Register of the Leopold Tyrmand papers

Finding aid prepared by Zbigniew L. Stanczyk
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
© 1997
434 Galvez Mall
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003
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Title: Leopold Tyrmand papers
Date (inclusive): 1941-1985
Collection Number: 86015
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In English and Polish
Physical Description: 25 manuscript boxes, 4 envelopes, digital media (10.6 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Writings, diaries, correspondence, notes, and printed matter, relating to social conditions in Poland, cultural conditions in communist countries, popular culture in the United States and other Western countries, standards of sexual behavior in the United States, and American conservative thought. Includes fictional writings.
Creator: Tyrmand, Leopold

Access

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Use

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1986.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Leopold Tyrmand Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical Note

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

Conservatism
United States -- Politics and government
Polish people -- United States
American literature
Polish literature
Poland -- Social conditions
Communism and culture
Civilization, Modern -- 20th century
Sex customs -- United States
United States -- Civilization

 

BIOGRAPHICAL FILE 1942-1985

Scope and Contents note

Personal documents, identification documents, curricula vitae, notes, correspondence, clippings, brochures, fliers, tickets, business cards, bank statements, invoices, awards, prizes, and other printed matter arranged chronologically by topic or physical form
 

General

 

War Period 1941-1944

box 1, folder 1

Ink sketch of Tyrmand's face n.d.

box 1, folder 2

Copies of birth certificates

box 1, folder 3

German Identification Cards 1941

box 1, folder 4

School of Architecture certificates 1942

box 1, folder 5

German work certificates 1943-1944

box 1, folder 6

Certificate of dismissal from German steamship 1944

box 1, folder 7

German Provisional Passport 1943

 

Postwar Period 1945-1956

box 1, folder 8

Norwegian certificates 1945-1946

box 1, folder 9

Documents issued by Polish Embassy, Denmark 1946

box 1, folder 10

Professional Identification Cards 1947-1950

box 1, folder 11

Driver's License 1952

box 1, folder 12

Press article describing Tyrmand's place of residence and other documents related to his housing situation 1955-1958

box 1, folder 13

Certificate of marriage with M.M.Zukowska 1955

 

Poland 1956-1965

box 1, folder 14

Literary contracts 1957-1961

box 1, folder 15

Divorce papers 1958

box 1, folder 16

Certificate of marriage with B.Hoff 1959

box 1, folder 17

Papers related to Tadeusz Hoff incident

box 1, folder 18

Papers related to Tyrmand's stay in Paris 1963

box 1, folder 19

Lifetime horoscope 1963

box 1, folder 20

Identification issued by Writers Union 1964

box 1, folder 21

Invitations to various social and artistic events mid-60's

box 1, folder 22

Honoraria 1959-1965

box 1, folder 23

Work certificates from Tygodnik Powszechny 1965

box 1, folder 24

Documents related to European travel 1965

box 1, folder 25

Miscellaneous materials connected with trip around Europe 1965

box 1, folder 26

Miscelaneous materials connected with trip to Israel

 

United States 1966-1975

box 1, folder 27

Papers related to State Department Grant trip through U.S. 1966

box 1, folder 28

Correspondence related to renunciation of property claims 1966

box 1, folder 29

Swiss Bank account statements 1966-1967

box 1, folder 30

Royalties 1966-1968

box 1, folder 31

Application for literary grant 1966

box 1, folder 32

Response to job offer 1966

box 1, folder 33

Note on personal situation 1966

box 1, folder 34

Divorce papers 1967

box 1, folder 35

Speech by Machejek denouncing Tyrmand, typescript 1968

box 1, folder 36

Letter rebuffing attacks on Tyrmand in Polish press

box 2, folder 1

Documentation related to permanent residence, naturalization, citizenship 1967-1976

box 2, folder 2

Invoices and bank statements 1967

box 2, folder 3

Identification cards 1967-1979

box 2, folder 4

Wedding invitation 1971

box 2, folder 5

Typescript on meeting with Rakowski 1973

box 2, folder 6

Bank statement 1974

box 2, folder 7

Passports 1974

 

Rockford period 1976-1985

box 2, folder 8

Documents related to Tyrmand's first trip to Rockford 1976

box 2, folder 9

Drafts of speeches and talks with Rockford officials on future shape of Rockford Institute and related matters ca. 1977

box 2, folder 10

Register of Rockford faculty and staff offices 1976/1977

box 2, folder 11

Bank statements and certificates 1981

box 2, folder 12

Lexicon of Polish Writers, page mentioning Tyrmand 1981

box 2, folder 13

Proposal for All American Conservative Conference ca. 1981

box 2, folder 14

Tyrmand's notes for conversation with Rockford's President Howard

box 2, folder 15

Propaganda Research Institute, flier on its Advisory Board

box 2, folder 16

Bank statements 1981-1982

box 2, folder 17

George Washington Honor Medal 1981

box 2, folder 18

Materials on Bohemian Grove Camp 1981

box 2, folder 19

Rockford Institute Annual Report 1984

box 2, folder 20

Papers related to Governor's Award 1984

box 2, folder 21

Papers related to Ingersoll Awards 1984

box 2, folder 22

Curriculum Vitae

box 2, folder 23

Tyrmand's account of his career

box 2, folder 24

Condolence letter to Mrs. Tyrmand from President Reagan 1985

 

Publications on Tyrmand

 

Articles

box 3, folder 1

Articles from Polish press 1962-1987

box 3, folder 2

Articles from Polish emigre press 1966-1984

box 3, folder 3

Articles from American press 1966-1970

box 3, folder 4

Articles collected post-mortem by W. Wierzewski 1985

box 3, folder 5

Interviews 1966-1981

 

Press notes

box 3, folder 6

Notes from American press 1966-1984

box 3, folder 7

Notes from French, German, Hebrew press 1967-1968

box 3, folder 8

Notes from press in Poland 1968-1984

box 3, folder 9

Notes from Polish emigre press 1966-1984

 

DIARIES 1954,1966

Scope and Contents note

Notebooks, manuscripts, typescripts, daily occurence books
 

Dziennik 1954

box 4, folder 1

Dziennik 1954, 8 notebooks of original manuscripts from 1954

box 4, folder 2

Correspondence with N. Karsow concerning publication of diary 1979-1980

box 4, folder 3

Correspondence with Polonia Book Fund 1978-1981

box 4, folder 4

Galleys and first printing in Wiadomosci, London 1973-1979

box 4, folder 5

Typescripts reflecting 3 stages of editing

box 5, folder 1

First typed copy, (?) 1973

box 5, folder 2

Publishers announcement about forthcoming book 1980

box 5, folder 3

Correspondence with Radio Free Europe concerning broadcast series based on Dziennik 1954 1980

box 5, folder 4

Press reviews of Dziennik 1954 in Polish press 1980

box 5, folder 5

Correspondence from readers

box 5, folder 6

Correspondence with underground publishing house NOWA, concerning possible publication of Dziennik 1954

box 5, folder 7

Review of NOWA underground edition in Polish underground press

box 5, folder 8

Literary analysis of Dziennik 54 in essay by Roman Zimand 1954

box 5, folder 9

Tyrmand's correspondence with Zimand and pastiche of Dziennik as if it were written by Zimand

 

Diary 1966

box 5, folder 10

Diary from trip around U.S. Holograph 1966

box 5, folder 11

"American Diary," New Yorker, Printed copy November 11, 1967.

box 5, folder 12

Voice of America typescript of broadcast reviewing Tyrmand's "American Diary," 1967

box 5, folder 13

"Vision Franca de un Pais. Diario de Viaje por los Estados Unidos," Spanish translation from New Yorker in Comentario, Printed copy 1968.

 

NOTES 1944-1985

Scope and Contents note

Manuscripts and typescripts describing retrospective events, literary ideas, thoughts, arranged by physical and topical form
box 6, folder 1

Personal recollections of events, n.d. Typescript 1944

box 6, folder 2

Notebook with ideas of new books and filmscripts ca. 1960

box 6, folder 3

Literary log and notes, Holograph 1959-1960.

box 6, folder 4

Biographical notes from Holograph 60's.

box 6, folder 5

Memoir-essay on attempts to obtain passport, n.d. Typescript 1965

box 6, folder 6

Notebook kept during trip around Western Europe and to Israel, Holograph 1965.

box 6, folder 7

Notes as arranged by author and given common title "Memoir", 70's and 80's. Holograph

box 6, folder 8

Notes to "America and I," as arranged by author, Holograph n.d.

box 6, folder 9

"America and I," 2 typed copies on Tyrmand's encounter with America, Typescript n.d.

box 6, folder 10

Notebook kept in Holograph 1982.

box 6, folder 11

Notes from "To be in love with America." Holograph March 1, 1985,

 

CORRESPONDENCE 1946-1985

Scope and Contents note

Incoming correspondence arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent
 

General

 

General

box 7, folder 1

Undated

 

1968-1970

box 7, folder 2

A-L

box 7, folder 3

M-Z

box 7, folder 4

1970-1974

box 7, folder 5

Family

 

Literary agents

box 7, folder 6

Adler 1967

box 7, folder 7

Aison 1967

box 7, folder 8

Borchard 1975

box 7, folder 9

Brown 1968-1982

box 7, folder 10

Caralt 1965

box 7, folder 11

Cowles 1969

box 7, folder 12

Doubleday 1971

box 7, folder 13

Editions du Seuil 1968

box 7, folder 14

Fox Chase 1972-1973

box 7, folder 15

Geisenheyner and Crone 1964-1970

box 7, folder 16

Gyldendal 1965

box 7, folder 17

Holbrook 1971-1972

box 7, folder 18

Library Press 1971

box 7, folder 19

Linder AG 1969

box 7, folder 20

Lindley 1980

box 7, folder 21

Matson 1974

box 7, folder 22

Meredith 1979

box 7, folder 23

Russell and Volkening 1973-1974

box 7, folder 24

Simon and Schusteri 1972

box 7, folder 25

Sterling Lord 1967-1968

box 7, folder 26

Strassova 1978

box 7, folder 27

WB 1971

box 7, folder 28

Viking 1966

 

Newspapers and Magazines

box 8, folder 1

Accuracy In Media 1974

box 8, folder 2

Alternative 1972

box 8, folder 3

American Scholar 1975-1976

box 8, folder 4

Aneks 1975

box 8, folder 5

Art International 1971

box 8, folder 6

Atlantic Monthly 1971-1974

box 8, folder 7

Battelle 1972

box 8, folder 8

Book World 1969

box 8, folder 9

CTNYNS 1970-1973

box 8, folder 10

Chicago Tribune 1983

box 8, folder 11

Commentary 1967-1974

box 8, folder 12

Congress Bi-Weekly 1968

box 8, folder 13

Contra 1973

box 8, folder 14

Dziennik Polski 1967

box 8, folder 15

East Europe 1966

box 8, folder 16

Ecrits de Paris 1970

box 8, folder 17

Encounter 1971-1972

box 8, folder 18

Evening Star 1971

box 8, folder 19

Esquire 1966, 1972

box 8, folder 20

Free Press 1968-1971

box 8, folder 21

Harpers 1973-1984

box 8, folder 22

Ideas 1971

box 8, folder 23

Interplay 1971

box 8, folder 24

Mark Twain Journal 1971

box 8, folder 25

Merkur 1969

box 8, folder 26

Nation 1968

box 8, folder 27

National Observer 1971

box 8, folder 28

National Review 1970-1984

box 8, folder 29

National Zeitung 1965

box 8, folder 30

New Criterion 1982

box 8, folder 31

New Farm House n.d.

box 8, folder 32

New Horizon 1976

box 8, folder 33

New Leader 1968

box 8, folder 34

New Times 1973

box 8, folder 35

New York Times 1968-1974

box 8, folder 36

New Yorker 1967-1975

box 8, folder 37

Nowy Dziennik 1974-1975

box 8, folder 38

Playboy 1971-1972

box 8, folder 39

Po Prostu 1975

box 8, folder 40

Readers Digest 1971

box 8, folder 41

Remnant 1973

box 8, folder 42

Reporter 1967-1968

box 8, folder 43

Saturday Review 1970-1972

box 8, folder 44

Seminar 1974

box 8, folder 45

Stereo Review 1970

box 8, folder 46

Studium 1976-1980

box 8, folder 47

Tematy 1969-1970

box 8, folder 48

Time 1970-1975

box 8, folder 49

Tygodnik Powszechny 1974

box 8, folder 50

Wall Street Journal 1977-1978

box 8, folder 51

Welt 1972

box 8, folder 52

Wiadomosci 1967-1981

box 8, folder 53

Zeit 1965

 

Organizations

box 9, folder 1

ABC 1970

box 9, folder 2

American Association of University Women 1972

box 9, folder 3

American Program Bureau 1966

box 9, folder 4

American Speakers Bureau 1972

box 9, folder 5

Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited 1968

box 9, folder 6

Authors Guild 1970

box 9, folder 7

Cato Institute 1980

box 9, folder 8

Centre du Dialogue 1976

box 9, folder 9

Church League of America 1976

box 9, folder 10

Connecticut Light and Power Company 1972

box 9, folder 11

Conservative Book Club 1976

box 9, folder 12

Contemporary Authors n.d.

box 9, folder 13

Ford Foudation 1967,1970

box 9, folder 14

Foundation for Economic Education 1973

box 9, folder 15

Freedom House 1973

box 9, folder 16

Freedom Leadership Foundation 1971

box 9, folder 17

Goodson Todman Enterprises 1967

box 9, folder 18

John S.Gugenheim Memorial Foundation 1970-1972

box 9, folder 19

Institute of International Education 1970

box 9, folder 20

Intercollegiate Studies Institute 1972

box 9, folder 21

International Telephone and Telegraph 1972

box 9, folder 22

Kontinent 1980, 1983

box 9, folder 23

Library of Congress 1968, 1971

box 9, folder 24

McDowell Colonists 1970-1971

box 9, folder 25

Ministerstwo Kultury i Sztuki 1965

box 9, folder 26

Mobil 1970

box 9, folder 27

Museum of Modern Art 1970

box 9, folder 28

National Endowment for the Humanities 1973-1974

box 9, folder 29

Newspaper Enterprise Association 1972

box 9, folder 30

North American Newspaper Alliance 1970

box 9, folder 31

Oesterreichische Gesellschaft fuer Literatur 1965

box 9, folder 32

Polish Embassy, Washington 1966

box 9, folder 33

Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences 1967-1974

box 9, folder 34

Radio Free Europe 1967-1970

box 9, folder 35

Republican Town Committee of New Canaan 1971

box 9, folder 36

Rockefeller Foundation 1966

box 9, folder 37

Rockford Rotary Club 1976

box 9, folder 38

Sage Foudation 1970

box 9, folder 39

Soviet Embassy, Warsaw 1960

box 9, folder 40

Texas Crude Oil 1969

box 9, folder 41

U.S. Department of State 1968-1972

box 9, folder 42

United States Industrial Coucil 1976

box 9, folder 43

United States Information Agency 1966-1973

box 9, folder 44

Zwiazek Polskich Federalistow 1972

 

Publishers

box 9, folder 45

Bobbs-Merrill 1973

box 9, folder 46

Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1968-1970

box 9, folder 47

Follett 1972

box 9, folder 48

Galipan 1974

box 9, folder 49

Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1973

box 9, folder 50

Houghton Mifflin 1969-1973

box 9, folder 51

Intext 1972-1973

box 9, folder 52

Lippincott 1970

box 9, folder 53

MIT Press 1971

box 9, folder 54

MacMillan 1967-1983

box 9, folder 55

Open Court 1974

box 9, folder 56

Regnery 1969-1980

box 9, folder 57

Schenkman 1968-1969

box 9, folder 58

Scribners 1976-1984

box 9, folder 59

Simon and Schuster 1975

box 9, folder 60

Vanguard 1969

box 9, folder 61

Wolff 1969, 1973

 

Universities and colleges

box 10, folder 1

Albany 1967

box 10, folder 2

Albion 1966

box 10, folder 3

Ball 1970

box 10, folder 4

Canisius 1970-1971

box 10, folder 5

College of Europe 1968

box 10, folder 6

Columbia 1968

box 10, folder 7

Davidson 1966

box 10, folder 8

Dickinson 1970

box 10, folder 9

Hampshire 1971

box 10, folder 10

Harvard 1966-1969

box 10, folder 11

Indiana 1968

box 10, folder 12

Katolicki Universytet Lubelski 1983

box 10, folder 13

Louisiana State 1980

box 10, folder 14

Middlebury 1970-1971

box 10, folder 15

North Central 1966

box 10, folder 16

Princeton 1966, 1969

box 10, folder 17

Rice 1966

box 10, folder 18

Rockford 1976-1977

box 10, folder 19

Stanford 1967

box 10, folder 20

University of Florida 1969

box 10, folder 21

University of Illinois, Chicago n.d.

box 10, folder 22

University of North Carolina 1966

box 10, folder 23

University of New Mexico 1972

box 10, folder 24

University of Pennsylvania 1968-1969

box 10, folder 25

University of Toronto 1968-1969

box 10, folder 26

Verde Valley 1968-1970

box 10, folder 27

Yale 1966-1967

box 11, folder 1

Avison, Janus R. 1980-1981

box 11, folder 2

Bell, Daniel 1977

box 11, folder 3

Bettelheim, Bruno 1971

box 11, folder 4

Bninski, B.N. 1979

box 11, folder 5

Bruner, Christopher B. n.d.

box 11, folder 6

Brzeski, Andrzej 1974

box 11, folder 7

Brzezinski, Zbigniew 1968-1970

box 11, folder 8

Brzozowski, Wojciech 1981

box 11, folder 9

Buckley, F. 1984

box 11, folder 10

Bukiet, Albert 1974

box 11, folder 11

Burek, J. 1976

box 11, folder 12

Byrski, Zbigniew 1970

box 11, folder 13

Caldwell, Erskine 1970

box 11, folder 14

Carter, Jimmy 1977

box 11, folder 15

Chappell, Warren 1968-1970

box 11, folder 16

Czajkowski, Henryk 1972-1975

box 11, folder 17

Czapski, Jozef 1967

box 11, folder 18

Dailidka, Zigmas 1970

box 11, folder 19

Dole, Bob 1984

box 11, folder 20

Dziwisz, Stanislaw 1979

box 11, folder 21

Falange, Dane 1976

box 11, folder 22

Fay, Bernard 1969

box 11, folder 23

Filipowicz, T. 1976

box 11, folder 24

Galazka, Jacek M. 1976

box 11, folder 25

Gella, Alexander 1970

 

Giedroyc, Jerzy

box 11, folder 26

1966

box 11, folder 27

1967

box 11, folder 28

1968

box 11, folder 29

1969

box 11, folder 30

1970

box 11, folder 31

Goerlich, Joachim Georg 1968

box 11, folder 32

Gold, Herbert 1966

box 11, folder 33

Goldschlag, Fryderyk n.d.

box 11, folder 34

Gombrowicz, Witold 1969

box 11, folder 35

Gomori, George 1969

box 11, folder 36

Gorka, J. 1968

box 11, folder 37

Green, Bob 1980

box 11, folder 38

Groszkowski, H. 1969

box 11, folder 39

Grycz, Wolfgang 1969

box 11, folder 40

Grynberg, Henryk 1970

box 11, folder 41

Hart, Al n.d.

box 11, folder 42

Hauptman, Jerzy 1968-1971

box 11, folder 43

Hayakawa, S.I. 1977

box 11, folder 44

Helman, Anatol 1973

box 11, folder 45

Helms, Jesse 1974

box 11, folder 46

Herbert, Zbigniew 1970

box 11, folder 47

Herling-Grudzinski, Gustaw 1969

box 11, folder 48

Hoff-Tyrmand, Barbara 1967

box 11, folder 49

Howard, John 1979

box 11, folder 50

Iwaniuk, W. 1972

box 11, folder 51

Jelenski, K.A. n.d.

box 11, folder 52

Jordan, David L. 1970

box 11, folder 53

Juszczak, Albert 1972

box 11, folder 54

Kaper, Bronislaw 1968

box 11, folder 55

Keith, Joseph 1978-1979

box 11, folder 56

Juszczynski, Michal 1956

box 11, folder 57

Katzander, Shirley 1971

box 11, folder 58

Keene, David A. 1973

box 11, folder 59

Kemp, Jack 1984

box 11, folder 60

Kisielewski, Stefan 1972-1976

box 11, folder 61

Kluz, Stan 1982

box 11, folder 62

Korbonski, Stefan 1974

box 11, folder 63

Kosinski, Jerzy 1968

box 11, folder 64

Kowalski Jan, 1975

box 11, folder 65

Kozera, Mieczyslaw 1967

box 11, folder 66

Krygier, Ryszard 1971

box 11, folder 67

Kusielewicz, Eugeniusz 1976

box 12, folder 1

Lewis, Flora 1970

box 12, folder 2

Lichon, Kazimierz 1960

box 12, folder 3

Lisiecka, Alicia 1979

box 12, folder 4

Lynch, Med 1984

box 12, folder 5

Lyons, Eugene 1968

box 12, folder 6

Mackiewicz, Jozef 1967

box 12, folder 7

Maltby, Richard E. 1979

box 12, folder 8

Matejko, Aleksander 1973-1974

box 12, folder 9

Monseu, Stanislaw 1972-1973

box 12, folder 10

Moser, Charles A. 1971-1976

box 12, folder 11

Mrozek, Slawomir 1974-1982

box 12, folder 12

Nixon, Richard 1981

box 12, folder 13

Nowotarska, Roza 1970

box 12, folder 14

Orzechowski, Witold 1981

box 12, folder 15

Pajdak, Marian 1956

box 12, folder 16

Piskozub, Zbigniew 1972

box 12, folder 17

Podhoretz, John 1982

box 12, folder 18

Prelutsky, Burt 1971

box 12, folder 19

Pruski, Zbigniew 1956

box 12, folder 20

Przyluski, Bronislaw 1976

box 12, folder 21

Ramsey, Dang 1980

box 12, folder 22

Rhode, Gotthold 1969-1972

box 12, folder 23

Robertson, Wilmot 1982

box 12, folder 24

Sabbat, Kazimierz 1968

box 12, folder 25

Sabbatowa, Hanna 1968

box 12, folder 26

Safie, Doris 1974-1975

box 12, folder 27

Sakowski, J. 1972-1976

box 12, folder 28

Salinger, Pierre 1966

box 12, folder 29

Seldes, Timothy 1972

box 12, folder 30

Skalmowski, W. 1980

box 12, folder 31

Skolimowski, Henryk 1969

box 12, folder 32

Smolinska, Lucyna 1970

box 12, folder 33

Spence, John 1976-1978

box 12, folder 34

Stadniczenko, Jurij 1960

box 12, folder 35

Starczewska, Romualda J. 1970

box 12, folder 36

Strauss, Bob 1979

box 12, folder 37

Szmilichowski, Andrzej 1980

box 12, folder 38

Szubska, Barbara 1970

box 12, folder 39

Thompson, Ewa M.

box 12, folder 40

Viguerie, Richard A. 1975

box 12, folder 41

Wadowski, Kazimierz 1982

box 12, folder 42

Walsh, Edward J. n.d.

box 12, folder 43

Wandycz, Damian S. 1970

box 12, folder 44

Weicker, Lowell P. 1973

box 12, folder 45

Werner, Andrzej 1980

box 12, folder 46

Wesoly, Szczepan 1976

box 12, folder 47

Wierzewski, Wojciech 1985

box 12, folder 48

Williamson, Sam 1971

box 12, folder 49

Wittlin, Jozef 1975

box 12, folder 50

Wojciechowski, Jerzy A. 1970

box 12, folder 51

Wozniakowski, Jacek 1984

box 12, folder 52

Zablocki, Tadeusz 1968

box 12, folder 53

Zawodny, Janusz K. 1976

box 12, folder 54

Zielinski, Bronislaw 1957

box 12, folder 55

Zochowski, Stanislaw 1970

 

WRITINGS 1951-1985

Scope and Contents note

Drafts and printed copies of articles, reviews, essays, chapters, books, with related correspondence, notes, proofs, contracts, correspondence, and other material, arranged chronologically by date of publication
box 13, folder 1

Poems (3) written in Frankfurt am Main, Holograph 1943.

 

Zly 1956

 

Reviews

box 13, folder 2

Polish 1956-1981

box 13, folder 3

British 1958

box 13, folder 4

Italian 1959

box 13, folder 5

German 1961

box 13, folder 6

Correspondence, with English interpreter 1957

box 13, folder 7

"Sprawa Piaseckiego," Tygodnik Powszechny, Typescript 1956.

 

Siedem dalekich rejsow 1957

box 13, folder 8

Book's opening pages. Typescript and holograph

box 13, folder 9

Reviews from British press of translation of Seven Long Voyages, Printed copies 1959.

box 13, folder 10

"Jan Adapter," notes for play, Holograph ca. 1960.

box 13, folder 11

"Jeden dzien z toba," notes for film script, Holograph 1960.

box 13, folder 12

Polacy czyli pakamera, play, Dialog, 6. Printed copy 1961:

 

Filip 1961

box 13, folder 13

Book review, Tygodnik Powszechny 1962

box 13, folder 14

Book synopsis in English, Typescript ca. 1972.

 

"Naczelnik," comedy in three acts 1962

box 13, folder 15

Notes. Holograph.

box 13, folder 16

Full text. Typescript

 

"Pewnosc i zaufanie," political play 1962

box 13, folder 17

Notes. Holograph

box 13, folder 18

Opening act. Typescript

 

"La Feta," novel 1962

box 13, folder 19

Notes. Holograph

box 13, folder 20

Two opening pages. Typescript

 

"Niebo," film script 1963

box 13, folder 21

Notes. Holograph

box 13, folder 22

Full text. Typescript

box 13, folder 23

Synopsis in English 1967

box 13, folder 24

Contract with film agent 1967

box 13, folder 25

Full text in English, Typescript n.d.

 

"Stasia," film script 1964

box 13, folder 26

Notes. Holograph

box 13, folder 27

Full text. Typescript

 

"PL? Ach ja, Polen," Die Zeit May 28, 1965

box 13, folder 28

Printed copy

box 13, folder 29

Correspondence

box 13, folder 30

"Uwagi o turystyce czyli wstep do apokalipsy nadmiaru," article, written on request of German magazine, Typescript 1966

 

Zycie towarzyskie i uczuciowe, Paris 1967

box 13, folder 31

Synopsis in typescript 1959

box 13, folder 32

Polish publisher's comments on submitted synopsis, Typescript 1964.

box 13, folder 33

Contract with Kultura publisher 1967

box 13, folder 34

Book synopsis in English, French, and Polish 1967

box 13, folder 35

Promotional material in German 1967

box 13, folder 36

Press reviews 1967-1968

box 13, folder 37

Typescript of radio broadcast reviewing book 1967

box 13, folder 38

"High society and sentimental life," English translation, Typescript early 70s.

box 14, folder 1

"Masculine-Feminine," film review, Typescript 1967.

box 14, folder 2

"Hier gibt's nur eines-davonlaufen," Die Zeit, Printed copy April 22, 1967.

box 14, folder 3

"From East Europe: The Dangerous Games Intellectuals Play," Interplay, Printed copy 1968.

box 14, folder 4

"The Poles Intervene In Purely Polish Matter," The Reporter, Printed copy April 4, 1968.

 

"A European from America in Europe," New Yorker Dec. 1968

box 14, folder 5

Typescript

box 14, folder 6

Printed copy

box 14, folder 7

"Clasa de sus in Estul European," Vocea Libertatis, Printed copy April, 1968.

box 14, folder 8

"The Yevtushenko Case: The Blue Fox is Tamed," The Reporter, Printed copy May 1968.

box 14, folder 9

"The Yevtushenko Case," Typescript 1968.

box 14, folder 10

"Huck Finn in Poland," The New Leader, April, 1968 review of Ferdydurke by W.Gombrowicz. Printed copy

box 14, folder 11

"Russian Interpreter," review of book by Michael Frayn, Typescript ca. 1968.

 

Tyrmand's trip to Israel

box 14, folder 12

"Polityka Polski wobec Izraela," unidentified Polish language Israeli weekly, Printed copy ca. 1968.

box 14, folder 13

"W szponach metafizyki," unidentified Polish language magazine Israeli weekly, Printed copy ca. 1968.

box 14, folder 14

Jews and Poland, Holograph 1968.

box 14, folder 15

Synopsis of Tyrmand's appeal concerning antisemitism, in German, Typescript 1968.

 

"From an Israeli notebook," printed copy, Congress Bi-Weekly March 10, 1969

box 14, folder 16

Two edited versions of typescript

box 14, folder 17

Printed copy

 

"Revolution and related matters," New Yorker August 16, 1969

box 14, folder 18

Typescript

box 14, folder 19

Page proofs

box 14, folder 20

Printed copy

box 14, folder 21

French translation in Ecrits de Paris 1970

 

Notebook of a dilettante, article series, ; book 1968-1969 1970

box 15, folder 1

Page proofs of articles published in New Yorker 1968

box 15, folder 2

Correspondence from readers

box 15, folder 3

Reprints of New Yorker article in daily newspapers 1968-1969

box 15, folder 4

Syndicated weekly column, Typescripts. 1970-1971.

box 15, folder 5

Book contract with McMillan for collection of essays entitled "Notebook of a dilettante,"

box 15, folder 6

Edited final copy of complete typescript

box 15, folder 7

Lists of book recipients as suggested by Tyrmand 1970

box 15, folder 8

Correspondence related to book from general public 1970

box 15, folder 9

Newsweek review April 6, 1970

box 15, folder 10

Correspondence related to Newsweek review

box 15, folder 11

Press reviews, U.S. 1970

 

Z notatnika dyletanta, Polish translation n.d.

box 15, folder 12

Typescript of 3 opening pages

box 15, folder 13

Reviews from Polish emigre press 1970

 

Explorations in Freedom 1970

box 16, folder 1

"A cocktail party," book chapter. Typescript

box 16, folder 2

Transcript of radio broadcast reviewing book 1970

 

Kultura Essays 1970

box 16, folder 3

Contract with publisher 1968

box 16, folder 4

Correspondence related to editorial process 1968-1970

box 16, folder 5

Editor's note and Introduction, Edited typescript 1969.

box 16, folder 6

"Personal score," book chapter, Typescript 1969.

box 16, folder 7

Press reviews 1970-1972

box 16, folder 8

New weekly column, Typescripts 1970-1972.

box 16, folder 9

"Won," Kultura, On Gombrowicz and Iwaszkiewicz. Typescript 1970.

box 16, folder 10

"Permissiveness and Rectitude," New Yorker, Page proofs and final typescript Feb. 28, 1970.

box 16, folder 11

Uncompleted article for Wall Street Journal, Clippings and notes 1970.

box 16, folder 12

"Polish power," New Horizon, Printed copy ca. 1970.

box 17, folder 1

"On fascism," article commissioned by Time magazine, 3 edited typescripts 1970.

 

"Revolutionaries: European vs. American," New York Times Magazine Feb. 15, 1970

box 17, folder 2

Printed copy

box 17, folder 3

Readers response

box 17, folder 4

"Tankar om det seksuelle frilynde," Norwegian translation of Tyrmand's article on sexual freedom, Syn og Segn, 1. Printed copy 1971:

box 17, folder 5

"Notes on the Communist Life," New Yorker, Page proofs Sept-Oct. 1971.

box 17, folder 6

"Thunderbolting the Corporate State," Interplay, Review of Ch. Reich's book Greening of America. Printed copy 1971.

 

"Russians," film script 1971

box 17, folder 7

Clippings. Holograph notes

box 17, folder 8

"The Possibilities of Coexistence," synopsis under film's original title. Typescript

box 17, folder 9

Full text in two edited copies. Typescript

box 17, folder 10

"Nine Mini-Treatises on America," Encounter, Printed copy February 1972.

 

"On Opposing Communism," The Atlantic May 1972

box 17, folder 11

Printed copy

box 17, folder 12

Correspondence from readers

box 17, folder 13

"Oppositionelle a la Jewtushenko," Die Welt, Printed copy October 14, 1972.

box 17, folder 14

"Paul and Virginia," authorship under assumed name of Sarah Novak. Novel, Final typescript 1972.

 

Rosa Luxemburg Contraceptive Cooperative 1972

box 17, folder 15

Correspondence with book publisher 1971-1980

box 17, folder 16

Title pages, trial printing 1972

box 17, folder 17

Correspondence, marketing campaign 1972

box 17, folder 18

Promotional material, Brochures, clippings 1972.

box 17, folder 19

Press reviews 1972-1973

box 17, folder 20

"Cywilizacja komunizmu," press reviews. Printed copy 1972,

 

Ethnic controversy

box 17, folder 21

"Siricas and Jaworskis," New York Times, Typescript and printed copy April 3, 1974.

box 17, folder 22

Correspondence, readers response, polemizing article

box 18, folder 1

"The Yellow Pad," semi-biographical essay, Typescript 1974.

box 18, folder 2

Untitled article on Ford affair written for Kultura, Typescript April 1974.

box 18, folder 3

Novel or play with Mr. Finegold as main character, Holograph notes 1975.

box 18, folder 4

"Bowery," novel, Holograph notes 1975.

 

Tu w Ameryce pamphlet on status of Poles in U.S. 1976

box 18, folder 5

Page proofs

box 18, folder 6

Pamphlet. Printed copy

box 18, folder 7

Rockford Papers, first issue in series with Tyrmand's article "Our civilizaton," Typescript and printed copy Oct. 1976.

box 18, folder 8

"Shepherds in Nylon Raincoats," travel essay, Edited typescripts 1977.

 

Chronicles of Culture 1977

box 18, folder 9

First issues of monthly magazine with Tyrmand's introduction, article on Rockford Institute, Printed copy Sept. 1977.

box 18, folder 10

Final copies of articles, Typescripts 1978-1980.

box 18, folder 11

Collection of articles and notes for monthly column "Prudent conservative," Typescripts and holographs 1983-1984.

 

Media Shangri-la, collection of essays on media 1978

box 18, folder 12

Collection of articles Tyrmand's authorship, Page proofs and clippings 1976-1978.

box 18, folder 13

Final copy of typescript 1878

box 18, folder 14

Reprint of chapters in pamphlet 1975

box 18, folder 15

Press review 1976

box 19, folder 1

Correspondence from New York. Series of articles for Polish emigre magazine or radio program, Typescripts ca.1977.

box 19, folder 2

"On Culture. A Conservative Manifesto," political program, Typescript 1979.

box 19, folder 3

"Church and State in Post-War Poland," political essay, Typescript ca. 1980.

box 19, folder 4

"Homagium dla Kisiela," synopsis of radio broadcast for Radio Free Europe, Na Antenie, Printed copy April, 1981.

box 19, folder 5

"What is happening in Poland," Wall Street Journal, Printed copy July 14, 1981.

box 19, folder 6

"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

box 19, folder 7

"Notes on Polish Question," Policy Review, Printed copy Spring 1982.

box 19, folder 8

"Mit rewolucji seksualnej," essay on sexual revolution, Nowy Dziennik, Printed copy Nov. 25, 1982.

box 19, folder 9

"Poison of surrender has infected us since Yalta," essay reprinted from Chronicles of Culture in issue of Washington Times. Printed copy August 31, 1984

box 19, folder 10

"Die Frisuren des Mieczyslaw Rakowski," Kontinenet, no. 29, Printed copy 1984.

box 19, folder 11

"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

box 19, folder 12

Notes and clippings

box 19, folder 13

Edited typescript

box 19, folder 14

Final typescript of one chapter

box 19, folder 15

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

box 19, folder 16

Loose notes on various subjects

box 19, folder 17

Notes organized by author according to subject

box 19, folder 18

Notebooks

box 20, folder 1

Partial manuscript late 70's

box 20, folder 2

Later manuscript, organized in chapters early 80's,

box 20, folder 3

First typed version with author's corrections

box 20, folder 4

3 copies of one chapter, each with different corrections and additions

box 20, folder 5

Typed copy reviewed by editor with his remarks

box 20, folder 6

Final typescript after corrections

box 20, folder 7

Chapter 9 as package for publishers from author's literary agent. Typescript

box 20, folder 8

Article entitled "The New York Liberal" to be incorporated as chapter 3. Typescripts

box 20, folder 9

Author's brief description of book's literary form and its scope

box 20, folder 10

Correspondence with publishers

 

"Sex as noise," unpublished book ca. 1982-1985

box 21, folder 1

Clippings on subject of sexuality

box 21, folder 2

Notes as arranged by author

box 21, folder 3

"Sex as Jumble," author's title of folder with sketches which originated idea of book ca. 1982

box 21, folder 4

First typescript in edited form

box 21, folder 5

Second corrected copy of typescript

box 21, folder 6

3 copies of one chapter destined for various publishers or agents with their annotations and corrections

 

Letters to editor of:

box 21, folder 7

General 1967-1984

box 21, folder 8

Wall Street Journal, Printed copies 1977-1981.

box 21, folder 9

New York Times, Includes Tyrmand's letter renouncing his Polish citizenship. Printed copies 1968.

box 21, folder 10

Polish emigre press 1968-1974

 

SPEECHES AND LECTURES

Scope and Contents note

Drafts and printed copies of speeches, with related notes arranged chronologically by date of presentation
 

American politics and media

box 22, folder 1

Speech on American media, delivered in California, Typescript n.d.

box 22, folder 2

Speech on democracy and conservatism, Holograph n.d.

box 22, folder 3

Speech on liberal culture, Holograph n.d.

box 22, folder 4

Speech on liberal journalism, delivered in Guadalajara, Typescript n.d.

box 22, folder 5

"The Media and the Present Danger," conference folder with biographical profiles of speakers

 

Communism

box 22, folder 6

"Third communism," Typescript n.d.

box 22, folder 7

"Communism and us," Typescript 1978.

box 22, folder 8

"Communism as another civilization," Holograph 1978.

 

Poland

box 22, folder 9

"Lindenfelser Gespraeche, " report from conferences with Tyrmand's participation, on Polish-German issues. Printed copy 1964-1971,

box 22, folder 10

"Polish intellectuals in the aftermath of the events." Typewritten transcript from seminar, Harvard March 1968 1969

box 22, folder 11

Speech on immigration, Typescript ca. 1975.

box 22, folder 12

Speech on Polish-American ethic and political issues, Typescript. ca. 1976.

box 22, folder 13

"Wiadomosci i ja," speech on Tyrmand's cooperation with Polish-British weekly, Typescript ca.1978.

box 22, folder 14

Speech on Polish church and its mission, Holograph ca. 1981.

box 22, folder 15

Speech to Polish-Americans on traditions of Polish church, Holograph ca. 1981.

 

Rockford Institute

box 22, folder 16

Nine sets of speeches on political and educational role of Rockford Institute, Typescripts and holographs n.d.

box 22, folder 17

Speech to staff at Rockford Register, local daily newspaper, and its relations to Rockford Institute, Holograph ca. 1982.

box 22, folder 18

Speech on threat to values in America, and Rockford Institute's response to it, Typescript ca. 1983.

 

SUBJECT FILE 1967-1985

Scope and Contents note

Notes, notebooks, correspondence, magazines, pamphlets, programs, and other printed matter arranged alphabetically by topic
box 23, folder 1

General. Includes folder entitled by Tyrmand: Polskie zaleglosci do wywnetrznienia

 

America

box 23, folder 2

America as civilization

box 23, folder 3

American culture

box 23, folder 4

American politics in 60's and 70's

box 23, folder 5

Blacks and welfare

box 23, folder 6

Cult of celebrities

box 23, folder 7

Liberal culture

box 23, folder 8

Morals and manners

box 23, folder 9

Catholicism and church

box 23, folder 10

Civilization

box 23, folder 11

Communism

box 23, folder 12

Conscience

box 23, folder 13

Conservatism

box 23, folder 14

Crime

box 23, folder 15

Criticism

box 23, folder 16

Culture and cultural sophistication

box 23, folder 17

Europe, Western

box 23, folder 18

Fashion, garb, gossip

box 23, folder 19

Friendship

box 23, folder 20

Health and recreation

box 23, folder 21

Helsinki Conference

box 23, folder 22

Homosexuality

box 23, folder 23

Israel

 

Jazz

box 24, folder 1

Polish period 1956-1965

box 24, folder 2

American period 1966-1985

box 24, folder 3

Life, reflections on

box 24, folder 4

Philosophy and human fate

box 24, folder 5

Podhoretz, John

box 24, folder 6

Poland

 

Press

box 24, folder 7

Press, notes on

box 24, folder 8

Press, clippings on

box 24, folder 9

Press, hatred of

box 25, folder 1

Proposed Polish-American magazine 1973

box 25, folder 2

Psychology

box 25, folder 3

Religion

box 25, folder 4

Revolution and counter-culture

box 25, folder 5

Rockford Institute

box 25, folder 6

Solitude

box 25, folder 7

South America

box 25, folder 8

Trip around Europe and America

box 25, folder 9

United States Information Agency

box 25, folder 10

Vietnam

 

Writing

box 25, folder 11

Writers and writing

box 25, folder 12

Writers, Polish

 

NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES 1967-1984

Scope and Contents note

Miscellaneous collection of Polish emigre newspapers
box 25, folder 13

Wiadomosci, London, Polish emigre weekly, various issues 1967-1981.

box 25, folder 14

Collection of various Polish-American newspapers 1969-1984

 

PHOTOGRAPHS

General note

11 photographs / 4 envelopes
envelope A

4 photos of Leopold Tyrmand, 1970

envelope B

1 photo of John A. Howard undated

envelope C

1 photo of drawing by Zbginiew Fitz, undated

envelope D

5 photos of New Orleans jazz clubs, undated

 

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