Date range
(1917)1932-1949(1960)
Biography / History
Paul Super (1880-1949) was a member and activist of the International Committee of Young Men’s Christian Association (Y.M.C.A.), organizer and General Director of Polish Y.M.C.A. (1922 to 1949). Acquisition Note: Gift ca. 1989.
Abstract
The collection contains official correspondence with Y.M.C.A. leaders and an open letter from Paul Super to the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (1938-1949), with press commentaries. There are also reports and publications on the Polish Y.M.C.A. activities before and after the World War II. In the series – Y.M.C.A. – Photographs is large set of photos from Polish Y.M.C.A. activities for the support for Polish armed forces in France, Great Britain, Middle East and Africa. There are also photographs from Polish refugee centers in Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika, South Africa and Rhodesia of Polish youth people, who were evacuated from Russian forced labor camps in 1942. In the collection is also private correspondence of Paul and Margaret Super and private photos. Arrangement in Series: Official Correspondence; Personal Papers; Publications; Y.M.C.A. – Photographs.
Language
English, Polish.
| No. | Title | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Official Correspondence | ||
| 1 | Correspondence on Y.M.C.A | 1924-1948 |
| 2 | Open letter to Mr. Winston Churchill. Press and official commentaries. | 1948-1949 |
| 3 | Report: "Polish Y.M.C.A. Building in Warsaw Before the War". | 1945-1946 |
| Personal Papers | ||
| 4 | Biographical data, press clippings on Paul Super | 1936-1959 |
| 5 | Correspondence of Mrs. Margaret Super. Autograph of Polish painter Tadeusz Styka. | 1940-1960 |
| 6 | Photographs. Portrait of Paul Super with Kazimierz Sosnkowski, Henryk Majchrzak | 1944-1949 |
| 7 | Photographs. Portrait of President Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz. Portrait of Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1940). | 1940-1943 |
| 8 | Travels by Gdynia-America Line liners ms "Batory" and ms "Pilsudski". Menus | 1937-1939 |
| Publications | ||
| 9 | Article "Poland. Its Location, People, History, Significance" by Paul Super. Notes and maps. An article: "The Background of Polish-German Relations in Charts and Figures" by Donald E. Super. | 1932-1937 |
| 10 | Articles on Polish Y.M.C.A. and Polish issues by Paul Super. Scripts of radio broadcast Interview with Paul Super. | 1925-1945 |
| 11 | Notes on articles on Federalism and Central Eastern European Union. | 1941-1942 |
| 12 | Religious notes on articles. An article " The Values of the Christian Faith" by Paul Super | 1917-1941 |
| 13 | Script: "Notes for Leaders of the Polish Y.M.C.A." by Paul Super. | 1946-1946 |
| Personal Papers | ||
| 14 | Wood-cuts of Polish graphic artists: Witold Januszewski and Marian Walentynowicz. Publications sponsored by Paul and Margaret Super. | 1941-1943 |
| Y.M.C.A. - Photographs | ||
| 15 | Polish Y.M.C.A. - Africa - Camps of Polish Y.M.C.A. in Tanganyika, South Rhodesia, South Africa, Uganda, Kenya, 1940-1945. Map of Africa enclosed. | 1940-1945 |
| 16 | Polish Y.M.C.A. - England - Building of Polish Y.M.C.A. Airmen House-Nottingham, 1942 | 1942-1942 |
| 17 | Polish Y.M.C.A. - England - Mobile Field Unit of Polish Y.M.C.A., 1942-1943. | 1942-1943 |
| 18 | Polish Y.M.C.A. - England - Polish soldiers theatre | |
| 19 | Polish Y.M.C.A. - England - Polish Y.M.C.A. - Negatives | |
| 20 | Polish Y.M.C.A. - England - Polish Y.M.C.A. - Polish Fighters. Portrait of Witold Urbanowicz. | 1943-1943 |
| 21 | Polish Y.M.C.A. - England - Polish Y.M.C.A. 22 Center - party for Polish Bomber Squadrons | |
| 22 | Polish Y.M.C.A. - England - Polish Y.M.C.A. Headquarters in London | 1941-1945 |
| 23 | Polish Y.M.C.A. - England - Polish Y.M.C.A. in Center for Young Aviation Cadets of the Polish Army, 1944. Visit of General Sosnkowski. | 1944-1944 |
| 24 | Polish Y.M.C.A. - England - Polish Y.M.C.A. Social Center in Croughton | |
| 25 | Polish Y.M.C.A. - England - Polish Y.M.C.A. Social Center in Folkestone | |
| 26 | Polish Y.M.C.A. - England - Polish Y.M.C.A. Social Center in Newton | |
| 27 | Polish Y.M.C.A. - England - Polish Y.M.C.A. Social Center in Northolt | |
| 28 | Polish Y.M.C.A. - England - Polish Y.M.C.A. Social Center in Scotland. Polish 1st Airborne Division | 1944-1944 |
| 29 | Polish Y.M.C.A. - England - Polish Y.M.C.A. Summer School. Visit of President W3adys3aw Raczkiewicz | |
| 30 | Polish Y.M.C.A. - France - Camps and training for Polish Y.M.C.A. leaders, 1940-1945 | 1940-1945 |
| 31 | Polish Y.M.C.A. - France - Training for Polish Y.M.C.A. leaders at Alvignae, October 1941 | 1941-1941 |
| 32 | Polish Y.M.C.A. - Germany - "Paul Super" Summer Camp at Reckenfeld near Osnabrueck, August 1-31, 1946 | 1946-1946 |
| 33 | Polish Y.M.C.A. - Middle East - Polish Y.M.C.A. camps in Beirut and Palestine and Polish youth in Uzbekistan (USSR) | 1942-1943 |
| 34 | Polish Y.M.C.A. - Poland - Building of Polish Y.M.C.A., 1938 | 1938-1938 |
| 35 | Polish Y.M.C.A. - Poland - Building of Polish Y.M.C.A., 1945-1946 | 1945-1946 |
| 36 | Polish Y.M.C.A. - Romania - Polish Y.M.C.A. Headquarters. Paul Super and Minister Arciszewski | 1939-1939 |
| 37 | Poster on 25th Anniversary of Polish Y.M.C.A. | 1947-1947 |