Robert Kim Stevens, Collector, "Che" Guevara and the Bolivian
Guerrillas Collection, 1966-1972
COLLECTION GUIDE
Prepared by J.R. Accettola, December 1994.
Overview of the Collection
The majority of this collection concerns the guerrillas and Ernesto
"Che" Guevara in Bolivia, and covers roughly a six-year period, with
material dating from 1966 to 1972. The collection consists of original
wanted posters of Bolivian guerrillas, original guerrilla propaganda
(i.e., printed and mimeographed pamphlets, newsletters), photographs,
newspaper clippings (most of the original clippings were deteriorated and
were photocopied onto acid-free paper and bound in notebooks),
newspapers, journal articles, magazines, books and microfilm. This
material was the unclassified "soft-file" of the American Embassy in La
Paz and was saved by Robert Kim Stevens, who was then a junior political
officer in the Embassy (1966-68).
A smaller part of the collection consists of microfilms of
nineteenth-century Brazilian anarchist newspapers and notes on these
newspapers, as well as a photocopy of a monograph, a few newspapers
and clippings.
Size of the Collection
The collection consists of 60 notebooks, 3 folders, 17 bundles of
newspapers, 71 photographs, 23 reels of microfilm, 2 audio tapes, and 12
clamshell acid-free boxes.
Most of the original newspaper clippings were disposed of after they
were photocopied and bound as notebooks. However,
the original pamphlets and other printed material were photocopied and
bound as notebooks, and the originals are preserved in acid-free folders
in 12 boxes and correspond with the notebooks as notated at the end of the
collection inventory.
See binder for a detailed 9-page inventory of the "Che" Guevara
Collection.
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