Preliminary inventory of the Zygmunt Nagorski papers
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Title: Zygmunt Nagorski papers
Date (inclusive): 1931-2009
Collection Number: 2009C11
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In English and Polish
Physical Description:
17 manuscript boxes, 3 motion picture film reels, 4 sound tape reels
(4.8 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, diaries, memoirs, speeches and writings, personal documents, printed matter, photographs, and motion picture
film, relating to Poland during World War II, and to postwar international relations and American foreign policy.
Creator:
Nagorski, Zygmunt, 1912-2011
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
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or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
Use
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2009.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Zygmunt Nagorski papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical/Historical Note
Polish-American journalist; information officer, United States Information Agency
Scope and Content of Collection
Correspondence, diaries, memoirs, speeches and writings, personal documents, printed matter, photographs, and motion picture
film, relating to Poland during World War II, and to postwar international relations and American foreign policy.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Journalists
Polish people -- United States
World War, 1939-1945 -- Poland
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989
World politics -- 1945-1989
United States Information Agency
Motion Picture Films
Physical Description: 3.0 motion_picture_film_reels
film shelf
"Picturesque Poland" 16mm film
film shelf
"Mr. Robert Kennedy Visits Korea" 16mm film
Scope and Contents
Footage of Robert F. Kennedy's visit to South Korea in January, 1964.
film shelf
"The Incomparable Zygmunt Nagorski" 16mm film
tape cabinet
Sound recordings
Physical Description: 4.0 sound_tape_reels
box 1
Biographical files: calendars (1951-2002), personal documents, certificates
box 2
Biographical files: passports and other personal documents of
Nagórski and his wife, press clippings re. Nagórski and his family
box 3
Correspondence: personal from England in 1945, personal and
official from USA, textbooks, reviews of Nagórski's book "Psychology of East-West Trade"
box 4
Correspondence and printed matter
box 5
Writings, printed matter and correspondence
box 6
Printed matter: WWII memoirs of various persons, lecture notes, a copy of a text by Nagórski on the role of Polish political
emigration in the USA
box 7
Press clippings and photographs
box 8
Press clippings: typescript of Nagórski's reflections on the beginning of his stay in the United States
box 9
Press articles of Nagórski (1940-1979), including those
published in
Christian Science Monitor
box 11
Printed matter (books and journals)
box 12
Typescript of the book,
They left their roots behind of 1946
box 13
Typescript of the book,
They left their roots behind (second copy), typescript of memoirs of the Polish campaign of 1939,
Godło 'Brześć. Wojenny pamiętnik żołnierski. Kampania polska - wrzesień 1939. Unpublished part of memoir of Zagórski, jr.
box 14
Books, mostly by Nagórski
box 15
Private correspondence, biographies, WWII documents of
Nagórski, his speeches and articles, also pertaining to Z. Nagórski, sr.
box 16
Typescript of memoirs of Zygmunt Nagórski, sr. of 1890-1905, Diary of Nagórski, sr. of 1969, correspondence (mostly family),
and printed matter
box 18
Material not yet described
box 19
Material not yet described
box 20
Material not yet described
box 21
Material not yet described
