Register of the Leopold Tyrmand papers
1920, May 16 | Born, Warsaw, Poland |
1938-1939 | Student, Department of Architecture, L'Academie des Beaux-Arts, Paris |
1941 | Wilno, Soviet occupied zone, arrested and sentenced for 25 years for political activities |
1942-1944 | Voluntary labor, Germany |
1944 | Concentration camp prisoner, Norway |
1946 | Chief-correspondent, Polish Press Agency, Norway |
1946 | Returned to Poland |
1947-1948 | Assumed various positions as journalist |
1949-1953 | Joined Tygodnik Powszechny |
1954 | Wrote Dziennik, 1954 |
1955 | Author, Zly |
1956 | Organized First Jazz Music Festival |
1959 | Author, Seven Long Voyages |
1961 | Author, Filip |
1964 | Suspended from publishing |
1965 | Traveled around Europe |
1966 | State Department invitation to U.S. |
1967 | U.S. permanent residence |
1967 | Published first essays, New Yorker Magazine |
1968-1969 | Lecturer, Slavic Literature Department, Columbia University |
1970 | Author, Notebook of a Dilettante |
1970 | Editor, Kultura Essays, Explorations in Freedom |
1971 | Married Mary Ellen Fox |
1972 | Author, Rosa Luxemburg Contraceptives Cooperative |
1976-1980 | Associate Director, Rockford College |
1977-1985 | Editor, Chronicles of Culture |
1978 | Author, Media Shangri-La |
1981 | Appointed Vice-President, Rockford College
Edits, Rockford Papers |
1985 | Author, Ugly, Beautiful People |
1985, March, 19 | Died, Fort Myers, Florida |
Subjects and Indexing Terms
BIOGRAPHICAL FILE 1942-1985
General
War Period 1941-1944
Ink sketch of Tyrmand's face n.d.
Copies of birth certificates
German Identification Cards 1941
School of Architecture certificates 1942
German work certificates 1943-1944
Certificate of dismissal from German steamship 1944
German Provisional Passport 1943
Postwar Period 1945-1956
Norwegian certificates 1945-1946
Documents issued by Polish Embassy, Denmark 1946
Professional Identification Cards 1947-1950
Driver's License 1952
Press article describing Tyrmand's place of residence and other documents related to his housing situation 1955-1958
Certificate of marriage with M.M.Zukowska 1955
Poland 1956-1965
Literary contracts 1957-1961
Divorce papers 1958
Certificate of marriage with B.Hoff 1959
Papers related to Tadeusz Hoff incident
Papers related to Tyrmand's stay in Paris 1963
Lifetime horoscope 1963
Identification issued by Writers Union 1964
Invitations to various social and artistic events mid-60's
Honoraria 1959-1965
Work certificates from Tygodnik Powszechny 1965
Documents related to European travel 1965
Miscellaneous materials connected with trip around Europe 1965
Miscelaneous materials connected with trip to Israel
United States 1966-1975
Papers related to State Department Grant trip through U.S. 1966
Correspondence related to renunciation of property claims 1966
Swiss Bank account statements 1966-1967
Royalties 1966-1968
Application for literary grant 1966
Response to job offer 1966
Note on personal situation 1966
Divorce papers 1967
Speech by Machejek denouncing Tyrmand, typescript 1968
Letter rebuffing attacks on Tyrmand in Polish press
Documentation related to permanent residence, naturalization, citizenship 1967-1976
Invoices and bank statements 1967
Identification cards 1967-1979
Wedding invitation 1971
Typescript on meeting with Rakowski 1973
Bank statement 1974
Passports 1974
Rockford period 1976-1985
Documents related to Tyrmand's first trip to Rockford 1976
Drafts of speeches and talks with Rockford officials on future shape of Rockford Institute and related matters ca. 1977
Register of Rockford faculty and staff offices 1976/1977
Bank statements and certificates 1981
Lexicon of Polish Writers, page mentioning Tyrmand 1981
Proposal for All American Conservative Conference ca. 1981
Tyrmand's notes for conversation with Rockford's President Howard
Propaganda Research Institute, flier on its Advisory Board
Bank statements 1981-1982
George Washington Honor Medal 1981
Materials on Bohemian Grove Camp 1981
Rockford Institute Annual Report 1984
Papers related to Governor's Award 1984
Papers related to Ingersoll Awards 1984
Curriculum Vitae
Tyrmand's account of his career
Condolence letter to Mrs. Tyrmand from President Reagan 1985
Publications on Tyrmand
Articles
Articles from Polish press 1962-1987
Articles from Polish emigre press 1966-1984
Articles from American press 1966-1970
Articles collected post-mortem by W. Wierzewski 1985
Interviews 1966-1981
Press notes
Notes from American press 1966-1984
Notes from French, German, Hebrew press 1967-1968
Notes from press in Poland 1968-1984
Notes from Polish emigre press 1966-1984
Dziennik 1954
Dziennik 1954, 8 notebooks of original manuscripts from 1954
Correspondence with N. Karsow concerning publication of diary 1979-1980
Correspondence with Polonia Book Fund 1978-1981
Galleys and first printing in Wiadomosci, London 1973-1979
Typescripts reflecting 3 stages of editing
First typed copy, (?) 1973
Publishers announcement about forthcoming book 1980
Correspondence with Radio Free Europe concerning broadcast series based on Dziennik 1954 1980
Press reviews of Dziennik 1954 in Polish press 1980
Correspondence from readers
Correspondence with underground publishing house NOWA, concerning possible publication of Dziennik 1954
Review of NOWA underground edition in Polish underground press
Literary analysis of Dziennik 54 in essay by Roman Zimand 1954
Tyrmand's correspondence with Zimand and pastiche of Dziennik as if it were written by Zimand
Diary 1966
Diary from trip around U.S. Holograph 1966
"American Diary," New Yorker, Printed copy November 11, 1967.
Voice of America typescript of broadcast reviewing Tyrmand's "American Diary," 1967
"Vision Franca de un Pais. Diario de Viaje por los Estados Unidos," Spanish translation from New Yorker in Comentario, Printed copy 1968.
Personal recollections of events, n.d. Typescript 1944
Notebook with ideas of new books and filmscripts ca. 1960
Literary log and notes, Holograph 1959-1960.
Biographical notes from Holograph 60's.
Memoir-essay on attempts to obtain passport, n.d. Typescript 1965
Notebook kept during trip around Western Europe and to Israel, Holograph 1965.
Notes as arranged by author and given common title "Memoir", 70's and 80's. Holograph
Notes to "America and I," as arranged by author, Holograph n.d.
"America and I," 2 typed copies on Tyrmand's encounter with America, Typescript n.d.
Notebook kept in Holograph 1982.
Notes from "To be in love with America." Holograph March 1, 1985,
General
General
Undated
1968-1970
A-L
M-Z
1970-1974
Family
Literary agents
Adler 1967
Aison 1967
Borchard 1975
Brown 1968-1982
Caralt 1965
Cowles 1969
Doubleday 1971
Editions du Seuil 1968
Fox Chase 1972-1973
Geisenheyner and Crone 1964-1970
Gyldendal 1965
Holbrook 1971-1972
Library Press 1971
Linder AG 1969
Lindley 1980
Matson 1974
Meredith 1979
Russell and Volkening 1973-1974
Simon and Schusteri 1972
Sterling Lord 1967-1968
Strassova 1978
WB 1971
Viking 1966
Newspapers and Magazines
Accuracy In Media 1974
Alternative 1972
American Scholar 1975-1976
Aneks 1975
Art International 1971
Atlantic Monthly 1971-1974
Battelle 1972
Book World 1969
CTNYNS 1970-1973
Chicago Tribune 1983
Commentary 1967-1974
Congress Bi-Weekly 1968
Contra 1973
Dziennik Polski 1967
East Europe 1966
Ecrits de Paris 1970
Encounter 1971-1972
Evening Star 1971
Esquire 1966, 1972
Free Press 1968-1971
Harpers 1973-1984
Ideas 1971
Interplay 1971
Mark Twain Journal 1971
Merkur 1969
Nation 1968
National Observer 1971
National Review 1970-1984
National Zeitung 1965
New Criterion 1982
New Farm House n.d.
New Horizon 1976
New Leader 1968
New Times 1973
New York Times 1968-1974
New Yorker 1967-1975
Nowy Dziennik 1974-1975
Playboy 1971-1972
Po Prostu 1975
Readers Digest 1971
Remnant 1973
Reporter 1967-1968
Saturday Review 1970-1972
Seminar 1974
Stereo Review 1970
Studium 1976-1980
Tematy 1969-1970
Time 1970-1975
Tygodnik Powszechny 1974
Wall Street Journal 1977-1978
Welt 1972
Wiadomosci 1967-1981
Zeit 1965
Organizations
ABC 1970
American Association of University Women 1972
American Program Bureau 1966
American Speakers Bureau 1972
Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited 1968
Authors Guild 1970
Cato Institute 1980
Centre du Dialogue 1976
Church League of America 1976
Connecticut Light and Power Company 1972
Conservative Book Club 1976
Contemporary Authors n.d.
Ford Foudation 1967,1970
Foundation for Economic Education 1973
Freedom House 1973
Freedom Leadership Foundation 1971
Goodson Todman Enterprises 1967
John S.Gugenheim Memorial Foundation 1970-1972
Institute of International Education 1970
Intercollegiate Studies Institute 1972
International Telephone and Telegraph 1972
Kontinent 1980, 1983
Library of Congress 1968, 1971
McDowell Colonists 1970-1971
Ministerstwo Kultury i Sztuki 1965
Mobil 1970
Museum of Modern Art 1970
National Endowment for the Humanities 1973-1974
Newspaper Enterprise Association 1972
North American Newspaper Alliance 1970
Oesterreichische Gesellschaft fuer Literatur 1965
Polish Embassy, Washington 1966
Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences 1967-1974
Radio Free Europe 1967-1970
Republican Town Committee of New Canaan 1971
Rockefeller Foundation 1966
Rockford Rotary Club 1976
Sage Foudation 1970
Soviet Embassy, Warsaw 1960
Texas Crude Oil 1969
U.S. Department of State 1968-1972
United States Industrial Coucil 1976
United States Information Agency 1966-1973
Zwiazek Polskich Federalistow 1972
Publishers
Bobbs-Merrill 1973
Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1968-1970
Follett 1972
Galipan 1974
Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1973
Houghton Mifflin 1969-1973
Intext 1972-1973
Lippincott 1970
MIT Press 1971
MacMillan 1967-1983
Open Court 1974
Regnery 1969-1980
Schenkman 1968-1969
Scribners 1976-1984
Simon and Schuster 1975
Vanguard 1969
Wolff 1969, 1973
Universities and colleges
Albany 1967
Albion 1966
Ball 1970
Canisius 1970-1971
College of Europe 1968
Columbia 1968
Davidson 1966
Dickinson 1970
Hampshire 1971
Harvard 1966-1969
Indiana 1968
Katolicki Universytet Lubelski 1983
Louisiana State 1980
Middlebury 1970-1971
North Central 1966
Princeton 1966, 1969
Rice 1966
Rockford 1976-1977
Stanford 1967
University of Florida 1969
University of Illinois, Chicago n.d.
University of North Carolina 1966
University of New Mexico 1972
University of Pennsylvania 1968-1969
University of Toronto 1968-1969
Verde Valley 1968-1970
Yale 1966-1967
Avison, Janus R. 1980-1981
Bell, Daniel 1977
Bettelheim, Bruno 1971
Bninski, B.N. 1979
Bruner, Christopher B. n.d.
Brzeski, Andrzej 1974
Brzezinski, Zbigniew 1968-1970
Brzozowski, Wojciech 1981
Buckley, F. 1984
Bukiet, Albert 1974
Burek, J. 1976
Byrski, Zbigniew 1970
Caldwell, Erskine 1970
Carter, Jimmy 1977
Chappell, Warren 1968-1970
Czajkowski, Henryk 1972-1975
Czapski, Jozef 1967
Dailidka, Zigmas 1970
Dole, Bob 1984
Dziwisz, Stanislaw 1979
Falange, Dane 1976
Fay, Bernard 1969
Filipowicz, T. 1976
Galazka, Jacek M. 1976
Gella, Alexander 1970
Giedroyc, Jerzy
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
Goerlich, Joachim Georg 1968
Gold, Herbert 1966
Goldschlag, Fryderyk n.d.
Gombrowicz, Witold 1969
Gomori, George 1969
Gorka, J. 1968
Green, Bob 1980
Groszkowski, H. 1969
Grycz, Wolfgang 1969
Grynberg, Henryk 1970
Hart, Al n.d.
Hauptman, Jerzy 1968-1971
Hayakawa, S.I. 1977
Helman, Anatol 1973
Helms, Jesse 1974
Herbert, Zbigniew 1970
Herling-Grudzinski, Gustaw 1969
Hoff-Tyrmand, Barbara 1967
Howard, John 1979
Iwaniuk, W. 1972
Jelenski, K.A. n.d.
Jordan, David L. 1970
Juszczak, Albert 1972
Kaper, Bronislaw 1968
Keith, Joseph 1978-1979
Juszczynski, Michal 1956
Katzander, Shirley 1971
Keene, David A. 1973
Kemp, Jack 1984
Kisielewski, Stefan 1972-1976
Kluz, Stan 1982
Korbonski, Stefan 1974
Kosinski, Jerzy 1968
Kowalski Jan, 1975
Kozera, Mieczyslaw 1967
Krygier, Ryszard 1971
Kusielewicz, Eugeniusz 1976
Lewis, Flora 1970
Lichon, Kazimierz 1960
Lisiecka, Alicia 1979
Lynch, Med 1984
Lyons, Eugene 1968
Mackiewicz, Jozef 1967
Maltby, Richard E. 1979
Matejko, Aleksander 1973-1974
Monseu, Stanislaw 1972-1973
Moser, Charles A. 1971-1976
Mrozek, Slawomir 1974-1982
Nixon, Richard 1981
Nowotarska, Roza 1970
Orzechowski, Witold 1981
Pajdak, Marian 1956
Piskozub, Zbigniew 1972
Podhoretz, John 1982
Prelutsky, Burt 1971
Pruski, Zbigniew 1956
Przyluski, Bronislaw 1976
Ramsey, Dang 1980
Rhode, Gotthold 1969-1972
Robertson, Wilmot 1982
Sabbat, Kazimierz 1968
Sabbatowa, Hanna 1968
Safie, Doris 1974-1975
Sakowski, J. 1972-1976
Salinger, Pierre 1966
Seldes, Timothy 1972
Skalmowski, W. 1980
Skolimowski, Henryk 1969
Smolinska, Lucyna 1970
Spence, John 1976-1978
Stadniczenko, Jurij 1960
Starczewska, Romualda J. 1970
Strauss, Bob 1979
Szmilichowski, Andrzej 1980
Szubska, Barbara 1970
Thompson, Ewa M.
Viguerie, Richard A. 1975
Wadowski, Kazimierz 1982
Walsh, Edward J. n.d.
Wandycz, Damian S. 1970
Weicker, Lowell P. 1973
Werner, Andrzej 1980
Wesoly, Szczepan 1976
Wierzewski, Wojciech 1985
Williamson, Sam 1971
Wittlin, Jozef 1975
Wojciechowski, Jerzy A. 1970
Wozniakowski, Jacek 1984
Zablocki, Tadeusz 1968
Zawodny, Janusz K. 1976
Zielinski, Bronislaw 1957
Zochowski, Stanislaw 1970
Poems (3) written in Frankfurt am Main, Holograph 1943.
Zly 1956
Reviews
Polish 1956-1981
British 1958
Italian 1959
German 1961
Correspondence, with English interpreter 1957
"Sprawa Piaseckiego," Tygodnik Powszechny, Typescript 1956.
Siedem dalekich rejsow 1957
Book's opening pages. Typescript and holograph
Reviews from British press of translation of Seven Long Voyages, Printed copies 1959.
"Jan Adapter," notes for play, Holograph ca. 1960.
"Jeden dzien z toba," notes for film script, Holograph 1960.
Polacy czyli pakamera, play, Dialog, 6. Printed copy 1961:
Filip 1961
Book review, Tygodnik Powszechny 1962
Book synopsis in English, Typescript ca. 1972.
"Naczelnik," comedy in three acts 1962
Notes. Holograph.
Full text. Typescript
"Pewnosc i zaufanie," political play 1962
Notes. Holograph
Opening act. Typescript
"La Feta," novel 1962
Notes. Holograph
Two opening pages. Typescript
"Niebo," film script 1963
Notes. Holograph
Full text. Typescript
Synopsis in English 1967
Contract with film agent 1967
Full text in English, Typescript n.d.
"Stasia," film script 1964
Notes. Holograph
Full text. Typescript
"PL? Ach ja, Polen," Die Zeit May 28, 1965
Printed copy
Correspondence
"Uwagi o turystyce czyli wstep do apokalipsy nadmiaru," article, written on request of German magazine, Typescript 1966
Zycie towarzyskie i uczuciowe, Paris 1967
Synopsis in typescript 1959
Polish publisher's comments on submitted synopsis, Typescript 1964.
Contract with Kultura publisher 1967
Book synopsis in English, French, and Polish 1967
Promotional material in German 1967
Press reviews 1967-1968
Typescript of radio broadcast reviewing book 1967
"High society and sentimental life," English translation, Typescript early 70s.
"Masculine-Feminine," film review, Typescript 1967.
"Hier gibt's nur eines-davonlaufen," Die Zeit, Printed copy April 22, 1967.
"From East Europe: The Dangerous Games Intellectuals Play," Interplay, Printed copy 1968.
"The Poles Intervene In Purely Polish Matter," The Reporter, Printed copy April 4, 1968.
"A European from America in Europe," New Yorker Dec. 1968
Typescript
Printed copy
"Clasa de sus in Estul European," Vocea Libertatis, Printed copy April, 1968.
"The Yevtushenko Case: The Blue Fox is Tamed," The Reporter, Printed copy May 1968.
"The Yevtushenko Case," Typescript 1968.
"Huck Finn in Poland," The New Leader, April, 1968 review of Ferdydurke by W.Gombrowicz. Printed copy
"Russian Interpreter," review of book by Michael Frayn, Typescript ca. 1968.
Tyrmand's trip to Israel
"Polityka Polski wobec Izraela," unidentified Polish language Israeli weekly, Printed copy ca. 1968.
"W szponach metafizyki," unidentified Polish language magazine Israeli weekly, Printed copy ca. 1968.
Jews and Poland, Holograph 1968.
Synopsis of Tyrmand's appeal concerning antisemitism, in German, Typescript 1968.
"From an Israeli notebook," printed copy, Congress Bi-Weekly March 10, 1969
Two edited versions of typescript
Printed copy
"Revolution and related matters," New Yorker August 16, 1969
Typescript
Page proofs
Printed copy
French translation in Ecrits de Paris 1970
Notebook of a dilettante, article series, ; book 1968-1969 1970
Page proofs of articles published in New Yorker 1968
Correspondence from readers
Reprints of New Yorker article in daily newspapers 1968-1969
Syndicated weekly column, Typescripts. 1970-1971.
Book contract with McMillan for collection of essays entitled "Notebook of a dilettante,"
Edited final copy of complete typescript
Lists of book recipients as suggested by Tyrmand 1970
Correspondence related to book from general public 1970
Newsweek review April 6, 1970
Correspondence related to Newsweek review
Press reviews, U.S. 1970
Z notatnika dyletanta, Polish translation n.d.
Typescript of 3 opening pages
Reviews from Polish emigre press 1970
Explorations in Freedom 1970
"A cocktail party," book chapter. Typescript
Transcript of radio broadcast reviewing book 1970
Kultura Essays 1970
Contract with publisher 1968
Correspondence related to editorial process 1968-1970
Editor's note and Introduction, Edited typescript 1969.
"Personal score," book chapter, Typescript 1969.
Press reviews 1970-1972
New weekly column, Typescripts 1970-1972.
"Won," Kultura, On Gombrowicz and Iwaszkiewicz. Typescript 1970.
"Permissiveness and Rectitude," New Yorker, Page proofs and final typescript Feb. 28, 1970.
Uncompleted article for Wall Street Journal, Clippings and notes 1970.
"Polish power," New Horizon, Printed copy ca. 1970.
"On fascism," article commissioned by Time magazine, 3 edited typescripts 1970.
"Revolutionaries: European vs. American," New York Times Magazine Feb. 15, 1970
Printed copy
Readers response
"Tankar om det seksuelle frilynde," Norwegian translation of Tyrmand's article on sexual freedom, Syn og Segn, 1. Printed copy 1971:
"Notes on the Communist Life," New Yorker, Page proofs Sept-Oct. 1971.
"Thunderbolting the Corporate State," Interplay, Review of Ch. Reich's book Greening of America. Printed copy 1971.
"Russians," film script 1971
Clippings. Holograph notes
"The Possibilities of Coexistence," synopsis under film's original title. Typescript
Full text in two edited copies. Typescript
"Nine Mini-Treatises on America," Encounter, Printed copy February 1972.
"On Opposing Communism," The Atlantic May 1972
Printed copy
Correspondence from readers
"Oppositionelle a la Jewtushenko," Die Welt, Printed copy October 14, 1972.
"Paul and Virginia," authorship under assumed name of Sarah Novak. Novel, Final typescript 1972.
Rosa Luxemburg Contraceptive Cooperative 1972
Correspondence with book publisher 1971-1980
Title pages, trial printing 1972
Correspondence, marketing campaign 1972
Promotional material, Brochures, clippings 1972.
Press reviews 1972-1973
"Cywilizacja komunizmu," press reviews. Printed copy 1972,
Ethnic controversy
"Siricas and Jaworskis," New York Times, Typescript and printed copy April 3, 1974.
Correspondence, readers response, polemizing article
"The Yellow Pad," semi-biographical essay, Typescript 1974.
Untitled article on Ford affair written for Kultura, Typescript April 1974.
Novel or play with Mr. Finegold as main character, Holograph notes 1975.
"Bowery," novel, Holograph notes 1975.
Tu w Ameryce pamphlet on status of Poles in U.S. 1976
Page proofs
Pamphlet. Printed copy
Rockford Papers, first issue in series with Tyrmand's article "Our civilizaton," Typescript and printed copy Oct. 1976.
"Shepherds in Nylon Raincoats," travel essay, Edited typescripts 1977.
Chronicles of Culture 1977
First issues of monthly magazine with Tyrmand's introduction, article on Rockford Institute, Printed copy Sept. 1977.
Final copies of articles, Typescripts 1978-1980.
Collection of articles and notes for monthly column "Prudent conservative," Typescripts and holographs 1983-1984.
Media Shangri-la, collection of essays on media 1978
Collection of articles Tyrmand's authorship, Page proofs and clippings 1976-1978.
Final copy of typescript 1878
Reprint of chapters in pamphlet 1975
Press review 1976
Correspondence from New York. Series of articles for Polish emigre magazine or radio program, Typescripts ca.1977.
"On Culture. A Conservative Manifesto," political program, Typescript 1979.
"Church and State in Post-War Poland," political essay, Typescript ca. 1980.
"Homagium dla Kisiela," synopsis of radio broadcast for Radio Free Europe, Na Antenie, Printed copy April, 1981.
"What is happening in Poland," Wall Street Journal, Printed copy July 14, 1981.
"The Mandarin and Commissar," political essays on specific features of communism in China, "What do the Poles want?," political essay on reality of Post-Martial Law Poland. Both articles reprinted from Commentary, issue, and June 1983 issue and published as pamphlet. Printed copy November 1982
"Notes on Polish Question," Policy Review, Printed copy Spring 1982.
"Mit rewolucji seksualnej," essay on sexual revolution, Nowy Dziennik, Printed copy Nov. 25, 1982.
"Poison of surrender has infected us since Yalta," essay reprinted from Chronicles of Culture in issue of Washington Times. Printed copy August 31, 1984
"Die Frisuren des Mieczyslaw Rakowski," Kontinenet, no. 29, Printed copy 1984.
"Can conservatives overcome their image lag?," essay reprinted from Chronicles of Culture, in issue of Washington Times. Printed copy November 22, 1984
The Ugly Beautiful People 1985
Notes and clippings
Edited typescript
Final typescript of one chapter
Edited page proofs of articles published first in Chronicles of Culture, and used again in this book
"Letters to Amanda," unpublished epistolary novel written ca. 1979-1985
Loose notes on various subjects
Notes organized by author according to subject
Notebooks
Partial manuscript late 70's
Later manuscript, organized in chapters early 80's,
First typed version with author's corrections
3 copies of one chapter, each with different corrections and additions
Typed copy reviewed by editor with his remarks
Final typescript after corrections
Chapter 9 as package for publishers from author's literary agent. Typescript
Article entitled "The New York Liberal" to be incorporated as chapter 3. Typescripts
Author's brief description of book's literary form and its scope
Correspondence with publishers
"Sex as noise," unpublished book ca. 1982-1985
Clippings on subject of sexuality
Notes as arranged by author
"Sex as Jumble," author's title of folder with sketches which originated idea of book ca. 1982
First typescript in edited form
Second corrected copy of typescript
3 copies of one chapter destined for various publishers or agents with their annotations and corrections
Letters to editor of:
General 1967-1984
Wall Street Journal, Printed copies 1977-1981.
New York Times, Includes Tyrmand's letter renouncing his Polish citizenship. Printed copies 1968.
Polish emigre press 1968-1974
American politics and media
Speech on American media, delivered in California, Typescript n.d.
Speech on democracy and conservatism, Holograph n.d.
Speech on liberal culture, Holograph n.d.
Speech on liberal journalism, delivered in Guadalajara, Typescript n.d.
"The Media and the Present Danger," conference folder with biographical profiles of speakers
Communism
"Third communism," Typescript n.d.
"Communism and us," Typescript 1978.
"Communism as another civilization," Holograph 1978.
Poland
"Lindenfelser Gespraeche, " report from conferences with Tyrmand's participation, on Polish-German issues. Printed copy 1964-1971,
"Polish intellectuals in the aftermath of the events." Typewritten transcript from seminar, Harvard March 1968 1969
Speech on immigration, Typescript ca. 1975.
Speech on Polish-American ethic and political issues, Typescript. ca. 1976.
"Wiadomosci i ja," speech on Tyrmand's cooperation with Polish-British weekly, Typescript ca.1978.
Speech on Polish church and its mission, Holograph ca. 1981.
Speech to Polish-Americans on traditions of Polish church, Holograph ca. 1981.
Rockford Institute
Nine sets of speeches on political and educational role of Rockford Institute, Typescripts and holographs n.d.
Speech to staff at Rockford Register, local daily newspaper, and its relations to Rockford Institute, Holograph ca. 1982.
Speech on threat to values in America, and Rockford Institute's response to it, Typescript ca. 1983.
General. Includes folder entitled by Tyrmand: Polskie zaleglosci do wywnetrznienia
America
America as civilization
American culture
American politics in 60's and 70's
Blacks and welfare
Cult of celebrities
Liberal culture
Morals and manners
Catholicism and church
Civilization
Communism
Conscience
Conservatism
Crime
Criticism
Culture and cultural sophistication
Europe, Western
Fashion, garb, gossip
Friendship
Health and recreation
Helsinki Conference
Homosexuality
Israel
Jazz
Polish period 1956-1965
American period 1966-1985
Life, reflections on
Philosophy and human fate
Podhoretz, John
Poland
Press
Press, notes on
Press, clippings on
Press, hatred of
Proposed Polish-American magazine 1973
Psychology
Religion
Revolution and counter-culture
Rockford Institute
Solitude
South America
Trip around Europe and America
United States Information Agency
Vietnam
Writing
Writers and writing
Writers, Polish
Wiadomosci, London, Polish emigre weekly, various issues 1967-1981.
Collection of various Polish-American newspapers 1969-1984
4 photos of Leopold Tyrmand, 1970
1 photo of John A. Howard undated
1 photo of drawing by Zbginiew Fitz, undated
5 photos of New Orleans jazz clubs, undated