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Title: Alexander H. Buchman papers
Date (inclusive): 1920-2003
Collection Number: 84075
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
4 manuscript boxes, 17 microfilm boxes, 10 envelopes, 5 motion picture film reels, 2 videocassettes, 14 slides, 6 sound cassettes
(7.5 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, writings, police reports, printed matter, motion picture film, still photographs, negatives and slides relating
to Leon Trotsky and Trotskyism, especially in China and the United States, to the Trotskyist C. Frank Glass, and to Rayna
Prohme, revolutionary American journalist in China.
Creator:
Buchman, Alexander H., 1911-2003
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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Original film negatives in Boxes 5-21 closed due to the fragility of the materials; these materials have been digitized. The
remainder of the collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there
are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
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For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquisition Information
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1984.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Alexander H. Buchman papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical Note
American engineer and photographer; resident of China, 1933-1939; guard for Leon Trotsky, Coyoacan, Mexico, 1939-1940.
1911 |
Born, Cleveland, Ohio |
1933 |
Received degree in aeronautical engineering from Case School of Applied Science |
1933-1939 |
Lived in Shanghai, China |
1939-1940 |
Lived in Cayoacan, Mexico; served as Leon Trotsky's bodyguard |
2003 |
Died, Los Angeles, California |
Scope and Content of Collection
The Alexander H. Buchman papers document Buchman's activities as an amateur photographer living in Shanghai, China and Coyoacan,
Mexico, and his relationship with Leon Trotsky. The collection includes film and photographs of Leon Trotsky and members of
his entourage, including his wife, Natalia Sedova, Diego Rivera, and others, in Coyoacan, Mexico between 1939 and 1940. Buchman's
photographs of Shanghai and other areas of China include scenes of the bombing of Shanghai in 1937 and executions of leftists
in China between 1927 and 1932. The collection also includes a sound recording of a telephone address to followers in the
United States made by Trotsky from Mexico in 1938.
Among Buchman's papers is also correspondence with friends and colleagues who shared his interest in the history of Trotskyism,
including Baruch Hirson, Susan Weissman, and Trotsky's grandson, Esteban Volkov.
Related Materials
Collection ID 73095: Heisler (Ivan C. F) motion picture film, 1938
Digitized Content
Subjects and Indexing Terms
China -- Pictorial works
Audiotapes
Video tapes
Slides (Photography)
Communism -- United States
Motion pictures
Americans -- China
Communism -- China
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
Shanghai (China)
Trotsky, Leon, 1879-1940
Fourth International
Glass, C. Frank (Cecil Frank), 1901-1988
Prohme, Rayna, -1927