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Jan Karski papers, 1939-2007

Title: Jan Karski papers, 1939-2007

Correspondence, memoranda, government documents, bulletins, reports, studies, speeches and writings, printed matter, photographs, clippings, newspapers, periodicals, sound and video recordings, and microfilm, relating to events and conditions in Poland during World War II, the German and Soviet occupations of Poland, treatment of the Jews in Poland during the German occupation, and operations of the Polish underground movement during World War II.

ArchivalResource: 19 manuscript boxes, 10 oversize boxes, 6 card file boxes, 24 photo envelopes, and 26 microfilm reels; (20 linear feet)

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Wood, E. Thomas, 1963-. E. Thomas Wood papers, 1939-2000.

Title: E. Thomas Wood papers, 1939-2000.

Writings, notes, correspondence, photocopies of government documents, books, other printed matter, photographs, and videotapes, relating to Jan Karski, the resistance movement and Jewish holocaust in Poland during World War II, and Jewish refugees in the Soviet Union. In part, used as research material for the book by E. T. Wood and Stanisław M. Jankowski, Karski (New York, 1994).

ArchivalResource: 15 ms. boxes.

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Polish Embassy in the United States records, 1939-1945.

Title: Polish Embassy in the United States records, 1939-1945.

Contains photocopies of the exchange of correspondence between the Polish Ambassador to the United States, Jan Ciechanowski, and the Head of Foreign Affairs of the Polish Government in London during World War II, 1939-1945. Also, documents of important dignitaries including a letter from Władysław Sikorski to Prime Minister Winston Churchill concerning terrorism in German-occupied Poland, 1942; and a letter from Ciechanowski to President Roosevelt, 1942. Numerous reports from meetings held between Polish officials and various heads of state including President Roosevelt, Secretary of State Cordell Hull, Secretary of State S. Welles, and the Russian Ambassador to the United States, Umanski. Other documents connected with Polish affairs during World War II include those on the formation of the Polish Army in Russia, 1941; formation of Polish Army in Canada; aid for Poles deported to Russia; documents on the condition of Polish children in Russia; and report of Jan Karski's mission to inform Jews on the tragic situation in occupied Poland. Newspaper clippings from WASHINGTON DAILY NEWS, 1939; CURRENT HISTORY magazine, 1939; excerpt from BBC DIGEST, 1944; and text of the First Memorial concerning Poland's Western borders, 1945. Report of Polish Ambassador Ciechanowski to London, 1943, on the mood in America towards the future of Poland.

ArchivalResource: 1 container.

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Karski, Jan, 1914-2000. Jan Karski papers, 1922-2007.

Title: Jan Karski papers, 1922-2007.

Correspondence, memoranda, government documents, bulletins, reports, studies, speeches and writings, printed matter, photographs, clippings, newspapers, periodicals, sound recordings, videotape cassettes, and microfilm, relating to events and conditions in Poland during World War II, the German and Soviet occupations of Poland, treatment of the Jews in Poland during the German occupation, and operations of the Polish underground movement during World War II. Includes microfilm copies of Polish underground publications. Boxes 1-34 also available on microfilm (24 reels). Video use copies of videotape available. Sound use copies of sound recordings available.

ArchivalResource: 19 ms. boxes, 10 oversize boxes, 6 card file boxes, 24 envelopes, 26 microfilm reels.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/754868753 View

E. Thomas Wood papers, 1939-2000

Title: E. Thomas Wood papers 1939-2000

Writings, notes, correspondence, photocopies of government documents, books, other printed matter, photographs, and videotapes, relating to Jan Karski, the resistance movement and Jewish holocaust in Poland during World War II, and Jewish refugees in the Soviet Union. In part, used as research material for the book by E. T. Wood and Stanislaw M. Jankowski, Karski (New York, 1994).

ArchivalResource: 15 manuscript boxes; (6 linear feet)

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Oral history collection, 1919-1986.

Title: Oral history collection, 1919-1986.

Historical reportages, lectures, speeches, and statements of Polish politicians and statesmen including Władysław Anders, Jozef Piłsudski, Ignacy Paderewski, Stanisław Mikołajczyk, Jan Kwapinski, Zygmunt Nagorski, and Adam Pragier; Polish generals including Władysław Sikorski, Kazimierz Sosnkowski, Michał Tokarzewski-Karaszewicz, and French General Maxime Weygand of the French Military Mission sent to aid Poland in the Polish-Soviet War of 1919-1920; and American Presidents and statesmen including Dwight D. Eisenhower, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Robert Kennedy. Biographical interviews with Polish artists, scholars, writers, and others, most of whom emigrated to the United States after 1939 including Michał Budny, Ewa Czarnecka, Karin Falencka, Feliks Gadomski, Feliks Gross, Zygmunt Gross, Wacław Jedrzejewicz, Jan Karski, Stefan Korbonski, the Koss family, Ludwik Krzyzanowski, Ignacy Morawski, Leon Pommers, Adam Panufnik, Franciszek Proch, Jerzy Ptakowski, Halina Rodzinska, Teofil Roll, Ludwik Seidenman, Leopold Stokowski, Peter Skalnik, Marek Swiecicki, Halina Wierzynska, and Halina Wittlin; Polish folklore with Reverend Kedziołek (Kaszuby, Canada) and with the clergy at Panna Maria, Texas; and major events in Poland, 1981-1982, with Mirosław Chojecki and Kazimierz Brandys.

ArchivalResource: 518 cassette tapes; 240 reel-to-reel tapes; 20 record discs; 850 miscellaneous recordings.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155527645 View