Honoring Merriman: Berkeley's Hero in the Spanish Civil War

Merriman memorial plaque installed in Corbera d’Ebre (Tarragona)
$22,697
48%
Raised toward our $47,000 Goal
55 Donors
5
days left
Project ends on August 01, at 11:59 PM PDT
Project Owners
Rank State Gifts
1 CA 43
2 OR 2
2 TX 2

ROSE

CHIN-TRESCOTT

$1,000

23 hours ago

Steven

Birnbaum

$1,000

1 day ago

Caroline

Berry

$50

1 day ago

Zoe

Trainer

$50

Jul 18, 2024

Samantha

Schoech

Jul 17, 2024

Martha

Jarocki

$100

Jul 17, 2024

Mark

Toney

$500

Jul 05, 2024

Barry

Nitzberg

May 22, 2024

Charles & Jamy

Faulhaber

$500

May 16, 2024

John Skiles

Skinner

$100

May 13, 2024

Jason

Lewis

Apr 30, 2024

Anonymous

Apr 30, 2024

Anonymous

Apr 30, 2024

Joyce

Cole

$100

Apr 30, 2024

Ken

Jacobs

$100

Apr 29, 2024

Anonymous

Apr 29, 2024

Miquel

Ferrer

$200

Apr 29, 2024

Shifra

Gaman

Apr 29, 2024

Linda & Steve

Lustig

$500

Apr 26, 2024

Mark

Wieder

$100

Apr 26, 2024

Claude

Potts

$520

Apr 23, 2024

TODD

TRESCOTT

$1,000

Apr 22, 2024

Steve

Katz

$100

Apr 18, 2024

Anonymous

Apr 10, 2024

Martha

Jarocki

$100

Mar 27, 2024
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$2,000

Visit to ALBA Monument in SF

A guided visit of the San Francisco Monument to the Abraham Lincoln Brigade installed at the Embarcadero Plaza in 2008. The translucent stone squares in the steel structure show scenes from the war and the faces of some U.S. volunteers in the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), as well as words about the period from writers like Langston Hughes, Ernest Hemingway, Pablo Neruda, and Alvah Bessie. It was designed by Ann Chamberlain and Walter Hood, and donated by the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives together with the Veterans and Friends of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. 6 person max.

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Estimated Delivery: August 2024

$2,500

Merriman's UCB Walking Tour

Join the Merriman Plaque project coordinators on a tour of one of Robert Merriman's favorite places to study, potential locations where the plaque will be installed, and a stroll to the apartment building where he and Marion lived in the 1930s. 6 person max.

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Estimated Delivery: August 2024

$3,500

Zoom Webinar on SCW Music

Peter Glazer, emeritus professor in UC Berkeley's Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies and a professional director and playwright whose adaptations and collaborations include Woody Guthrie’s American Song and Heart of Spain: A Musical of the Spanish Civil War, has offered a 90-minute Zoom webinar on the music of the Spanish Civil War.

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Estimated Delivery: August 2024

$5,000

Curated visit Bancroft Library

Curated tour of the Bancroft Library's Spanish Civil War and Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, Bay Area Post Records collection at UC Berkeley. Includes correspondence, administrative files, photographs, posters, postcards, artifacts, clippings, articles, scrapbooks, artifacts, biographical material, broadsides and organizational information. 4 person max.

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Estimated Delivery: August 2024
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