# A Collector’s Adventures in Pursuit of History: The José María Castañé Collection #### calendar\_today Date and Time **October 11, 2016** 04:30PM - 04:30PM EDT #### pin\_drop Location **RCC Main Seminar Room, 26 Trowbridge St., Cambridge MA** Distinguished Inaugural Speaker: **José María Castañé** Introduction by Leslie A. Morris (Houghton Library) and Francisco Prado-Vilar (RCC) ![laura_knght.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum986/files/rcc/files/laura_knght.jpg) The RCC is honored to start a lecture series focusing on the treasures of the José María Castañé collection: “The Castañé Collection gathers together documents, photographs, and books that tell the story of the pivotal political and military events of the twentieth century. Formed over a period of 25 years by José María Castañé, a Spanish businessman and patron of the arts, its topical foci are the Russian Revolution; the Russian Civil War; World War I; the development of Fascism and Nazism; the development of the Soviet Union; the Spanish Civil War; World War II, particularly the German invasion of the Soviet Union, and major battles in the European theatre of war; the Nuremberg Trials; and the Cold War. In size, the collection consists of some 3,000 individual items and small collections, numbering perhaps 15,000 pieces in all.” (Houghton Library) Learn more: **Contact:** [rcc@harvard.edu](mailto:///rcc@harvard.edu) **Sponsor:** RCC[ ](https://ces.fas.harvard.edu/study-groups/000037-a-center-periphery-europe-perspectives-from-southern-europe-study-group) **Co-Sponsored by: [Houghton Library](http://hcl.harvard.edu/libraries/houghton/)** See also:- [ Cambridge ](/location/cambridge) - [ RCCHU ](/pillars/rcc) - [ History and Culture ](/sample-event-taxonomy/culture) Share on:- [ Facebook ](#) - [ Twitter ](#) - [ Linkedin ](#) Save: [ Add to calendar calendar\_today ](https://rcc.harvard.edu/node/908771/event-feed.ics) Copy link link