McGuire, Isobel, 1913-2008

Date: 1937, 1989

By: McGuire, Isobel, 1913-2008

Reference: PAColl-6956

Description: 27 black and white photographs, all taken in 1937, during Isobel Dodds time nursing during the Spanish Civil War, and includes images of Renee Mary Shadbolt, a fellow nurse. The military hopital in this sequence was situated at Huete, a town about 83kms south-east of Madrid 14 colour photographs, (all?) taken in Mataro, Spain, circa 1989. A caption on the back of one of the images appears to describe the set: "The city of Mataro remembers the passage of the Int[ernational] Brigades & their hospital. 50th anniversary of the Civil War 1936-1939." 1 colour photo-mechanical print, a postcard of Colegio Salesiano, at Mataro, Spain. See contact record 'Dodds, Isobel, 1913- : Papers relating to nursing during the Spanish Civil War' Isobel McGuire, under her maiden name of Dodds, after training at Wellington Hospital, left as a volunteer nurse for Spain in 1936, returning to New Zealand in 1940. Quantity: 27 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). 14 colour original photographic print(s). Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Papers-7264 (Papers of Isobel McGuire). Processing information: Requires further processing to box level.

Date: [ca 1936-1939], 1988-1998

By: McGuire, Isobel, 1913-2008

Reference: MS-Papers-7264

Description: Comprises correspondence with researchers, notably Michael O'Shaughnessy, H J Fyrth and Josep Xaubet Vilanova, concerning recollections of her experiences of nursing during the Spanish Civil War. Also includes letters written from Spain during the war; newspaper clippings, nursing and International Brigade veterans' magazine articles, cards, and photographs. Contains also papers about Renee Mary Shadbolt, a fellow nurse. The printed extracts are in English, Spanish and Catalan. Source of title - Supplied Relationship complexity - An interview with Isobel Dodds by Michael O'Shaughnessy is available in the Oral History Centre: OHInt-0442/1 Isobel McGuire, under her maiden name of Dodds, after training at Wellington Hospital, left as a volunteer nurse for Spain in 1936, returning to New Zealand in 1939 Quantity: 9 folder(s). 0.10 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescripts, printed matter Finding Aids: Inventory compiled by Michael O'Shaughnessy.. Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Photographs.

Date: 16 Aug 1998

From: New Zealand involvement in the Spanish Civil War

By: McGuire, Isobel, 1913-2008

Reference: OHInt-0442-01

Description: Isobel Dodds was born in Auckland in 1913. Describes her father's work and participation in the trade union movement. Talks about her mother's emigration to New Zealand on the same ship as Peter Fraser and the family's ongoing friendship with him. Recalls her training as a nurse, the early stages of the Spanish Civil War and volunteering to go to Spain as a nurse. Recalls the formation of the Spanish Medical Aid Committee (SMAC). Describes people involved in SMAC including George Jackson, Tom Stanley and Mrs McGowan. Talks about fellow nurses Renee Shadbolt and Millicent Sharples. Discusses why the Red Cross did not send nurses and the reaction of New Zealand's High Commissioner in London, Bill Jordan, to the policy of non-intervention by Britain and France. Describes interrogation by the police before leaving New Zealand, their trip to London and then to Barcelona, Valencia, Albacete and Huete. Describes the hospital at Huete (south east of Madrid), conditions, aspects of their work, learning and speaking Spanish, and patients and staff members. Mentions Catalan anarchists and Moorish prisoners. Talks about the plight of Willi Remmel, a member of the International Brigade, and his relationship with Renee Shadbolt. Discusses their evacuation from the hospital at Huete, her regret at having to leave behind the wounded, crossing the Ebro under fire and nursing at a transit hospital. Describes leave in England, attitudes to Spain and the international situation, and posting to the hospital at Mataro (near Barcelona) and work there. Comments on her discovery of the treatment of wounds with maggots. Recalls Dr Jolly, Dorothy Morris, Una Wilson and Mary Lowson. Describes withdrawal of the International Brigade from Spain, being body searched, her return to New Zealand and a nationwide lecture tour. Talks about marrying John McGuire, being in London during World War II, her husband working as a trade commissioner and returning to Spain. Other - Photos and manuscripts relating to Isobel Dodds are in the Photographic Archive and Manuscripts and Archives sections Interviewer(s) - Michael O'Shaughnessy Accompanying material - Photocopies of photos of the British Hospital, nurses, the Dance Band, International Brigade patients; Isobel Dodds in London in 1937 and Auckland in 2001, the house where she was billeted in Mataro, the International Brigade Hospital in Mataro and souvenirs and paintings from Spain Quantity: 4 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 transcript(s). 1 interview(s). 4 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete abstract and transcript available - OHA-2917. Search dates: 1913 - 1998

Date: 1981-1983

From: Skudder, Susan, 1956-: Papers and photographs mainly relating to research into New Zealand and the Spanish Civil War

Reference: MS-Papers-12453-2

Description: Letters mainly addressed to Susan Skudder at Waikato University, written in response to letters from her or advertisements in journals regarding the experience of New Zealanders in response to the Spanish Civil War. Some letters are from people who were involved in the response, or who were active at the time; others are from librarians and historians responding to her requests for guidance and assistance. Some letters include arrangements for interviews or visits to repositories. Letters from Bert Roth include photocopies of items he thought of interest to her research. Two letters are addressed to her father, Lewis Arthur Skudder, from his colleague Bill Girling-Butcher; another is addressed to her thesis supervisor, Dr. Laurence Barber. One letter dated August 1970 is from Renee Shadbolt to John Shennan, an earlier researcher into New Zealand and the Spanish Civil War. Also includes Skudder's notes of an interview with Connie and Albert (Birchie) Birchfield. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Papers were in an A4 envelope. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Provenance: The letter from Renee Shadbolt to John Shennan was given to Susan Skudder by John Shennan in 1980. Processing information: Not all names associated with the collection have been indexed.

Date: 1983

From: Skudder, Susan, 1956-: Papers and photographs mainly relating to research into New Zealand and the Spanish Civil War

Reference: PAColl-10729

Description: Comprises copies of photographs from the George Jackson collection of New Zealand Spanish Medical Aid Committee (SMAC) records, made when Susan Skudder was using the records for her research into New Zealand responses to the Spanish Civil War. Skudder used other copies of the same photographs as illustrations in her D.Phil thesis. The subjects comprise New Zealand surgeon, Dr. Douglas Jolly; the field ambulance and the field laundry truck purchased with funds from the SMAC; and a publicity photograph of the three nurses sent to Spain by the SMAC, Isobel Dodds, Rene Shadbolt, and Millicent Sharples. Title supplied by Library. The Library holds the originals of these photographs in the George Jackson Collection at Library reference PA-Group-00078 Arrangement: Photographs were in a University of Waikato internal mail envelope addressed to Susan Skudder and labelled by her "SMAC photo copies". Quantity: 4 b&w copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: Four black and white photogprahic prints, 11.5 x 17 cm.

Date: [between 1936-1939]

From: Jackson, George, 1908-2000 :Photographs

Reference: 1/2-C-016123-F

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative