Date range
(1939)1945-1951
Biography / History
Polish Press Agency in Edinburgh (1900-1953) was founded in July 1945 in Scotland as an independent press agency for the defense of the interests of the Polish political emigration in Great Britain. Acquisition Note: Gift of Zygmunt Nagorski ca. 1964.
Abstract
The collection contains official correspondence between the Executive Director Zygmunt Nagorski and British newspapers or other press agencies and also statements of the Polish Press Agency. The series of press clippings contains information on the situation of Poles in exile and the activities of the Polish Government-in-Exile. There are also information on the interior situation in Poland after 1944, the communist terror in Poland, international affairs (1945-1951), Soviet issues and the Katyn Crime. Arrangement in Series: Correspondence; Press Clippings; Reports.
Language
English, Polish, French, German.
| No. | Title | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Correspondence | ||
| 1 | Current Issues A - B | 1945-1951 |
| 2 | Current Issues C - E | 1945-1950 |
| 3 | Current Issues F - L | 1947-1950 |
| 4 | Current Issues M - N | 1946-1951 |
| 5 | Current Issues P - R | 1948-1950 |
| 6 | Current Issues S - Z | 1948-1950 |
| 7 | Letters to the Editor A - F (Auckland Chronicle - Forward, Glasgow) | 1946-1948 |
| 8 | Letters to the Editor G - O (Glasgow Herald - Oxford Mail) | 1946-1947 |
| 9 | Letters to the Editor P - S (The People - Shrewsbury Chronicle) | 1946-1949 |
| 10 | Letters to the Editor S - Y (South Wales Argus - Yorkshire Evening Post) | 1946-1949 |
| 11 | Press from 1948. Correspondence and statements. A-D | 1948-1950 |
| 12 | Press from 1948. Correspondence and statements. E-H | 1948-1950 |
| 13 | Press from 1948. Correspondence and statements. I-N | 1948-1950 |
| 14 | Press from 1948. Correspondence and statements. O-R | 1948-1950 |
| 15 | Press from 1948. Correspondence and statements. S | 1948-1950 |
| 16 | Press from 1948. Correspondence and statements. T-Z | 1948-1950 |
| Press Clippings | ||
| 17 | Press clippings - Emigration. (Black Market. British born wives. Boncza Tomaszewski Jerzy.) | 1947-1948 |
| 18 | Press clippings - Emigration. (Catholic Church in Poland. Church for Poles in Great Britain. Czechoslovakia and Poland. Children. Culture. Christian Rally in Edinburgh.) | 1947-1949 |
| 19 | Press clippings - Emigration. (Dering. Education. Employment. Expenditure on Poles. Forestry.) | 1945-1948 |
| 20 | Press clippings - Emigration. (Displaced Persons.) | 1944-1948 |
| 21 | Press clippings - Emigration. (Foundries. Federation of Free Journalists. Intelligence Service.) | 1944-1948 |
| 22 | Press clippings - Emigration. (General Wladyslaw Anders. English-Polish agreements. English-Polish societies. Anti-Polish actions.) | 1939-1948 |
| 23 | Press clippings - Emigration. (Jews) | 1944-1945 |
| 24 | Press clippings - Emigration. (Leaflets by Warsaw Government. Walka - Struggle. London Polish Government) | 1942-1948 |
| 25 | Press clippings - Emigration. (Marriages, Memoranda of Polish Government-in-Exile - Raczkiewicz, Arciszewski, Mikolajczyk) | 1944-1948 |
| 26 | Press clippings - Emigration. (New London Government. Naturalization. Polish Freedom Movement NID. National Day Celebrations) | 1947-1950 |
| 27 | Press clippings - Emigration. (Opinions on employment of Poles. Opinions on Poles in General) | 1944-1947 |
| 28 | Press clippings - Emigration. (Pensions. Polish Government in Exile. Paderewski Hospital. Polish Press Agency. Polish press in Great Britain. Parcels to Poland. Polish Cultural and Social Association) | 1944-1950 |
| 29 | Press clippings - Emigration. (SPK. San Francisco. Zbigniew Stypulkowski. Scottish Polish Society. General Sikorski. General Sosnkowski.) | 1943-1948 |
| 30 | Press clippings - Emigration. (Tlotczynski Ignacy. Teliga Stanislaw. Third World War.) | 1949-1950 |
| 31 | Press clippings - Emigration. (Ukrainian P.O.W. in Great Britain. V-Day Parade. Warsaw Embassy in London. Bear "Wojtek". Polish War Crimes Office. August Zalewski.) | 1947-1951 |
| 32 | Press clippings - Emigration. (Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz. Repatriation. Resettlement Corps. Refugees in India. Józef Retinger.) | 1946-1948 |
| 33 | Press clippings - International Affairs. Romania. | 1945-1949 |
| 34 | Press clippings - International Affairs. Soviet Union. (Armed Forces.) | 1948-1948 |
| 35 | Press clippings - International Affairs. Soviet Union. (Censorship.) | 1947-1947 |
| 36 | Press clippings - International Affairs. Soviet Union. (Communism. Commintern.) | 1947-1948 |
| 37 | Press clippings - International Affairs. Soviet Union. (Culture.) | 1948-1948 |
| 38 | Press clippings - International Affairs. Soviet Union. (East Europe under Russia.) | 1948-1948 |
| 39 | Press clippings - International Affairs. Soviet Union. (Economy and trade.) | 1948-1948 |
| 40 | Press clippings - International Affairs. Soviet Union. (Food and Rationing.) | 1946-1948 |
| 41 | Press clippings - International Affairs. Soviet Union. (Forced Labor Camps.) | 1948-1948 |
| 42 | Press clippings - International Affairs. Soviet Union. (Ideology) | 1948-1948 |
| 43 | Press clippings - International Affairs. Soviet Union. (Internal Situation) | 1947-1949 |
| 44 | Press clippings - International Affairs. Soviet Union. (Land-Lease) | 1947-1947 |
| 45 | Press clippings - International Affairs. Soviet Union. (Mass Deportations) | 1945-1947 |
| 46 | Press clippings - International Affairs. Soviet Union. (Rulers of Russia.) | 1946-1948 |
| 47 | Press clippings - International Affairs. Soviet Union. (Russia and the West. Great Britain.) | 1948-1948 |
| 48 | Press clippings - International Affairs. Soviet Union. (Russia and the West. USA.) | 1948-1948 |
| 49 | Press clippings - International Affairs. Soviet Union. (Russia and the West.) | 1946-1947 |
| 50 | Press clippings - International Affairs. Soviet Union. (Russia and the West.) | 1948-1948 |
| 51 | Press clippings - International Affairs. Soviet Union. (Russian German relations.) | 1948-1948 |
| 52 | Press clippings - International Affairs. Soviet Union. (Science) | 1948-1948 |
| 53 | Press clippings - International Affairs. Soviet Union. (Young Generation.) | 1947-1947 |
| 54 | Press clippings - International Affairs. Spain. | 1946-1948 |
| 55 | Press clippings - International Affairs. Sweden. | 1946-1946 |
| 56 | Press clippings - International Affairs. Teheran Treaty. | 1944-1944 |
| 57 | Press clippings - International Affairs. Trade Unions. | 1947-1947 |
| 58 | Press clippings - International Affairs. Turkey. | 1944-1946 |
| 59 | Press clippings - Poland. (General Situation. Warsaw Government. Ghetto. German occupation. Committee of National Liberation. Bierut. Grabski. Kot. Lange. Popiel. Rzymowski. Strassburger. Witos.) | 1944-1948 |
| 60 | Press clippings - Poland. (General Situation.) | 1945-1948 |
| 61 | Press clippings - Poland. (Ukrainians. Underground in Poland. Universities. UNRRA.) | 1944-1948 |
| 62 | Press clippings - Poland. (Yalta Conference. Young Generation.) | 1948-1951 |
| 63 | Press clippings - Poland. Domestic press (1949-1950) | 1949-1950 |
| 64 | Press clippings - Poland. Domestic press. (Bierut. Berman. Communist Security Service. Libraries. Budget.) | 1946-1948 |
| 65 | Press clippings - Poland. Domestic press. (Cardinal Sapieha. Education. Health. War Losses. Polish Peasant Party.) | 1946-1949 |
| 66 | Press clippings - Poland. Domestic press. (Congress in Wroclaw. Yugoslav issues. Catholic Press and Church. Food distribution. Culture.) | 1947-1948 |
| 67 | Press clippings - Poland. Domestic press. (Constitution. Warsaw Government. Agriculture. Repatriation. Radio. Russian issues.) | 1946-1948 |
| 68 | Press clippings - Poland. Domestic press. (Forestry. Health. War losses.) | 1946-1948 |
| 69 | Press clippings - Poland. Domestic press. (General Anders. Amnesty. Lowers.) | 1946-1947 |
| 70 | Press clippings - Poland. Domestic press. (German Crimes. Oil. Education.) | 1946-1948 |
| 71 | Press clippings - Poland. Domestic press. (Health. New territories. Trade Unions. Jews. Food. Rola-Zymierski.) | 1946-1948 |
| 72 | Press clippings - Poland. Domestic press. (Osóbka-Morawski. Reconstruction. Trail of German Staff from Auschwitz. Police.) | 1946-1948 |
| 73 | Press clippings - Poland. Domestic press. (Red Army. Censorship. Polish - Czechoslovak relations. Market - prices.) | 1947-1948 |
| 74 | Press clippings - Poland. Domestic press. (Theatre. Elections. Deportations. Army. Warsaw.) | 1946-1949 |
| 75 | Press clippings - Poland. Domestic press. (Trials. Universities. Coal.) | 1946-1948 |
| 76 | Press clippings - Poland. Domestic press. (War losses. Children's. Social Aid. Forestry. Domestic market.) | 1947-1948 |
| 77 | Press clippings - Poland. Domestic press. (Warsaw Uprising. Communist and Socialist Parties. Taxes. Harbors. Industry. Pu?ak Trail.) | 1946-1948 |
| 78 | Press clippings - Poland. Elections in Poland (1947) | 1945-1947 |
| 79 | Press clippings - Poland. Elections in Poland (1947) | 1947-1947 |
| 80 | Press clippings - Poland. Elections in Poland (1947) | 1947-1947 |
| 81 | Press clippings - Poland. Polish-Soviet relations (1943) | 1943-1943 |
| 82 | Press clippings - Poland. Polish-Soviet relations (1944) | 1944-1944 |
| 83 | Press clippings - Poland. Polish-Soviet relations (1945) | 1945-1945 |
| 84 | Press clippings - Poland. Polish-Soviet relations (1946) | 1946-1946 |
| 85 | Press clippings - Poland. Prewar Poland. Poland under German occupation. | 1942-1953 |
| 86 | Press clippings - Polish Forces - War Effort. (Air Force.) | 1944-1948 |
| 87 | Press clippings - Polish Forces - War Effort. (Army. 1st Armored Division. Airborne Brigade. 2nd Corps. Carpathian Brigade. Polish ATS. Polish Army in Russia.) | 1943-1948 |
| 88 | Press clippings - Polish Forces - War Effort. (Home Army. Sabotages and Resistance. Warsaw Uprising 1944. Deportation of Home Army by Russians. | 1939-1945 |
| 89 | Press clippings - Polish Forces - War Effort. (Navy. Submarines and War Navy. Merchant Navy.) | 1943-1948 |
| Reports | ||
| 90 | Extracts from HANSARD (1939-1944). Polish issues. | 1939-1944 |
| 91 | Extracts from HANSARD (1947). Polish issues. | 1947-1947 |
| 92 | Extracts from HANSARD (1948). Polish issues. | 1948-1948 |
| 93 | Extracts from HANSARD (1949-1950). Polish issues. | 1949-1950 |
| 94 | News - Hand-outs: Digest of Current Events. | 1946-1946 |
| 95 | News - Hand-outs: Europe - Displaced persons. Deportations. | 1945-1947 |
| 96 | News - Hand-outs: Europe. | 1945-1948 |
| 97 | News - Hand-outs: Katyn Crime. | 1945-1948 |
| 98 | News - Hand-outs: Nagórski Farewell Letter. | 1948-1948 |
| 99 | News - Hand-outs: News from Poland. | 1945-1948 |
| 100 | Statements of the Polish Press Agency. | 1946-1949 |