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  • Access
  • Use
  • Acquisition Information
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  • Location of Originals
  • Biographical/Historical Note
  • Scope and Content of Collection

  • Title: Romuald Spasowski papers
    Date (inclusive): 1929-1995
    Collection Number: 97026
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: In Polish and English
    Physical Description: 81 manuscript boxes, 1 card file box, 3 oversize boxes, 3 optical disks (44.3 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: Memoirs, other writings, notes, correspondence, personal documents, printed matter, photographs, audiotapes, and videotape interviews, relating to conditions in Poland during World War II, postwar Polish foreign policy, Polish-American relations, and post-1981 political conditions in Poland. Video use copies of videotape available.
    Creator: Spasowski, Romuald
    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 1997.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Romuald Spasowski papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Location of Originals

    Originals in possession of: Wanda Spasowski.

    Biographical/Historical Note

    Polish diplomat; ambassador to the United States, 1955-1961 and 1978-1981; deputy foreign minister, 1972-1978; subsequently defector to the United States.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    Memoirs, other writings, notes, correspondence, personal documents, printed matter, photographs, audiotapes, and videotape interviews, relating to conditions in Poland during World War II, postwar Polish foreign policy, Polish-American relations, and post-1981 political conditions in Poland. Video use copies of videotape available.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Poland -- History -- 1980-1989
    Audiotapes
    Video tapes
    United States -- Foreign relations -- Poland
    Poland -- Foreign relations -- United States
    Diplomats -- Poland
    World War, 1939-1945 -- Poland
    Dissenters -- Poland
    Poland -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989