Register to the Tomasz Potworowski papers
Processed by Elizabeth Konzak.
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Register to the Tomasz Potworowski
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, California
- Processed by:
- Elizabeth Konzak
- Date Completed:
- 2008
- Encoded by:
- Machine-readable finding aid created derived from MARC record by Elizabeth Konzak.
© Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved.
Collection Summary
Title: Tomasz Potworowski,
Dates: 1937-2006
Collection Number: 96060
Creator: Potworowski, Tomasz, 1924-
Collection Size:
6 manuscript boxes
(2.4 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Memoirs, correspondence, and military and identification documents, relating to Polish military training in Great Britain
and subsequent military operations in France, Belgium and the Netherlands during World War II.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages:
English
Polish
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research.
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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], Tomasz Potworowski papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1996.
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.
Biographical/Historical Note
Corporal, Polish army.
Scope and Content of Collection
Memoirs, correspondence, and military and identification documents, relating to Polish military training in Great Britain
and subsequent military operations in France, Belgium and the Netherlands during World War II.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Poland. Polskie Siły Zbrojne.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Western Front.
World War, 1939-1945--Poland.
Related Materials
Gustaw Potworowski papers (father), Hoover Institution Archives
Collection Contents
Box: 1
"The Polish Legation's undiplomatic activities, Stockholm, September 1939-July 1942," by Tomasz Potworowski, reprinted from Acta Sueco-Polonica, Nr 10/11 (2001-2002), Uppsala Universitet, Uppsala,
2003
Box: 1
Army Days, 1943-1945. Recollection and reflections of a Polish soldier in the West at the time of Katyn, the Warsaw Uprising
and Yalta,
by Tomasz Potworowski. Second Printing,
1997
Box/Folder: 1 : 3
The Battle of Normandy,
1944
Box/Folder: 1 : 9
Documents relating to Tomasz Potworowski Army Service,
circa 1943-1945
Box/Folder: 1 : 10
Clippings, notes and correspondence about research,
circa 1992-1994.
Scope and Content Note
Includes biographical information on Gustaw Potworowski and a photographic negative.
Box: 2-6 :
Incremental Materials
Scope and Content Note
This addition to the collection has not yet been described. Please let the Hoover Institution Archives know if you would
like to see this material described.
