Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Biographical Note
Scope and Contents Note
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Labron K. Shuman collection,
Date (inclusive): 1960-1962
Collection number: MS 181
Collector:
Shuman, Labron K.
Extent:
3 half cartons
Repository:
University of California, Santa Cruz. University Library.
Special Collections and Archives
Santa Cruz, California 95064
Abstract: Includes Shuman's observer notebook, clippings and transcripts of the 1961 Eichmann trial in Jerusalem.
Physical location: Stored offsite at NRLF: Advance notice is required for access to the papers.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access
Collection open for research.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and
their heirs. For permission to publish or to reproduce the material, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.
Preferred Citation
Labron K. Shuman Collection. MS 181. Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of
California, Santa Cruz.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Labron K. Shuman in 2003.
Biographical Note
In 1961, Labron K. Shuman, an attorney from Philadelphia, went to Israel at the request of the Association of American and Canadians in Israel, to attend the trial of Adolf Eichmann. In a series of articles and lectures he analyzed the Eichman trial, calling attention
to the difficulties that faced the judges, the prosecution and the witnesses and the complexities of the whole case.
Scope and Contents Note
This collection includes Shuman's observer notebook, articles, clippings and transcripts of the 1961 trial of Adolf Eichmann
in Jerusalem.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Shuman, Labron K.
Eichmann, Adolf, d 1906-1962--Trials, litigation, etc.
War criminals--Germany--Interviews
World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Criminal Investigation--Israel
Trials (Genocide)--Jerusalem
War crime trials--Social aspects--Israel