Over 4,000 documents, containing more than 13,000 pages on the Spanish Civil War have been made available online by the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick. The contents of 46 files from the UK Trades Union Congress archives, together with more than 100 publications from 4 other collections can be seen at:
The files contain correspondence, minutes, reports, memoranda and propaganda material produced by members of the British and Spanish governments; political groups; international, British and Spanish trade unions; pressure groups, aid organisations, and other interested parties. The subjects covered are diverse, and the collection includes material relating to the response of organised labour and the British left to the conflict, the social conditions and political situation in Spain, German and Italian intervention, the attitude of the British and French governments, the International Brigade, and medical aid and the care of refugees. There are also a number of files about the Basque refugee children brought to the UK.
We have also made available several files which have an indirect connection with the conflict - one file on conditions in Spain in 1934/5, after a left-wing revolt against the government was violently crushed, and another file which deals with preparations for the 1936 Peoples' Olympiad.
The site includes a TimeLine, a series of maps and profiles of some of the people involved. There is also background information on the TUC and the International Federation of Trade Unions (IFTU).
We would be grateful if archives with related collections within and outside the UK would link to the site.