CNT (España) Archives

Period  (1870-1872, 1922, 1931-) 1936-1939
Total size   30 m.
Consultation Not restricted
User restriction   Only microfilms can be consulted

History

Founded in 1911, revolutionary syndicalist trade union, continued the anarchist tradition in Spain; member of the International Working Men's Association (IWMA) since 1923; banned during the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera 1923-1931; main social revolutionary force during the Second Republic 1931-1936, with more than one million members; divided about tactics (Treintistas versus the Federación Anarquista Ibérica (FAI)), reunited at the congress in 1936; defeated military rebellion in Barcelona and elsewhere at the outbreak of the Civil War 18 July 1936; supported social-economic revolution and collectivizations of workers and peasants during the Civil War 1936-1939; followed a policy of collaboration and appeasement towards nonrevolutionary republican forces, taking ministerial responsibilities in the republican government; active underground and in exile from 1939; restructured in Spain after Franco's death in 1975.

Content

Archive of the Comité Nacional of the CNT with other archives deposited or obtained by the CNT. Comité Nacional CNT, secretariat 1934-1938: proceedings and minutes of plenary and other meetings; reports on the war, persecution of libertarians and others, general and military situation etc.; correspondence by the secretary-general, Mariano Vázquez with regional organizations and national syndicates of the CNT; correspondence with other organizations; international correspondence; documents and documentation on the same subjects. Comité Nacional CNT, Sección Defensa and Subsección Comisarios 1937-1939: files of documents on militaries and military matters; agenda and proceedings concerning the conferences of the Sección Defensa; Secretaría y oficina de propaganda en el exterior 1936-1939: correspondence and other documents and printed material. Segundo Blanco, Minister of Education of the republican government 1938-1939: official correspondence with various persons and organizations; personal documents. Juan García Oliver, Minister of Justice of the republican government: file mainly consisting of correspondence 1936-1937. Comité Regional CNT de Cataluña 1931-1939: correspondence with the Comité Nacional and other organizations; documents on military matters; proceedings and resolutions concerning the regional and national conferences of the CNT; financial records; printed material. Domingo Lera Ortiz, delegate of Transport and Communication of the Consejo Nacional de Defensa de Aragón 1936-1937: general correspondence and financial records concerning the Consejo de Aragón. Solidaridad Internacional Antifascista (SIA) 1937-1939: correspondence with various organizations; documents on the national and regional councils of the SIA; financial records; press clippings and circular letters on propaganda and other activities. Federación Ibérica de Juventudes Libertarias (FIJL) 1932, 1937-1939: proceedings of plenary sessions; reports, notes and circular letters concerning the libertarian movement.

Processing information

Inventory made in 2000

Secondary creator

García Oliver, Juan. Blanco, Segundo. CNT (España). Comite Nacional. CNT (España). Comite Nacional. CNT (España). Secretaría y Oficina de Propaganda en el Exterior. CNT (España). Comité Regional de Catalunya. Aragón. Consejo de Defensa. International Anti-fascist Solidarity. Sección española. Federación Ibérica de Juventudes Libertarias (España)

Alternate Form of Material

Security microfilms 1985