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August Zaleski Papers, 1919-1981 http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf2s2002bg No online items Register of the August Zaleski Papers, 1919-1981 Processed by Michael Jakobson; machine-readable finding aid created by Xiuzhi Zhou Hoover Institution Archives Stanford University Stanford, California 94305-6010 Phone: (650) 723-3563 Fax: (650) 725-3445 Email: [email protected] © 1998 Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved. Register of the August Zaleski 80163 1 Papers, 1919-1981 Register of the August Zaleski Papers, 1919-1981 Hoover 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: Michael Jakobson Date Completed: 1989 Encoded by: Xiuzhi Zhou © 1998 Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved. Descriptive Summary Title: August Zaleski Papers, Date (inclusive): 1919-1981 Collection Number: 80163 Creator: Zaleski, August, 1883-1972 Collection Size: 29 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 1 envelope (13 linear feet) Repository: Hoover Institution Archives Stanford, California 94305-6010 Abstract: Correspondence, dispatches, memoranda, and reports, relating to interwar Polish diplomacy, conditions in Poland and diplomacy regarding Poland during World War II, and postwar Polish emigre life. Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives Language: Polish. 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. Publication Rights For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives Preferred Citation [Identification of item], August Zaleski Papers, [Box no.] , Hoover Institution Archives. Acquisition Information Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1980. 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. Access Points Register of the August Zaleski 80163 2 Papers, 1919-1981 Anti-communist movements Communism Poles in foreign countries Refugees World War, 1939-1945 World War, 1939-1945--Poland Poland Poland--Foreign relations--1918-1945 Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945 Statesmen--Poland Explanatory Note The August Zaleski Collection documents the activities of August Zaleski and Ewelina Zaleska from 1919 until 1981. The collection consists of two parts. Part I contains those papers of August Zaleski which were received by the Hoover Institution before 1984. Part II contains those Zaleski papers which were received by the Hoover Institution after 1984. The materials of Part I are divided into seven series. Two of them, CHRONOLOGICAL FILE-I and WRITINGS-I, were organized by Zaleski's naval aide-de-camp Marjusz B. Hrynkiewicz-Moczulski who also compiled inventories for the first seven folders of the CHRONOLOGICAL FILE and for the whole series WRITINGS. The materials of Part II are divided into nine series. Three of them (CORRESPONDENCE, ALPHABETICAL-II; CORRESPONDENCE OF AUGUST ZALESKI AND EWELINA ZALESKA WITH RELATIVES AND FRIENDS; CORRESPONDENCE, CHRONOLOGICAL-II) were fully organized, and two others (GENERAL and WRITINGS-II) only partially organized by Hrynkiewicz-Moczulski. Hrynkiewicz-Moczulski also compiled inventories for these series and portions of series. Hrynkiewicz-Moczulski's order has been largely preserved for all portions of the collection organized by him, and his inventories have been incorporated into the register. An Index provides access to names and subjects listed in the register. The only access points which appear in the register but do not appear in the Index are the Polish government and Ministerstwo Spraw Zagranicznych of Part I. Ministerstwo Spraw Zagranicznych of Part II appears in both register and Index. 1883, Sept. Born, Warsaw, Poland 13 1906-19l2 Attended London School of Economics and Political Science 1926-1932 Minister of Foreign Affairs 1935-1938 Senator 1939-194l Minister of Foreign Affairs 194l-1947 Chief of the Civil Chancery of the President of Poland (government in exile) 1947-1972 President of Poland (government in exile) 1972, Apr. 7Died, London, Great Britain Boxes 1-4 CHRONOLOGICAL FILE-I Scope and Content Note Appeal, clippings, correspondence, dispatches, forms, inquiry, invitations, leaflets, memoranda, minutes, notes, orders, petitions, press releases, press summaries, proclamations, radio broadcast summaries, and speech transcripts, arranged chronologically by Zaleski's naval aide-de-camp Mariusz B. Hrynkiewicz-Moczulski; each of the first six folders contains a detailed inventory of the contents of that folder prepared by Hrynkiewicz-Moczulski. Box 1., Folder 1 1920-1932 Letter by Horace Rumbold to Okencki, 31 January 1920. Original Memorandum by Jan Ciechanowski? on problems of Polish diplomacy, March 1922 Letter by T. Filipowicz and R. Dmowski to the Minister Spraw Zagranicznych, n.d. Report by Zaleski to the Minister Spraw Zagranicznych on political conditions in Italy, 4 February 1925 Report by Zaleski to the Minister Spraw Zagranicznych on a talk with Mussolini, 8 May 1925 Register of the August Zaleski 80163 3 Papers, 1919-1981 CHRONOLOGICAL FILE-I Report by Zaleski to the Minister Spraw Zagranicznych on Italian foreign policy Report by Zaleski to the Minister Spraw Zagranicznych on Italian attitude to a treaty, 24 June 1925 Report by Zaleski to the Minister Spraw Zagranicznych on a talk with Mussolini, 11 October 1925 Report by Zaleski to the Minister Spraw Zagranicznych on the Fascist system, 15 December 1925 Letter by Aszkenazy? to Zaleski, 28 August 1926. Original Letter by Roman Knoll to Zaleski on Sikorski, 5 October 1926. Original Telegram by Lukasiewicz to Zaleski?, 5 March 1927 Letter by Wl. Skrzynski to Zaleski, 26 April 1928. Original Report by Skirmunt to Zaleski on J. Pilsudski's health, 16 May 1928. Original Speech by Poincaré on German propaganda, 1 January 1929 Report by P. Filipowicz to the Minister Spraw Zagranicznych on a talk with Hoover, 22 October 1931. Original Telegram by P. Filipowicz to the Minister Spraw Zagranicznych, 23 October 1931. Original Report by P. Chlapowski to the Minister Spraw Zagranicznych on talks with Laval, 6 November 1931. Original Letter by J. Jaskiewicz to Jozef Targowski, 13 November. Original Letter by Mieczyslaw Wolfke to Zaleski on the Groupe du Travail Pacifiste Pratique de la Ligue Internationale des Francs-Maçons, 22 February 1932. Original Letter by H. La Fontaine, n.d. Letter by Paul Haensel, 1 February 1932 Appeal to the Conference on Disarmament, n.d. Letter by Mieczyslaw Wolfke to La Fontaine, 22 February Clipping from Gazeta Warszawska, 1 December 1933 Envelope, Mieczyslaw Wolfke to Zaleski Report by François Poncet to M. Herriot on the German armed forces, statement by M. Herriot on the report, and a cover letter by Bressy to Zaleski Telegram by Kobylanski to Zaleski, 26 September 1932. Original Telegram by Beck to Zaleski, 26 September 1932. Original Telegram by Beck to Zaleski, 26 September 1932. Original Telegram by Beck to Zaleski, 27 September 1932. Original Telegram by Kobylanski to Zaleski, 29 September 1932. Original Press release by Zaleski on his resignation from the position of Minister Spraw Zagranicznych, 2 November 1932 Report on Zaleski's talk with J. Pilsudski and other officials, October-November 1932 Speech by Giuseppe Motta relating to Zaleski's resignation, 1 October 1932 Memorandum by M. Szumlakowski on the transfer of power from Zaleski to Beck, 2 November 1932 Project of a letter to Arthur Henderson with a cover letter by Kulski to Zaleski, January 1933. Original Report by Alfred Wysocki to Jan Szembek on Zaleski's talk with Mowrer, 9 February 1933 Report by M. Szumlakowski on a talk with Zaleski, 26 February 1933 Report by Zaleski to Beck on a talk with Mowrer, 27 February 1933 Report by Alfred Wysocki to Zaleski on a talk with Mowrer, 13 March 1933. Original Letter by Jan Ciechanowski to Stanislaw Patek, n.d. Original Excerpt from a pact between Romania and the USSR, 1932? Folder 2 1939 Report on the bombardment of a hospital in Warsaw, September Article by André David, "Honneur et les coquins," Wycinek z Marianne, 11 October with a cover letter by André David to Zaleski Letter by General Sikorski to President Raczkiewicz, October Letter by the British War Office to Jan Ciechanowski, 25 October. Original Register of the August Zaleski 80163 4 Papers, 1919-1981 CHRONOLOGICAL FILE-I Order for judicial system in occupied Poland Letter by Zaleski to Lord Halifax, 27 October Letter by Paderewski to Mussolini, 27 September Memorandum by Paderewski on Mussolini's view on Poland. Original Letter by Halifax to Zaleski, 1 November Record of proceedings of the Prezydium Rady Ministrow, 2 November Report by Ambassador Romer from Tokyo, 3l October Invitation by George VI to Zaleski to Buckingham Palace, 15 November Letter by Horst Jan Sobtzick to Zaleski, 22 November. Original Letter
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