Ignace Jan Paderewski papers, 1687-1983

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Summary

Creators:
Paderewski, Ignace Jan, 1860-1941 and Modjeska, Helena
Abstract:
Correspondence, speeches and writings, clippings, printed matter, and photographs relating primarily to the establishment of an independent Polish state, the Paris Peace Conference, Polish politics in the interwar period, the occupation of Poland during World War II, and the musical career of I. J. Paderewski. Digital copies of select records also available at https://digitalcollections.hoover.org.
Extent:
10 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 1 album box, 2 envelopes, 1 motion picture film reel, memorabilia (5.7 Linear Feet)
Language:
In Polish, English, and French
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item] Igancy Jan Paderewski papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

Correspondence, speeches and writings, clippings, printed matter, and photographs relating primarily to the establishment of an independent Polish state, the Paris Peace Conference, Polish politics in the interwar period, the occupation of Poland during World War II, and the musical career of I. J. Paderewski.

Biographical / historical:

Ignace Jan Paderewski (also known as Ignacy Jan Paderewski) was a Polish statesman and musician.

Date Event
1860 November 6
Born, Kurylowka, Podolia, Ukraine
1872
Studied music, Warsaw Conservatory
1876
Taught piano, Warsaw Conservatory
1880
Married Antonina Korsak, who died a year later
1882
Studied in Berlin under Friedrich Kiel
1884-1887
Studied in Vienna under Theodor Leschetizky Taught at Strasbourg Conservatory
1887-1891
Made first public appearances as a pianist in Vienna, Paris, London, and New York
1893
Composed "The Polish Fantasia" for piano and orchestra (Opus 19)
1896
Established the Paderewski Fund in support of musical compositions in the United States
1898
Settled in Riond-Bosson near Morges, Switzerland
1899
Married Helena Gorska
1901
Composed the opera Manru
1909
Director, Warsaw Conservatory
1910
Presented the City of Krakow with a monument commemorating the victory of the Poles over the Teutonic Order upon the 500th anniversary of the Battle of Grunwald
1915
Member and representative to the United States, General Committee for Polish Relief (organized in Switzerland in January)
1917
Member and representative to the United States, Polish National Committee; frequently urged Woodrow Wilson to include Poland in his Fourteen Points
1919
Resigned November 27 and returned to Riond-Bosson
Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Poland; delegate, Paris Peace Conference
1920
Delegate plenipotentiary of Poland to the League of Nations
1921
Resumed musical career in Europe and the United States
1938
Author (with Mary Lawton), The Paderewski Memoirs
1939
President, Polish National Council (Rada Narodowa) of the Polish Government-in-Exile, Paris
1940
Left Europe for the United States
1941 June 29
Died, New York City
Acquisition information:
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1975.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

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Terms of access:

Must be served one folder at a time. For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item] Igancy Jan Paderewski papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
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