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  • Title: Leon Mitkiewicz papers
    Date (inclusive): 1918-1969
    Collection Number: 65001
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: Polish
    Physical Description: 10 manuscript boxes (4.0 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: Diary, correspondence, writings, and printed matter, relating to Polish foreign relations with Russia, Czechoslovakia, the Baltic States, and other countries, 1914-1944; the Warsaw uprising of August 1944; and World War II Allied diplomacy.
    Creator: Mitkiewicz, Leon
    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.

    Preferred Citation

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

    Alternative Form Available

    Also available on microfilm (11 reels).

    Biographical Note

    1896 Born, Zambrow, Poland
    1914-1917 Cavalry officer, Russian Army
    1918-1921 2nd Legion Infantry Division
    1921 General Staff, 2nd Lancers Regiment
    1925 General Staff Academy graduate
    1925-1935 War Academy lecturer, Field service
    1935-1938 Chief of Staff Army Inspectorate
    1938-1939 Military attaché, Kaunas, Lithuania
    1940-1941 Chief of Second Intelligence Bureau
      General Staff member
    1943 Deputy Commander, 1st Army Division
    1943-1945 Polish Military Mission, Combined Chiefs of Staff, Washington
    1972 Died, New York

    Scope and Content Note

    Leon Mitkiewicz's papers are a unique source of documentation for scholars studying World War II, as they bear testimony to his knowledge of and expertise in the history of 20th century Poland. They relate mainly to his twenty-five yearlong military service as a high rank officer in Poland's General Staff and as a military attaché to both Lithuania and the United States. Of particular significance are his duties in the Polish Military Mission in Washington until its liquidation in 1945, which are documented in the biographical file.
    In the post-war years, Mitkiewicz devoted himself to writing. Having witnessed some of the most important events of the century, he left excellent descriptions of their unfolding; they constitute the core of this collection.
    These papers are supplemented by many other collections from the same period housed at the Hoover Institution, such as the papers of Wladyslaw Anders and Izydor Modelski, and the records of Poland. Ambasada (United States) and Poland. Ministerstwo Spraw Zagranicznych, to mention but a few.
    The Mitkiewicz collection was acquired by the Hoover Institution in 1974. A large portion of his papers is also housed at the Sikorski Institute in London.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history
    World War, 1939-1945 -- Poland
    Poland -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union
    Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- Poland
    Warsaw (Poland) -- History -- Uprising, 1944
    Poland -- History -- 20th century
    Czechoslovakia -- Foreign relations -- Poland
    Poland -- Foreign relations -- Czechoslovakia
    Baltic States -- Foreign relations -- Poland
    Poland -- Foreign relations -- Baltic States