An Inventory of His Collection at the Harry Ransom Center
Creator:
Gil Robles, José
María, 1898-1980
Title:
José María Gil Robles Collection
Dates:
1974, undated
Extent:
1 document box (0.42 linear feet)
Abstract:
The collection contains material related to
Gil Robles’ 1974 book,
Cicerón y Augusto: Vigencia de un planteamiento politico
(Cicero and August: Validity of a political approach).
Materials include a biographical note, a bibliography, a handwritten draft, a typescript,
and galley proofs. Gil
Robles was a Spanish politician active during the Second Spanish Republic. Beginning
in
1957, he published fourteen books over the course of 23 years. He died on September
14, 1980
in Madrid, Spain.
Call Number:
Manuscript Collection MS-01605
Language:
Spanish; some documents in English
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Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
José María Gil Robles Collection (Manuscript Collection-01605). Harry Ransom Center,
The
University of Texas at Austin.
José María Gil Robles was born on November 27, 1898, in Salamanca, Spain. Prior to
his
public service career, Gil Robles was involved with the Catholic newspaper, El Debate, from 1922 to 1931. He became a deputy in the Cortes
Generales of Spain in 1931. He was a leader of the Catholic party, Acción Popular,
before he
formed a coalition and established the Catholic party, Confederactión Española de
Derechas
Autónomas (CEDA). Under the Alejandro Lerroux administration, he was minister of war
for
several months in 1935. After losses in the February 1936 elections, CEDA and Gil
Robles
lost support from their members. He left for Portugal at the outbreak of the Spanish
Civil
War. In 1957, Gil Robles published his first book and would publish fourteen books
in total.
From 1973 to 1977, he was leader of the Federación Popular Democrática. José María
Gil
Robles died on September 14, 1980 in Madrid, Spain.
Sources:
In addition to material found in the José María Gil Robles Collection, the following
sources were used:
Encyclopaedia Britannica's José María Gil Robles page, accessed June 20, 2018,
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jose-Maria-Gil-Robles-y-Quinones.
Scope and Contents
The collection contains material related to Gil Robles' 1974 book,
Cicerón y Augusto: Vigencia de un planteamiento politico
(Cicero and August: Validity of a political approach).
Materials include a biographical note, a bibliography, a handwritten draft, a typescript,
and galley proofs.
Most of the materials in the collection are undated and in good condition. The only
item in
the collection in English is the biographical note; the rest of the materials are
in
Spanish.
