Register of the Henryk Jabłoński papers
Finding aid prepared by Michael Herrick
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Title: Henryk Jabłoński papers
Date (inclusive): 1936-1996
Collection Number: 93060
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In Polish and French
Physical Description:
3 manuscript boxes
(1.2 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, speeches and writings, reports, and printed matter relating to governmental administration in Poland, Polish
foreign relations, and the Polish educational system.
Creator:
Jabłoński, Henryk
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
Use
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Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1993.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Henryk Jabłoński papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical Note
Henryk Jabłoński (1909-2003) was trained as a historian and became an important Polish politician in the People's Republic
of Poland, serving as the Minister of Education from 1965 to 1972 and as the President (Chairman of the Council of State)
from 1972 to 1985. He joined the Polish Socialist Party (Polska Partia Socjalistyczna) before World War II and was then active
in the Polish United Workers' Party, serving in the Central Committee throughout the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. From 1976 to
1983 he was the head of the Front Jedności Narodu, and from 1983 to 1990 he led the war veterans organization, Związek Bojowników
o Wolność i Demokrację.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Henryk Jabłoński papers consist of photocopies and offprints of articles, speeches, government reports, correspondence,
and other writings. The collection was donated by Jabłoński and arranged in packets according to the political party, person,
institution or topic to which the documents relate, creating one subject file, arranged alphabetically. The two largest groupings
are in
Rada Państwa and
Stan wojenny w Polsce (1981-1983). The first contains primarily reports of the activities of the Council of State for most of the years in which Jabłoński
was its head (1972-1985), while the second contains documents, primarily composed in the mid-1990s, which formed part of the
Tribunal of State process investigating the imposition of martial law in Poland in December 1981. These two groupings are
made up of documents written by people other than Jabłoński, although some of his own writings can also be found in them.
In contrast, the remaining folders contain documents composed primarily by Jabłoński, being short historical pieces and addresses
he delivered either as an official representing the institution itself or writings on the topic of the subject described in
the folder groupings. Except for the Stan wojenny w Polsce (1981-1983), which has been arranged by author's last name, the
arrangement within each subject is chronological.
The Correspondence series consists of a set of photocopies of documents received in 1994 made up mostly of correspondence
but also some reports. Arranged, roughly, chronologically.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Poland -- Politics and government -- 1980-1989
Poland -- Politics and government -- 1945-1980
Statesmen -- Poland
Education -- Poland
Poland -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989
box 1, folder 1
Front Jedności Narodu
1976-1981
box 1, folder 2
Fundacja dla Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
1982
box 1, folder 3
Kotarbiński, Tadeusz
1958-1987
Scope and Contents note
Offprint of article by Jabłoński appearing in
Nauka Polska, no. 1, 1987, and copies of correspondence received by Jabłoński from Kotarbiński, 1958 to 1961 and 1981.
box 1, folder 4
Ministerstwo oświaty i szkolnictwa wyższego
1966-1971
Scope and Contents note
Many offprints, chiefly from
Życie Szkoły Wyższej; short addresses from the 1960s, primarily in French.
box 1, folder 5
Polonia
1973-1988
Scope and Contents note
Chiefly speeches.
box 1, folder 6
Polska Akademia Nauk
1956-1986
Scope and Contents note
Chiefly offprints from
Nauka Polska.
box 1, folder 7
Polska Partia Socjalistyczna,
1992-1996
box 1, folder 8-13
Rada Państwa
1947-1985
Scope and Contents note
Includes addresses by Jabłoński as the Chairman of the Council of State, as well as summaries of activities of the body for
1972 and 1976 to 1985.
box 2, folder 1
Społeczny Komitet Odnowy Zabytków Krakowa
1988-1989
box 2, folder 2-8
Stan wojenny w Polsce (1981–1983), Komisja Odpowiedzialności Konstytucynej Sejmu RP
1980-1996
Scope and Contents note
Primarily written testimony by experts composed between 1994 and 1996, but some commentary written earlier and extracted from
other publications has been included. Arranged alphabetically by author's last name, with a 16-page chronology of events at
the beginning and miscellaneous extracts at the end. Major, composed statements by: Kazimierz Barcikowski, Antoni Czubiński,
Jerzy Holzer, Henry Jabłoński, Wojciech Jaruzelski, Krystyna Kersten, Janusz Krupski, Jarema Maciszewski, Adam Michnik, Andrzej
Paczkowski, Ronald Reagan (with an excerpt also by Alexander Haig), A. Walicki, Andrzej Werblan, and Marian Zgórniak.
box 2, folder 9
Związek Bojowników o Wolność i Demokrację
1982-1990
