Fonds No. 39: Ludwika Ciechanowiecka Papers

Date range

(1881)1938-1983

Biography / History

Ludwika Ciechanowiecka was a Polish writer and journalist. She lived in exile in the USA until 1940. She was a former staff member of the newspaper “Nowy Swiat” (The Polish Daily News) published in New York. Acquisition Note: Gift ca. 1989.

Abstract

The collection contains private and official correspondence of Ludwika Ciechanowiecka with the Central and Eastern European Planning Board and Polish writer Ksawery Pruszynski. There are also biographical data on Ciechanowiecki family (1881 – 1945). The series – Publications – contains handwritten manuscripts and typescripts of articles, radio scripts for Radio Free Europe and a small series of press clippings on Polish, German, Soviet and Jewish issues. Arrangement in Series: Official Correspondence; Private Correspondence; Personal Papers, Publications; Press Clippings.

Language

English, Polish.

No.TitleDates
Official Correspondence
1Correspondence1934-1979
2Correspondence with Central and Eastern European Planning Board. Reports of meetings of the Board, March 19421942-1945
3Correspondence with PIASA1976-1983
Private Correspondence
4Correspondence with Ksawery Pruszynski. Printed list of passengers of the liner m/s "Pilsudski", May 19, 19391939-1950
5Correspondence with private persons1931-1977
6Correspondence with private persons1978-1981
Personal Papers
7Biographical data1938-1959
8Financial issues. Bills, tickets, notes.1959-1981
9Genealogical material on the history of Ciechanowiecki Family1907-1964
10Genealogical material on the history of Ciechanowiecki Family. Notes of Bronislawa Korwin-Ciechanowiecka from Petersburg (1881-1918)1881-1963
11Notes for memoirs1939-1945
12Personal photographs. Photographs of friends.1934-1975
Publications
13Articles from a column "W Kalejdoskopie" of the Polish Newspaper "Nowy Swiat" on Polish and Polish American issues.1944-1945
14Articles on American and Polish American issues.1943-1946
15Articles on American and Polish American issues.1941-1959
16Articles on American issues. Manuscript "Wiosna w Waszyngtonie".1951-1951
17Articles on Polish American issues.1945-1959
18Articles on Stanislaw Strzetelski Director of the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America1965-1965
19Articles on travels to New Zealand.1963-1963
20Press Clippings - "W Kalejdoskopie" by Ludwika Ciechanowiecka1944-1945
21Press Clippings - "W Kalejdoskopie" by Ludwika Ciechanowiecka1945-1945
22Press Clippings - Articles by Ludwika Ciechanowiecka1943-1943
23Script: "Polish American Students in Pennsylvania"1952-1952
24Scripts and notes for Radio speeches and press articles.1945-1966
Press Clippings
25Press Clippings - Jewish issues. Trial of Adolf Eichmann1960-1968
26Press Clippings - Polish Americans issues.1941-1976
27Press Clippings - Polish German issues1948-1965
28Press Clippings - Polish poetry.1956-1975
29Press Clippings - Polonia in the USA - Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America1969-1981
30Press Clippings - Soviet issues.1968-1983
31Press Clippings - the War World II1941-1941