http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf6r29n86f No online items Register of the Poland. Ambasada (Great Britain) records Finding aid prepared by Helena Sworakowski And Ronald Bulatoff Hoover Institution Library and Archives © 1998 434 Galvez Mall Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-6003 [email protected] URL: http://www.hoover.org/library-and-archives Register of the Poland. Ambasada 45013 1 (Great Britain) records Title: Poland. Ambasada (Great Britain) records Date (inclusive): 1918-1945 Collection Number: 45013 Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives Language of Material: Mainly in Polish Physical Description: 134 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize folder(55.9 Linear Feet) Abstract: Correspondence, memoranda, reports, financial records, studies, conference proceedings, printed matter, and photographs, relating to Anglo-Polish relations, especially relations between Great Britain and the Polish government-in-exile in London during World War II; Anglo-Polish trade; Polish foreign policy and participation in the League of Nations during the interwar period; conditions in Poland during World War II; and wartime activities of the Polish government-in-exile. A digital copy of this entire collection is available at http://szukajwarchiwach.pl/800/33/0/-/ . Creator: Poland. Ambasada (Great Britain) Access The collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least two business days in advance of intended use. Publication Rights For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Poland. Ambasada (Great Britain) records, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives. Alternative Form Available Also available on microfilm (163 reels). Digital copy in Poland's National Digital Archive at http://szukajwarchiwach.pl/800/33/0/-/ . It was digitized from microfilm by the Polish State Archives. Introductory Note Poland and Great Britain established formal diplomatic relations in February 1919. During the decade that followed Poland was represented in London by an envoy in the rank of minister and, since November 1929, by an ambassador. The following diplomats were the Second Polish Republic's chief representatives in Great Britain: Eustachy Sapieha: 1919-1920 Jan Ciechanowski: 1920-1921 Wladyslaw Wroblewski: 1921-1922 Konstanty Skirmunt: 1922-1929 Edward Raczynski: 1934-1945 The archives of the Polish embassy in Great Britain shared the turbulent history of Poland. A large portion of the embassy's archives was tranferred to Warsaw during the 1930's. Part of this documentation was destroyed during the war. The surviving 22 linear meters are now held in the Contemporary Records Archives (Archiwum Akt Nowych) in Warsaw, and are described in a detailed published inventory. Most of the embassy archives remaining in London were evacuated to Canada and the United States during the early years of the war on orders of Count Edward Raczynski who, during 1941-1943, was both Minister of Foreign Affairs and Ambassador in London. In July 1945 the United States and Great Britain abandoned their Polish ally, withdrawing recognition from the London-based Polish government in exile. To protect the archives from falling into the hands of the representatives of the Soviet-dominated government in Warsaw, Poland's Ambassador in Washington, Jan Ciechanowski, transferred all of the archival collections held in Washington to the Hoover Institution. The Ciechanowski deposit included the archives of the Polish embassies in Washington, Moscow-Kuibyshev, and London. The Hoover part of the archives of the Polish embassy in Great Britain occupies 133 manuscript boxes or about 17 linear meters. What remained in London, about 6 linear meters, has been preserved in the Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum. The Polish Institute's holdings also include the papers of Edward Raczynski and Jan Ciechanowski. by Maciej Siekierski June 1998 Subjects and Indexing Terms Poland -- History -- Occupation, 1939-1945 World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history World War, 1939-1945 -- Poland Register of the Poland. Ambasada 45013 2 (Great Britain) records World War, 1939-1945 -- Governments in exile Poland -- Foreign relations -- 1918-1945 Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Poland Poland -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain Great Britain -- Commerce -- Poland Poland -- Commerce -- Great Britain League of Nations Correspondence 1919-1943 Scope and Contente note Arranged chronologically or alphabetically by last name of correspondent or subject. General 1919 box 1, folder 1 January-September box 1, folder 2 July-December box 1, folder 3 1920 January-July box 1, folder 4 1922 box 1, folder 5 1922-1923 box 1, folder 6 1923 box 1, folder 7 1924 box 2, folder 1 1924 box 2, folder 2 1925 box 2, folder 3-4 1928 box 2, folder 5-6 1929 box 2, folder 7 1929-1939 box 3, folder 1 1930 box 3, folder 2 1930-1932 box 3, folder 3 1931 box 3, folder 4-5 1932 box 3, folder 6 1933 box 3, folder 7 1934-1935 box 3, folder 8 1935 box 3, folder 9 1935-1936 box 4, folder 1 1937-1938 box 4, folder 2 1938 1939 box 4, folder 3-6 Register of incoming correspondence box 4, folder 7 September box 4, folder 8 October box 5, folder 1 November box 5, folder 2 December box 5, folder 3-7 Various months box 6, folder 1-4 Various months 1940 box 6, folder 5-6 Register of incoming correspondence box 6, folder 7 January-September box 7, folder 1-2 1940-1941 box 7, folder 3 1941 box 7, folder 4 1941-1942 box 7, folder 5-8 1942 box 8, folder 1 1942-1943 box 8, folder 2 Baraczowa, Janina 1935-1938 box 8, folder 3 French National Committee (France Libre) 1941-1942 Register of the Poland. Ambasada 45013 3 (Great Britain) records Correspondence 1919-1943 box 8, folder 4 George, David Lloyd November 1939 box 8, folder 5 His Majesty's Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps 1939 box 8, folder 6 Letters from abroad 1939 box 8, folder 7 Letters of credence for ambassadors 1938 box 8, folder 8 Ministerstwo Spraw Zagranicznych w Angers 1940 box 8, folder 9 Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1942-1943 box 8, folder 10 Smith, A. J. Hugh 1933-1935 Commercial Counsellor 1918-1941 Scope and Contents note Correspondence, memoranda, reports, notes, financial studies, and other material from the office of the Commercial Counsellor at the Polish Embassy in London. Arranged by physical form. Correspondence box 8, folder 11 1918-1919 box 8, folder 12 1919 box 9, folder 1 1919 box 9, folder 2 1919-1920 box 9, folder 3-6 1920 box 10, folder 1-4 1921 box 10, folder 5 1921-1926 box 10, folder 6 1922 box 10, folder 7 1923 box 11, folder 1 1923 box 11, folder 2 1924-1926 box 11, folder 3 1926-1927 box 11, folder 4 1929-1933 box 11, folder 5-6 1936 box 11, folder 7 1937 box 12, folder 1-4 1938 box 12, folder 5-7 1939 box 12, folder 8 1941 box 13, folder 1 Economic conditions in Poland 1937 Reports box 13, folder 2 1920 box 13, folder 3-5 1921 League of Nations 1920-1943 Scope and Contents note Correspondence, memoranda, financial studies, reports, notes, and printed matter issued by the League of Nations. Arranged alphabetically by subject. General box 13, folder 6 1920-1922 box 13, folder 7 1925 box 14, folder 1-4 1925 box 14, folder 5-6 1926 box 15, folder 1-2 1926 box 15, folder 3 1927 box 15, folder 4 1929 box 15, folder 5 1930-1931 box 15, folder 6 1931 box 16, folder 1 1931 box 16, folder 2 1931-1936 box 16, folder 3 1936 box 16, folder 4 1936-1937 box 16, folder 5 1937 box 16, folder 6-7 1938 Register of the Poland. Ambasada 45013 4 (Great Britain) records League of Nations 1920-1943 box 17, folder 1 1938 box 17, folder 2 Budgetary matters 1920 box 17, folder 3 Chinese-Japanese Conflict 1932 Committee for the Study of the Problem of Raw Materials 1937 box 17, folder 4-6 General box 18, folder 1 General box 18, folder 2-3 Polish Delegation box 18, folder 4 Communication from the King of Hedjaz August 5, 1920 Conference for the Reduction and Limitation of Armaments, Geneva box 18, folder 5 1932 box 18, folder 6-7 1933 box 18, folder 8 1937 box 19, folder 1 Conference on Communications and Transit 1920 box 19, folder 2-4 Conference on International Health (International Health Conference) April 1920 box 19, folder 5 Council of the League of Nations, Eighth Session July 30-August 5, 1920 box 19, folder 6 Danzig 1927 box 20, folder 1 Danzig 1927 box 20, folder 2-3 Disarmament 1931 box 20, folder 4 Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees 1943 box 20, folder 5 International Financial Conference, Brussels 1920 Journal Officiel box 20, folder 6 1921 box 20, folder 7 1922-1923 box 21, folder 1-2 1924 box 21, folder 3 Kellogg Pact 1930-1931 box 21, folder 4 League of Nations Union, correspondence 1921-1922 Lithuanian complaints box 21, folder 5 1927 box 21, folder 6-7 1928 box 22, folder 1 Minorities in Poland 1934-1935 Monetary and Economic Conference, London 1933 box 22, folder 2 General box 22, folder 3-4 Journal box 22, folder 5-6 Polish Delegation, correspondence Naval Conferences box 22, folder 7 1928 box 23, folder 1 1930-1931 box 23, folder 2 1936-1937 box 23, folder 3 Permanent Court of International Justice 1920 Polish Delegation box 23, folder 4 1919-1920 box 23, folder 5 1920 box 23, folder 6 1923 box 23, folder 7 1923-1924 box 24, folder 1 1924 box 24, folder 2 Reduction of National Expenditure on Armaments 1921 box 24, folder 3 Reports 1921 box 24, folder 4 Saar Territory 1935 Subject File 1919-1945 Scope and Contents note Correspondence, memoranda, reports, notes, conference proceedings, government documents, maps, printed matter, and other materials, arranged alphabetically by subject.