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Trotsky, Leon, 1879-1940

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1879-11-07 - 1940-08-21

Biography

Leon Trotsky (1879-1940), Soviet revolutionary, Marxist theorist, and politician.

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Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Louise Bryant papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1840
Abstract:

The papers consist of correspondence, writings, notebooks, artwork, photographs, and printed matter which document Louise Bryant's career as a journalist and her personal and family life. The papers contain only a small amount of material about John Reed.

Dates: 1908-1938
Found in: Manuscripts and Archives > Louise Bryant papers

Ethel Fogg and William Brooks Clift memorial collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS 817
Abstract: A collection assembled by John M. Whitcomb of the letters and other papers of European and American cultural and political figures from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries. With the collection is the correspondence (1948-1989) of John M. Whitcomb with writers, historians and political figures on subjects such as the Russian Revolution, Communism, the Sacco-Vanzetti case, Woodrow Wilson, and American foreign policy. Also included is biographical material relating to Ethel Fogg Blair and...
Dates: 1769-1992
Found in: Manuscripts and Archives > Ethel Fogg and William Brooks Clift memorial collection

Dorothy Eisner papers

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 778
Abstract: The Dorothy Eisner Papers consist of correspondence, photographs, and ephemera that document periods of her personal life and artwork. Eisner's correspondence files contain letters from fellow painters: nearly thirty from her friend Dorothy Andrews (1918-2008), who wrote mostly from her home in Khania, Crete; three from William Kienbusch (1914-1980); and one each from Sarah Freedman McPherson (1894-1978) and Emil Holzhauer (1887-1986); there are also letters from her stepdaughter, the...
Dates: 1923-2008
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Dorothy Eisner papers

Dwight Macdonald papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 730
Abstract: The papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts, notes, printed material, photographs, audiotapes, and memorabilia documenting the personal life and professional career of Dwight Macdonald. Macdonald's literary career, political activities, teaching and speaking engagements, and personal life are detailed. Major subjects represented in the papers include: communism and the Trotskyite movement, journalism and publishing, American social and political life (1920s-1970s), pacifism, and the...
Dates: 1865-1984, bulk 1920-1978
Found in: Manuscripts and Archives > Dwight Macdonald papers

John McDonald papers

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 622
Abstract:

The John McDonald Papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts, and research materials related to McDonald's published writings on the practice and history of American business, management, game theory, and fishing. Also in the collection are files of his personal correspondence, papers documenting his political, social, and professional involvements, and material collected for works of fiction and non-fiction planned but never written.

Dates: 1890-1999, bulk 1945-1997
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > John McDonald papers

Victor Serge papers

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 238
Abstract: The Victor Serge Papers contain correspondence; writings; immigration and identification documents for Serge and his wife, Liouba; death masks of Serge and of Leon Trotsky; and various materials concerning Serge (including correspondence, clippings, and photocopies of writings) that were collected by his son, Vlady Kibalchich. The correspondence includes letters between Serge and his wife, son, and other relatives; a few letters between third parties; letters between Serge and his friends...
Dates: 1912-1994, bulk 1936-1947, 1912-1994, bulk 1936-1947
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Victor Serge papers

Max Shachtman correspondence with Leon Trotsky

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 297
Abstract:

46 TLS and 1 ALS from Leon Trotsky to Max Shachtman. 17 carbons of letters from Shachtman to Trotsky, including 1 ALS and 16 TLS from Trotsky to third parties, and third party correspondence. Concerns the Communist opposition in the 1930s, especially in the United States.

Dates: 1930-[1953]
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Max Shachtman correspondence with Leon Trotsky

Bernard Wolfe papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 831
Abstract: The collection includes correspondence, writings and research material, photographs, printed material, and personal papers relating to American author Bernard Wolfe. There is correspondence, including incoming and outgoing letters, with family, friends, writers, publishers, editors, and labor organizations. Individual corrrespondents include: Pearl Buck, Marcel Duhamel, Dwight MacDonald, Henry Miller, A. J. Muste, John Crowe Ranson, Harry Ross, and Wolfe's brother Albert; there is a...
Dates: 1920s-1998
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Bernard Wolfe papers