Date range
1934-1988(1996)
Biography / History
Zygmunt Zaremba (1895-1967) was one of the leaders of the Polish Socialist Party in Poland during World War II (1939-1945) and the War its leader in exile in Paris. Acquisition Note: Gift of Janusz Wakar in 1977. Main part of the collection is a gift of Olena Blaton in 1980. Materials was updated by copies of correspondence from Lidia Ciolkosz archives.
Abstract
The collection contains correspondence between Zygmunt Zaremba and members of the Polish Socialist Party (P.P.S) Foreign Committee in London, original publications of W.R.N., and weekly news reports published by Zaremba, 1940-1944. There are also personal papers and correspondence of Zygmunt Zaremba with Polish Socialist leaders: Alojzy Adamczyk, Tomasz Arciszewski, Adam Ciolkosz, Feliks Gross, Jan Kwapinski, Feliks Mantel and Waclaw Zagorski and members of the International Socialist movement. In the series Political Papers are also resolutions, reports, and publications of the Polish Socialist Party abroad, materials on underground movement in Poland and the Warsaw Uprising (1944), persecutions of Polish socialist leaders in Poland (1948), materials on the Polish Socialist Party Congresses in exile and radio scripts for Radio Free Europe and Voice of America. Arrangement in Series: Personal Papers, Political Papers.
Language
Polish, English.
| No. | Title | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Private Papers | ||
| 1 | Personal papers, notebooks, calendars, membership certificates | 1946-1961 |
| 2 | Correspondence between private persons and Z. Zaremba | 1949-1949 |
| 3 | Correspondence of Natalia and Zygmunt Zaremba with Irena and Stanislaw Vincez | 1947-1967 |
| 4 | Correspondence of Natalia Zaremba with private persons and papers concerning her journalistic activity | 1947-1960 |
| 5 | Letters from Zygmunt Zaremba to his wife - copies | 1946-1967 |
| Political Papers: Political Correspondence | ||
| 6 | Correspondence - Ciolkosz Adam, Warsaw - London | 1940-1946 |
| 7 | Correspondence - Polish Socialist Party - PPS WRN (underground) in Warsaw and PPS Foreign Committee in exile. | 1940-1946 |
| 8 | Correspondence - Polish Socialist Party - PPS WRN (underground) in Warsaw and PPS Foreign Committee in exile. Correspondence of Adam Ciolkosz with Zygmunt Zaremba. Letters from Warsaw to London. Fragments in code. | 1940-1946 |
| 9 | Correspondence - Warsaw and London - originals and photocopies | 1940-1946 |
| 10 | Correspondence - Polish Socialist Party - PPS Foreign Committee and the PPS WRN (underground) in Warsaw. Correspondence of Adam Ciolkosz with Zygmunt Zaremba. Letters from London to Poland. | 1941-1946 |
| 11 | Correspondence - Polish political leaders and activists, writers, publishers and others. Letters of political leaders in exile. | 1946-1946 |
| 12 | Correspondence - Polish political leaders in exile - Adam Ciolkosz, Jan Kwapinski, Gustaw Herling Grudzinski, Waclaw Zagórski. | 1946-1947 |
| 13 | Correspondence - Arciszewski Tomasz - Prime Minister of the London Government and PPS leader | 1946-1953 |
| 14 | Correspondence - Polish socialists leaders in exile and WRN activists in Poland, 1946-1948. Letters by Z.Zaremba, Kazimierz Puzak, Tadeusz Sztrum de Sztrem. | 1946-1948 |
| 15 | Correspondence - Vilem Bernard and Bruno Kalnins | 1946-1966 |
| 16 | Correspondence - Polish political leaders and activists, writers, publishers and others. Letters of political leaders in exile. | 1947-1947 |
| 17 | Correspondence - Ciolkosz Adam and Jan Kwapinski | 1947-1949 |
| 18 | Correspondence - Political trials of PPS-WRN members in Poland. Correspondence of Kazimierz Puzak, Tomasz Arciszewski. | 1947-1949 |
| 19 | Correspondence - Gross Feliks | 1949-1966 |
| 20 | Correspondence - International Socialists Movement leaders. | 1947-1967 |
| 21 | Correspondence - Polish political leaders and activists, writers, publishers and others. Letters of political leaders in exile. | 1948-1948 |
| 22 | Correspondence - Bureau International Socialiste (BIS) in Paris 1948-49. Resolutions, correspondence, letters by Zaremba and Zivko Topolovic | 1948-1949 |
| 23 | Correspondence - Zaremba's travel to the USA. Correspondence with Alojzy Adamczyk | 1947-1993 |
| 24 | Correspondence - International Socialist and PPS in exile - materials concerning relations between the organizations | 1948-1961 |
| 25 | Correspondence - Polish political leaders and activists, writers, publishers and others. Letters of political leaders in exile. | 1949-1950 |
| 26 | Correspondence - Free Trade Unions in exile - letters and press clippings | 1950-1953 |
| 27 | Correspondence - Polish political leaders and activists, writers, publishers and others. Letters of political leaders in exile. Correspondence of American representatives of Radio Free Europe. | 1951-1955 |
| 28 | Correspondence - Voice of America and Radio Free Europe | 1951-1967 |
| 29 | Correspondence - Polish political leaders and activists, writers, publishers and others. Letters of political leaders in exile. Correspondence of American representatives of Radio Free Europe. | 1956-1958 |
| 30 | Correspondence - Polish political leaders and activists, writers, publishers and others. Letters of political leaders in exile. Correspondence of American representatives of Radio Free Europe. | 1959-1960 |
| 31 | Correspondence - Polish political leaders and activists, writers, publishers and others. Letters of political leaders in exile. Correspondence of American representatives of Radio Free Europe. | 1961-1963 |
| 32 | Correspondence - Polish political leaders and activists, writers, publishers and others. Letters of political leaders in exile. Correspondence of American representatives of Radio Free Europe. | 1964-1967 |
| 33 | Documents concerning the conflict between Adam Ciolkosz and Zygmunt Zaremba | 1959-1996 |
| 34 | Materials concerning the activity of the Foreign Committee of Polish Socialist Party (PPS) in exile | 1946-1949 |
| 35 | Materials concerning the activity of the Polish Socialist Party in exile | 1946-1949 |
| 36 | Materials concerning the activity of the Polish Socialist Party in exile | 1950-1959 |
| 37 | Materials concerning the activity of the Polish Socialist Party in exile | 1960-1967 |
| 38 | Socialist Union of Central-Eastern Europe meetings (1949-1963). Published documents, correspondence, press clippings, materials concerning the activity of the Union. | 1949-1963 |
| Political Papers: Political Meetings | ||
| 39 | Photographs - III Meeting of PPS, Calais, France 1955. Photographs in the Polish House, 1 of May Meeting of PPS in London, 1946; portraits of Maciej Rataj, W. Witos, St. Thugutt, Tomasz Arciszewski. | 1946-1955 |
| 40 | Polish Socialist Party meetings (1948). Meeting in Point-a-Lesse in Belgium. | 1948-1948 |
| 41 | Polish Socialist Party meetings (1948). Meeting in Point-a-Lesse in Belgium. Personal questionaires, reports on the meeting, telegrams and news. | 1948-1948 |
| 42 | Temporary Council of National Unity (TRJN) meeting in 1954. Political Council of the Various Polish Political Parties, 1949 | 1949-1954 |
| 43 | Socialist Union of Central-Eastern Europe meetings (1949-1963).Correspondence. | 1949-1963 |
| 44 | Polish Socialist Party meetings (1954-1966). | 1954-1966 |
| 45 | Copies of information bulletins published by PPS WRN in occupied Warsaw | 1940-1942 |
| Political Papers: Press and Press Clippings | ||
| 46 | Copies of information bulletins published by PPS WRN in occupied Warsaw | 1940-1940 |
| 47 | Copies of information bulletins published by PPS WRN in occupied Warsaw | 1942-1943 |
| 48 | Press clippings - Trial of the START organization | 1948-1951 |
| 49 | Reviews of books, articles, press clippings and publications about Zygmunt Zaremba | 1946-1967 |
| 50 | Socialist press publish in exile - "Biuletyn Informacyjny PPS", "Robotnik Polski w Italii" | |
| Political Papers: Publications and Speeches | ||
| 51 | Book:"WOJNA I KONSPIRACJA" - pieces of the original manuscript. Pirces of mamuscript "Przemiany w obozie komunistycznym" | 1956-1956 |
| 52 | Book:"WOJNA I KONSPIRACJA". Original handwritten notes of the book, correspondence of Zaremba with Jan Kwapinski; press clippings and 5 handwritten notebooks | 1939-1967 |
| 53 | Commentaries for the Voice of America | 1949-1951 |
| 54 | Commentaries for the Voice of America | 1953-1954 |
| 55 | Commentaries for the Voice of America | 1955-1955 |
| 56 | Commentaries for the Voice of America | 1956-1956 |
| 57 | Manuscript: "POKOLENIE PRZELOMU" by Zygmunt Zaremba - memoirs 1905-1919 | 1966-1967 |
| Political Papers: Press and Press Clippings | ||
| 58 | Manuscript: "Warszawa dwa razy" and "Warszawa w ogniu powstania". | 1939-1956 |
| Political Papers: Publications and Speeches | ||
| 59 | Political publications by Zygmunt Zaremba. Articles, speeches and obituaries of fellow-activists of the PPS. | 1946-1947 |
| 60 | Manuscripts and publications by Zaremba. Articles for ROBOTNIK POLSKI published in New York. | 1946-1996 |
| 61 | Notes - personal correspondence, political remarks | 1948-1965 |
| 62 | Political publications of other authors sent to Zygmunt Zaremba - "Zywa prawda - Zydzi Polscy i antysemityzm w Polsce". | |
| 63 | Political publications of other authors sent to Zygmunt Zaremba | 1949-1965 |
| 64 | Publishing activity of Z. Zaremba on exile.Materials and notes to publications "Swiatlo" and "Droga". | 1947-1967 |
| 65 | Type with speech of "Depesza Marcina" form the "Blyskawica" broadcast radio station (August 24th 1944). Copy of materials for Radio Free Europe. | 1944-1958 |
| 66 | Unpublished manuscripts by Zygmunt Zaremba. Notes and material to publications: "Trzecia Rzeczpospolita" and "Naród na wygnaniu, czy emigracja polityczna". | 1965-1967 |
| Records Added after Zygmunt Zaremba's Death | ||
| 67 | Articles and obituaries after Zygmunt Zaremba | 1967-1967 |
| 68 | Copies of materials about the activities of PPS in 1967-1988 | 1967-1988 |
| 69 | Correspondence and other materials concerning the work of Olena Zaremba-Blaton on the Zygmunt Zaremba papers collection. | 1983-1997 |
| 70 | Published memoirs - "WSPOMNIENIA 1905-1919". | 1983-1983 |
| 71 | Published memoirs - "WSPOMNIENIA 1905-1919". Wydawnictwo Literackie, 1983 | 1983-1983 |
| 72 | Missing. Materials described in G.Simor's guide - probably destroyed. Partly divided by Olena Zaremba-Blaton into the following folders: ZZ2/4a, ZZ2/4b, ZZ2/4c, ZZ2/4c (1988-1998). | |
| 73 | Missing. Materials described in G.Simor's guide - probably destroyed. Partly divided by Olena Zaremba-Blaton into the following folders: ZZ2/4a, ZZ2/4b, ZZ2/4c, ZZ2/4c (1988-1998). | |
| 74 | Missing. Materials described in G.Simor's guide - probably destroyed. Partly divided by Olena Zaremba-Blaton into the following folders: ZZ1/5, ZZ1/7, ZZ2/5, ZZ4/1 (1988-1998). | 1947-1949 |