Date range
1914-2000
Biography / History
Charles Burk was a Polish American editor and writer, City Editor of the Polish Daily “Zgoda”, member of the Polish National Alliance. He was the first benefactor of the PIASA Archive. The collection of photographs was dedicated to him as a Burke Charles Memorial Collection. Acquisition Note: Gift of Charles Burke c.a. 1960.
Abstract
The collection contains photographs from military and diplomatic sources – US Information War Service, British Ministry of Information, Polish States Infromation Service. The photographs depict World War II battlefields, millitary leaders, rank and file soliders, diplomats, statesmen, meetings and conferences, war casualties, military missions of the Polish Armed Forces and Allied Forces in Western Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. The collection contains many portraits of military and political allied leaders: Generals: Wladyslaw Sikorski, Kazimierz Sosnkowski, Wladyslaw Anders, Omar Bradley, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Chiang Kai-shek, Leclerc, Montgomery and Presidents: Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman. The collection also contains some original photo from the Warsaw Uprising in 1944 and photos from American Polonia events e.g. from General Jozef Haller’s Testimonial Dinner in New York (1940) and from meetings of John and Robert Kennedy with Polonia. There are also portraitsof Polish intellectual leaders and the Presidents of Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America (PIASA). Arrangement in Series: By format – Glass Slides, Photographs and Postcards. Inside each series they are arranged by subjects.
Language
English, Russian, German, French.
| No. | Title | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Glass Slides | ||
| 1 | Poland - Art. "Polonia" by Artur Grottger | |
| 2 | Poland - Art. "Polonia" by Artur Grottger | |
| 3 | Poland - History. Polish soldiers in the January Uprising, 1863 | 1938-1938 |
| 4 | Poland - History. Polish soldiers in the Wielkopolska Uprising, 1848 | 1938-1938 |
| 5 | Poland - Polish Cities - Cracow, Gdansk, Lwow, Warsaw, Vilnius. | 1918-1918 |
| 6 | Poland - Propaganda slides on recruitment for the Polish Army in France | 1917-1918 |
| 7 | World War I - German patrol in ruined town in East Prussia (1914) | 1914-1914 |
| 8 | World War I - Poland. Interior of the Church in Rokitnov near Warsaw destroyed by Germans (1915) | 1915-1915 |
| 9 | World War I - Polish Army in Austria (1915) | 1915-1915 |
| Photographs - Art | ||
| 10 | Incas sculptures | 1974-1974 |
| 11 | Paderewski death's mask. Paderewski Foundation | 1963-1963 |
| 12 | Portrait of Palacky by Frantisek Tkadlik | |
| 13 | Portrait of Polish King Stanislaus II | |
| 14 | Portraits of Kings of Poland | |
| 15 | Theatre - Play "The Funny Old Man". Actors: Ralph Cowings and Edgar Stroke | |
| Photographs - Europe - England | ||
| 16 | London | 1987-1987 |
| 17 | Oxford | 1987-1987 |
| Photographs - Europe - France | ||
| 18 | Paris - Stacja Naukowa Polskiej Akademii Nauk | 2000-2000 |
| Photographs - Europe - Poland | ||
| 19 | Auschwitz - German Nazi Concentration Camp - Museum | 1987-1987 |
| 20 | Bydgoszcz (1920s) | |
| 21 | Cracow (1920s) | |
| 22 | Cracow (1930s) - negatives | |
| 23 | Cracow (1956-1960) - Cracow University - Collegium Maius. | 1956-1960 |
| 24 | Cracow (1974) - Meeting and exhibition in the Academy of Arts in Cracow of Józefa Rogut works | 1974-1974 |
| 25 | Cracow (1987) | 1987-1987 |
| 26 | Czestochowa | 1987-1987 |
| 27 | Gdynia (1920s) | |
| 28 | Hel Peninsula | 1926-1926 |
| 29 | Lwow (1930s) | |
| 30 | Palmiry | 1987-1987 |
| 31 | Pieskowa Skala - Castle | |
| 32 | Poland before World war II | |
| 33 | Poznan (1920s) | |
| 34 | Rogalin - Castle | |
| 35 | Rozewie (1930s) | |
| 36 | Stalowa Wola | 1939-1939 |
| 37 | Tatra Mountains - negatives | |
| 38 | Warsaw (1930s) | |
| 39 | Warsaw (1930s) - negatives | |
| 40 | Warsaw - Visit of President Nixon in Poland | |
| 41 | Warsaw (1987) | 1987-1987 |
| 42 | Wieliczka - Salt Mine (1987) | 1987-1987 |
| 43 | Wilno before World War II | 1930-1930 |
| Photographs - PIASA | ||
| 44 | Annual Meeting of PIASA (1979) in New York | 1979-1979 |
| 45 | Annual Meeting of PIASA (1980) in New York | 1980-1980 |
| 46 | Annual Meeting of PIASA (1988) in Washington D.C. | 1988-1988 |
| 47 | Staff of PIASA (1980) | 1980-1980 |
| Photographs - Polish intellectuals and leaders | ||
| 48 | Polish intellectuals and leaders - Archbishop Hlond (1930s.) | |
| 49 | Polish intellectuals and leaders - dr Eugenia Fronczak-Bukowska, dr Walter M. Drzewieniecki, dr Fretwell E.K.- President of Buffalo State College; dr Josef Ertavi | 1968-1968 |
| 50 | Polish intellectuals and leaders - Florian Znaniecki | |
| 51 | Polish intellectuals and leaders - General Wladyslaw Sikorski (1940s.) | |
| 52 | Polish intellectuals and leaders - Pope John Paul II | |
| 53 | Polish intellectuals and leaders - Pope John Paul II. Sculpture | 1978-1978 |
| 54 | Polish intellectuals and leaders - Jozef Pilsudski (1930s.) | |
| 55 | Polish intellectuals and leaders - Maria Priscari, George Seget | 1956-1956 |
| 56 | Polish intellectuals and leaders - Oskar Halecki, Waclaw Lednicki | 1944-1955 |
| 57 | Polish intellectuals and leaders - Tadeusz Kotarbinski, Zbigniew Brzezinski. Polish Congressmen: Rostenkowski Dan, Derwinski Edward, Drewinski John | 1968-1980 |
| 58 | Polish intellectuals and leaders - Tadeusz Sztrum de Sztrem, Marian Smoluchowski | 1917-1917 |
| 59 | Polish intellectuals and leaders - Witold Skwarkowski | 1972-1979 |
| 60 | Polish Musicians and Artists - Artur Rubinstein, Zygmunt Stojowski and Henryk Szeryng. Photos - pictures of Jan Matejko and Olga Bozmanska. Jan Lechon | 1940-1960 |
| Photographs - Polonia Events | ||
| 61 | Arlington (VA), 1963 - Dedication of the Tombstone of Ignacy Paderewski, 1963. The Kennedys with Polonia, 1962. Photos of John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, Zygmunt Nagórski, Damian Wandycz, Dulski T.J., Osinski H.J. and Jan Wszelaki | 1960-1963 |
| 62 | New York (NY), 1940 - General Józef Haller Testimonial Dinner in New York 1940. Copernicus Quartercentenary Celebration, Royal Institution London 1943. Portraits of: Sir Henry Dale, Stanislaw Kot, Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz - President, Edward Raczynski | 1940-1943 |
| 63 | New York (NY), 1965 - Dinner at the Yale Club, New York | 1965-1965 |
| Photographs - World War II | ||
| 64 | World War II - Allied Forces - Battles in Africa, Italy; Norway; France; Holland and Belgium. US and Polish troops. The 1st Polish Armoured Division. Battle of the Polish 2nd Corps at Monte Cassino. Portraits of generals | 1939-1945 |
| 65 | World War II - Allied Forces - Battles in: Middle East, France in Normandy, Italy, Holland and Germany. The Polish 2nd Corps in Middle East. Meeting of General Sikorski and Anders. Damaged German cannons. Fawzia - Empress of Iran | 1943-1948 |
| 66 | World War II - Allied Forces - Battles in: Tunisia, France, Italy and Germany. Polish Red Cross Mission. Allied troops. US Navy. The 1st Polish Armoured Division. Portraits of political and military leaders. Painting of the George Washington Bridge in NY | 1939-1945 |
| 67 | World War II - Allied Forces - Holland and Belgium. The 1st Polish Armoured Division. | 1944-1945 |
| 68 | World War II - Allied Forces - Poland. National Armed Forces. "Szczerbiec" Brigade. (Narodowe Sily Zbrojne). | |
| 69 | World War II - Allied Forces - Poland. Polish Armed Forces Flags: Polish Home Guard and National Armed Forces | |
| 70 | World War II - Allied Forces - Poland. Warsaw Uprising, 1944 | 1944-1944 |
| 71 | World War II - Allied Forces - Poland. Warsaw Uprising, 1944. Selected Materials | |
| 72 | World War II - Allied Forces - political and official meetings with generals and leaders of the Polish and allied troops in France, Germany, Italy , North Africa, Middle East. Portraits of generals and political leaders | 1939-1945 |
| 73 | World War II - Allied Forces - political and official meetings with generals and leaders of the Polish and allied troops in France, Germany, Italy , North Africa, Middle East. Portraits of generals and political leaders | 1939-1945 |
| 74 | World War II - Allied Forces - political and official meetings. Yalta meeting - the British leaders house. International Air Authorities Meeting in Canada. French press. Iranian journalists in New York | 1943-1948 |
| 75 | World War II - Poland. Warsaw during World War II - negatives | |
| Postcards | ||
| 76 | Postcards from Austria: Vienna | |
| 77 | Postcards from Canada: Stanford, Ontario - The Theatre Festival | 1980-1980 |
| 78 | Postcards from Canada: Vancouver | 1957-1957 |
| 79 | Postcards from Czechoslovakia: Prague | 1969-1969 |
| 80 | Postcards from France: London | |
| 81 | Postcards from France: Architecture - Castles | 1925-1970 |
| 82 | Postcards from France: Paris | 1925-1970 |
| 83 | Postcards from Germany | |
| 84 | Postcards from India - Bombay | |
| 85 | Postcards from Italy - Art | 1964-1964 |
| 86 | Postcards from Poland: Arkadia | 1968-1968 |
| 87 | Postcards from Poland: Art - Polish History, Literature and Paintings | |
| 88 | Postcards from Poland: Bydgoszcz | 1925-1939 |
| 89 | Postcards from Poland: Cracow | 1922-1970 |
| 90 | Postcards from Poland: Grodno | 1927-1927 |
| 91 | Postcards from Poland: Inowroclaw | |
| 92 | Postcards from Poland: Mielno | 1957-1957 |
| 93 | Postcards from Poland: Rogalin | 1988-1988 |
| 94 | Postcards from Poland: Sopot | 1958-1958 |
| 95 | Postcards from Poland: Warszawa | 1925-1977 |
| 96 | Postcards from Poland: Wieliczka | 1925-1939 |
| 97 | Postcards from Poland: Wilno - Ostra Brama | 1927-1944 |
| 98 | Postcards from Poland: Zakopane | 1927-1939 |
| 99 | Postcards from USA: Polish American Fraternity | |
| 100 | Postcards from Switzerland | 1958-1958 |
| 101 | Postcards from USA: California - Santa Barbara | |
| 102 | Postcards from USA: Florida State | |
| 103 | Postcards from USA: Maryland - Baltimore | |
| 104 | Postcards from USA: Montana | |
| 105 | Postcards from USA: Native Americans | |
| 106 | Postcards from USA: New York - New York | |
| 107 | Postcards from USA: Pennsylvania, Cambridge Springs - Alliance College | 1967-1967 |
| 108 | Postcards from USA: Washington State | 1960-1960 |