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http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf4779n6gq No online items Ignace Jan Paderewski A Register of His Papers in the Hoover Institution Archives Processed by Linda Bernard; machine-readable finding aid created by Alvin Pollock, Electronic Text Unit, UC Berkeley Library Hoover Institution Archives Stanford University Stanford, California 94305-6010 Phone: (650) 723-3563 Fax: (650) 725-3445 Email: [email protected] © 1997 Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved. Ignace Jan Paderewski 75017 1 Ignace Jan Paderewski A Register of His Papers in the Hoover Institution ArchivesHoover Institution Archives Stanford University Stanford, California Contact Information Hoover Institution Archives Stanford University Stanford, California 94305-6010 Phone: (650) 723-3563 Fax: (650) 725-3445 Email: [email protected] Processed by: Linda Bernard Date Completed: 1995 Encoded by: Alvin Pollock Electronic Text Unit UC Berkeley Library © 1997 Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved. Descriptive Summary Title: Ignace Jan Paderewski papers, Date (inclusive): 1687-1983 Collection Number: 75017 Origination: Paderewski, Ignace Jan, 1860-1941 Collection Size: 10 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 1 album box, 2 envelopes, memorabilia ((5.7 linear feet) Repository: Hoover Institution Archives Stanford, California 94305-6010 Abstract: Correspondence, speeches and writings, clippings, printed matter, and photographs, relating primarily to the establishment of an independent Polish state, the Paris Peace Conference, Polish politics in the interwar period, the occupation of Poland during World War II, and the musical career of I. J. Paderewski. Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives Language: Polish, English, and French Access Collection is open for research. The Hoover Institution Archives only allows access to copies of audiovisual items. To listen to sound recordings or to view videos or films during your visit, please contact the Archives at least two working days before your arrival. We will then advise you of the accessibility of the material you wish to see or hear. Please note that not all audiovisual material is immediately accessible. Restrictions Must be served one folder at a time. Publication Rights For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives Preferred Citation [Identification of item] Igancy Jan Paderewski papers, [Box no.], Hoover Institution Archives. Acquisition Information Ignace Jan Paderewski 75017 2 Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1975. Accruals Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number of boxes listed in this finding aid. 1860 Nov. 6 Born, Kurylowka, Podolia, Ukraine 1872 Studied music, Warsaw Conservatory 1876 Taught piano, Warsaw Conservatory 1880 Married Antonina Korsak, who died a year later 1882 Studied in Berlin under Friedrich Kiel 1884-1887 Studied in Vienna under Theodor Leschetizky Taught at Strasbourg Conservatory 1887-1891 Made first public appearances as a pianist in Vienna, Paris, London, and New York 1893 Composed "The Polish Fantasia" for piano and orchestra (Opus 19) 1896 Established the Paderewski Fund in support of musical compositions in the United States 1898 Settled in Riond-Bosson near Morges, Switzerland 1899 Married Helena Gorska 1901 Composed the opera Manru 1909 Director, Warsaw Conservatory 1910 Presented the City of Krakow with a monument commemorating the victory of the Poles over the Teutonic Order upon the 500th anniversary of the Battle of Grunwald 1915 Member and representative to the United States, General Committee for Polish Relief (organized in Switzerland in January) 1917 Member and representative to the United States, Polish National Committee; frequently urged Woodrow Wilson to include Poland in his Fourteen Points 1919 Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Poland; delegate, Paris Peace Conference Resigned November 27 and returned to Riond-Bosson 1920 Delegate plenipotentiary of Poland to the League of Nations 1921 Resumed musical career in Europe and the United States 1938 Author (with Mary Lawton), The Paderewski Memoirs 1939 President, Polish National Council (Rada Narodowa) of the Polish Government-in-Exile, Paris 1940 Left Europe for the United States 1941 June Died, New York City 29 Box 1 BIOGRAPHICAL FILE, 1889-1983 Scope and Content Note Affidavit, certificates, correspondence, eulogies, financial papers, lists, will, and clippings and other printed matter, arranged alphabetically by physical form Box 2-5 CORRESPONDENCE, 1894-1941 Scope and Content Note Letters, notes, and telegrams, arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent. Includes some correspondence of Helena Paderewska, and some in the hand of Paderewski's secretary, Sylwin Strakacz Box 6-8 SPEECHES AND WRITINGS, 1910-1941 Scope and Content Note Dedications, essays, messages, notes, open letters, speeches, tributes, and writings, arranged chronologically by title Ignace Jan Paderewski 75017 3 SUBJECT FILE, 1687-1948 Box 9 SUBJECT FILE, 1687-1948 Scope and Content Note Appeals, certificate, correspondence, drawings, eulogies, letters of recommendation, minutes of meetings, newsletters, speeches, and printed matter, arranged alphabetically by subject Box 10 PRINTED MATTER, 1922-1966 Scope and Content Note Bulletins, clippings, newsletters, pamphlets, serial issues, and miscellany, relating mainly to Paderewski and to Poland, particularly before and during World War II (in English, Polish, French, and Portuguese) Box 11 OVERSIZE MATERIAL, 1917 Scope and Content Note Charcoal drawing of Paderewski's head and shoulders by W. T. Benda Memorabilia MEMORABILIA, n.d. cabinet Scope and Content Note Bust of Paderewski, and paperweight with his head in relief Photo file PHOTOGRAPHS, 1923-1945? Scope and Content Note 126 prints and 6 postcards depicting Paderewski and others, atrocities committed in Poland during World War II, Polish children and soldiers, and miscellany BIOGRAPHICAL FILE, 1889-1983 Box 1., Folder 1 Affidavit re attack of Jewish organizations, 1941, and defamatory fliers Folder 2 Announcement for the inauguration of a bronze statue by Milo Martin to the memory of Paderewski, Morges, Switzerland, 1948 July 3 Financial papers. Affidavits, bank statements, bills, correspondence, income assessments, income tax returns Folder 3-6 General Estates Folder 7 Paso Robles Folder 8 Santa Maria Folder 9 Sao Paulo Folder 10 List of decorations Folder 11 Miscellany. Includes notes, table arrangements Subject file Folder 12 Audience with Pope Pius XI, 1925 January 15. Notice and clipping Folder 13 Birthday, 80th. Acknowledgments for birthday greetings, and tribute by Gustave Doret (in French) Concert tours Correspondence, 1923-1936. Includes letters relating to other musicians or music in general, including Ernest Schelling Folder 14 Incoming, including Alfred Cortot, William S. Hawk, Vladimir Horowitz Folder 15 Outgoing. See also CORRESPONDENCE/Engles, Musaceous, Musikurs, Schelling, Steinway, Urchs Folder 16 Programs and income figures, 1924-1927? Death Folder 17 Certificate Folder 18 Condolences, notices, and resolutions, 1941-1983 Eulogies Folder 19 Polish Government-in-Exile (London) Folder 20 Strakacz, Sylwin. Biography prepared for the Polish press Ignace Jan Paderewski 75017 4 BIOGRAPHICAL FILE, 1889-1983 Folder 21 Syski, A., Arlington National Cemetery Delegation assignments Folder 22 Paris Peace Conference, 1919. Letter of resignation as delegate to the Paris Peace Conference, addressed to Jozef Pilsudski, 1920 Folder 23 League of Nations, 1920. Telegrams of acceptance, late 1919? and of resignation, 1921, addressed to Prince Sapieha Family. Mainly correspondence with or about Folder 24 Gorski, Waclaw (son of Helena Paderewska by first marriage), 1922-1928? Folder 25 Kodrebski (distant relative), 1926 Folder 26 Paderewska, Helena (Mrs. I. J. Paderewski), 1925-1926 Folder 27 Paderewska, Maria (sister). Paderewski's telegram on her behalf to Maxim Litvinov, 1936 Folder 28 Paderewski, Alfred (son), 1891 Folder 29 Paderewski, Jan (father). Document signed by Jan Paderewski, 1889 (in Russian) Folder 30 Paderewski, Jozef (half-brother), 1924-1939 Folder 31 Wilkonska, Antonina (sister). Includes legal documents, 1941 Honorary degrees. See CORRESPONDENCE, Columbia University and Harvard University Memberships. Correspondence Folder 32 Bohemian Club, San Francisco, 1921 Folder 33 Institut de France, Paris, 1926 Folder 34 Name Day. Congratulatory message signed by Polish soldiers interned in Switzerland, 1941 February 1 Travel Folder 35-36 Departure from Switzerland and travel through France and Spain en route to the United States, 1940 September. Correspondence and clippings, including re arrival in the United States, 1940 November 6 Folder 37 Miscellany Folder 38 Will and testament, 1930. Holograph and photostat positive copy of entire document and related papers CORRESPONDENCE, 1894-1941. Scope and Content Note Includes some correspondence by Helena Paderewska, and some in the hand of Paderewski's secretary, Sylwin Strakacz. General Box 2., Folder 1 Drafts of letters and telegrams addressed to different people on the same sheet, including Bishop Adamski, King Albert of Belgium, Mrs. Szymon Askenazy, Albert Blondel, Adolphe Boschot,