Max Buxpan Collection
Scope and Content Note
The material of the Max Buxpan Collection consists of letters, postcards, newspaper articles, speeches, handwritten books and photos which relate to the history of the family as well as its historical and political background. The first series of the collection assembles the correspondence of Max Buxpan, his sister Paula, Hella Buxpan and other family members, who compared notes with Karl Hollik and Hedwig Herzka on the family's immigration and the life after the war in addition to condolences. The second series includes other personal documents which belong to the Buxpan family, for example the memorial album (Traueralbum) of Josef Buxspan, father of Max Buxpan, or the birth certificate of Pauline (Paula) Buxpan. The third series holds poems and handwritten notes of Max Buxpan such as two handwritten books which include essays about Jewish life and Jewish questions. Most of them are Russian translations. The fourth series collects material about the First World War. There are a lot of postcards which show warfare and war crimes in Germany, Austria, Russia and Poland. Most of the artwork is satirical. The fifth series focuses on the time when Max Buxpan was a prisoner of war in Siberia. It includes newspaper articles, photographs and personal documents. The sixth series includes documents about the Second World War. It holds speeches of Winston Churchill from the 1940s as well as a lot of newspaper articles which discuss the time after the war and the trials of war criminals. The last series of this collection centers the media reporting about the Second World War and Gustav Mahler. The items are sorted in topical albums.
Dates
- Creation: 1896-1983
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1914-1970
Creator
- Buxpan, Max (Person)
Language of Materials
The collection is in English, German, French, Russian, Hungarian and Hebrew.
Access Restrictions
Open to researchers.
Access Information
Collection is digitized. Follow the links in the Container List to access the digitized materials.
Use Restrictions
There may be some restrictions on the use of the collection. For more information, contact:
Leo Baeck Institute, Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011
email: lbaeck@lbi.cjh.org
Biographical Note
The physician Max J. Buxpan, formerly Buxspan, was born in Austria. Between 1916 and 1920 he was a prisoner of war in Siberia. Buxpan immigrated to the United States in 1938. He died in New York City.
Extent
1.5 Linear Feet
Abstract
The Max Buxpan Collection sketches the biography of Max Buxpan and his family. The collection centers on the correspondence of Buxpan family members and associated friends. Most of these documents date from the 1930s until the 1960s, including the time of immigration. Buxpan also collected a lot of material about the First and Second World Wars and the immediate periods thereafter, primarily postcards and newspaper articles.
Arrangement
The collection has been arranged in seven series:
Processing Information
The collection was previously arranged in several folders and has retained this arrangement. Series adjustments and descriptions were added during processing in 2011.
Subject
- Buxpan, Max (Person)
- Buxpan, Hella (Person)
- Buxpan, Josef (Person)
- Buxpan, Paula Lottie (Person)
- Brändström, Elsa, 1888-1948 (Person)
- Herzka, Hedwig, 1888-1953 (Person)
- Hollik, Karl (Person)
- Korn, Jakob (Person)
- Lindt, Helen B. (Person)
- United Nations (Organization)
- National Board of the Young Men's Christian Associations (Organization)
- Red Cross and Red Crescent (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Papers of Max Buxpan 1896-1983 AR 6141
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Maria Neumann
- Date
- © 2011
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is in English.
- Edition statement
- This version was derived from MaxBuxpan.xml
Revision Statements
- May 03, 2013 : Links to digital objects added in Container List.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
