Guide to the Polish Arts and Culture Foundation Collection
ARS.0119
Finding aid prepared by Franz Kunst
Archive of Recorded Sound
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Stanford University
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Polish Arts and Culture Foundation Collection
Dates: 1971-1974
Collection number: ARS.0119
Collection size:
3 boxes
: 69 open reel tapes (3, 5 and 7" reels, some stored as pancake)
Contributing Institution:
Archive of Recorded Sound
Abstract: Polish language radio broadcasts on open reel tape, produced by Polskie Radio i Telewizja and distributed to the Polish Arts
and Culture Foundation in the United States. Programs include interviews with Polish scholars, filmmakers and artists, and
discussions of Polish art, science, literature, and history.
Language of Material:
Polish
Access
Open for research; material must be requested at least two business days in advance of intended use. Contact the Archive for
assistance.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with repository. Publication and reproduction rights reside with the creators or their heirs. To obtain
permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Head Librarian of the Archive of Recorded Sound.
Preferred Citation
Polish Arts and Culture Foundation Collection, ARS-0119. Courtesy of the Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound, Stanford University
Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Source
The Polish Arts and Culture Foundation Collection was donated to the Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound by the Polish Arts
and Culture Foundation in 1998.
Sponsor
This finding aid was produced with generous financial support from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Scope and Contents
The Polish Arts and Culture Foundation Collection consists of Polish language radio broadcasts on open reel tape. The programs
feature interviews with Polish scholars, filmmakers and artists, and discussions of Polish art, science, literary criticism,
history, and archeology. The majority were produced by Polskie Radio i Telewizja/Radiodiffusion Television Polonaise and were
distributed to the Polish Arts and Culture Foundation in the United States. A few recordings contain English transcripts.
Tapes have been coded according to subject, such as FM for film, L for literature and poetry, TH for Theater, SC for science,
H for History, and SK for the Spotlight on Polish Culture series. The Polish Arts and Culture Foundation was established by
Wanda Bronislawa Tomczykowska (1921-2010) in 1966. Originally based in San Francisco, the Foundation is currently overseen
by Wanda’s daughter Caria Tomczykowska in Oakland, California.
Related Material
The Hoover Institution holds the Polish Arts and Culture Foundation records, 1933-1998 (2001C55).
Indexing Terms
Polish Arts & Culture Foundation.
Radio programs
Copernicus
Physical Description:
4 open reel tapes
Jerzy Hoffman interview
Physical Description:
1 open reel tape
Interviews with Polish scholars and artists
Physical Description:
21 open reel tapes
Ludzie Teatru
Physical Description:
1 open reel tapes
Radiowa Encyklopedia Kultury
Physical Description:
5 open reel tapes
Royal Castle of Warsaw
Physical Description:
9 open reel tapes
Spotlights of Polish Culture
Physical Description:
11 open reel tapes
Varia
Physical Description:
6 open reel tapes
Warszawa
Physical Description:
2 open reel tapes
Wielcy Polacy
Physical Description:
9 open reel tapes
