Register to the Tomasz Potworowski papers
Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Konzak
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
© 2008
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Stanford University
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Title: Tomasz Potworowski
Date (inclusive): 1937-2006
Collection Number: 96060
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In English and Polish
Physical Description:
6 manuscript boxes, digital media
(2.4 Linear Feet)
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.
Creator:
Potworowski, Tomasz, 1924-
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
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1996.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Tomasz Potworowski papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
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.
Related Materials
Gustaw Potworowski papers (father), Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Western Front
World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history
World War, 1939-1945 -- Poland
Poland -- Foreign relations -- Portugal
Portugal -- Foreign relations -- Poland
Poland -- Foreign relations -- Sweden
Sweden -- Foreign relations -- Poland
Poland. Polskie Siły Zbrojne
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 1, folder 3
The Battle of Normandy
1944
box 1, folder 9
Documents relating to Tomasz Potworowski Army Service
circa 1943-1945
box 1, folder 10
Clippings, notes and correspondence about research
circa 1992-1994.
Scope and Contents note
Includes biographical information on Gustaw Potworowski and a photographic negative.
Incremental Materials
Scope and Contents note
This addition to the collection has not yet been described. Please let the Hoover Institution Library & Archives know if you
would like to see this material described.
Digital Materials
2002-2003, undated
Conditions Governing Access
Digital materials are not available until processed. If interested in accessing these materials, please contact us for more
information.
Scope and Contents
Consists of 3 optical disks and 3 floppy disks that were removed from Box 4.
