.C.B., in effect, was converted into being the administrator of the B.O.C. Maurin was secretary-general 1st Congress of the F.C.C.B. at Tarrasa. Incorporated the "Partit Comunista Catala" which had agreed to the fusion at its congress in the beginning of November 1930 1931, April The B.O.C. participated in the municipal elections which brought about the end of the monarchy and the 12 proclamation of the Republic on April 14 1931, June Visited by a delegation of the Communist International which wanted the B.O.C. to be incorporated into the P.C.E.; Maurin refused and was expelled from the Communist International in July 1932, Author, La Revolucion Espanola. De la Monarquia Absoluta a la Revolucion Socialista (The Spanish revolution. January 25 From absolute monarchy to the socialist revolution), Madrid, Cenit; 196 p. 1932, April 2nd Congress of the F.C.C.B. in Barcelona. Changed its name to "Federacion Comunista Iberica" (F.C.I.) 4 1933, Working classes conference convened by the B.O.C. in Barcelona February Register of the Joaquin Maurin 77021 3 papers 1933, MarchThe B.O.C. suggested the formation of the "Alianza Obrera Antifascista" which organized the October 1934 uprising 1933, end 1st Congress of the F.C.I. of June 1934, April 2nd Congress of the F.C.I. 1935, April Author, Hacia la Segunda Revolucion (Until the second revolution), Barcelona, Alfa; 253 p. Translated into French in 1935 and published in Paris by Rieder under the title Revolution et Contre-revolution en Espagne; 367 p. Reedited in Spanish in 1966 and published in Paris by Ruedo Iberico under the title Revolucion y Contrarrevolucion en Espana (Revolution and counter-revolution in Spain); 289 p. 1935, Founded the "Partido Obrero de Unificacion Marxista" (P.O.U.M.) through the fusion of the B.O.C. and the September "Izquierda Comunista" that Nin founded in 1932 1936, Elected Deputy to the Cortes for the city of Barcelona under the "Front d'Esquerres", the Republican coalition of February Catalonia, in which he was politically active since the end of 1935 1936, July Wife and son left for Paris Found himself in insurgent territory (Bisquaye, Galicia) at the outbreak of the civil war. Hid under false names 1936, Arrested. Detained in Panticosa, Huesca, and then in the provincial prison of Jaca, Huesca, under the name of September Joaquin Julio Ferrer 3 1936, Various newspapers announced his capture and execution September 1937, early Released. Tried to reach France September 1937, September Recognized at the border. Arrested under his real name and transferred to Saragossa 6 1937, Brother Manuel died in the prison "Modelo" in Barcelona October 8 1937-May In solitary confinement in the provincial prison of Salamanca 1942 1941, Wife and son arrived in New York (American citizens in April 1953) August 30 1942, Provincial prison of Barcelona May-November 1942, Central prison of Burgos Wrote draft of En las Prisiones de Franco (In the prisons of Franco) under the title of November-March "Los Siete Circulos" 1944 1944, March-OctoberProvincial prison of Barcelona 1946 1944, His case came up for trial; sentenced to 30 years August 19 1946, Paroled under an amnesty for some political prisoners, but confined to Madrid where he worked as a translator October 1 for Jose Janes Publications 1947, July 4 Was given a passport to visit his family in New York, provided he returned to Spain. Left for Neuilly s/Seine 1947, September American embassy in Paris granted him a temporary visitor's visa 30 1947, Arrived in New York (his visa was extended twice, the second time until April 16, 1949) October 16 1947 Held a position with Dana Perfumes of Buenos Aires, which wanted him to undergo a 6-months training period in New York 1948, end Injured his back: immobilized for a few months and incapacitated for a year and a half.