Date range
(1918)1919-1945(1947)
Biography / History
Acquisition Note: Gifts of private persons (1954-1983).
Abstract
The collection contains political correspondence (photocopies) of the exchange of correspondence between the Polish Ambassador to the United States, Jan Ciechanowski, and the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs in London during World War II, 1939-1945. Reports of the Polish Consulate General to the Polish Embassy in Washington on the Socialist Movement in America (1936) and a report by the Polish Consulate in Pittsburgh to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Warsaw concerning the First Polish Workers’ Conference in America in 1932. Original political reports and analyses were sent to the Embassy from Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Polish Ministry of Interior and Underground Movement in Poland. Review of Polish press in exile (1934). Reports concerning Polish relations with Baltic countries, but mainly Ukrainian political and para-military organizations activity in Eastern Part of Poland before and during the World War II (1919-1945). Press reports – review of the Ukrainian press (1941-1947). Analyses and reports on Polish-Soviet political relations (1939-1943). Terrorism in German and Soviet-occupied Poland (1939-1944). Publications and pamphlets of the Communist movement in Poland and in the USA (1920-1927). Arrangement in Series: Political Correspondence, Political Reports, Publications and Press Clippings.
Language
English, Polish, German, French.
| No. | Title | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Political Correspondence | ||
| 1 | Copy of correspondence with Polish Foreign Office. (1932 - January 1942). Polish socialist movement in exile. Polonia organizations. September 1939. Polish Army on the West. | 1932-1942 |
| 2 | Copy of correspondence with Polish Foreign Office. (March 1942 - November 1943). Minutes from meeting of Jan Karski and Ambassador Jan Ciechanowski with President Roosevelt | 1942-1943 |
| 3 | Copy of correspondence with Polish Foreign Office. (November 1943 - November 1944). | 1943-1944 |
| Political Reports | ||
| 4 | German Acrocities in Poland. Official Report of Parliamentary Debates in House of Lords, 15th December, 1942 | 1942-1942 |
| 5 | Political reports of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Office. Materials and documents on Polish - Soviet relations, September 1939 - April 1943. | 1943-1943 |
| 6 | Political reports of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Office. Materials and documents on Polish - Soviet relations. Reports on political and economy issues of Eastern Polish Territories under Soviet ocuppation 1939-1941. | 1941-1941 |
| 7 | Political reports of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Office. Review of the Polish press in exile. | 1934-1934 |
| 8 | Political reports of the Polish Ministry of Interior. Department of Nationalities. Reports on the Baltic Countries Issues. Materials and documents on Polish - Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian relations, 1919-1942. | 1932-1942 |
| 9 | Political reports of the Polish Ministry of Interior. Department of Nationalities. Reports on Ukrainian Issues. Activities of the Ukrainian political and para-military organizations in the Eastern Part of Poland, 1919-1943. Diplomatic solutions. | 1919-1943 |
| 10 | Political reports of the Polish Ministry of Interior. Department of Nationalities. Reports on Ukrainian Issues. Activities of Ukrainian political and para-military organizations in the Eastern Part of Poland, 1932-1938. | 1932-1938 |
| 11 | Political reports of the Polish Ministry of Interior. Department of Nationalities. Reports on Ukrainian Issues. Activities of the Ukrainian political and para-military organizations in the Eastern Part of Poland, 1938-1942 | 1938-1942 |
| 12 | Political reports of the Polish Ministry of Interior. Department of Nationalities. Reports on Ukrainian Issues. Activities of the Ukrainian political and para-military organizations in the Eastern Part of Poland, 1939-1943. | 1940-1943 |
| 13 | Political reports of the Polish Ministry of Interior. Department of Nationalities. Reports on Ukrainian Issues. Activities of Ukrainian political and para-military organizations in the Eastern Part of Poland and exile, 1939-1945. | 1940-1945 |
| 14 | Political reports of the Polish Ministry of Interior. Department of Nationalities. Reports on Ukrainian Issues. Activities of Ukrainian political and para-military organizations in the Eastern Part of Poland, 1943-1944. Reports from Poland. | 1943-1944 |
| 15 | Political reports of Polish Ministry of Interior. Department of Nationalities. Raports on Ukrainian Issues. Materials and documents on Polish - Ukrainian relations, 1931-1938 | 1938-1938 |
| 16 | Political raports of Polish Ministry of Interior. Department of Nationalities. Raports on Ukrainian Issues. Review of Ukrainian Press. | 1941-1943 |
| 17 | Political reports of the Polish Ministry of Interior. Department of Nationalities. Reports on Ukrainian Issues. Review of Ukrainian Press. | 1943-1947 |
| Publications | ||
| 18 | Serial publication: "Dziennik Urzedowy Ministerstwa Spraw Zagranicznych w Warszawie", 1931-1935, 1937-1938 | 1931-1938 |
| 19 | Pamphlet: "Akt oskarzenia Czechów", 1938 | 1938-1938 |
| 20 | Pamphlets published by the Polish communist movement in Poland and USA | 1920-1927 |
| 21 | Publication: "Die Ukraine und Die Angrenzenden Gebiete", Königsberg 1941 | 1941-1941 |
| 22 | Publication: "Stosunki narodowoociowe i wyznaniowe na Litwie i Rusi" by Jan Czekanowski, Lwów 1918 | 1918-1918 |
| 23 | Publication: "W poszukiwaniu drogowskazów gospodarczych. Uwagi na tle doowiadczen polskiej polityki gospodarczej 1919-1939" by Adam Rose, 1942 | 1942-1942 |
| 24 | Publication: "Zagadnienie narodowoociowe w Rosji Sowieckiej" by Stefan Sta?ynski, Warszawa 1924. | 1924-1924 |
| 25 | Serial publication: "Rocznik S3u?by Zagranicznej Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej", Angers 1940 | 1940-1940 |
| 26 | Publication: "Zbiór oowiadczen i materia3ów w sprawach surowcowo - kolonialnych, cz.1. Materia3y i enuncjacje oficjalne polskie". | 1936-1937 |
| 27 | Publication: "Zbiór oowiadczen i materia3ów w sprawach surowcowo - kolonialnych, cz.1a. Tekst francuski niektórych enuncjacji polskich" | 1936-1937 |
| 28 | Publication: "Zbiór oowiadczen i materia3ów w sprawach surowcowo - kolonialnych, cz.2. Materia3y i enuncjacje oficjalne zagraniczne" | 1920-1937 |
| 29 | Publication: "Zbiór oowiadczen i materia3ów w sprawach surowcowo - kolonialnych, cz.2a. Tekst francuski niektórych enuncjacji zagranicznych" | 1920-1938 |
| 30 | Financial reports . Financial Adviser to the Polish Government (1928) cz.1 | 1928-1928 |
| 31 | Financial reports . Financial Adviser to the Polish Government (1929) cz.1 | 1929-1929 |
| 32 | Financial reports. Financial Adviser to the Polish Government (1929) cz.2 | 1929-1929 |
| 33 | Financial reports. Financial Adviser to the Polish Government (1930) cz.1 | 1930-1930 |
| 34 | Financial reports. Quarterly Reports of the Financial Adviser to the Polish Government (1927-1930) | 1927-1930 |
| 35 | Political reports of Polish Ministry of Foreign Office. Information Department. Report: "The German Attempt to Destroy the Polish Nation", March 1940 | 1940-1940 |
| 36 | Political reports of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Office. Materials and documents on Polish - Soviet relations. Reports on political and economic issues of the Eastern Polish Territories under Soviet occupation 1939-1943. | 1943-1944 |
| 37 | Political reports of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Office. Materials and documents on Polish - Soviet relations. Reports on political and economic issues of the Eastern Polish Territories under Soviet occupation 1939-1943. | 1943-1943 |
| Press Clippings | ||
| 38 | Press clippings on Poland (1932) | 1932-1933 |
| 39 | Press clippings. Copy of the first page of "New York Times" from September 1st , 1939. German attack on Poland | 1939-1943 |
| Publications | ||
| 40 | Publication of the Studium Prawno-Administracyjne: "Administracja Okupacyjna w Gen. Gubernatorstwie" by W3odzimierz Baranowski, Londyn, 1942 | 1942-1942 |
| 41 | Publication of the Studium Prawno-Administracyjne: "Polskie prawo przemys3owe" by Józef Kasztelewicz, Londyn, 1942 | 1942-1942 |
| 42 | Publication of the Studium Prawno-Administracyjne: "Prawo Administracyjne. Pojecia, zasady, instytucje" by Wladyslaw Czapinski, Londyn, 1942 | 1942-1942 |
| 43 | Publication of the Studium Prawno-Administracyjne: "Rola prawnika w wyzwolonej Polsce" by Waclaw Komarnicki, Londyn, 1942 | 1942-1942 |
| 44 | Publication of the Studium Prawno-Administracyjne: "Rozporz1dzenie o postepowaniu Administracyjnym i Rozporz1dzenie o Postepowaniu Przymusowym w Administracji", Londyn, 1942 | 1942-1942 |
| 45 | Publication of the Studium Prawno-Administracyjne: "Rozwój ochrony pracy i opieki spolecznej w Wielkiej Brytanii" by Józef Bloch, Londyn, 1942 | 1942-1942 |
| 46 | Publication of the Studium Prawno-Administracyjne: "Rzeczpospolita Polska. Organizacja administracji publicznej", cz.1 by Julian Suski, Londyn, 1942 | 1942-1942 |
| 47 | Publication: "Death at Katyn" | 1944-1944 |
| 48 | Publication: "First to Fight" by Peter Jordan | 1943-1943 |
| 49 | Publication: "Auschwitz. Camp of Death" by Florence J. Harriman | 1944-1944 |
| 50 | Publication: "Podstawy doktrynalne i prawne Sowieckiej polityki narodowoociowej", Londyn, 1943 | 1943-1943 |
| 51 | Publication: "Poland" by Voigt F.A. | 1944-1944 |
| 52 | Publication: "Poland's Man Behind the Guns" by Charles Hodges. Manuscripts and materials to the book. Correspondence with publisher | 1939-1939 |
| 53 | Publication: "Poland's Man Behind the Guns" by Charles Hodges. Manuscripts and materials for the book. Press clippings | 1936-1939 |
| 54 | Publication: "Poland's Man Behind the Guns" by Charles Hodges. Manuscripts of chapters 10-14 | 1939-1939 |
| 55 | Publication: "Poland's Man Behind the Guns" by Charles Hodges. Manuscripts of chapters 01-03 | 1939-1939 |
| 56 | Publication: "Poland's Man Behind the Guns" by Charles Hodges. Manuscripts of chapters 04-05 | 1939-1939 |
| 57 | Publication: "Poland's Man Behind the Guns" by Charles Hodges. Manuscripts of chapters 06-09 | 1939-1939 |
| 58 | Publication: "Polish-Russian Relations Past and Present" by Oscar Halecki | 1943-1943 |
| 59 | Publication: "Revenge in Poland" by George Creel | 1943-1943 |
| 60 | Publication: "The Battle of the Warsaw Ghetto" by S. Mendelsohn | 1944-1944 |
| 61 | Publication: "The Polish Paradox" by Charles Hodges | 1936-1936 |
| 62 | Publication: "The Polish-Soviet Frontier" by Stanis3aw Grabski. | |
| 63 | Publication: "Visit Poland" | 1939-1939 |
| 64 | Serial publication: "Goniec Krakowski" - newspaper No.59/41 | 1941-1941 |
| 65 | Serial publication: "Kurier Warszawski" - newspaper No.158/39 (June 11th), No.235-237/39 (August 26-28th) | 1939-1939 |
| 66 | Serial publication: "Monitor Polski" - published in Angers 1939-1940 | 1939-1940 |
| 67 | Serial publication: "Myol Wolna" - published by Stowarzyszenie Wolnomyolicieli Polskich w Warszawie No.5-7/25 | 1925-1925 |
| 68 | Serial publication: "Polish Fortnightly Review" - No. 116-117/45 | 1945-1945 |
| 69 | Serial publication: "Polska Agencja Telegraficzna. ATE News Biulletin", 1937 | 1937-1937 |
| 70 | Serial publication: "Polska na Morzu" - No.1-8/36 | 1936-1936 |
| 71 | Serial publication: "The Warsaw Weekly" - newspaper No.23/36 | 1936-1936 |
| 72 | Serial publication: "Wiadomosci Portu Gdynskiego" - newspaper No.8/38 | 1938-1938 |
| 73 | Serial publication: "Wojna w Obrazach" - No.27; 31-32; 35-40; 42-43; 45-49. | 1943-1944 |
| 74 | Publication of the Studium Prawno-Administracyjne: "Organizacja adwokatury angielskiej" by Jerzy Rotwand, Londyn, 1942 | 1942-1942 |
| 75 | Publication of the Birmingham Information Service on Slavonic Countries: "Poland". Human, economic and basic statistical information on Poland 1936-1937 | 1936-1937 |
| 76 | Publication: "The Pattern of Underground Resistance" by W3adys3aw R. Malinowski, Philadelphia, 1944 | 1944-1944 |
| 77 | Pamphlet: "German Persecution of Religious Life in Poland" published by the Polish Information Center in New York | |
| 78 | Resolution of Members of the British Parliament for the establishment of a Permanent Minorities Commission within the League of Nations. | 1931-1931 |
| 79 | Petition on the issue of the Ukrainian minority in Poland submitted by a number of Members of the British Parliament to Arthur Henderson, Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom. | 1931-1931 |
| 80 | ‘Cérémonial Diplomatique et Usages Protocolaires Observés à Varsovie’: brochure; cover letter of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. | 1936-1936 |
| 81 | Prof. Charles Hodges’s set of documents concerning Poland: summary of the meeting with Colonel Joseph Beck in Warsaw in 1938; correspondence; press clipping; notes. | 1938-1939 |
| 82 | Article: ‘The Accomplished Senator’ by Tytus Filipowicz, Polish Ambassador to the United States; 1932. | 1932-1932 |
| 83 | Study: ‘German – Polish Relations To-day’ by Jan Ciechanowski, London, January 15th, 1933. | 1933-1933 |
| 84 | ‘Szkic prasy polskiej za granicą’ Drawing of the Polish Press Abroad: publication of the Polish Ministry of the Interior, January 1st, 1935. | 1935-1935 |
| 85 | Articles related to the oil industry by Prof. Zygmunt Bielski, Katowice Krakow, Lviv, Sosnowiec, Vienna, 1932-1939. | 1932-1939 |
| 86 | ‘Free Poland. Devoted to the Presentation of the Cause of a United and Independent Poland to the American People’: periodical issued in Washington, D.C.; Vol. IV, No. 6 December 16th, 1917; Vol. V, No. 10, 1919. | 1917-1919 |
| Political Reports | ||
| 87 | ‘Nowy Świat. The Polish Morning World’: daily issued in New York; No. 271, September 28th, 1936. | 1936-1936 |
| 88 | ‘Wiarus’: periodical issued by the Wojskowy Instytut Naukowo-Oświatowy in Warsaw Military, Scientific and Educational Institute: issue devoted to the 10th anniversary of Ignacy Mościcki’s presidency; No. 23, June 6th, 1936. | 1936-1936 |
| 89 | ‘The Polish Press Information Bulletin’: periodical issued by The Polish Information Service in New York; No: 96, 106, 120, 131. | 1935-1937 |
| 90 | Fragments of Polish and German newspapers related to Gen. Edward Rydz-Śmigly; extract from the ‘Kurier Poranny’; biographical note of the General. | 1936-1938 |
| 91 | ‘The Polish Information Bulletin’: periodical issued by The Polish Information Service in Washington, D. C.; No. 142, 148, 153, 158-160, 163, 166-194. | 1937-1939 |
| 92 | Text of Gen. Władyslaw Sikorski speech on November 20th, 1939. | 1939-1939 |
| 93 | Report of the Dział Prasowo -Polityczny Centrali Informacji i Dokumentacji RP Press and Politics Department of the Headquarters of the Information and Documentation; January 1st – March 31st, 1940. | 1940-1940 |
| 94 | Study concerning the problem of the eastern lands of Poland, occupied by the Soviet Army from September 17th, 1939. | 1941-1941 |
| 95 | Summary of the Sikorski-Mayski Agreement signed in London on July 30th, 1941. | 1941-1941 |
| 96 | Collection of the studies: ‘Prawoslawie w Polsce’ The Eastern Orthodox Church in Poland, London, 1940-1943. | 1940-1943 |
| 97 | Study: ‘Podstawy doktrynalne i prawne sowieckiej polityki narodowościowej’ Doctrinal and Legal Backgrounds of the Soviet Nationalistic Politics, London, 1943. | 1943-1943 |
| 98 | Study: ‘The Soviet War of Aggression and the Annexation of Polish Territories in 1939 /Political Background and Aspect of Military Operations/’, London, 1943. | 1943-1943 |
| 99 | Collection of the studies: ‘Sprawy ukraińskie – opracowania. Ziemie wschodnie Polski – opracowania’ Ukrainian issues – studies. Eastern lands of Poland – studies, London, 1938-1943. | 1938-1943 |
| 100 | Study: ‘Ziemie wschodnie Polski pod okupacją sowiecką’ Polish Lands under Soviet Occupation, London, 1943. | 1943-1943 |
| 101 | Report of the Ministry of the Interior: ‘Straty kulturalne’ Culture Loses, parts: I, II, London, 1944. | 1944-1944 |
| 102 | Publication of the Ministry for Congressional Affairs: ‘Przegląd literatury politycznej’ Political Press Review, No. 38, London, June 1944. | 1944-1944 |
| 103 | Report No 1/45 of the Ministry of the Interior: ‘Zachowanie się na ziemiach polskich armii i władz sowieckich’ Behavior of the Soviet Army and Authorities on the Polish Lands, London, 1945. | 1945-1945 |
| 104 | Information Communique No 3/45 of the Ministry of Defence: ‘Kronika Polityczno-Wojskowa z okresu lat 1939-1944’ Political and Military Chronicle of the Years 1939-1944, London, June 1st, 1945. | 1945-1945 |
| 105 | Text of the President Władyslaw Raczkiewicz’s proclamation to the Polish people. | 1945-1945 |
| 106 | Works on the causes of Poland’s defeat: article published in ‘The Tablet’ October 14th, 1939; typescript of the article ‘The Causes of Poland’s Defeat’. | 1939-1939 |
| 107 | ‘Report on Relief Accorded to Polish Citizens by the Polish Embassy in the U.S.S.R. with Special Reference to Polish Citizens of Jewish Nationality. September 1941 - April 1943’, London, 1943. | 1943-1943 |
| 108 | ‘Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). House of Commons Official Report’, Vol. 406, No. 11, December 15th, 1944. | 1944-1944 |
| 109 | Summaries of the Yalta Conference; U.S. Information Service’s record concerning the originally unpublished sections of the protocols of Teheran, Yalta and Potsdam Conferences. | 1945-1947 |
| 110 | Yalta Conference: press clippings from the British and American newspapers. | 1945-1952 |
| 111 | Tadeusz Skowronski’s statement on the Polish issue in the context of the provisions of the Teheran and Yalta Conferences, establishment of PKWN and Trial of the Sixteen. | |
| 112 | ‘The Polish News Bulletin. Telegraphic and Radio News from Poland’: periodical published by The Polish Press Bureau, Washington, D. C., No. 12, September 30th, 1939. | 1939-1939 |
| 113 | ‘La Decade Polonaise. Informations sur la Pologne paraissant le 10, le 20, le 30 de chaque mois’: periodical published by the Centre d’Information et de Documentation Republique de Pologne, Paris, January 20th, 1940. | 1940-1940 |
| 114 | ‘Le Bulletin Polonais’: periodical published by the Polish Information Center, New York, vol. I, No 1, May 1942. | 1942-1942 |
| 115 | ‘The Polish Review’: periodical published by The Polish Review Publishing Co.with the assistance of the Polish Information Center, New York, vol. III, No. 22, June 14th , 1943. | 1943-1943 |
| 116 | ‘Poland Fights’: periodical published by the Polish Labor Group, New York, 1944, No: 53, 56-58, 60. | 1944-1944 |
| 117 | ‘Daily Press Report. Przegląd prasy periodycznej’: publication of the Polish Information Center, New York, January - March 1944. | 1944-1944 |
| 118 | ‘Przegląd Radiowy': publication of the Polish Information Center, New York, February 4th – June 30th, 1944. | 1944-1944 |
| 119 | ‘The Polish Review’: periodical published by the Polish Review Inc., New York, 1945 (fragments). | 1945-1945 |
| 120 | ‘Wiadomości z Polski i o Polsce. Poczta Lotnicza’ News from Poland and about Poland. Airmail, London 1945, No: 22, 24-33. | 1945-1945 |
| 121 | Overseas News Agency in New York Weekly Issues, No: 205-A, 206, 207, June/July 1945. | 1945-1945 |
| 122 | ‘Documents relating to the Administration of Ocupied Countries in Eastern Europe. No 1 – The German Exploitation of Polish Forests’: publication of the Polish Information Center, New York, 1940. | 1940-1940 |
| 123 | ‘The importance of the Polish eastern provinces for the Polish Republic’ by Władyslaw Wielhorski, study published by the Książnica Polska – The Polish Library in Glasgow, 1943. | 1943-1943 |
| 124 | ‘Great Britain’s Obligation Towards Poland and Some Facts About the Curzon Line’ by Ignacy Matuszewski, study published by National Committee of Americans of Polish Descent, New York, 1945. | 1945-1945 |
| 125 | ‘The Eastern Boundaries of Poland’ by Prof. Alexander Bruce Boswell, study published by the Polish Publications Committee, Birkenhead. | |
| 126 | ‘The Truth about Poland’: publication of the Polish Government Information Center, New York. | |
| 127 | Letters of Christopher Emmet to Jan Ciechanowski and Marian Chodacki. | 1947-1947 |
| 128 | Article: ‘Palestyna w Ogniu’ Palestine Under Fire by Witold Humnicki, published by the ‘Reflektorem po Świecie’ Publishing House, Warsaw, 1948. | 1948-1948 |