Leonard Levenson Papers
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Leonard Bertram Levenson (1913- ) was born in New York in 1913 and attended the City College of New York, followed by the New York University Law School. He later on went on to a legal career with the FBI. Levenson joined the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, arriving in Spain in June of 1937. This unprocessed collection consists of materials created and collected by Leonard Levenson during his participation in both the Spanish Civil War and the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade (VALB) organization. Materials include a cap worn by Levenson in Spain, copies of newspaper and journal articles, and photographs (including a group shot of New York University volunteers in Spain, a 1986 German Democratic Republic commemorative event at Thaelmann Park in Berlin, and a group shot with Levenson of the FBI Players receiving an award from J. Edgar Hoover). A subsequent donation of material included artifacts, a few audio tapes, correspondence (with some dating from the Spanish Civil War), VALB organizational files, original writings, subject files, and research materials for an article entitled "US Communists in Spain: A Profile," published in Political Affairs in 1986.
Historical/Biographical Note
Leonard Bertram Levenson (1913- ) was born in New York in 1913 and attended the City College of New York, followed by the New York University Law School. He later on went on to a legal career with the FBI. Levenson joined the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, arriving in Spain in June of 1937. He served at Fuentes del Ebro, the Battle of Teruel, Retreat and Ebro Offensive. Levenson returned to the United States in December of 1938.
Arrangement
This collection has not been arranged by an archivist. The materials are arranged in the order in which they were received.
Scope and Contents
This unprocessed collection consists of materials created and collected by Leonard Levenson during his participation in both the Spanish Civil War and the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade (VALB) organization. Materials include a cap worn by Levenson in Spain, copies of newspaper and journal articles, and photographs (including a group shot of New York University volunteers in Spain, a 1986 German Democratic Republic commemorative event at Thaelmann Park in Berlin, and a group shot with Levenson of the FBI Players receiving an award from J. Edgar Hoover). A subsequent donation of material included artifacts, a few audio tapes, correspondence (with some dating from the Spanish Civil War), VALB organizational files, original writings, subject files, and research materials for an article entitled "US Communists in Spain: A Profile," published in Political Affairs in 1986.
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Access Restrictions
Materials are open to researchers. Please contact the Tamiment Library & Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives for more information and to schedule an appointment, tamiment.wagner@nyu.edu or 212-998-2630.
Use Restrictions
Any rights (including copyright and related rights to publicity and privacy) held by Leonard Levenson, the creator of this collection, were transferred to New York University in 2001. Permission to publish or reproduce materials in this collection must be secured from the Tamiment Library.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date; Leonard Levenson; ALBA 151; box number; folder number; Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Leonard Levenson donated his papers to Tamiment Library in April 2001, with his daughter John Levenson Cohen donating a subsequent accession in September 2005. The accession numbers associated with these gifts are 2001.008 and 2005.043, respectively.
